Patents by Inventor Volker Schutz

Volker Schutz 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).

  • Plate spring with improved settlement behavior
    Patent number: 7192015
    Abstract: A plate spring of a substantially circular-ring-shaped form having a substantially externally conical upper side (12) and a substantially internally conical underside (13) between which there are positioned an outer annular edge (14) and an inner annular edge (15), wherein, in the unloaded condition, the surface layer (17) of the underside (13) comprises a higher inherent compressive stress than the surface layer (16) of the upper side (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Muhr und Bender KG
    Inventors: Thomas Muhr, Bernfried Hesselmann, Andreas Rinsdorf, Volker Schütz, Harold Brenner
  • Plate spring with improved settlement behaviour
    Publication number: 20050029721
    Abstract: A plate spring of a substantially circular-ring-shaped form having a substantially externally conical upper side (12) and a substantially internally conical underside (13) between which there are positioned an outer annular edge (14) and an inner annular edge (15), wherein, in the unloaded condition, the surface layer (17) of the underside (13) comprises a higher inherent compressive stress than the surface layer (16) of the upper side (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Muhr, Bernfried Hesselmann, Andreas Rinsdorf, Volker Schutz, Harold Brenner