Patents by Inventor Werner Hufnagel

Werner Hufnagel 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: 7017913
    Abstract: An axial shaft seal disposed between a housing wall and a rotating shaft includes an outer ring insertable into the housing wall in a stationary and sealing manner and an inner ring connectable to the shaft in a non-twisting and sealing manner. The outer ring includes a sleeve having a polymer material extending radially inward and having a spring bellows form. A radially inward end portion of the sleeve has a first sealing surface. The inner ring includes a ring flange extending radially outward so as to provide a second sealing surface for axially mating the first sealing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Thomas Klenk, Eberhard Bock, Thomas Kramer, Werner Hufnagel, Martin Heldmann, Markus Clemens, Gilbert Pataille
  • Publication number: 20060006601
    Abstract: A sealing system comprising a seal with a sealing lip and a sensor device provided with a measuring probe that extends into a space to be sealed off. The measuring probe during the intended use is exposed to the medium to be sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Werner Hufnagel, Eric Kammerer
  • Publication number: 20040070151
    Abstract: An axial shaft seal disposed between a housing wall and a rotating shaft includes an outer ring insertable into the housing wall in a stationary and sealing manner and an inner ring connectable to the shaft in a non-twisting and sealing manner. The outer ring includes a sleeve having a polymer material extending radially inward and having a spring bellows form. A radially inward end portion of the sleeve has a first sealing surface. The inner ring includes a ring flange extending radially outward so as to provide a second sealing surface for axially mating the first sealing face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Thomas Klenk, Eberhard Bock, Thomas Kramer, Werner Hufnagel, Martin Heldmann, Markus Clemens, Gilbert Pataille
  • Patent number: 6666459
    Abstract: A radial shaft seal includes a supporting ring which is attached to at least one sealing ring made of a polymer material. The sealing ring has at least one sealing lip and an additional gasket is arranged on the side of the sealing lip facing away from the space to be sealed. The supporting ring is designed in one piece and has two radial projections arranged next to one another with an axial distance between them, where a circular additional gasket produced separately is arranged without adhesion in the gap formed by this distance and is under axial tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Werner Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 6336638
    Abstract: A radial shaft seal with a sealing disk made of a polymer material which curves towards a space that is sealed as the sealing disk radially approaches a shaft with respect to which it forms a seal. The sealing disk has a first surface profiling on the side facing the shaft and a second surface profiling on the side facing away from the shaft, the first surface profiling being formed by sawtooth recesses arranged adjacent to one another axially at a distance. The first bordering surfaces of the recesses facing the space to be sealed form a smaller angle with the shaft than second bordering surfaces of the recesses facing away from the space to be sealed. The second surface profiling is formed by essentially U-shaped recesses which are open on the side facing away from the shaft and are arranged adjacent to one another with an axial distance between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Wolfgang Guth, Werner Hufnagel