Patents by Inventor Hans W. Harms

Hans W. Harms 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: 4461488
    Abstract: A chain-track link assembly has a pin extending along and defining an axis, an outer link element fixed to the pin and forming therewith an axially open annular recess having an annular end face lying substantially in a plane perpendicular to the axis and a radially inwardly directed cylindrical inner surface centered on the axis, an inner link element pivotal about the axis on the pin and having an annular end face substantially parallel to and axially confronting the end face of the outer link element, and an annular seal in the recess between the end faces, centered on the axis and substantially axially symmetrical therearound. The seal has a hard and radially outwardly U-section part formed with a pair of like legs having axially oppositely directed sides each formed by a pair of opposite inclined and axially oppositely tapered surfaces joining substantially at a line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Assignee: Intertractor Viehmann GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Hans W. Harms, Ditmar Reimann