Patents by Inventor Michael Dahme

Michael Dahme 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: 6850813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wobble die (9) for shaping the internal contour or the external contour of a workpiece (4) in a wobble process. Thereby a wobble movement is initially selected. The three-dimensional geometry of the workpiece (4) is described. From the three-dimensional geometry of the workpiece (4) there is prescribed a virtual die (5), the shape of which corresponds in substance to the negative geometry of the workpiece (4). The virtual die (5) is deformed, taking into account the parameters of the selected wobble movement, to a geometry describing the wobble die (9). Finally, a wobble die (9) is produced on the basis of the geometry obtained in the preceding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Hirschvogel Umformtechnik
    Inventor: Michael Dahme
  • Patent number: 6516647
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing the outer part of a constant velocity joint, the outer part having in the finished condition a hollow chamber with a cylinder-shaped inner wall, in which there are provided ball raceways (1c) which run obliquely of the cylinder axis and are inclined with respect to one another. First, a wobble press die (4) is axially introduced into a goblet-shaped preliminary workpiece (1a) for the outer part having a conically developing inner and outer wall and pre-formed ball raceways (1c) in the inner wall. The preliminary workpiece (1a) is pressed (drawing process) by means of the wobble press die (4), sitting on the floor of the hollow chamber, through an opening in an outer die (2), so that a drawing process is carried out in which the preliminary workpiece (1a) is so cold formed that the inner wall of the hollow chamber is given a cylindrical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Hirschvogel Umformtechnik
    Inventors: Manfred Hirschvogel, Karl Schuster, Peter Kettner, Walter Pischel, Michael Dahme, Hubert Nägele