Patents by Inventor Gerd Vilsmeier

Gerd Vilsmeier 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).

  • Displacement bearing and motorcycle fork having such a displacement bearing
    Patent number: 7168725
    Abstract: Displacement bearing, in particular for fork pipes of motorcycle forks, having an inside part which has raceways extending in the direction of fork displacement on its outside part, an outside part which extends around the inside part and is displaceable in relation to the inside part, at least two roller bodies which are arranged in the interior of the outside part and which are mounted so that each can rotate about a respective axis of rotation situated in the interior of the outside part, so that the roller bodies roll on the raceways when there is a displacement of the inside part in the outside part. The roller bodies have a convex shape and the raceways each have a concave shape for transferring forces acting perpendicularly and/or transversely on the raceways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gerd Vilsmeier
  • Displacement bearing and motorcycle fork having such a displacement bearing
    Publication number: 20050151342
    Abstract: Displacement bearing, in particular for fork pipes of motorcycle forks, having an inside part which has raceways extending in the direction of fork displacement on its outside part, an outside part which extends around the inside part and is displaceable in relation to the inside part, at least two roller bodies which are arranged in the interior of the outside part and which are mounted so that each can rotate about a respective axis of rotation situated in the interior of the outside part, so that the roller bodies roll on the raceways when there is a displacement of the inside part in the outside part. The roller bodies have a convex shape and the raceways each have a concave shape for transferring forces acting perpendicularly and/or transversely on the raceways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
    Inventor: Gerd Vilsmeier