Patents by Inventor Ralph Finke

Ralph Finke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6196705
    Abstract: A halogen motion detection security light positioning system comprising a base, a yoke and a housing. The yoke having a crossbar and a pair of opposed facing prongs that extend from opposite ends of the crossbar. The yoke being rotatably connected at the crossbar to the base by a frictional securing mechanism. The housing has a halogen receptacle and is rotatably connected between the opposed facing prongs of the yoke by a self-locking securing mechanism that prevents rotation in an unflexed state and allows rotation in a flexed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Steinel GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralph Finke, Thomas Franke
  • Patent number: 5941630
    Abstract: A self-locking adjustable light fixture comprising an arm, a base, a hood, an arm securing mechanism, and a hood securing mechanism. The arm has an annular shape with interconnecting protrusions at a proximal end and a distal end. The base has mating interconnecting notches that are axially aligned with the interconnecting protrusions of the proximal end of the arm. The base is connected to the proximal end of the arm by the arm securing mechanism which biases the interconnecting protrusions at the proximal end of the arm with the mating interconnecting notches of the base to prevent rotation of the arm. The hood has mating interconnecting notches aligned with the interconnecting protrusions at the distal end of the arm. The hood is connected to the distal end of the arm by the hood securing mechanism which biases the interconnecting protrusions at the distal end of the arm into the mating interconnecting notches of the hood to prevent rotation of the hood with respect to the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Steinel GmbH & Co. Kg.
    Inventors: Ralph Finke, Frank Evertzberg, Norbert Hulsewiede
  • Patent number: D438998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Steinel GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralph Finke, Thomas Franke