Patents by Inventor Sofie Kris Vanneste

Sofie Kris Vanneste 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).

  • Connection between a drive shaft of a motor and a driven shaft of a driven apparatus
    Patent number: 9328801
    Abstract: Connection between a drive shaft and a driven shaft, and this connection is realised by means of a drive gearwheel on the drive shaft and a driven gearwheel on the driven shaft, whereby the drive gearwheel and the driven gearwheel are affixed in a housing, and this housing is on the one hand connected to a housing of the motor, and on the other hand is connected to a housing of the driven apparatus, and whereby the drive gearwheel or the driven gearwheel is a ring gear with internal toothing and the remaining gearwheel of the connection is a pinion with external toothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Sofie Kris Vanneste, Erik Eric Daniel Moens
  • Method for the axial positioning of bearings on a shaft journal
    Patent number: 9127676
    Abstract: A method for the axial positioning of bearings on a shaft journal of a rotor whereby the axial play of the rotor in its housing is adjusted by affixing a spacer ring and two bearings with an interference fit such that the outer race is moved axially with respect to the inner race of the same bearing over a distance that is a function of the desired axial play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER N.V.
    Inventors: Sofie Kris Vanneste, Bart Bernaerts
  • CONNECTION BETWEEN A DRIVE SHAFT OF A MOTOR AND A DRIVEN SHAFT OF A DRIVEN APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150007678
    Abstract: Connection between a drive shaft and a driven shaft, and this connection is realised by means of a drive gearwheel on the drive shaft and a driven gearwheel on the driven shaft, whereby the drive gearwheel and the driven gearwheel are affixed in a housing, and this housing is on the one hand connected to a housing of the motor, and on the other hand is connected to a housing of the driven apparatus, and whereby the drive gearwheel or the driven gearwheel is a ring gear with internal toothing and the remaining gearwheel of the connection is a pinion with external toothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Sofie Kris Vanneste, Erik Eric Daniel Moens
  • METHOD FOR THE AXIAL POSITIONING OF BEARINGS ON A SHAFT JOURNAL
    Publication number: 20120201711
    Abstract: A method for the axial positioning of bearings on a shaft journal of a rotor whereby the axial play of the rotor in its housing is adjusted by affixing a spacer ring and two bearings with an interference fit such that the outer race is moved axially with respect to the inner race of the same bearing over a distance that is a function of the desired axial play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Sofie Kris Vanneste, Bart Bernaerts