Patents by Inventor Volker Frank

Volker Frank 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: 20240123884
    Abstract: A function-adapted three-dimensional foam structure (2) for a vehicle seat (4) has first foam structure planes (6) to ensure a constant compressive strength of the foam structure (2) in two spatial directions x, y, second foam structure planes (8) to ensure a length variance of the foam structure (2) in a spatial direction z, that is perpendicular to the spatial directions x and y. The first foam structure planes (6) and the second foam structure planes (8) are formed and distributed within the foam structure (2) such that the compressive strength of the foam structure (2) is constant in the spatial directions x, y independent of the length-wise expansion of the foam structure (2) in the spatial direction z.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Rainer Seitner, Ulrich Aschenbrenner, Max Pieper, Volker Sieber, Carsten Frank
  • Patent number: 4717091
    Abstract: A transparent window member for a tape cassette, which together with a reel pressure spring, forms a subassembly of the cassette. The reel pressure spring has a U-shaped central portion, the bight of the U being parallel to the plane of the spring arms, and the reel pressure spring having a longitudinal edge with two transverse slits spaced the same as the legs of the U of the central portion of the pressure spring. The central portion may thus be transversely inserted in the longitudinal edge of the window member and it thus forms a locating element for the pressure spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Schoettle, Paul Deigner, Herbert Dietze, Volker Frank, Oswald Waidele
  • Patent number: 4613095
    Abstract: A plate spring for tape cassettes advantageously consists of two long and two short spring arms whose shapes and dimensions are optimized to achieve minimum wastage of material during punching from a sheet-metal strip. The length of the fastening arms is preferably about the same as the width of the ends of the long spring arms or less or at most 1.5 times the width. The spring can be used for all types of tape cassettes, regardless of whether they contain magnetic tape, film or other recording media. A tape cassette possesses a plate spring which has this form and is fastened by welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Schoettle, Herbert Dietze, Juergen Dreyer, Eugen Kamm, Peter Wieme, Volker Frank