Patents by Inventor Richard Hoferer

Richard Hoferer 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: 4881292
    Abstract: A housing, such as an air filter housing, with a plastic attachment tab is provided with a releasable, one-piece, U-shaped attachment clip engaging in a through aperture in the attachment tab and having sleeves formed in the vicinity of the through aperture on the inside of each leg of the U-shaped clip, and at least one resilient tongue on each leg of the clip pressing against the attachment tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Hoferer, Arthur Klotz, Volker Lehmann, Gunter Trumpfheller
  • Patent number: 4257380
    Abstract: A one-way throttling valve for use in the vacuum line of a pneumatic membrane actuator which controls the combustion air temperature of a carburetor-euipped internal combustion engine by means of an air flow proportioning flapper admitting cold raw air and/or preheated raw air into a duct junction upstream of the intake filter, the throttling valve having a tiny throttling orifice which remains open, while the throttling valve itself is closed, thereby delaying the removal of negative pressure from the pneumatic actuator. The one-way throttling valve may be arranged in one of the two vacuum line connectors of the valve housing of a thermostat relief valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Bendig, Richard Hoferer