Patents by Inventor Torsten Kastner

Torsten Kastner 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).

  • Method for producing a coupling segment of a flexible coupling
    Patent number: 9163673
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a coupling segment (11) of a segmented, elastic coupling (10), wherein an elastomer body (2) is disposed between two metallic connection flanges (3, 4), and the elastomer body (2) is connected with the two connection flanges (3, 4) in material-fit manner, by means of vulcanization, to form a coupling body (1). In order to be able to produce such a segmented, elastic coupling (10) at the lowest possible costs, it is proposed, with the invention, that the coupling segment (11) is cut out from the coupling body (1) by means of water jet cutting, wherein the water jet cuts the elastomer body (2) and, at the same time, at least one of the two connection flanges (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Hackforth GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Kastner, Gunnar Goedecke
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COUPLING SEGMENT OF A FLEXIBLE COUPLING
    Publication number: 20130281219
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a coupling segment (11) of a segmented, elastic coupling (10), wherein an elastomer body (2) is disposed between two metallic connection flanges (3, 4), and the elastomer body (2) is connected with the two connection flanges (3, 4) in material-fit manner, by means of vulcanization, to form a coupling body (1). In order to be able to produce such a segmented, elastic coupling (10) at the lowest possible costs, it is proposed, with the invention, that the coupling segment (11) is cut out from the coupling body (1) by means of water jet cutting, wherein the water jet cuts the elastomer body (2) and, at the same time, at least one of the two connection flanges (3, 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: HACKFORTH GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Kastner, Gunnar Goedecke