Patents by Inventor Dieter Panowitz

Dieter Panowitz 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).

  • Gear mechanism having helical toothing
    Patent number: 9016157
    Abstract: A gear train with at least first and second spur gears (1, 2) which have a tooth width (b), mesh with one another and each have helical teeth (3, 4). The first spur gear (1) has a tooth profile with a crown circle diameter and the second spur gear (2) has a tooth profile with a root circle diameter. The first spur gear (1) has at least one projection (5) on the tooth profile that extends partially along the tooth width and beyond the crown circle diameter, and the at least one projection (5) has at least one contact face (5a) in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Bernd Somschor, Dieter Panowitz, Milos Mahler
  • GEAR MECHANISM HAVING HELICAL TOOTHING
    Publication number: 20130239724
    Abstract: A gear train with at least first and second spur gears (1, 2) which have a tooth width (b), mesh with one another and each have helical teeth (3, 4). The first spur gear (1) has a tooth profile with a crown circle diameter and the second spur gear (2) has a tooth profile with a root circle diameter. The first spur gear (1) has at least one projection (5) on the tooth profile that extends partially along the tooth width and beyond the crown circle diameter, and the at least one projection (5) has at least one contact face (5a) in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Bernd Somschor, Dieter Panowitz, Milos Mahler