Patents by Inventor Rolf Husmann

Rolf Husmann 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).

  • Device for handling an elastic protective bellows and mounting process for arranging a protective bellows on a component
    Patent number: 7127803
    Abstract: A mounting device and process are provided for arranging a protective bellows on a component. The device includes a basic body, a mounting head, which is displaceable at the basic body, an adjusting device for providing an adjusting action and including an electromechanical drive and a position recognition system and gripping elements movable. The gripping elements include gripping arms and clamping fingers movable in relation to the gripping arms. The process includes bringing the gripping arms of the device into contact with the inner surface of a collar of the protective bellows and fixing the collar by the clamping fingers. The collar is expanded in preparation for the mounting and then released by loosening the clamping fingers such that the collar of the protective bellows jumps into a recess provided on the component as a consequence of its intrinsic elasticity after the necessary positioning of the protective bellows in relation to the component to be protected has been established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Hermann Schlöndorf, Michael Jürgens, Werner Wehming, Rolf Husmann
  • Device for handling an elastic protective bellows and mounting process for arranging a protective bellows on a component
    Publication number: 20050241132
    Abstract: A mounting device and process are provided for arranging a protective bellows on a component. The device includes a basic body, a mounting head, which is displaceable at the basic body, an adjusting device for providing an adjusting action and including an electromechanical drive and a position recognition system and gripping elements movable. The gripping elements include gripping arms and clamping fingers movable in relation to the gripping arms. The process includes bringing the gripping arms of the device into contact with the inner surface of a collar of the protective bellows and fixing the collar by the clamping fingers. The collar is expanded in preparation for the mounting and then released by loosening the clamping fingers such that the collar of the protective bellows jumps into a recess provided on the component as a consequence of its intrinsic elasticity after the necessary positioning of the protective bellows in relation to the component to be protected has been established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hermann Schlondorf, Michael Jurgens, Werner Wehming, Rolf Husmann