Patents by Inventor Jiri Vlach

Jiri Vlach 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).

  • Method of producing a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 5215050
    Abstract: A method of producing a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, comprising a cylinder head housing made of an aluminum material and having a base plate fitted into the combustion-chamber-side base wall of the cylinder head housing and made of a highly heat-resistant material. The combustion chamber plate is connected to the base wall of the cylinder head housing by friction welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Franz Ruckert, Jiri Vlach, Rudolf Reinhardt, Dieter Hahn
  • Tensioning arrangement with a damping device for a belt drive
    Patent number: 4530682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tensioning arrangement with a damping device for a belt drive. The tensioning arrangement includes a combination of a pivotal roller lever which supports a tensioning roller, a tension spring engagable with the roller lever and a damping device attached to the roller lever.In order to facilitate a rapid installation and tensioning of the belt on the belt drive, the end of the tension spring opposite the roller lever is connected with a pivotable spring tensioning lever, which spring tensioning lever is selectively movable from a position where the belt is provided with no pretensioning to a pretensioning position where the spring exhibits a predetermined pretensioning force at the belt tensioning roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Gruber, Peter Moser, Ulrich Conrad, Jiri Vlach