Patents by Inventor Detlef Repenning

Detlef Repenning 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).

  • Friction pairing and process for its production
    Patent number: 5205188
    Abstract: A friction pairing of cam running surface/counterrunner layer as well as to a process for its production are described. To reduce the friction values, the counterrunner layer is a nanodisperse, amorphous, metal-carbon layer comprising 50 to 90 atomic % of carbon, 2 to 25 atomic % of hydrogen and any remainder of metal, the carbon being partly in the form of a diamond bond structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Inventors: Detlef Repenning, Barry L. Mordike