Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Proksch

Wolfgang Proksch 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: 7543931
    Abstract: A glasses frame having a first part for receiving lenses, and an arm that is respectively laterally connected to cheek ends on each side of the frame part in an articulated manner by a hinge. The arm has a first partial cylinder shell, on the end thereof facing the frame part, the cylindrical axis corresponding to the rotational axis of the hinge, and the first partial cylinder shell is applied, in a sliding manner, to a second partial cylinder shell provided on the frame part and forming a first sliding surface. The arm on the end facing the frame part has at least one spring tongue which is applied to a second sliding surface on the frame part in an elastic manner so that the region of the frame part having the second partial cylinder shell is elastically received between the first partial cylinder shell and the spring tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Inventor: Wolfgang Proksch
  • Publication number: 20070211210
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glasses frame comprising a first part (10) for receiving the lenses, and an arm (12) that is respectively laterally connected to cheek ends (11) on each side of the frame part in an articulated manner by means of a hinge. According to the invention, the arm comprises a first partial cylinder shell (14), on the end thereof facing the frame part, the cylindrical axis corresponding to the rotational axis (16) of the hinge, and said first partial cylinder shell is applied, in a sliding manner, to a second partial cylinder shell (22) provided on the frame part and forming a first sliding surface. The arm on the end facing the frame part comprises at least one spring tongue (18a, 18b) which is applied to a second sliding surface (20) on the frame part in an elastic manner, in such a way that the region of the frame part comprising the second partial cylinder shell is received between the first partial cylinder shell and the spring tongue in an elastic manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Wolfgang Proksch