Patents by Inventor Franz Schele

Franz Schele 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: 4425994
    Abstract: A multiple-disk clutch of the type in which an outer member rotatably engages a plurality of first disks interleaved with second disks rotatably engaged by an inner member so that the disks are axially displaceable relative to the respective members whereby axial compression of the disk pack or stack will frictionally entrain the disks with one another. According to the invention, disk wobble or flutter is prevented by constraining elements distributed around the periphery of the disk pack and limiting relative axial displacement of the disks in pairs upon deenergization of the clutch. The compressing piston and the end disk are connected directly to the constraining elements or indirectly to the latter via respective supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Franz Schele