Patents by Inventor Gottfried Weber

Gottfried Weber 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).

  • Direct smelting vessel and direct smelting process
    Patent number: 6322745
    Abstract: A vessel which produces metal from a metalliferous feed material by a direct smelting process is disclosed. The vessel contains a molten bath having a metal layer (15) and a slag layer (16) on the metal layer and has a gas continuous space (31) above the slag layer. The vessel includes a hearth formed of refractory material having a base (3) and sides (55) in contact with the molten metal and side walls (5) which extend upwardly from the sides (55) of the hearth and are in contact with the slag layer and the gas continuous space. The side walls that contact the gas continuous space include water cooled panels (57) and a layer of slag on the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Technological Resources Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: David John Leigh, Peter Damian Burke, Cecil Peter Bates, Ralph Gottfried Weber
  • Composite camshaft for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 5738052
    Abstract: A composite camshaft for an internal combustion engine, having a shaft member (2) on which cam members (12, 13, 14 and 15) are firmly secured by the interposition of a clamping sleeve (16), between an external tooth system (17) and an internal tooth system (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Josef Meurer, Edmund Lenerz, Hans-Walter Metz, Gottfried Weber
  • Chain tensioner for automotive engine
    Patent number: 5658212
    Abstract: A chain tensioner damps high-frequency chain vibrations by a preloaded damping element in the form of a basic piston, which is augmented by an elastomeric damping element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Josef Meurer, Hans-Walter Metz, Gottfried Weber, Gerd Schwertfirm
  • Main bearing construction for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 5456228
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a bearing cap (3) for positioning the crankshaft (40) within the cylinder block (1). Spacer sleeves (20), which are attached with the main bearing cap bolts (5), are provided with dowel pins (32) having free ends (33) extending therefrom. The free ends of the dowel pins are mated with pockets (34) formed on the inner surface of the reinforcement element. A hardenable material (38) is injected into the space formed between the dowel pins and the pockets so as to form a locked reinforcement element to each of the dowel pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Joseph Meurer, Gottfried Weber, Hans-Walter Metz, Edmund Lenerz
  • Apparatus for press fitting machine parts
    Patent number: 4569126
    Abstract: A residual distance to a stop surface and a minimum pressing force are specified. A machine part is moved through the residual distance. The pressing force is detected and compared with the specified minimum pressing force. The machine part is moved against the stop surface only when the pressing force exceeds the specified minimum pressing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Gottfried Weber