Patents by Inventor Horst Kotzle

Horst Kotzle 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: 5313828
    Abstract: A multi-component measuring disc wheel for vehicles is provided in which an annular measuring disc is held on an auxiliary flange of the specially designed rim by means of a plurality of stud bolts parallel to the axis. The stud bolts act as measuring cross-sections and are equipped with strain gauges. The measuring disc is held at a distance from the auxiliary flange and has spoke-type measuring webs which are also equipped with strain gauges. The inner edge of the measuring disc is bolted to a pot-shaped wheel adaptor which compensates for the axial distance between the measuring disc and the normal axial position of the bolt-on flange of the wheel disc of a conventional vehicle wheel and matches in the bolt-on region the bolt-on flange of a conventional vehicle wheel disc. A signal transmission device is rotatably mounted in or on the wheel adaptor and the stationary part of the signal transmission device is fixed by means of a movable linkage which is, however, fixed in the peripheral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Horst Kotzle, Bernd Oelmann, Ulrich Schafer, Gerhard Schwarz