Patents by Inventor Robin De Ruiter

Robin De Ruiter 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: 8821200
    Abstract: A gondola drive for a floating device has an underwater housing circulated around by water. The gondola drive contains a drive module which has a drive module housing and a shaft disposed therein, a transmission module with a transmission module housing and a transmission disposed therein and a propeller. The drive module and the transmission module are each configured as separate components connected to one another such that the drive module housing and the transmission module housing form at least a part of the underwater housing and that the shaft is coupled to the transmission for driving the propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengsellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst-Christoph Krackhardt, Christian Norbert Mueller, Jan Pellinghoff, Dierk Schroeder, Michael Wycisk, Robin De Ruiter
  • Publication number: 20110318978
    Abstract: A gondola drive for a floating device has an underwater housing circulated around by water. The gondola drive contains a drive module which has a drive module housing and a shaft disposed therein, a transmission module with a transmission module housing and a transmission disposed therein and a propeller. The drive module and the transmission module are each configured as separate components connected to one another such that the drive module housing and the transmission module housing form at least a part of the underwater housing and that the shaft is coupled to the transmission for driving the propeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ernst-Christoph Krackhardt, Christian Norbert Mueller, Jan Pellinghoff, Dierk Schroeder, Michael Wycisk, Robin De Ruiter