Patents by Inventor Stephan Sporlein

Stephan Sporlein 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).

  • Device for fasting a component to a fastening stud
    Patent number: 8899894
    Abstract: A device for fastening a component to a fastening stud includes a holding member and a holding disk for contacting first and second surfaces of the component, respectively. The holding member and holding disk are preliminarily connected with one another, without the fastening stud, each in the state contacting the component. The holding disk has fastening projections and at least one elastic member which prohibits the fastening projections from contacting the second surface of the component, so that the device is moveable with regard to the component in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the fastening stud through a through hole of the holding disk. The elastic member is elastically deformed upon mounting of the fastening stud through the through holes of the holding disk and the component, such that the fastening projections contact the second surface of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Limpert, Stephan Sporlein, Martin Kluge
  • DEVICE FOR FASTING A COMPONENT TO A FASTENING STUD
    Publication number: 20130028681
    Abstract: A device for fastening a component to a fastening stud includes a holding member and a holding disk for contacting first and second surfaces of the component, respectively. The holding member and holding disk are preliminarily connected with one another, without the fastening stud, each in the state contacting the component. The holding disk has fastening projections and at least one elastic member which prohibits the fastening projections from contacting the second surface of the component, so that the device is moveable with regard to the component in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the fastening stud through a through hole of the holding disk. The elastic member is elastically deformed upon mounting of the fastening stud through the through holes of the holding disk and the component, such that the fastening projections contact the second surface of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Limpert, Stephan Sporlein, Martin Kluge