Patents by Inventor Manfred Wolfart

Manfred Wolfart 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: 5791191
    Abstract: In a gear which can be flanged onto an electric motor, especially a low-clearance planetary gear, with a hollow shaft to make a positive connection with the electric motor output shaft, an easily manufactured and reliable centering system is to be provided between the gear and the electric motor (6). To this end, the section of the hollow shaft (9) accepting the output shaft (10) of the electric motor is centrically secured on roller bearings (11) and the face of the drive flange is radially freely centerable (7, 8) in relation to the mating surface of the electric motor. To enable a drive with as uniform a basic structure as possible to be connected to electric motors with different connecting geometries, the gear has an interchangeable mating plate (2) forming its connecting flange and a hollow shaft into which compensating sleeves (12) can be inserted to accept electric motor output shafts of different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Alpha Getriebebau GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Wittenstein, Manfred Wolfart