Patents by Inventor Egbert Zimmermann

Egbert Zimmermann 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: 9009899
    Abstract: An arrangement for supporting a brace transversely to the longitudinal extent thereof in the vicinity of the anchorage of a structure having a cavity pipe, an adapter ring, a tubular or annular supporting element which has a second axially loadable support surface, which is arranged concentrically in relation to the second axially loadable bearing surface of the adapter ring and of which the opening, which encircles a third longitudinal axis, forms a supporting surface for the brace by way of its inner circumference, wherein the opening has an amount of eccentricity E2 in relation to the second axially loadable support surface of the supporting element, and having a fastenor which clamps the cavity pipe, the adapter ring and the supporting element together axially in position relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Dywidag-Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Lorenz Schnitzler, Werner Brand, Andreas Maerzluft, Egbert Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20140115984
    Abstract: An arrangement for supporting a brace transversely to the longitudinal extent thereof in the vicinity of the anchorage of a structure having a cavity pipe, an adapter ring, a tubular or annular supporting element which has a second axially loadable support surface, which is arranged concentrically in relation to the second axially loadable bearing surface of the adapter ring and of which the opening, which encircles a third longitudinal axis, forms a supporting surface for the brace by way of its inner circumference, wherein the opening has an amount of eccentricity E2 in relation to the second axially loadable support surface of the supporting element, and having a fastenor which clamps the cavity pipe, the adapter ring and the supporting element together axially in position relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: DYWIDAG-SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Lorenz SCHNITZLER, Werner BRAND, Andreas MAERZLUFT, Egbert ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 7299516
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly an inclined cable of a cable stayed bridge, is comprised of a bundle of individual elements, for example, steel wire strands, which in the open area is encapsulated by sheathing, and which in the area of a rerouting point, for example, at the pylon of a cable-stayed bridge, extends inside a saddle pipe in a canal having the shape of a circular arc. In order to avoid impairments at the ends of the saddle pipe when sheathing is connected to the structure, the saddle pipe is extended in the shape of a circular arc beyond a tangential exit of the bundle by a length L so that the bundle is exposed at an end of the saddle pipe without any risk of abutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Dywidag-Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Oswald Nuetzel, Egbert Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7200886
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly an inclined cable of a cable stayed bridge, is comprised of a bundle of individual elements, for example, steel wire strands, which in its open area is encapsulated by sheathing, and which within the structure extends inside a guide canal that is formed by a recess pipe. The sheathing—sealing off the front side of the guide canal—is thereby directly or indirectly connected to the structure. Between the sheathing and the entrance point of the tension member into the structure, a connecting pipe is arranged, which on the one hand is detachably connected to the sheathing and on the other hand is connected to the structure by a flange plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Dywidag-Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Oswald Nuetzel, Egbert Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7174684
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly a tendon for prestressed concrete, comprising a bundle of tension elements arranged inside a sheathing, has at its ends anchoring devices each with an anchor plate. On the side of the anchor plate facing away from the open air side, a seal having tension elements running through it and having a sealing plate are arranged, the sealing plate being fixed in place on the side facing away from the anchor plate opposite the anchor body against longitudinal displacement. Between the anchor plate and a pressure plate butting against the sealing plate, pressure-transferring means, for example, a pressure tube, are provided, having a length calculated in such a way that a longitudinal displacement of the anchor plate that occurs when the tension elements are being tensioned, actuates the exertion of surface pressure to the sealing plate for activating the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Dywidag-Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Oswald Nuetzel, Egbert Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20050262649
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly an inclined cable of a cable stayed bridge, is comprised of a bundle of individual elements, for example, steel wire strands, which in its open area is encapsulated by sheathing, and which within the structure extends inside a guide canal that is formed by a recess pipe. The sheathing—sealing off the front side of the guide canal—is thereby directly or indirectly connected to the structure. Between the sheathing and the entrance point of the tension member into the structure, a connecting pipe is arranged, which on the one hand is detachably connected to the sheathing and on the other hand is connected to the structure by a flange plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: DYWIDAG-Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Oswald Nuetzel, Egbert Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20050262648
