Patents by Inventor Stefan BENTHIEN

Stefan BENTHIEN 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).

  • Publication number: 20240102503
    Abstract: A fastening device (1) for fastening mechanical element (2) with support structure (3) to fasten a cabin fitting element to a frame of an aircraft, fastening device (1) includes: enclosure (4) mountable to support structure (3); locator bush (5) in enclosure (4 and slidable along longitudinal axis (X) in an unlocked position of the fastening device (1); retaining element (6) around the longitudinal axis (X) and mechanically coupled to locator bush (5); and locking bolt (7) with a bolt head (8) mounting mechanical element (2) between bolt head (8) and enclosure (4), wherein locking bolt (7) is slidable into locator bush (5), and locking bolt (7) has a recess (9) on at least a section of a shell surface of locking bolt (7) and is positively-locking connectable with retaining element (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hermann BENTHIEN, Andreas POPPE, Stefan BENTHIEN
  • Patent number: 11834183
    Abstract: A fastening apparatus and fastening arrangement for fastening a cabin interior component, aircraft cabin and aircraft. To improve installation time and maintenance time, a modular fastening apparatus makes the decoupled rotational attachment of cabin interior components to the attachment structure possible, which attachment structure is in turn supported by the primary structure of the aircraft. The cabin interior component, for example a luggage bin, can be fastened simply by the fastening apparatus. The fastening apparatus includes an inner sleeve which can be plugged over a predefined fastening tube. The fastening apparatus can compensate for tolerances between the attachment structure and the cabin interior component and can prevent transmission of undesired forces and torques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Benthien, Hermann Benthien
  • Publication number: 20210300560
    Abstract: A fastening apparatus and fastening arrangement for fastening a cabin interior component, aircraft cabin and aircraft. To improve installation time and maintenance time, a modular fastening apparatus makes the decoupled rotational attachment of cabin interior components to the attachment structure possible, which attachment structure is in turn supported by the primary structure of the aircraft. The cabin interior component, for example a luggage bin, can be fastened simply by the fastening apparatus. The fastening apparatus includes an inner sleeve which can be plugged over a predefined fastening tube. An outer sleeve can be fastened rotatably to the inner sleeve and has a groove for centering the luggage bin by a holding element pushed onto the outer sleeve. The fastening apparatus can compensate for tolerances between the attachment structure and the cabin interior component and can prevent transmission of undesired forces and torques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan BENTHIEN, Hermann BENTHIEN