Patents by Inventor Wilfried Wasserfuhr

Wilfried Wasserfuhr 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).

  • Publication number: 20220379668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hub covering (2) for a tyre filling device of a vehicle for covering a wheel hub (1) of the vehicle, wherein an air supply which is coupled to a steering knuckle (21) arranged inside the wheel hub (1) is connected to an air volume in a tyre of a vehicle wheel at least indirectly via a rotary connection (3) arranged on the hub covering (2), wherein the rotary connection (3) comprises an adapter (4), which is arranged in an axially secured and rotatable manner on the hub covering (4), and receives a rotary transmitter (5) for producing a compressed air connection to the tyre of the vehicle wheel. The invention further relates to a tyre filling device and to an adapter (4) for such a hub covering (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Wilfried Wasserfuhr, Andreas Timm
  • Patent number: 10589567
    Abstract: In order to provide solutions for soiling problems and corrosion problems in the area between a pole ring (41) and the hub interior, arranged behind it, of a wheel hub assembly having a wheel hub (1) which ends inside the vehicle in a hub section (50) whose internal circumference (15) defines an opening (55) for the central passage of the stub axle (6) and on which a fastening device (42) of a pole ring (41) of an ABS sensor is mounted, wherein a pulse generator section (43) which is embodied in one piece with the fastening section (42) is a component of the pole ring (41), which pulse generator section (43) extends from the fastening section (42) to the wheel hub axis (A) and is provided with openings (44, 44L) distributed uniformly in the circumferential direction; in a first embodiment the pole ring (41) extends with its pulse generator section (43) towards the wheel hub axis (A) to such an extent that the opening (55) between the wheel hub (1) and stub axle (6) is for the most part covered towards the int
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: BPW Bergische Achsen KG
    Inventors: Rossen Iliev, Reiner Siebel, Wilfried Wasserfuhr
  • Publication number: 20170043618
    Abstract: In order to provide solutions for soiling problems and corrosion problems in the area between a pole ring (41) and the hub interior, arranged behind it, of a wheel hub assembly having a wheel hub (1) which ends inside the vehicle in a hub section (50) whose internal circumference (15) defines an opening (55) for the central passage of the stub axle (6) and on which a fastening device (42) of a pole ring (41) of an ABS sensor is mounted, wherein a pulse generator section (43) which is embodied in one piece with the fastening section (42) is a component of the pole ring (41), which pulse generator section (43) extends from the fastening section (42) to the wheel hub axis (A) and is provided with openings (44, 44L) distributed uniformly in the circumferential direction; in a first embodiment the pole ring (41) extends with its pulse generator section (43) towards the wheel hub axis (A) to such an extent that the opening (55) between the wheel hub (1) and stub axle (6) is for the most part covered towards the int
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: BPW Bergische Achsen KG
    Inventors: Rossen Iliev, Reiner Siebel, Wilfried Wasserfuhr