Patents by Inventor Thomas Vilain

Thomas Vilain 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).

  • Modular drive system
    Patent number: 6227073
    Abstract: A modular drive system, includes a plurality of assemblies connectable to one another in series, wherein immediately adjoining two assemblies form, in the flow direction of power, a leading assembly having a case and a rotatably supported driving shaft set within the case, and a trailing assembly having a case and an driven shaft in operative communication with the driving shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann AG
    Inventor: Thomas Vilain
  • Modular drive system
    Patent number: 6205877
    Abstract: A set of modular elements for the construction of a drive system, includes at least one main transmission, a motor unit, and a stepped sequence of subtransmissions mounted between the main transmission and the motor unit, whereby the subtransmissions are so configured that each subtransmission is connectable to the next smaller subtransmission and/or next greater subtransmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann AG
    Inventor: Thomas Vilain