Patents by Inventor Martin Kaifler

Martin Kaifler 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).

  • Flywheel, internal combustion engine with flywheel and system comprising an internal combustion engine and a machine driven thereby
    Patent number: 8857291
    Abstract: In a flywheel for mounting as a coupling element between an internal combustion engine and a machine to be driven thereby, including a flywheel flange for connecting the flywheel to the machine and a driver flange for connecting the flywheel to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, coupling structures are provided between the flywheel flange and the driver flange which coupling structures include insulating connecting areas which electrically insulate the flanges from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schäffer, Martin Kaifler
  • Flywheel, internal combustion engine with flywheel and system comprising an internal combustion engine and a machine driven thereby
    Publication number: 20100307287
    Abstract: In a flywheel for mounting as a coupling element between an internal combustion engine and a machine to be driven thereby, including a flywheel flange for connecting the flywheel to the machine and a driver flange for connecting the flywheel to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, coupling structures are provided between the flywheel flange and the driver flange which coupling structures include insulating connecting areas which electrically insulate the flanges from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Schäffer, Martin Kaifler