Patents by Inventor Thorsten Ebert

Thorsten Ebert 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).

  • Fastening element
    Patent number: 7014409
    Abstract: A fastening element which has a core (16) of a relatively hard, carburized steel and a ferritic rim zone (15) of a less hard, low-carbon steel, includes a stem (11), a head (14) provided at one end of the stem (11), a tip (13) provided at an opposite end of the stem (11), and a transition region (12) extending between the stem (11) and the tip (13) and in which a thickness (18, 19, 20) of the ferritic rim zone (15) gradually diminishes from the stem (11) in a direction toward the tip (13) to a nill value (21), so that the tip (13) is free from the ferritic rim zone (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Allaart, Sven Dietze, Thorsten Ebert
  • Fastening element
    Publication number: 20050008452
    Abstract: A fastening element which has a core (16) of a relatively hard, carburized steel and a ferritic rim zone (15) of a less hard, low-carbon steel, includes a stem (11), a head (14) provided at one end of the stem (11), a tip (13) provided at an opposite end of the stem (11), and a transition region (12) extending between the stem (11) and the tip (13) and in which a thickness (18, 19, 20) of the ferritic rim zone (15) gradually diminishes from the stem (11) in a direction toward the tip (13) to a nill value (21), so that the tip (13) is free from the ferritic rim zone (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jan Allaart, Sven Dietze, Thorsten Ebert