Patents by Inventor Joecbim Ritter

Joecbim Ritter 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: 5988884
    Abstract: A guide rail arrangement for connecting two relatively displaceable components comprising a lower rail (1) and an upper rail (2) supported thereon by rolling elements (3), said lower and upper rails being configured as rectilinear sheet metal profiles, one of the lower and upper rails partially surrounding the other of the lower and upper rails, whereby hollow spaces are formed for receiving the rolling elements (3) and further slide elements (4) arranged between the rails is characterized in that, in a central region of the arrangement, the two rails (1, 2) define a receiving space (5) for a spring and/or damping element, which receiving space (5) is adjoined by regions comprising the rolling elements and the slide elements (4) and extending in end regions of the rails (1, 2) which results in the creation of an arrangement with uniform load distribution on its components so that a deformation of the components and a pressing-in of the rolling elements is reliably prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Frank Scheib, Klaus Baalmann, Jorg Gwosdek, Ralf Moseberg, Thomas Winkler, Barbara Fess, Thomas Kurz, Rainer Kleber, Joecbim Ritter, Rolf Fleischhauer