Patents by Inventor Harald Otto Merkel

Harald Otto Merkel 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: 10208810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a frictionally acting device (2) comprising a disk pack (28) made from a first disk set (30) which is connected rotationally fixed to a first disk carrier (16) and a second disk set (36) which is connected rotationally fixed to a second disk carrier (18), wherein the disks (32, 34; 38, 40, 42) of the two disk sets (30, 36) are arranged alternating one after another and can be frictionally engaged with one another, the disks (32, 34) of the first disk set (30) are designed as friction lining disks, and an end disk arrangement (54; 56) is assigned to the disk pack (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Harald Otto Merkel, Robert Wiese
  • Publication number: 20160298698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a frictionally acting device (2) comprising a disk pack (28) made from a first disk set (30) which is connected rotationally fixed to a first disk carrier (16) and a second disk set (36) which is connected rotationally fixed to a second disk carrier (18), wherein the disks (32, 34; 38, 40, 42) of the two disk sets (30, 36) are arranged alternating one after another and can be frictionally engaged with one another, the disks (32, 34) of the first disk set (30) are designed as friction lining disks, and an end disk arrangement (54; 56) is assigned to the disk pack (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Harald Otto MERKEL, Robert WIESE
  • Patent number: 8360221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a segmented support plate (2) for a lamella, which support plate (2) is assembled from at least two segments (14, 16) in the manner of a jigsaw puzzle so as to form a boundary line (22) between the segments (14, 16), wherein the one segment (14) has a projection (28) which is inserted into a recess (32) in the other segment (16) so as to form a boundary line section (36) between the projection (28) and the recess (32), and the projection (28) and the recess (32) are shaped such that the adjacent segments (14, 16) engage behind one another, in relation to the circumferential direction (10, 12) of the support plate (2), in at least one first and one second partial section (64, 66) of the boundary line section (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Neubauer, Michael Wagner, Harald Otto Merkel
  • Publication number: 20100193317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a segmented support plate (2) for a lamella, which support plate (2) is assembled from at least two segments (14, 16) in the manner of a jigsaw puzzle so as to form a boundary line (22) between the segments (14, 16), wherein the one segment (14) has a projection (28) which is inserted into a recess (32) in the other segment (16) so as to form a boundary line section (36) between the projection (28) and the recess (32), and the projection (28) and the recess (32) are shaped such that the adjacent segments (14, 16) engage behind one another, in relation to the circumferential direction (10, 12) of the support plate (2), in at least one first and one second partial section (64, 66) of the boundary line section (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Dirk Neubauer, Michael Wagner, Harald Otto Merkel