Patents by Inventor JOSEF KOEPP

JOSEF KOEPP 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).

  • Roller tool for making a brake disk
    Patent number: 10272536
    Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a roller tool for roughening a friction ring of a brake disk, the roller tool including a roller body including inner and outer ends and a casing surface positioned therebetween, the inner end differing in cross-section dimension than the outer end, the casing surface including thereupon one or more protrusions for contacting the friction ring. The roller tool may further include a support frame supporting the roller body. The support frame may include a short leg connected to the outer end of the roller body and a long leg connected to the inner end of the roller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gerhard Flores, Josef Koepp, Valeri Hartmann, Clemens Maria Verpoort
  • TOOL AND METHOD FOR MAKING A BRAKE DISK
    Publication number: 20170008142
    Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a roller tool for roughening a friction ring of a brake disk, the roller tool including a roller body including inner and outer ends and a casing surface positioned there-between, the inner end differing in cross-section dimension than the outer end, the casing surface including thereupon one or more protrusions for contacting the friction ring. The roller tool may further include a support frame supporting the roller body. The support frame may include a short leg connected to the outer end of the roller body and a long leg connected to the inner end of the roller body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: GERHARD FLORES, JOSEF KOEPP, VALERI HARTMANN, CLEMENS MARIA VERPOORT
  • Method for making a brake disk
    Patent number: 9481067
    Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a roller tool for roughening a friction ring of a brake disk, the roller tool including a roller body including inner and outer ends and a casing surface positioned there-between, the inner end differing in cross-section dimension than the outer end, the casing surface including thereupon one or more protrusions for contacting the friction ring. The roller tool may further include a support frame supporting the roller body. The support frame may include a short leg connected to the outer end of the roller body and a long leg connected to the inner end of the roller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gerhard Flores, Josef Koepp, Valeri Hartmann, Clemens Maria Verpoort
  • TOOL AND METHOD FOR MAKING A BRAKE DISK
    Publication number: 20150082850
    Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a roller tool for roughening a friction ring of a brake disk, the roller tool including a roller body including inner and outer ends and a casing surface positioned there-between, the inner end differing in cross-section dimension than the outer end, the casing surface including thereupon one or more protrusions for contacting the friction ring. The roller tool may further include a support frame supporting the roller body. The support frame may include a short leg connected to the outer end of the roller body and a long leg connected to the inner end of the roller body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: GERHARD FLORES, JOSEF KOEPP, VALERI HARTMANN, CLEMENS MARIA VERPOORT