Patents by Inventor Ekkehard Bretting

Ekkehard Bretting 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: 4247065
    Abstract: A carrying wing having a movable flap, an outer skin of plastics formed continuously without gap from the carrying wing surface to the flap surface, the skin being designed as a thin flexible membrane spanning the transition zone between the carrier wing surface and the flap surface. The skin is secured to the carrier wing surface and to the flap surface at respective positions thereon, and cam guides serve as bearings, which on actuation of the flap, cause the securing position of the membrane on the flap to follow a track which is at least approximately spiral shaped, in order to control the securing position of the membrane on the carrying surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Inventors: Burkhart Grob, Ernst Gegenhuber, Ekkehard Bretting