Patents by Inventor Tillmann Korner

Tillmann Korner 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: 7258043
    Abstract: A gearbox housing with at least one first upper housing piece and a second lower housing piece, which may be detachably connected to each other. The gearbox housing has upper and lower housing pieces that are partially detachably connected to each other, with at least one rotating jointed connection between the upper housing piece and the lower housing piece, which are each arranged on a side described by the housing pieces in a view of the connection plane described by the profile and permitting a theoretical pivoting axis for pivoting the housing pieces relative to each other while maintaining the connection between the components. A catch is provided on the sides free of the rotating jointed connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Körner, Martin Nitsche, Hans-Peter Eubler
  • Patent number: 7210375
    Abstract: The application relates to a unitary case for a plurality of angular drives which comprises at least one bevel gear step with a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear, and which is provided for achieving various angles between a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft. The second bevel gear is coupled to the transmission output shaft in an indirect rotationally fixed manner. The unitary case is designed for a plurality of possible angular outputs wherein multiplication is substantially constant and the outer diameters of the individual bevel gears are substantially identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Körner, Achim Paul Schieder, Peter Walter
  • Patent number: 7144348
    Abstract: A web unit for planet gear sets for the mounting of planet gears including a first web element and a second web element, which are tightly connected and can be tensioned in axial direction by transmission or connecting elements progressing in axial direction and describing a theoretical connecting axis. Each transmission or connecting element has regions of differing radial dimensions, the front faces of the regions, thus formed and facing the individual web elements, form a first and a second contact surface, resting either directly or through an intermediate element against the contact surfaces in contact regions, formed by the front faces of the web elements facing each other. At least one element forming a contact surface of a contact region includes a profile. The profile is characterized in the radially external region by at least one region of greater axial extension in the direction of the theoretical connecting axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Tillmann Korner, Gerhard Meier-Burkamp, Konrad Langenbeck, Timm Schwammle, Christian Gloggler
  • Patent number: 6969336
    Abstract: A transmission unit (1) comprising a transmission input shaft (F) and a transmission output shaft (A) as well as a transmission basic unit (25), which is arranged between the transmission input shaft and the transmission output shaft, and which is coupled to an angular drive (4). The angular drive comprises a first bevel gear (8) a second bevel gear (9), whereby the second bevel gear can be coupled to the transmission output shaft in indirect rotationally fixed manner. The transmission unit is enclosed by a transmission case, which comprises at least one basic transmission case (6) that encloses the transmission basic unit—and a transmission case part (7) that at least partially encloses the angular drive. The first bevel gear of the angular drive and a transmission element are directly interconnected in a rotationally fixed manner and are arranged next to one another in a spatially close manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Körner, Hans-Peter Eubler
  • Publication number: 20050178238
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gearbox housing with at least one first upper housing piece and a second lower housing piece, which may be detachably connected to each other. According to the invention, said gearbox housing has the following characteristics:—upper and lower housing pieces are partly detachably connected to each other, with at least one rotating jointed connection between the upper housing piece and the lower housing piece, which are each arranged on a side described by the housing pieces in a view of the connection plane described by the profile and permitting a theoretical pivoting axis for pivoting the housing pieces relative to each other whilst maintaining the connection between said components and means for fixing on the sides free of the rotating jointed connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Tillmann Korner, Martin Nitsche, Hans-Peter Eubler
  • Publication number: 20050160875
    Abstract: The application relates to a unitary case for a plurality of angular drives which comprises at least one bevel gear step with a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear, and which is provided for achieving various angles between a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft. The second bevel gear is coupled to the transmission output shaft in an indirect rotationally fixed manner. The unitary case is designed for a plurality of possible angular outputs wherein multiplication is substantially constant and the outer diameters of the individual bevel gears are substantially identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Tillmann Korner, Achim Schieder, Peter Walter
  • Patent number: 6810770
    Abstract: The application relates to a unitary case for a plurality of angular drives which comprises at least one bevel gear step with a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear, and which is provided for achieving various angles between a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft. The second bevel gear is coupled to the transmission output shaft in an indirect rotationally fixed manner. The unitary case is designed for a plurality of possible angular outputs wherein multiplication is substantially constant and the outer diameters of the individual bevel gears are substantially identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Körner, Achim Paul Schieder, Peter Walter
  • Publication number: 20040171455
