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Willy Adrian — 20 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 19 patents #67 of 1,840Top 4%
Bad Eilsen, DE: #1 of 32 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Willy Adrian has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in February 1997. Willy Adrian ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Willy Adrian in Bad Eilsen, DE.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5601179 Balustrade skirt panel Gerald Wente 1997-02-11 $17,478,000
5544730 Tension release for passenger conveyor Klaus Bruehl 1996-08-13 $6,977,000
5542522 Balustrade assembly and method for assembling a balustrade assembly Frank Bathge, Peter Borchers, Kurt Pietsch, Knuth Wallbaum, Gerald Wente 1996-08-06 $10,792,000
5515588 Apparatus for assembling balustrades for a passenger conveyor Joachim Arens, Gerald Wente 1996-05-14 $9,427,000
5511647 Balustrade information display for a passenger conveying device Peter Borchers, Michael Fohrer, Knuth Wallbaum, Gerald Wente, Rainer Zimmerman 1996-04-30 $7,190,000
5496086 Apparatus for transporting a balustrade for a passenger conveyor Joachim Arens, Gerald Wente 1996-03-05 $8,675,000
5421076 Method for assembling a balustrade for a people moving device using an adjustable assembly jig Joachim Arens, Gerald Wente 1995-06-06 $4,284,000
5366060 Balustrade handrail entry housing Gerald E. Johnson, Ronald Laliberte, Frank Sansevero, Gerald Wente, 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 Gerald Wente 1994-05-03 $2,841,000
5094335 Step chain roller for curved escalator Bernd David, Klaus Seehausen 1992-03-10 $19,217,000
5064047 Escalator handrail reentry guard Detlev B. Moldenhauer 1991-11-12 $6,725,000
D318357 Escalator handrail housing Dietrich E. Herrmann 1991-07-16
5029690 Decking trim fastening for curved escalator Dat Nguyen, James A. Rivera, Joerg Rabing 1991-07-09 $7,984,000
4976345 Escalator handrail obstruction device with sensors Detlev B. Moldenhaur 1990-12-11 $13,843,000
4924995 Escalator handrail obstruction device with sensors Detlev B. Moldenhauer 1990-05-15 $4,262,000
4836353 Guide for moving handrail Martin Mehlert 1989-06-06 $3,953,000
4690264 Multifunction glassholder for escalator balustrade Gerald Wente 1987-09-01 $4,335,000
4658946 Escalator balustrade decking profile Martin Mehlert 1987-04-21 $5,115,000
4619355 Escalator handrail entry safety switch actuator Ralf Holzhauer 1986-10-28 $29,753,000