Patents by Inventor Frank Hillringhaus

Frank Hillringhaus 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).

  • Device and method for fastening balancing weights to rotors, in particular to propeller shafts or cardan shafts
    Patent number: 7249508
    Abstract: In a device (3) for fastening balancing weights to rotors (2) with a plurality of compensation planes, in particular to propeller shafts or Cardan shafts, preferably in a balancing machine (1) that includes at least one gripper-like device which can be positioned along the rotor axis, and with which a balancing weight is placed on the external periphery of the rotor (2) and can be fastened there, the gripper-like device (5) includes plural receivers for receiving a plurality of the balancing weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Schenck RoTec GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Rogalla, Frank Hillringhaus
  • Device and method for fastening balancing weights to rotors, in particular to propeller shafts or cardan shafts
    Publication number: 20050252349
    Abstract: In a device (3) for fastening balancing weights to rotors (2) with a plurality of compensation planes, in particular to propeller shafts or cardan shafts, preferably in a balancing machine (1) which comprises at least one gripper-like device which can be positioned along the rotor axis, with which a balancing weight is placed on the external periphery of the rotor (2) and can be fastened there, it is proposed for simplifying and less expensive application of the balancing weights, to form the gripper-like device (5) for receiving a plurality of balancing weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Rogallia, Frank Hillringhaus