Fabian Wendt 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).
Abstract: A worm gear has a worm wheel, a drive shaft, and a flexible shaft. The worm wheel meshes with a worm shaft, which is driven by the drive shaft. The flexible shaft can be arranged in the drive shaft with a radial gap between at least a portion of the flexible shaft and the drive shaft. The flexible shaft can be coupled to the drive shaft such that a first spring constant is provided for displacement of the flexible shaft in a radial direction within a first range and a second spring constant is provided for displacement of the flexible shaft in the radial direction within a second range.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 17, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2020
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventors:
Michael Georg Figura, Erik Jürgen Stumpf, Thomas Marotzke, Fabian Wendt
Abstract: A worm gear has a worm wheel, a drive shaft, and a flexible shaft. The worm wheel meshes with a worm shaft, which is driven by the drive shaft. The flexible shaft can be arranged in the drive shaft with a radial gap between at least a portion of the flexible shaft and the drive shaft. The flexible shaft can be coupled to the drive shaft such that a first spring constant is provided for displacement of the flexible shaft in a radial direction within a first range and a second spring constant is provided for displacement of the flexible shaft in the radial direction within a second range.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 17, 2014
Publication date:
October 23, 2014
Applicant:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventors:
Michael Georg Figura, Erik Jürgen Stumpf, Thomas Marotzke, Fabian Wendt