Patents by Inventor Martin HAIN

Martin HAIN 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: 10436259
    Abstract: An axially actuatable positive engagement clutch which includes an input shaft with an input toothing and an output shaft with an output toothing. An axially displaceable connection element can occupy a meshing position which is located in an actuation path (s) between the open position and the closed position and in which the driving toothing engages with the input toothing or the output toothing for the first time during the transition from the open position into the closed position. An actuation device is configured to displace the connection element from the closed position to the open position, and an elastic return element which applies a restoring force to the connection element in direction of the closed position. The return element has a force/deflection characteristic with a local force maximum (F1) which coincides in the actuation path (s) at least approximately with the meshing position of the connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Martin Ruider, Michael Pantke, Johannes Winkler, Matthias Cudok, Martin Hain, Alexander Markow
  • Publication number: 20180347641
    Abstract: An axially actuatable positive engagement clutch which includes an input shaft with an input toothing and an output shaft with an output toothing. An axially displaceable connection element can occupy a meshing position which is located in an actuation path (s) between the open position and the closed position and in which the driving toothing engages with the input toothing or the output toothing for the first time during the transition from the open position into the closed position. An actuation device is configured to displace the connection element from the closed position to the open position, and an elastic return element which applies a restoring force to the connection element in direction of the closed position. The return element has a force/deflection characteristic with a local force maximum (F1) which coincides in the actuation path (s) at least approximately with the meshing position of the connection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Martin RUIDER, Michael PANTKE, Johannes WINKLER, Matthias CUDOK, Martin HAIN, Alexander MARKOW
  • Patent number: 4113350
    Abstract: An optical fibre waveguide comprising a glass or vitreous silica fibre is coated with a synthetic resin material, preferably a thermosetting resin such as a polyurethane resin, containing in at least part of its thickness a dispersion of a powdered non-metallic inorganic filler such as lampblack, silica flour or titania powder. The filler material has a modulus of elasticity at least as high as that of the glass or silica fibre, and its presence in the coating composition increases the elastic modulus of the latter, thus improving the load carrying capacity of the coated fibre, to an extent depending on the thickness of the coating. The coating preferably consists of a plurality of thin layers, which may be of varying composition in respect of the filler materials incorporated and the proportions of filler used. A repetitive recycling process for forming a plurality of coating layers on the fibre is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: Telephone Cables Limited
    Inventor: Ernest Martin Haines