Patents by Inventor Hermann Dierkes

Hermann Dierkes 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: 4417499
    Abstract: A weapon mount for a weapon on an armored vehicle, wherein the weapon is mounted above the roof of the vehicle and the weapon is adjustable both as regards azimuth and elevation, and has a symmetrically arranged magazine. The weapon mount is provided with trunnion arms which engage the trunnion of the weapon, is connected to the rotatable inner race of a bearing disposed in the vehicle roof which bearing supports the turret roof and provides the azimuth alignment, and is supported with its lower one-piece end in a support bearing disposed at the floor of the vehicle. The support bearing is arranged coaxially with the azimuth bearing in the vehicle roof and the section of the weapon mount which is disposed in the vehicle between the two superposed bearings is non coaxial with the bearing and generates a surface of revolution when the mount is rotated about the bearing axis, i.e., the section of the bearing mount either has an oblique longitudinal axis or has a bend in it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: Thyssen Industrie Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinrich Grosser, Hermann Dierkes, Hubertus Lutke, Klaus Schreckenberg