Patents by Inventor Wilfried Hentschel

Wilfried Hentschel 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).

  • Patent number: 6672869
    Abstract: A plug connection for jaw stump models for the releasable connection of tooth crown segments or jaw segments to a model base, which includes a plug pin (1) which can be connected in snap-lock fashion with a sleeve (12). A non-rotationally symmetric design of a rotational locking section (4), and a cross pin (7) arranged perpendicular to the plug pin axis, prevent rotary movement of the plug pin (1) in the sleeve. Disposed at the end of the plug pin (1) facing the sleeve is a spring element (8), which is provided with a circumferential annular groove (11) for a snap-locking connection with the sleeve. The spring element (8) comprises two spring tongues (10) separated by a continuous longitudinal slot (9). The sleeve provided for receiving the plug pin (1) comprises a projection projecting into the inner chamber for the snap-lock connection of the plug pin (1) with the sleeve as well as a sleeve opening region matching the rotational locking section (4) of the plug pin (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Norbert Rabenstein, Wilfried Hentschel, Egbert Kremer, Ulrich Birkholz
  • Publication number: 20020049009
    Abstract: A plug connection for jaw stump models for the releasable connection of tooth crown segments or jaw segments to a model base, which includes a plug pin (1) which can be connected in snap-lock fashion with a sleeve (12). A non-rotationally symmetric design of a rotational locking section (4), and a cross pin (7) arranged perpendicular to the plug pin axis, prevent rotary movement of the plug pin (1) in the sleeve. Disposed at the end of the plug pin (1) facing the sleeve is a spring element (8), which is provided with a circumferential annular groove (11) for a snap-locking connection with the sleeve. The spring element (8) comprises two spring tongues (10) separated by a continuous longitudinal slot (9). The sleeve provided for receiving the plug pin (1) comprises a projection projecting into the inner chamber for the snap-lock connection of the plug pin (1) with the sleeve as well as a sleeve opening region matching the rotational locking section (4) of the plug pin (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Norbert Rabenstein, Wilfried Hentschel, Egbert Kremer, Ulrich Birkholz