Patents by Inventor Erich Pothe

Erich Pothe 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: 5600085
    Abstract: Armored tank housings for all combat, scouting, infantry and supply tanks of different types and sizes and operating as track vehicles are based by selecting a tank housing so that it corresponds to the size of the largest tank size involved. The housing is formed of floor plates, side walls and roof plates. The various plates and walls forming the housing are arranged so that they can be automatically welded together along longitudinal seams. Where transverse seams are required in the floor plates and the roof plates the transverse seams are arranged so that they do not interrupt the longitudinal seams. As required, additional armor can be mounted on the side walls and the roof plates. The housing is arranged so that the components for movement, for orientation and for military tasks are located at the same locations in the housing for all of the different types and sizes of tanks for which the housing is intended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Blohm & Voss International
    Inventors: Jurgen Schalke, Erich Pothe
  • Patent number: 4833968
    Abstract: A double layer armor for an armored vehicle. At least two elastic retaining mounts are provided between an inner armor plate member and one of a plurality of sections not attached to each other forming an outer armor plate member. At least one of the elastic retaining mounts is formed as an engagable or disengagable pivot mount, while at least one other elastic retaining mount comprises a housing attached rigidly with the inner armor plate member and a core attached detachably with the respective section of the outer armor plate member as well as an elastic member mounted between the housing and the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Clouth Gummiwerke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Bohne, Artur Butterweck, Erich Pothe, Hans-Jurgen Hansohm
  • Patent number: 4738184
    Abstract: A double layer armor for an armored vehicle. At least two elastic retaining mounts are provided between an inner armor plate member and one of a plurality of sections not attached to each other forming an outer armor plate member. At least one of the elastic retaining mounts is formed as an engagable or disengagable pivot mount, while at least one other elastic retaining mount comprises a housing attached rigidly with the inner armor plate member and a core attached detachably with the respective section of the outer armor plate member as well as an elastic member mounted between the housing and the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Clouth Gummiwerke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Bohne, Artur Butterweck, Erich Pothe, Hans-Jurgen Hansohm