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly an inclined cable of a cable stayed bridge, is comprised of a bundle of individual elements, for example, steel wire strands, which in the open area is encapsulated by sheathing, and which in the area of a rerouting point, for example, at the pylon of a cable-stayed bridge, extends inside a saddle pipe in a canal having the shape of a circular arc. In order to avoid impairments at the ends of the saddle pipe when sheathing is connected to the structure, the saddle pipe is extended in the shape of a circular arc beyond a tangential exit of the bundle by a length L so that the bundle is exposed at an end of the saddle pipe without any risk of abutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: DYWIDAG-Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Oswald Nuetzel, Egbert Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20050034392
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly a tendon for prestressed concrete, comprising a bundle of tension elements arranged inside a sheathing, has at its ends anchoring devices each with an anchor plate. On the side of the anchor plate facing away from the open air side, a seal having tension elements running through it and having a sealing plate are arranged, the sealing plate being fixed in place on the side facing away from the anchor plate opposite the anchor body against longitudinal displacement. Between the anchor plate and a pressure plate butting against the sealing plate, pressure-transferring means, for example, a pressure tube, are provided, having a length calculated in such a way that a longitudinal displacement of the anchor plate that occurs when the tension elements are being tensioned, actuates the exertion of surface pressure to the sealing plate for activating the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Oswald Nuetzel, Egbert Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 4878327
    Abstract: A corrosion-protected tension member, such as a tendon for prestressed concrete with post-tensioning, is made up of a bundle of individual tension elements, such as strands, arranged within a tubular envelope. The tension member extends between anchoring devices, each forming an anchor region for the tension member with a free region located between the anchor regions. In the free region, the tubular envelope is formed of a sheathing tube. Each individual element is located within a separate sheathing duct, and a corrosion-protection mass fills the space within the ducts about the elements. The open volume within the sheathing tube around the sheathed elements is filled with cement mortar. In the anchor regions, the tubular envelope includes an anchor tube enclosing an anchor pot. The anchor pot has a base with openings through which the individual elements pass in a sealed manner. The anchor pot is filled with a corrosion-protection mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Dyckerhoff & Widmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oswald Nutzel, Egbert Zimmermann, Dieter Jungwirth
  • Patent number: 4648146
    Abstract: In the assembly of a tension tie member between spaced anchors when the tie member is made up of a number of individual tension elements, such as steel wires, steel strands or the like, enclosed within a tubular sheathing, the tension elements are inserted individually and successively between the anchors and it is necessary to insert the annular wedges which anchor each element before the tension elements are released from a threading device. To prevent the annular wedges from prematurely entering into the boreholes in the anchor plate, an auxiliary plate is positioned spaced from the anchor plate. The auxiliary plate has at least one through borehole axially alignable with the boreholes in the anchor plate. A tubular section is secured to the auxiliary plate and forms an extension of the borehole therein. An annular wedge to be inserted into one of the boreholes and the anchor plate can be held on the tubular section by resiliently expanding the wedge about the outer surface of the tubular section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Dyckerhoff & Widmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oswald Nutzel, Egbert Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 4648147
    Abstract: A tension tie member is anchored between two spaced locations on a structure, such as a diagonal cable in a stayed girder bridge. The tie member is supported on the structure adjacent at least one anchor location by an annular bearing member encircling an outer protective casing of the tie member. The bearing member is positioned within an annular chamber in the structure at the point where the tie member extends through the structure toward the anchor location. The diameter of the annular chamber is larger than the diameter of the tie member so that there is a certain amount of play between the bearing member encircling the tie member and the surface of the annular chamber whereby lateral movement of the tie member can occur. With the tie member anchored in place the space between the outside of the bearing member and the inside surface of the annular chamber can be filled with grout to support the tie member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Inventors: Egbert Zimmermann, Oswald Nutzel