Patents by Inventor Louis E. Kottke

Louis E. Kottke 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 making a flexible cable assembly
    Patent number: 4716001
    Abstract: A flexible cable assembly for actuation of an automobile speedometer or the like, comprising an inner core member and a tubular casing that includes an outer housing and a spiral-cut tubular liner with multiple internal ribs. The liner is constructed by extruding a cylindrial tube with at least one internal longitudinally extending rib. The tube is then cut helically so as to offset circumferentially the rib segments on adjacent turns of the strip, providing multiple internal supports for the core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: Acco Babcock Inc.
    Inventor: Louis E. Kottke
  • Flexible cable assembly
    Patent number: 4655729
    Abstract: A flexible cable assembly for actuation of an automobile speedometer or the like, comprising an inner core member and a tubular casing that includes an outer housing and a spiral-cut tubular liner with multiple internal ribs. The liner is constructed by extruding a cylindrical tube with at least one internal longitudinally extending rib. The tube is then cut helically so as to offset circumferentially the rib segments on adjacent turns of the strip, providing multiple internal supports for the core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Acco Babcock Inc.
    Inventor: Louis E. Kottke
  • Roll swage device
    Patent number: 4538440
    Abstract: Device for swaging a loose fitting onto a core. The device has at least two opposed coplaner swaging tools each rotatable about a fixed axis and together forming a swaging station. Pusher means are provided for pushing the fitting through the swaging station while at the same time rotating the tools about their axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Acco Babcock Inc.
    Inventor: Louis E. Kottke