    Abstract: A web unit for planet gear sets for the mounting of planet gears including a first web element and a second web element, which are tightly connected and can be tensioned in axial direction by transmission or connecting elements progressing in axial direction and describing a theoretical connecting axis. Each transmission or connecting element has regions of differing radial dimensions, the front faces of the regions, thus formed and facing the individual web elements, form a first and a second contact surface, resting either directly or through an intermediate element against the contact surfaces in contact regions, formed by the front faces of the web elements facing each other. At least one element forming a contact surface of a contact region includes a profile. The profile is characterized in the radially external region by at least one region of greater axial extension in the direction of the theoretical connecting axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Tillmann Korner, Gerhard Meier-Burkamp, Konrad Langenbeck, Timm Schwammle, Christian Gloggler
  • Patent number: 6629369
    Abstract: A process for the assembling of a gear component having a gear housing which has a substantially cylindrical interior space for the reception of individual gear elements; at least two bar-form guide elements which, as viewed in an axial direction, extend over and are adjacent to at least a part of the axial extent of the cylindrical interior space and on which there are mounted a gear element. The bar-form guide elements are adjacent to the cylindrical interior space and outside of the zone having the greatest dimensions of the cylindrical interior space in the height direction. The individual gear elements are threaded successively from one housing end onto the guide elements and are slid into their installation position in the gear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Körner, Achim Paul Schieder
  • Patent number: 6435057
    Abstract: A gear constructional unit with a gear housing is provided. In order to make the effective diameter of the inner gear elements greater, as well as to ensure a simple assembly and exchangeability of the individual gear elements, for example coupling arrangements and planetary wheel sets, there are provided at least two bar-form guide elements, which extend, as viewed in an axial direction, over at least a part of the axial extent of the cylindrical inner space, on which a large number of gear elements are mounted in fixed position with respect to the housing. The bar-form guide elements are located adjacent to the cylindrical inner space, outside of a zone having the greatest dimension of the cylindrical inner space relative to the gear housing dimension, and are arranged in recesses in the gear housing which are connected with the inner space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Korner, Achim Paul Schieder
  • Patent number: 6427820
    Abstract: A transmission having a gear component with a gear housing with a housing cover allocated in axial direction to the housing in installation position. The gear housing has an essentially cylindrical interior space for the reception of individual gear elements. The gear unit includes a device for the at least indirect resetting of actuating elements of non positive coupling and/or braking arrangements with at least two friction surface-carrying elements, the friction surfaces of which are connectable with one another over a further friction surface-carrying intermediate element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Korner, Achim Paul Schieder
  • Patent number: 6231467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic mechanical compound transmission comprising a transmission input shaft (E), a transmission output shaft (A), a hydrodynamic transmission part (2) and a mechanical transmission part (4). Said mechanical transmission part (4) comprises at least one speed/torque conversion device (5). The output of the mechanical speed/torque converter (5) is at least indirectly drive-connected to the transmission output shaft (1). According to the invention, the hydrodynamic retarder (25) which comprises a stator (26) and a rotor blade wheel (27) is spatially integrated in the transmission housing (11). In addition, the rotor blade wheel (27) of the hydrodynamic retarder (25) is at least indirectly coupled to the output shaft (A) of the mechanical speed/torque converter (5). The hydrodynamic retarder (25) functions as a secondary retarder, however, it is spatially arranged in the transmission before the downstream stage (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Körner, Martin Nitsche, Martin Becke
  • Patent number: 5083987
    Abstract: With a differential gearing having a spur gear construction, the compensating gears (31a, 31b) are installed in meshing pairs and are tightly enclosed by a housing (14) so that with meshing spur gears (22, 23) they can act as toothed pumps with pressure zones, with a locking moment being produced between the two driven shafts (2,3). A substantial increase in the locking moment is achieved in that the compensating gears constructed as pinions are disposed in a determined sequence on the circumference of the spur gears and also comprise along their face width partitions (32) which prevent a reduction in pressure along the toothing. As a result with an equal number of pinion pairs there is produced a number of pressure zones which is more than double and consequently there is an increase in the locking moment developed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventors: Tillmann Korner, Klaus Brosius, Konrad Langenbeck
  • Patent number: 4950215
    Abstract: A differential gearing, in which the torque introduced via an input shaft is distributed equally to two driven shafts, is constructed as a spur gear differential and has a pinion arrangement as the locking mechanism in which the pinions and spur gears work as geared pumps. The pump moment is directly the locking moment, with the hydrostatic pressure developed being reduced by precisely dimensioned clearances without any further control devices being required. A special arrangement of the pinions in a housing guarantees an equal locking moment in both directions of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventors: Tillmann Korner, Klaus Brosius