Patents by Inventor Rudolf Laucks

Rudolf Laucks 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: 4419085
    Abstract: In an amphibious vehicle having driven wheels for movement along dry surfaces and a driving unit for movement through fluids, the improvement comprising at least one of the driven wheels being provided with supports and a positioning mechanism for propeller blades, which, upon rotation of the wheel, generate motion through the fluid according to the principle of cycloidal propellers. The supports for the propeller blades are arranged and constructed such that the propeller blades protrude laterally out of the wheel rim, whereby the axis of rotation of the propeller blades are inclined a small, acute angle towards the axis of the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Laucks, Karl Blickle