Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Koos

Wolfgang Koos 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).

  • Vibration damper
    Patent number: 5996959
    Abstract: A vibration damper comprises an attachment member and a damping mass connected by an elastomer spring with a plurality of elastic coupling elements. The coupling elements are inclined relative to the direction of the spacing between the damping mass and the attachment member. The inclination angle of the coupling elements is adjusted so that the natural vibrational frequency of the vibration damper in the spacing direction can be tuned largely independently from that in a direction perpendicular to the spacing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Achim Gassen, Helmut Vossenkuhl, Wolfgang Koos
  • Mass vibration damper
    Patent number: 5884892
    Abstract: A vibration damper comprises an attachment member and a damping mass connected by an elastomer spring with a plurality of elastic coupling elements. The coupling elements are inclined relative to the direction of the spacing between the damping mass and the attachment member. The inclination angle of the coupling elements is adjusted so that the natural vibrational frequency of the vibration damper in the spacing direction can be tuned largely independently from that in a direction perpendicular to the spacing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: ContiTech Formteile GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Gassen, Helmut Vossenkuhl, Wolfgang Koos