Patents by Inventor Karl Stolzle

Karl Stolzle 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).

  • Marine transmission gear unit with double drive
    Patent number: 4568289
    Abstract: A marine transmission gear unit with double drive where two driving engines are arranged offset from and on one side of and parallel to a propeller shaft axis and on opposite sides of gear train assembly including a common pinion gear and a greater wheel gear coupled to the propeller shaft. The two driving engines are arranged to drive the greater wheel gear by way of the pinion gear. An intermediate gear unit is coupled between the common pinion and at least one of the driving engines and a clutch device is disposed in the drive train adjacent the greater wheel. One or both engines are coupled to the common pinion through an intermediate gear unit. The engines can be codirectional in one direction or the opposite direction or can be contra-directed one relative to the other. The engines can be axially offset or coaxial. The clutch device may comprise an overriding clutch assembly. The intermediate gear unit may comprise either a spur gear and a planetary gear assembly, or a pair of planetary gear assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: BHS-Bayerische Berg-, Hutten-und Salzwerke
    Inventors: Gunther Heidrich, Karl Stolzle
  • Marine transmission gear unit with double drive
    Patent number: 4403968
    Abstract: A marine transmission gear unit with double drive where two driving engines are arranged offset from and on one side of and parallel to a propeller shaft axis and on opposite sides of gear train assembly including a common pinion gear and a greater wheel gear coupled to the propeller shaft. The two driving engines are arranged to drive the greater wheel gear by way of the pinion gear. An intermediate gear unit is coupled between the common pinion and at least one of the driving engines and a clutch device is disposed in the drive train adjacent the greater wheel. One or both engines are coupled to the common pinion through an intermediate gear unit. The engines can be codirectional in one direction or the opposite direction or can be contra-directed one relative to the other. The engines can be axially offset or coaxial. The clutch device may comprise an overriding clutch assembly. The intermediate gear unit may comprise either a spur gear and a planetary gear assembly, or a pair of planetary gear assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: BHS-Bayerische Berg-, Hutten-und Salzwerke
    Inventors: Gunther Heidrich, Karl Stolzle