Patents by Inventor Manfred Walther

Manfred Walther 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: 7191626
    Abstract: In the production of an internal contour with an internal arbor acting on the inner wall of a cup-shaped or annular rotationally symmetrical workpiece, expansion and length change of the workpiece are avoided during cold forming. Thus, gear components with internal teeth are produced that have greater symmetry and higher accuracy. A workpiece provided with a press fit on the outside or a prefabricated workpiece is inserted into the die, and during the cold forming is pressed tightly by friction and rotationally fixed with the rotationally driven internal arbor against the inner wall of the die. After completion of the rolling process of the profile, the workpiece is ejected with an axial ram. The internal arbor is provided with outside profiling and is cantilever-mounted and is fed axially and radially during the rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Profiroll Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Tittmann, Matthias Schulten, Manfred Walther
  • Publication number: 20060272375
    Abstract: In the production of an internal contour with an internal arbor acting on the inner wall of a cup-shaped or annular rotationally symmetrical workpiece, expansion and length change of the workpiece are avoided during cold forming. Thus, gear components with internal teeth are produced that have greater symmetry and higher accuracy. A workpiece provided with a press fit on the outside or a prefabricated workpiece is inserted into the die, and during the cold forming is pressed tightly by friction and rotationally fixed with the rotationally driven internal arbor against the inner wall of the die. After completion of the rolling process of the profile, the workpiece is ejected with an axial ram. The internal arbor is provided with outside profiling and is cantilever-mounted and is fed axially and radially during the rolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Uwe Tittmann, Mattthias Schulten, Manfred Walther
  • Publication number: 20050173218
    Abstract: A crank has a crank arm (3) and a freewheel element (1, 2) for fastening the crank arm (3) on a crankshaft. When the crank arm (3) is rotated in a first direction, a torque is transmitted to the crankshaft. When the crank arm (3) is rotated in a second, opposite direction, the crank arm (3) rotates in freewheeling mode. The crank furthermore has at least one fixing means (6, 6?) for cancelling freewheeling, allowing the torque of the crank arm (3) to be transmitted to the crankshaft in both directions of rotation. This crank allows simple switching between one-way coupling and two-way coupling and significantly increases the available training and therapy options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Manfred Walther, Urs Tanner