Patents by Inventor Rainer Sigmund

Rainer Sigmund 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: 20070216113
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an expansion chucking device having: a base body (2); an expansion sleeve (4) provided at an axial end region of the base body (2), which sleeve forms a central receptacle (5) for a component to be chucked; and a chucking ring (6) that surrounds the expansion sleeve (4), forming an annular pressure chamber (7) located therebetween, and is thread-joined to the base body (2), the pressure chamber (7) being filled with a hydraulic medium (11) and the expansion sleeve (4) being capable of being elastically deformed in order to secure a component in the receptacle (5) by the fact that the chucking ring (6) is axially displaced by rotation with respect to the base body (2), with a reduction in the volume of the pressure chamber (7), wherein multiple slits (4b) are embodied in the expansion sleeve (4) which extend in the axial direction and are spaced apart from one another when viewed in the circumferential direction, the expansion sleeve (4) being sealed off with respect to the pre
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Gerhard Michler, Thomas Retzbach, Rainer Sigmund