Patents by Inventor Peter Kettner

Peter Kettner 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: 6684678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for extracting a die (4) from a hollow object (11) having several grooves (16, 17) arranged opposite one another on the surface of the inner sheath whereby the longitudinal axes thereof extend crosswise relative to the corresponding longitudinal central planes (i.e. cross-grooves), whereby said die (4) is part of a tool (10) having a matrix (1) for forming the hollow object (11) and several other die segments (9a, 9b) arranged opposite one another relative to the central axis (2) thereof. Each of said die segments has an outer ridge (21a, 21b); in order to form the hollow object, said die segments (9a, 9b) are expanded into a working position, whereby the ridges (21a, 21b) are fitted into corresponding grooves (16, 17), and extracted after the hollow object (11) has been formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hirschvogel Umformtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kettner, Andreas Dietrich, Hubert Nägele, Manfred Hirschvogel
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6276180
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a method of manufacturing a shift gearwheel (1) with coaxially disposed and axially projecting shift teeth (5), which have an axial undercut. To said end, a shift gearwheel blank (1) having preformed shift teeth (5) and a forming tool (16) having corresponding tooth recesses (18) are brought into engagement and set in gyratory motion relative to one another. Further described are a device for effecting the method and a shift gearwheel (1), which may be manufactured by the method. The latter is notable for the fact that the flanks (23, 24) of the shift teeth (5) upon completion of the manufacturing method are concave so as to produce an undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignees: Hirschvogel Umformtechnik GmbH, Schmid Heinrich Maschinen-und Werkzeugbau AG
    Inventors: Manfred Hirschvogel, Peter Kettner, Hubert Nägele, Oskar Müller, Albin Giger, Hand-Ruedi Honegger