Patents by Inventor Dirk Burkhard

Dirk Burkhard 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: 9771943
    Abstract: A regulating rod (1) has a rod part (2) which has an end region (3) provided with an external thread and an end piece (4) which has a receiving recess (5). A knurled nut (6) is arranged and guided in the receiving recess (5) and has an internal thread into which the external thread of the externally threaded end region (3) is screwed. The end piece (4) further has a weld window (8) adjacent the knurled nut. Once the length of the regulating rod is adjusted by rotation of the knurled nut, further rotation of the knurled nut is prevented by introducing and filling the weld window with a weld filler such that the knurled nut (6) is non-detachably fixed and thereby the set length of the regulating rod is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Burkhard, Leif Heidingsfelder
  • Publication number: 20150086266
    Abstract: A regulating rod (1) having a rod part (2) which has an end region (3) provided with an external thread; and having an end piece (4) which has a receiving recess (5) and which has a setting piece (6) which is arranged and guided in the receiving recess (5) and which has an internal thread into which the external thread of the end region (3) is screwed in order to set the effective length of the rod part (2). The end piece (4) has a fastening portion (7) for the cohesive fixing of the set effective length of the rod part (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk Burkhard, Leif Heidingsfelder