Patents by Inventor Thierry KUNZ

Thierry KUNZ 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: 20230415022
    Abstract: A device for locking a binding to a snowboard, comprising a disc, having a base attached to the snowboard and housed in an opening of a base of the binding and a lever, which is hinged to the base and pivots from an unlocking position to a locking position, wherein the base is locked in any angular position relative to an axial direction of the base of the disc, the opening of the base being provided with a shoulder; According to the invention, the lever is a locking lever, overlapping the shoulder of the opening of the base in the locking position and transmitting a clamping force onto said shoulder, exerted by a clamping means, the lever fitting into the opening of the base in the unlocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NIDECKER SA
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre EDMOND, David FERNANDEZ, Thierry KUNZ, Daniel SCHMÄH
  • Patent number: 11738253
    Abstract: A snowboard binding including a baseplate, a bearing highback rotatable relative to the baseplate, a pedal to operate the bearing highback at clip-in between an opening position and a closing position and a locking element to lock the rotation of the bearing highback relative to the baseplate in closing position against the elastic return of a lever. The locking element includes two ratchet notches with the lever. The snowboard binding includes a lug that is received into a fork of the locking element with notches or of the lever to rotate the locking element with notches or the lever by unlocking the lever from one of the notches and by locking it with the other notch at clip-in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: NIDECKER S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Edmond, Daniel Schmäh, Thierry Kunz
  • Publication number: 20230022644
    Abstract: A snowboard binding including a baseplate, a bearing highback rotatable relative to the baseplate, a pedal to operate the bearing highback at clip-in between an opening position and a closing position and a locking element to lock the rotation of the bearing highback relative to the baseplate in closing position against the elastic return of a lever. The locking element includes two ratchet notches with the lever. The snowboard binding includes a lug that is received into a fork of the locking element with notches or of the lever to rotate the locking element with notches or the lever by unlocking the lever from one of the notches and by locking it with the other notch at clip-in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: NIDECKER S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre EDMOND, Daniel SCHMÄH, Thierry KUNZ