Patents by Inventor Eberhard K?hler

Eberhard K?hler 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).

  • Free-wheel with a free-wheel outer rim covered with fiber-reinforced plastic
    Patent number: 7175011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a free-wheel, in particular a pinch roller free-wheel or a pinch body free-wheel, comprising relatively-rotating elements arranged one within the other on a common axis, which form a gap, in which pinch elements, in particular pinch rollers or pinch bodies, are arranged such that a friction connection can be produced with the facing outer surfaces of the elements, by means of the pinch surfaces, whereby the free-wheel outer rim is covered by a ring of fibre-reinforced plastic and the external diameter of the ring of fibre-reinforced plastic is about 1.3 to 1.8 times the diameter of the external clamping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Paul Mueller GmbH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen
    Inventors: Eberhard Kōhler, Holger Frei, Eberhard Karl, Manfred Elbacher