Patents by Inventor Horst-Dieter Rohwedder

Horst-Dieter Rohwedder 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: 7766392
    Abstract: A connection piece for the articulate connection of a first and a second tube, in particular a first and a second tube of a hot air supply system fed from the power unit of an aircraft, with the possibility of compensating for tolerances, wherein an interval between a tube end of the first tube and a tube end of the second tube is enclosed by a sealing mechanism. The tube ends each have a support ring, wherein the support rings are connected to each other by at least two connection elements arranged outside the sealing mechanism. At least two metal bellows are preferably used as the sealing mechanism, which enable almost maintenance-free operation. Steel ropes are preferably used as connection elements. In particular, tubes with a diameter of up to 160 mm, which are intended, depending on the material used, to conduct media with temperatures of up to 8500 C and pressures of up to 20 bars, can be connected in an articulate manner to each other by means of the connection piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Horst-Dieter Rohwedder
  • Patent number: 7677606
    Abstract: A connector with an additional tolerance compensation capacity for articulately connecting a first and second pipeline of an engine-powered hot air supply system in an aircraft. One pipe end of the first pipeline is articulately connected by a tie rod with a pipe end of the second pipeline with the formation of a gap. The pipe ends each include a bearing ring incorporating an essentially centrically arranged receptacle for attaching the tie rod. The receptacle is connected with a bearing ring inner surface by at least two braces pointing radially outward. The opposing pipe ends are enveloped by a sealing unit for sealing the gap. A first end of the tie rod includes an adjusting unit in the form of a screw-on ball head for length adjustment while the second end includes a fixed ball head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Horst-Dieter Rohwedder
  • Publication number: 20090230676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection piece (1) for the articulate connection of a first and a second tube (3, 5), in particular a first and a second tube (3,5) of a hot air supply system fed from the power unit of an aircraft, with the possibility of compensating for tolerances, wherein an interval (40) between a tube end (2) of the first tube (3) and a tube end (4) of the second tube (5) is enclosed by a sealing mechanism (6). According to the invention both tube ends (2, 4) each have a support ring (14, 15), wherein the support rings (14, 15) are connected to each other by at least two connection means arranged outside the sealing mechanism (6). At least two metal bellows (7, 8) are preferably used as the sealing mechanism (6), which enable almost maintenance-free operation. Steel ropes (22, 23) are preferably used as connection means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Horst-Dieter Rohwedder
  • Publication number: 20090103973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector (1) for hinging a first and second pipeline (3, 5), in particular a first and second pipeline (3, 5) of an engine-powered hot air supply system in an aircraft, with an additional tolerance compensation capacity, wherein one pipe end (2) of the first pipeline (3) is hinged by a tie rod (32) with a pipe end (4) of the second pipeline (5) with the formation of a gap (39). According to the invention, the opposing pipe ends (2, 4) are enveloped by a sealing unit, in particular a metal bellows (11), for sealing the gap (39), and the first end (33) of the tie rod (32) has an adjusting unit (35) for length adjustment. Because the adjusting unit 35 is arranged on the edge, the connector 1 according to the invention is easy to assemble, wherein a separable V-flange joint is provided in the area of the pipe end (2) of the first pipeline (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Horst-Dieter Rohwedder
  • Patent number: 7445031
    Abstract: An insulation arrangement for pipes, especially for pipes of a pneumatic system in a passenger transport aircraft, essentially includes at least one insulation layer (6) as well as an outer sheath (3) consisting of titanium foil (31). The outer sheath (3) is connected, in a first end section (32) and in a second end section (33), respectively with a termination profile (7), and thereby a shell (9) with at least one longitudinal seam (13) is formed, into which the insulation layer (6) is insertable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Hummel, Horst-Dieter Rohwedder
  • Publication number: 20060180227
    Abstract: An insulation arrangement for pipes, especially for pipes of a pneumatic system in a passenger transport aircraft, essentially comprises at least one insulation layer (6) as well as an outer sheath (3) consisting of titanium foil (31). The invention consists in that the outer sheath (3) is connected, in a first end section (32) and in a second end section (33), respectively with a termination profile (7), and thereby a shell (9) with at least one longitudinal seam (13) is formed, into which the insulation layer (6) is insertable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Hummel, Horst-Dieter Rohwedder