Patents by Inventor Reinhold Weckesser

Reinhold Weckesser 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).

  • Pump impeller for a torque converter
    Patent number: 5988981
    Abstract: A pump impeller for a hydrodynamic torque converter with a flange and a hub located radially inside and extending in the axial direction. The hub has a seat for a bearing and a sleeve is connected by a pressure fit to the pump impeller. The sleeve extends in the direction of the hub and forms the seat of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Uwe Dehrmann, Wilfried Glock, Rudiger Hinkel, Rothard Schneider, Peter Volland, Reinhold Weckesser, Hans-Wilhelm Wienholt
  • Hydrokinetic torque converter with stabilizer ring on the blade wheels
    Patent number: 5813227
    Abstract: Hydrodynamic torque converter which comprises blade wheels in the form of a reactor, a pump wheel and a turbine wheel with individual blades which are connected to an outer wall, whereby a torque can be transmitted from the pump wheel to the turbine wheel by means of pressure medium which flows along a flow path from the pump wheel to the turbine wheel, and is transported via the reactor back to the pump wheel, whereby at least one blade wheel comprises at least one stabilizer ring which creates a connection of the individual blades on their exposed sides, and by means of which stabilizer ring the flow path of the pressure medium can be influenced to reduce the flow losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Uwe Dehrmann, Wilfried Glock, Rudiger Hinkel, Ruthard Schneider, Peter Volland, Reinhold Weckesser, Hans-Wilhelm Wienholt