Patents by Inventor Hartwig Pfordt

Hartwig Pfordt 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: 5518461
    Abstract: A drive system includes two reversible hydraulic motors connected in parallel to a variable displacement pump and controlled by respective 4-port, 2-position valves. The motors, at least one of which is a variable flow, variable speed motor, are coupled to a single output shaft via an intermediate gear section. The hydraulic motors are positioned on one side of the intermediate gear section and their respective drive shafts are arranged parallel relative to one another. A clutch, which is concentrically disposed within an axial bore of a gear member, is operable to couple the drive shaft of a first of the motors to the output shaft. A second gear member, which is driven by the output shaft of a second of the motors, is adapted to mesh with the first gear member. If both motors are of variable speed construction, it is possible to operate the drive in three speed ranges, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hartwig Pfordt
  • Patent number: 5431245
    Abstract: An axial piston motor of adjustable swept volume for installation in a wheel hub, having a motor housing which is open on one side and is closed by a connection block, an output shaft rotatably mounted in the housing and a connection block, an adjusting device for adjusting the swept volume, a step-down gear unit driven by the output shaft and having a driving toothed wheel for the drive of the wheel hub, and a brake associated with the output shaft on the connection block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignees: Brueninghaus Hydraulik GmbH, Lohmann & Stolterfoht GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Beck, Gerhard Beutler, Karl-Heinz Jakubowski, Hartwig Pfordt
  • Patent number: 4441570
    Abstract: A mounting sleeve extends from a vehicle body or other housing and contains on its body/housing side a planetary gearing whereby, in particular, the sleeve is provided with an internal ring gear for planetary gearing; the sun gear is carried by an input shaft, and the planet gear carrier is integral with a shaft which is keyed to a hub; the hub is journaled by two roller bearings in the mounting sleeve both being on the same side, as far as the planetary gearing is concerned. The roller bearing elements are of a frustoconical configuration, and their axes are particularly oriented to prevent the reaction of radial and axial forces into the gearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Mannesmann AG
    Inventors: Horst Damm, Hartwig Pfordt