Patents by Inventor Norbert Bork

Norbert Bork 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).

  • Publication number: 20080210035
    Abstract: The invention concerns a transmission (2) with a transmission housing (1) and at least one idler gear (4) mounted by means of an idler gear shaft or idler gear axle (3), which meshes with a gear wheel (6) of a first transmission shaft (5) and a gear wheel (7) of a second transmission shaft (8), such that the idler gear shaft or idler gear axle (3) is supported at one end in or on a wall section of the transmission housing (1) by means of at least one bearing with a wrap-around contact angle of 360° and at the other end in a half-shell (11) fixed on a sidewall (9) of the transmission housing (1), or at both ends in respective half-shells (11) fixed on sidewalls (9) of the transmission housing (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jens Patzner, Frank Linke, Norbert Bork