Patents by Inventor Gunther Henjes

Gunther Henjes 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: 4136580
    Abstract: A power branching transmission, having two parallel output shafts, each of which carries a rotationally rigidly connected ouptput drive pinion, the output drive pinions being axially offset with respect to one another and each meshing with a respective rotatable ring gear and with a respective central gear wheel disposed in the respective ring gear, a pair of driving pinions rotationally rigidly disposed on parallel drive shafts and each meshing with a respective one of the ring gears and a respective one of the central gear wheels, each of the ring gears and each of the central gear wheels having at least one coaxial race with at least one supporting roller disposed between the races and bracing the respective ring gear and associated central wheel with respect to one another. No housing is required, tooth forces of the ring gears and central gears being accommodated by the supporting rollers and not transmitted to the radial bearings of the input end output shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Hermann Berstorff Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Brand, Manfred Dienst, Adolf Herbert, Gunther Henjes