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Gerald Wente — 12 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 11 patents #133 of 1,840Top 8%
Pohle, DE: #1 of 2 inventorsTop 50%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Gerald Wente has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in February 1997. Gerald Wente ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Gerald Wente in Pohle, DE.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5601179 Balustrade skirt panel Willy Adrian 1997-02-11 $17,478,000
5542522 Balustrade assembly and method for assembling a balustrade assembly Willy Adrian, Frank Bathge, Peter Borchers, Kurt Pietsch, Knuth Wallbaum 1996-08-06 $10,792,000
5515588 Apparatus for assembling balustrades for a passenger conveyor Willy Adrian, Joachim Arens 1996-05-14 $9,427,000
5511647 Balustrade information display for a passenger conveying device Willy Adrian, Peter Borchers, Michael Fohrer, Knuth Wallbaum, Rainer Zimmerman 1996-04-30 $7,190,000
5496086 Apparatus for transporting a balustrade for a passenger conveyor Willy Adrian, Joachim Arens 1996-03-05 $8,675,000
5421076 Method for assembling a balustrade for a people moving device using an adjustable assembly jig Willy Adrian, Joachim Arens 1995-06-06 $4,284,000
5366060 Balustrade handrail entry housing Gerald E. Johnson, Ronald Laliberte, Frank Sansevero, Willy Adrian, R. Zimmerman 1994-11-22
D348756 Escalator handrail entry housing Dale R. Barrett, Gerald E. Johnson, Ronald Laliberte, John T. Pitts, Frank Sansevero +2 more 1994-07-12
5307919 Balustrade panel height fixing device Willy Adrian 1994-05-03 $2,841,000
5096040 Detection of missing steps in an escalator or moving walk Matthias Steffen 1992-03-17 $7,687,000
5072820 Escalator handrail stop device Matthias Steffen 1991-12-17 $3,620,000
4690264 Multifunction glassholder for escalator balustrade Willy Adrian 1987-09-01 $4,335,000