Patents by Inventor Norbert Koehler

Norbert Koehler 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: 20150368578
    Abstract: Problems to be solved: To provide a sliding member capable of achieving low friction properties and low wearing properties under dry conditions (i.e., in the absence of a lubricant). Solution: A sliding member including: a sliding-element 1; and a sliding-element 2 which serves as a counterbody to the sliding-element 1, in which the sliding-element 1 is made of oxide ceramics and the sliding-element 2 is made of a thin film containing hydrogen and sp3/sp2-hybridized carbon. Advantages: The sliding member achieves low friction properties and low wearing properties and in which the friction coefficient is unrelated to the sliding speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicants: KYB CO., LTD, BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING
    Inventors: Mathias Woydt, Rolf Waesche, Norbert Koehler, Tetsuya Tamura, Shuhei Hosohata, Shinji Kato, Takuya Nakase