Patents by Inventor Michael Neitz

Michael Neitz 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).

  • Method for Mounting a Mass Balancing Drive on a Crank Housing of an Internal Combustion Engine Comprising a Crankshaft
    Publication number: 20080092389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mounting, in a simple manner, a mass differential gear (4) onto a crank housing (1) of an internal combustion engine. An intermediate gearwheel (9), which can be pivoted about an axis, is arranged between the crankshaft gearwheel (10) and the subsequent drive gearwheel (7), said axis being located on the connection line of the axis of the intermediate gearwheel (9) and the drive gearwheel (7) driven thereby. After fixing the housing (5) of the mass differential gear (4), the intermediate gearwheel (9) is rotated about the axis until zero play is reached between the intermediate gearwheel (9) and the crankshaft gearwheel (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Neitz, Ralf Gruner, Wolfgang Germscheid