Patents by Inventor Arno Kern

Arno Kern 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).

  • Device for ensuring correct tooth engagement during coupling of two gearwheels
    Patent number: 6450053
    Abstract: A device for ensuring correct tooth engagement during coupling of an adjustable, first gearwheel to a second gearwheel of a printing-material processing machine, includes a first adjustment device for adjusting the first gearwheel in a direction towards the second gearwheel during coupling, and further includes a protrusion and a guide for guiding the protrusion during the coupling, the protrusion being disposed eccentrically to one of the two gearwheels and being connected to the one gearwheel, so that, during rotation of the one gearwheel about a central axis thereof, the protrusion is rotatable together with the one gearwheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
    Inventors: Jens Friedrichs, Peter Heiler, Arno Kern, Frank Kropp, Frank Schaum