Patents by Inventor Herman BENTHIEN

Herman BENTHIEN 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).

  • Rotary joint, framework construction kit, framework with rotary joints and method for manufacturing a rotary joint
    Patent number: 10378198
    Abstract: A rotary joint includes a socket rod having a socket rod flange with a basically spheroid concave bearing surface at a first end, a housing nut encircling the socket rod and having a threaded wrenching head, and a ball rod having a basically spheroid convex bearing surface and threaded side walls around the bearing surface. A diameter of the threaded side walls of the ball rod corresponds to a diameter of the threaded wrenching head of the housing nut. First guiding tracks are on the concave bearing surface oriented into a first swivelling direction, the socket rod being swivable to the ball rod along the first guiding tracks into the first swivelling direction. Second guiding tracks are on the convex bearing surface and oriented into a second swivelling direction, the socket rod being swivellable to the ball rod along the second guiding tracks into the second swivelling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Herman Benthien, Andreas Poppe
  • ROTARY JOINT, FRAMEWORK CONSTRUCTION KIT, FRAMEWORK WITH ROTARY JOINTS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A ROTARY JOINT
    Publication number: 20170058959
    Abstract: A rotary joint includes a socket rod having a socket rod flange with a basically spheroid concave bearing surface at a first end, a housing nut encircling the socket rod and having a threaded wrenching head, and a ball rod having a basically spheroid convex bearing surface and threaded side walls around the bearing surface. A diameter of the threaded side walls of the ball rod corresponds to a diameter of the threaded wrenching head of the housing nut. First guiding tracks are on the concave bearing surface oriented into a first swivelling direction, the socket rod being swivable to the ball rod along the first guiding tracks into the first swivelling direction. Second guiding tracks are on the convex bearing surface and oriented into a second swivelling direction, the socket rod being swivellable to the ball rod along the second guiding tracks into the second swivelling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Herman BENTHIEN, Andreas POPPE