Patents by Inventor Rolf V. Sivers

Rolf V. Sivers 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: 4872624
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for an aircraft with a propeller, especially a thrust propeller arranged in the rear fuselage of an aircraft frame which is connected with a drive unit. The drive unit is connected with a longitudinally installed tubular support member supportingly receiving a central shaft. The tubular support member as well as the drive unit are supported on the side of the fuselage by way of at least three elastic bearing supports. One bearing support is provided at the aircraft rear end of the tubular support member and the two other bearing supports are provided within the area of the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.f. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Juergen Hawener, Kim Havemann, Rolf V. Sivers
  • Patent number: 4535964
    Abstract: A vibration-damped suspension of a drive aggregate in the body structure includes a forward and rear bearing installation; the forward bearing installation supports the transmission by way of two bearing supports whereas the rear bearing installation includes a cross-bearer supported on the side of the body by way of lateral outwardly arranged bearing supports. The cross-bearer is connected with a bracket receiving the engine by interposition of a decoupling device, whereby the bracket is decoupled from torsional stresses of the body so that the drive aggregate stands completely quiet notwithstanding twisting of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche A.G.
    Inventors: Matthias Schutz, Rolf V. Sivers, Dirk Roesems, Rolf Rebmann
  • Patent number: 4273207
    Abstract: An engine-transmission assembly wherein the engine in it is connected to a rear transmission unit by a supporting pipe which serves to reduce vibration and noise. According to preferred embodiments of the invention, the supporting pipe includes at least one outer pipe and an inner pipe fitted therein which are interconnected at only ends and are held in position via a friction seat. The pipes forming the supporting pipe can be of equal length and thickness or can be of varying length and/or thicknesses according to other embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf V. Sivers, Rudolf Herrmann, Ulrich Layher
  • Patent number: 4207957
    Abstract: A device for the reduction of vibration on a rigid supporting pipe disposed longitudinally between an engine and a drive unit and surrounding a drive shaft is formed by connecting the supporting pipe to a suppressing mass through the intermediary of one or more elastic damping elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf V. Sivers, Ulrich Layher
  • Patent number: 3998290
    Abstract: An arrangement for the mounting support of a drive unit of a motor vehicle which consists of an internal combustion engine with a clutch, of at least one change-speed transmission and of an axle gear, whereby preferably the change-speed transmission together with the axle gear is combined into a rear drive unit provided in the rear section of the vehicle and a tubular support member disposed in the vehicle longitudinal direction connects with each other the front drive unit consisting of the engine and the clutch with the rear drive unit; the internal combustion engine arranged in the front section of the vehicle is also drivingly connected with the rear drive unit by way of a drive shaft arranged on the inside of the tubular support member; the internal combustion engine together with the clutch, the tubular support member and the rear drive unit are thereby fastened at the vehicle body, frame or the like by way of elastic members which are mounted within the areas of low vibrations of the aggregates of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1974
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: Dr. -Ing. H.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf V. Sivers, Reimer Pilgrim, Wolfgang Hanisch, Erich Stotz