Patents by Inventor Horst Kretz

Horst Kretz 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).

  • Odometer for a vehicle
    Patent number: 4308453
    Abstract: An odometer i.e. a distance recorder, for a vehicle has a counting mechanism driven by a stepping mechanism which is in turn driven with rotation of a vehicle wheel. The stepping mechanism has a plurality of pawls which reciprocate with wheel rotation and which can advance respective ratchet wheels. For a given vehicle wheel size, one of the pawls is selected to operate its ratchet wheel by a cam means which then disables the or each other pawl from engagement with associated ratchet(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: E. Wehrle GmbH
    Inventors: Jorg G. Faller, Horst Kretz, Eberhard Steinhauser