Patents by Inventor Otto Krassnitzer

Otto Krassnitzer 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: 5557979
    Abstract: In a gearbox (1) with coaxial drive shaft (2) and driven shaft (3), wherein a clutch sleeve (5) which can be displaced in the axial direction (4) of these shafts (2,3) can be moved from a coupling position in which the drive shaft (2) and driven shaft (3) are directly connected into a position in which the shafts (2,3) are connected at least by one gear stage (16,17), the clutch sleeve (5) is constructed with at least one internal gear (7) and at least one external gear (9, 14) wherein in the directly coupled position of the shafts (2,3) these are connected with each other by means of an internal gear (7) and an external gear (9) of the clutch sleeve (5). With a gearbox (1) of this type with extremely short construction and at extremely low mounting expenses high torques can be securely transmitted and one can simply switch over from a first switching stage to a second switching stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: VOEST-ALPINE Bergtechnik Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Otto Krassnitzer, Alfred Zitz, Robert Felber
  • Patent number: 5108154
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for shearing drums. Final gear reduction stages are arranged inside the shearing drum (5) and at least one reduction stage is designed as a planetary gear mechanism. The first gear reduction stage arranged inside the shearing drum (5) has intermediate gear wheels (21) rotatably fixed to a rigid intermediate gear wheel carrier (22) connected to a supporting arm (3) of the shearing drum (5). The intermediate gear wheels (21) are driven by a sun gear wheel (20) and interact with an outer internal gear wheel (25). Internal gear wheel (25) is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a second sun gear wheel (26) of a downstream planetary gear mechanism, the output side (30) of which is connected to the shearing drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Zeltweg Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Brandl, Otto Krassnitzer, Alfred Zitz
  • Patent number: 5098166
    Abstract: A device for feeding cooling fluid into the inside of a shearing drum. The rotary drive of the shearing drum has at least one gear reduction mechanism contained within the hollow shearing drum. Fluid lines are led into the axial region of the shearing drum via a component which is stationary and rigidly connected to the carrier of the shearing drum. The gear reduction mechanism is arranged concentric with the axis and at least one of the fluid lines is led to at least one lateral end face where the fluid line supplies a fluid distributor which in turn distributes the fluid to various jets and fluid lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Zeltweg Gesellschaft, m.b.H.
    Inventors: Bernhard Ebner, Otto Krassnitzer, Franz Schoffmann, Alfred Zitz