Patents by Inventor BERND REIF

BERND REIF 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).

  • Load-pulling system
    Patent number: 8673433
    Abstract: A load-pulling system includes a least one belt to which a tensile load is applied. The belt is formed of a matrix and a load-bearing fiber structure embedded in the matrix and having a plurality of fibers. The belt is guided around a least one deflection device in such a way that it forms a curved section in the region of the deflection device. A dimensioning of the belt and the applied tensile load are matched to each other in such a way that, in the curved section of the belt, a zero stress line of the belt is displaced radially inward in the direction of curvature with respect to a center line of the load-bearing fiber structure by an amount of at least 25% of the thickness of the load-bearing fiber structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: SGL Carbon SE
    Inventors: Bernd Reif, Florian Gojny, Tobias Schmidt
  • LOAD-PULLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140004298
    Abstract: A load-pulling system includes a least one belt to which a tensile load is applied. The belt is formed of a matrix and a load-bearing fiber structure embedded in the matrix and having a plurality of fibers. The belt is guided around a least one deflection device in such a way that it forms a curved section in the region of the deflection device. A dimensioning of the belt and the applied tensile load are matched to each other in such a way that, in the curved section of the belt, a zero stress line of the belt is displaced radially inward in the direction of curvature with respect to a center line of the load-bearing fiber structure by an amount of at least 25% of the thickness of the load-bearing fiber structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: BERND REIF, FLORIAN GOJNY, TOBIAS SCHMIDT