Patents by Inventor Volker Schimmelpfennig

Volker Schimmelpfennig 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).

  • Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic
    Publication number: 20230265882
    Abstract: The present invention achieves a high mechanical load capacity of a rod end by means of a component loop that passes around a bearing, where the component may be made of continuous-fiber reinforced composite material with thermoplastic matrix and where the continuous-fiber reinforced composite material with thermoplastic matrix may extend into a threaded stem of the rod end, and the component made of continuous-fiber reinforced composite material with thermoplastic matrix may be enclosed by short-fiber reinforced, long-fiber reinforced, or unreinforced thermoplastic. The threaded stem can be implemented with an external or an internal thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: Volker Schimmelpfennig
  • Rod end made of thermoplastic fiber-reinforced plastic
    Patent number: 11649850
    Abstract: The present invention achieves a high mechanical load capacity of a rod end by means of a component loop that passes around a bearing, where the component may be made of continuous-fiber reinforced composite material with thermoplastic matrix and where the continuous-fiber reinforced composite material with thermoplastic matrix may extend into a threaded stem of the rod end, and the component made of continuous-fiber reinforced composite material with thermoplastic matrix may be enclosed by short-fiber reinforced, long-fiber reinforced, or unreinforced thermoplastic. The threaded stem can be implemented with an external or an internal thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Albany Engineered Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Funck, Volker Schimmelpfennig
  • Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic
    Publication number: 20200400190
    Abstract: The present invention achieves a high mechanical load capacity of a rod end by means of a component loop that passes around a bearing, where the component may be made of continuous-fiber reinforced composite material with thermoplastic matrix and where the continuous-fiber reinforced composite material with thermoplastic matrix may extend into a threaded stem of the rod end, and the component made of continuous-fiber reinforced composite material with thermoplastic matrix may be enclosed by short-fiber reinforced, long-fiber reinforced, or unreinforced thermoplastic. The threaded stem can be implemented with an external or an internal thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph Funck, Volker Schimmelpfennig