Patents by Inventor David Dirks

David Dirks 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).

  • Patent number: 6802244
    Abstract: A method of making a cylinder block for a rotatable hydrostatic power member by separating the cylinder block into its four geometries and joining them together. The geometries include a base plate having a center opening and a arcuate kidney-shaped openings uniformly spaced radially around the center opening. The second geometrical item is a grooved drive shaft that fits into the center opening of the base plate. The third member is a group of tubular bore elements that fit in the base plate and mate with the drive shaft. The final member is a torque ring that matingly fits over the tubular piston bore elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Stoppek, David Dirks, Robert J. Klinkel
  • Publication number: 20040033145
    Abstract: A pump housing assembly includes a housing, a hub portion, and a flange. The housing has an end cowling defining a transition from a central portion of the housing to a transverse end portion. The hub portion extends longitudinally outwardly from the transverse end portion of housing. The flange extends radially outwardly from the outward end of the hub and is in spaced longitudinal relation to the end of the cowling to create a space to receive a head of a mounting bolt. The flange has an outer periphery with a pair of tangentially extending slots having an open end. The space for receiving a head of a mounting bolt is less than the length of a shank of a mounting bolt, to minimize the length of the housing. The slots have a width sufficient to receive the movement of a shank into and out of the open ends of the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
    Inventors: Nick Boone, Larry Walker, David Dirks
  • Patent number: 6688858
    Abstract: A pump housing assembly includes a housing, a hub portion, and a flange. The housing has an end cowling defining a transition from a central portion of the housing to a transverse end portion. The hub portion extends longitudinally outwardly from the transverse end portion of housing. The flange extends radially outwardly from the outward end of the hub and is in spaced longitudinal relation to the end of the cowling to create a space to receive a head of a mounting bolt. The flange has an outer periphery with a pair of tangentially extending slots having an open end. The space for receiving a head of a mounting bolt is less than the length of a shank of a mounting bolt, to minimize the length of the housing. The slots have a width sufficient to receive the movement of a shank into and out of the open ends of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
    Inventors: Nick Boone, Larry Walker, David Dirks
  • Patent number: 6182409
    Abstract: A building element (1) comprising an outer sheath and an inner core, the sheath being formed of a material having a greater tensile strength than compressive strength and the core having a greater compressive strength than tensile strength; wherein the outer sheath is longitudinally extending and has a first face (7) and a second face (8) which are spaced apart, first (9) and second (21) edges and a first and second end; wherein the first face (7) and the second face (8) are joined at the first (9) and second (21) edges to form the outer sheath as a continuous body, and wherein the first edge (9) and the second edge (21) are so shaped that the first edge (9) of one such building element (1) is adapted to locate in the second edge (21) of another such building element (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: David Dirk Visser