Patents by Inventor Ralf Kutzinsky

Ralf Kutzinsky 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).

  • Sealing device
    Patent number: 9765915
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for cylindrical or conical orifices, which is composed of an elongate sealing body made from elastically deformable material, the following components being provided for the deformation of the sealing body: a tension bolt extending through the middle, free passage region of the sealing body, a pressure sleeve seated at the inner end of the tension bolt, a brace which is arranged at the outer end of the tension bolt and through which the tension bolt engages, and an actuation element which acts upon the outer end, projecting through the brace, of the tension bolt and which, when a tensile force is exerted upon the tension bolt, enlarges the sealing body and at the same time its outer circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Kutzinsky, Juergen Meier-Sponheuer, Wilfried Baeumler, Ralf Michels, Oliver Naumann
  • SEALING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150276116
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for cylindrical or conical orifices, which is composed of an elongate sealing body made from elastically deformable material, the following components being provided for the deformation of the sealing body: a tension bolt extending through the middle, free passage region of the sealing body, a pressure sleeve seated at the inner end of the tension bolt, a brace which is arranged at the outer end of the tension bolt and through which the tension bolt engages, and an actuation element which acts upon the outer end, projecting through the brace, of the tension bolt and which, when a tensile force is exerted upon the tension bolt, enlarges the sealing body and at the same time its outer circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ralf Kutzinsky, Juergen Meier-Sponheuer, Wilfried Baeumler, Ralf Michels, Oliver Naumann