Patents by Inventor Thomas Pulheim

Thomas Pulheim 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 winding up and unwinding an elongated flexible element
    Patent number: 12195299
    Abstract: A device for winding up and unwinding an elongated flexible element having a free end and a spatially fixed end. The elongated flexible element is divided over its length at least into a use portion and a compensation portion, wherein the use portion has the free end and the compensation portion has the spatially fixed end. The device includes a rotatable drum configured on its circumference to wind up and unwind at least the use portion in a first winding plane, wherein the end of the compensation portion is spatially fixed relative to the drum. The elongated flexible element in the transition from the use portion to the compensation portion is fixed at a fastening point to the drum, and when the drum is rotated the compensation portion is coiled up and uncoiled in the form of at least one looped portion in a second winding plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephan A. Grymel, Bruno Alves, Thomas Pulheim, Lieven Werner, Werner Jakobs
  • DEVICE FOR WINDING UP AND UNWINDING AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20230174340
    Abstract: A device for winding up and unwinding an elongated flexible element having a free end and a spatially fixed end. The elongated flexible element is divided over its length at least into a use portion and a compensation portion, wherein the use portion has the free end and the compensation portion has the spatially fixed end. The device includes a rotatable drum configured on its circumference to wind up and unwind at least the use portion in a first winding plane, wherein the end of the compensation portion is spatially fixed relative to the drum. The elongated flexible element in the transition from the use portion to the compensation portion is fixed at a fastening point to the drum, and when the drum is rotated the compensation portion is coiled up and uncoiled in the form of at least one looped portion in a second winding plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephan A. Grymel, Bruno Alves, Thomas Pulheim, Lieven Werner, Werner Jakobs