Patents by Inventor Thomas Kunzel

Thomas Kunzel 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: 20030177718
    Abstract: A lightweight construction, especially a greenhouse structure, comprises a plurality of pillars (12) arranged at the periphery of an area of said lightweight construction, said pillars (12) extending obliquely and outwardly so that an upper end (22) of said pillars (12) lies substantially in a vertical plane passing through a respective area border. According to the invention at least one of said pillars (12) comprises a supporting element (14), said supporting element being mounted onto said pillar (12) so as to define a predetermined inclination angle of said pillar (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas Kunzel
  • Publication number: 20030150171
    Abstract: A Method for roofing a lightweight construction, comprises the steps of fastening a prefabricated trellis of metal wires to an upper frame of said light-weight construction, so that said trellis spans over an area of said lightweight construction, and putting a sheeting material on said trellis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Kunzel, Petr Mraz
  • Patent number: 5868109
    Abstract: In a housing cover, particularly a valve cover for an internal combustion engine, having a seal surface extending around its circumference at one side thereof with a seal structure molded onto the seal surface, deformable projections are formed on the side opposite the seal surface for engaging the housing cover by a tool when the seal is molded onto the seal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Glockler-Dichtsysteme Gunter Hemmrich GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz-Thomas Kunzel, Bernd-Martin Schuh