Patents by Inventor Walter Funke

Walter Funke 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).

  • Method and device for fine machining a toothed workpiece, and program for controlling said device
    Patent number: 9796030
    Abstract: A method and a device for the fine-machining of a toothed workpiece with a toothed finishing tool (10) which meshes with the workpiece in mutual tooth engagement are, for the purpose of producing conically modified tooth flanks, designed according to the invention in such a way that in the dressing process the finishing tool (10) and the dressing tool (11) are set at a position of reduced center distance (a) that is offset from a position of maximum center distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: THE GLEASON WORKS
    Inventors: Gerhard Reichert, Walter Funke, Engelbert Schauer
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FINE MACHINING A TOOTHED WORKPIECE, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SAID DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160151847
    Abstract: A method and a device for the fine-machining of a toothed workpiece with a toothed finishing tool (10) which meshes with the workpiece in mutual tooth engagement are, for the purpose of producing conically modified tooth flanks, designed according to the invention in such a way that in the dressing process the finishing tool (10) and the dressing tool (11) are set at a position of reduced center distance (a) that is offset from a position of maximum center distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Gerhard Reichert, Walter Funke, Engelbert Schauer
  • Internal combustion engine air induction assembly
    Patent number: 3998614
    Abstract: An air induction assembly particularly for engines with electronically controlled fuel injection including an air volumeter for sensing air flow and an air-smoothing inlet means therefor in the form of a pipe or conduit having a length about three or four times its cross-sectional dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Helmut Schonberger, Manfred Wolfsberger, Walter Funke