Patents by Inventor Winfried Huber

Winfried Huber 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).

  • Torsionally flexible coupling, a mold, and a method of producing same
    Patent number: 7204772
    Abstract: A torsionally flexible coupling has a hub ring and a vibrationally isolated pulley surrounding the hub ring at a radial distance, a spring body made of a rubber-elastic material being situated in the gap formed by the distance, and comprises a sliding-contact bearing for mutual support of the hub ring and the pulley, the sliding-contact bearing having a sliding-contact surface on the side facing the hub ring or the pulley, the sliding-contact surface having at least one elastically flexible projection in the radial direction which comes in contact with the surface of the hub ring or the pulley under elastic prestress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Winfried Huber
  • Torsionally flexible coupling, a mold, and a method of producing same
    Publication number: 20030199348
    Abstract: A torsionally flexible coupling has a hub ring (1) and a vibrationally isolated pulley (2) surrounding the hub ring (1) at a radial distance, a spring body (4) made of a rubber-elastic material being situated in the gap (3) formed by the distance, and comprises a sliding-contact bearing (5) for mutual support of the hub ring (1) and the pulley (2), the sliding-contact bearing (5) having a sliding-contact surface (6) on the side facing the hub ring (1) or the pulley (2), the sliding-contact surface having at least one elastically flexible projection (7) in the radial direction which comes in contact with the surface (8, 9) of the hub ring (1) or the pulley (2) under elastic prestress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Winfried Huber