Patents by Inventor Hans-Dieter Beckmann

Hans-Dieter Beckmann 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).

  • Built-up connecting rod
    Patent number: 4833939
    Abstract: In order to achieve a positioning close to a combustion chamber of a swivelling axis between a connecting rod and a piston, a curved surface region facing a piston head of a tensioned band which is subjected only to tractive stress and is looped around a connecting rod shank, forms also the pressure transmitting component of a pivot bearing in that it rests directly on a bearing surface on the piston head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Beckmann, Hans-Joachim Oberg
  • Connecting rod with a shank composed of fiber composite material
    Patent number: 4805483
    Abstract: A connecting rod shank of a connecting rod is composed of a plurality of laminated plates having a thickness so that they can be introduced through a gap provided in a partially cylindrical base body of a loop tensioner for a tightening band which encloses the connecting rod shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Beckmann, Siegfried Brudgam, Dieter Roeper
  • Method for production of a hollow shaft of fiber-reinforced plastic
    Patent number: 4774043
    Abstract: In order to achieve defined fiber orientation angles in the fiber-reinforced plastic material of a hollow shaft, consisting of such material, the hollow shaft having regions of different diameters, a braided fiber tube constituting the starting material is pulled over a core, is impregnated with settable plastic, and is hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hans-Dieter Beckmann