Patents by Inventor Max Thiemann

Max Thiemann 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).

  • Driving of a shaft with pendulum mount
    Patent number: 3958465
    Abstract: A shaft carrying a cutter head is bolted to the output shaft of a speed reducer gear in coaxial configuration and having a casing journalled on the shaft. The casing carries plural drive motors and the gear has a combining stage as input. The shafts are mounted in thrust and pendulum bearings in a frame and the casing is held against rotation on that frame. The output stage of the gear is a planetary gear with a spider from which extends the output shaft and a hollow shaft and in opposite directions. The casing is journalled on the shaft by bearings engaging the hollow shaft and the output shaft at opposite sides of the spider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz M. Hiersig, Wilhelm Schafer, Bernd Schuhmann, Max Thiemann