Patents by Inventor Thomas Ecker-Wessely

Thomas Ecker-Wessely 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).

  • Publication number: 20230358273
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement having a radial spherical plain bearing with an inner ring (10), which is arranged on a bolt (15) or pin and has a spherical outer contour (12), and with an outer ring (20), which has a hollow spherical inner geometry (22) for receiving the inner ring (10) and an outer geometry (21) for mounting in a bearing seat (30), wherein the inner ring (10) and the outer ring (20) are preloaded against one another in an axial direction via at least one preloading device (41, 42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas ECKER-WESSELY, Christian BREUER-RUESCH
  • Publication number: 20230157850
    Abstract: A prosthetic system with a prosthesis, which has two prosthetic parts that are pivotally connected together about a joint axis via a prosthetic joint with a joint upper part and with a joint lower part, and a cover element, which at least partly covers a gap between the two prosthetic parts or between one prosthetic part and the joint lower part. The cover element is pivotally mounted about a pivot axis on one prosthetic part, a component of a cosmetic prosthetic element, said component being secured to one prosthetic part or one joint part or the prosthetic joint and is coupled to the joint upper part of the prosthetic joint via at least one coupling element in a form- and/or force-fitting manner such that a pivotal movement of the prosthetic parts about the joint axis leads to a simultaneous pivotal movement of the cover element about the pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Marton BALINT, Johannes BISCHOF, Walter LUNZER, Thomas ECKER-WESSELY, Alice SCHERB, Sonja WAGNER
  • Patent number: D871595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Breuer-Ruesch, Adam Wehsely-Swiczinsky, Roland Auberger, Thomas Ecker-Wessely, Alexander Noah Spring