Patents by Inventor Ulrich Focken

Ulrich Focken 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: 11898833
    Abstract: A case jacket made of a felted, in particular combustible fibrous material, comprising a cylindrical case jacket portion and a calotte-shaped case bottom which is connected to an end of the cylindrical case jacket portion, wherein the bottom-side end of the case jacket portion has a first inside diameter and a first outside diameter, and wherein the case bottom has an annular connecting edge towards the case jacket portion, which has a second inside diameter that is smaller than the first inside diameter, and a second outside diameter which is smaller than the second outside diameter, includes a conical connecting portion whose one end has the first inside diameter and the first outside diameter and is connected to the bottom-side end of the case jacket portion, and whose other end has the second inside diameter and the second outside diameter and is connected to the connecting edge of the case bottom, wherein the angle of inclination of the inner wall and the angle of inclination of the outer wall of the con
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Nitrochemie Aschau GmbH, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Oltmanns, Ulrich Focken, Dirk Brachmann, Stephan Thiesen, Michael Vagedes, Luca Linus Schnackenberg
  • Patent number: 11879713
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an insert (5) made of a textile fabric for being received in a jacket wall of a cylindrical case (6) made of a combustible, felted fibrous material, wherein in particular embodiments the textile fabric includes one, several, or a plurality of yarns which along a longitudinal direction (L) of the insert form a plurality of mesh rows (18) which each include a plurality of meshes (19, 20, 21) that extend in a circumferential direction (U) of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Nitrochemie Aschau GmbH, Teccno Tex GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Huber, Andreas Hämmerle, Jens Oltmanns, Ulrich Focken, Walter Lebacher
  • Publication number: 20230054010
    Abstract: A case jacket made of a felted, in particular combustible fibrous material, comprising a cylindrical case jacket portion and a calotte-shaped case bottom which is connected to an end of the cylindrical case jacket portion, wherein the bottom-side end of the case jacket portion has a first inside diameter and a first outside diameter, and wherein the case bottom has an annular connecting edge towards the case jacket portion, which has a second inside diameter that is smaller than the first inside diameter, and a second outside diameter which is smaller than the second outside diameter, includes a conical connecting portion whose one end has the first inside diameter and the first outside diameter and is connected to the bottom-side end of the case jacket portion, and whose other end has the second inside diameter and the second outside diameter and is connected to the connecting edge of the case bottom, wherein the angle of inclination of the inner wall and the angle of inclination of the outer wall of the con
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jens OLTMANNS, Ulrich FOCKEN, Dirk BRACHMANN, Stephan THIESEN, Michael VAGEDES, Luca Linus SCHNACKENBERG
  • Patent number: 11118874
    Abstract: The invention refers to a cylindrical sleeve (6) for receiving propellant powder (4) with a dimensionally stable jacket wall of combustible, felted fibre material and an insert (5) of a textile fabric in the jacket wall, and to a method of manufacturing a cylindrical sleeve (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NITROCHEMIE ASCHAU GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Huber, Jens Oltmanns, Ulrich Focken, Walter Lebacher