Patents by Inventor Erhard Lux

Erhard Lux 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).

  • PIVOT BEARING UNIT COMPRISING A BRAKING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170114828
    Abstract: A pivot bearing unit (18), having a pneumatic braking device (21) with a first and second bearing part (22, 23), which are embodied as rotatable relative to one another, wherein the braking device (21) is activatable by means of compressed air (36) via a compressed air supply line (10). The braking device (21) is provided with a brake hose (1), embedded in a bearing plate (14), in the first bearing part (22), and the brake hose (1) expands as a result of subjection to compressed air (36) with a motion (8) in the direction of a free end (16) and, via an axially movable switching ring (2), exerts a force (17) on at least one brake block (6) of the second bearing part (23), for transmitting a braking moment (15) between the first and second bearing parts (22, 23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Ondal Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Knappe, Erhard Lux
  • Pivot bearing unit comprising a braking device
    Patent number: 9551458
    Abstract: A pivot bearing unit (18), having a pneumatic braking device (21) with a first and second bearing part (22, 23), which are embodied as rotatable relative to one another, wherein the braking device (21) is activatable by means of compressed air (36) via a compressed air supply line (10). The braking device (21) is provided with a brake hose (1), embedded in a bearing plate (14), in the first bearing part (22), and the brake hose (1) expands as a result of subjection to compressed air (36) with a motion (8) in the direction of a free end (16) and, via an axially movable switching ring (2), exerts a force (17) on at least one brake block (6) of the second bearing part (23), for transmitting a braking moment (15) between the first and second bearing parts (22, 23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Ondal Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Knappe, Erhard Lux
  • Pivot bearing unit comprising a braking device
    Publication number: 20050282673
    Abstract: A pivot bearing unit (18), having a pneumatic braking device (21) with a first and second bearing part (22, 23), which are embodied as rotatable relative to one another, wherein the braking device (21) is activatable by means of compressed air (36) via a compressed air supply line (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Stefan Knappe, Erhard Lux