Patents by Inventor Markus Ortmann

Markus Ortmann 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).

  • Ball joint and method for manufacturing a ball joint
    Patent number: 10844899
    Abstract: In a ball joint with a housing, a ball stud which includes a ball head mounted in the housing, and with a sealing bellows which includes a ring-shaped housing-side connecting region, it is provided that at the housing a ring-shaped channel is provided, in which the housing-side connecting region is accommodated, wherein the outer radius of the channel at the channel bottom is greater than the outer radius at the free edge of the channel, and on the housing-side connecting region of the sealing bellows at least one holding element made of a rigid material is provided, which in particular in a top view in longitudinal direction of the ball stud is at least partly covered by the free edge of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Markus Ortmann, Uwe Forthaus
  • Ball Joint and Method for Manufacturing a Ball Joint
    Publication number: 20150240865
    Abstract: In a ball joint with a housing, a ball stud which includes a ball head mounted in the housing, and with a sealing bellows which includes a ring-shaped housing-side connecting region, it is provided that at the housing a ring-shaped channel is provided, in which the housing-side connecting region is accommodated, wherein the outer radius of the channel at the channel bottom is greater than the outer radius at the free edge of the channel, and on the housing-side connecting region of the sealing bellows at least one holding element made of a rigid material is provided, which in particular in a top view in longitudinal direction of the ball stud is at least partly covered by the free edge of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Markus Ortmann, Uwe Forthaus