Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Bock

Wilhelm Bock 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).

  • Housing for a load adjusting device
    Patent number: 6487934
    Abstract: A housing (1) for a load adjusting device of an actuating drive for a throttle of an internal combustion engine, the housing having two housing parts (2, 3), has a circumferential sheet-metal strip (10). The sheet-metal strip (10) in each case engages behind an edge (8, 9) of the housing parts (2, 3). The housing parts (2, 3) are therefore prestressed uniformly against each other and reliably sealed off against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Brandau, Rainer Lenz, Dieter Meyer, Wilhelm Bock
  • Butterfly valve body
    Patent number: 6352241
    Abstract: A throttle body (1) which has a throttle housing (2) made of plastic, a throttle butterfly (5) being pivotably mounted in a conduit section (3) of the throttle housing (2), wherein, a metal cylinder (12) is provided in the conduit section (3) over at least part of the pivoting range of the throttle butterfly (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hannewald, Armin Seeger, Wilhelm Bock