Patents by Inventor Hartmut Herter

Hartmut Herter 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).

  • Method and a device for the manufacture of a stiffening structure for an aircraft fuselage segment, and also a stiffening structure
    Patent number: 8919696
    Abstract: A method for stiffening a skin field of an aircraft fuselage includes providing a skin field for an aircraft fuselage, manufacturing an integral lattice-shaped stiffening structure including a plurality of longitudinal stiffeners and connecting the stiffening structure to the skin field. The manufacturing can include the use of a tool mold having a plurality of longitudinal recesses configured to form longitudinal stiffeners and a plurality of sunken areas disposed between the longitudinal recess. The sunken areas are configured for forming respective mounts that are configured for connection to circumferential stiffeners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Lonsdorfer, Hauke Seegel, Klaus Rode, Andreas Pau, Hartmut Herter, Kevin Danke
  • METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A STIFFENING STRUCTURE FOR AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SEGMENT, AND ALSO A STIFFENING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20110186683
    Abstract: A method for stiffening a skin field of an aircraft fuselage includes providing a skin field for an aircraft fuselage, manufacturing an integral lattice-shaped stiffening structure including a plurality of longitudinal stiffeners and connecting the stiffening structure to the skin field. The manufacturing can include the use of a tool mold having a plurality of longitudinal recesses configured to form longitudinal stiffeners and a plurality of sunken areas disposed between the longitudinal recess. The sunken areas are configured for forming respective mounts that are configured for connection to circumferential stiffeners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Lonsdorfer, Hauke Seegel, Klaus Rode, Andreas Pau, Hartmut Herter, Kevin Danke
  • Continuously variable transmission with wide transmission ratio range
    Patent number: 5643131
    Abstract: The invention concerns a continuously variable transmission having a driving and a driven shaft (1, 9) and first and second intermediate shafts (10, 11). Power is transmitted to the driven shaft (9) through a transmission variometer with i.sup.2 arrangement. According to the invention, the input power of the transmission is transmitted to the driven shaft through a transmission branch with constant ratio and through the continuously variable transmission branch. This power distribution reduces the proportion of the power transmitted through the continuously variable transmission branch. The transmission efficiency of the whole transmission may, in particular, be thus improved. This continuously variable transmission is designed for use in private cars and light utility vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Walter Kuhn, Hartmut Herter