Patents by Inventor Helmut Gaggermeier

Helmut Gaggermeier 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: 4989708
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-disk friction clutch in which the teeth of the external disks are constructed with undercut tooth profiles. Under the influence of a resulting centrifugal force acting in the center of gravity, the external disks which, with play are fitted into their outer guide, slide into an eccentric position in which they are supported on their circumference in the guide. For geometrical reasons, tooth profiles which are in a normal position with respect to the direction of the force or in shifting direction, come to rest sooner in and against the guide than obliquely extending tooth profiles. In the case of undercut teeth of the external disk, the supporting tooth profiles, viewed in the direction of the force, are disposed in front of the point of application of the force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Gaggermeier