Patents by Inventor Werner Eberhard

Werner Eberhard 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: 10844895
    Abstract: A clamping sleeve and a method for making the same, in which the clamping sleeve is insertable into a bore and which is suitable for receiving and for displaceably mounting a sensor in the bore, the bore defining a radial direction and an axial direction, including: a sleeve body to receive the sensor; and at least one spring tongue with a free end and a fastening end, wherein the fastening end is fastened to the sleeve body and the free end is swingable against a spring force such that the spring tongue supports and displaceably mounts the sensor against the bore while exerting the spring force if the clamping sleeve is situated, together with the sensor, at least partially in the bore; wherein the clamping sleeve is formed from rolled steel so that a rolling direction of the rolled steel extends between the fastening end and the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Kluftinger, Christoph Huber, Werner Eberhard, Georg Stammel
  • Publication number: 20180112698
    Abstract: A clamping sleeve and a method for making the same, in which the clamping sleeve is insertable into a bore and which is suitable for receiving and for displaceably mounting a sensor in the bore, the bore defining a radial direction and an axial direction, including: a sleeve body to receive the sensor; and at least one spring tongue with a free end and a fastening end, wherein the fastening end is fastened to the sleeve body and the free end is swingable against a spring force such that the spring tongue supports and displaceably mounts the sensor against the bore while exerting the spring force if the clamping sleeve is situated, together with the sensor, at least partially in the bore; wherein the clamping sleeve is formed from rolled steel so that a rolling direction of the rolled steel extends between the fastening end and the free end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Andre Kluftinger, Christoph Huber, Werner Eberhard, Georg Stammel