Patents by Inventor Winfried Ochs

Winfried Ochs 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: 6702681
    Abstract: A torsionally flexible coupling having a rotational axis (1), including a first ring (2) and a second ring (3, 4), which enclose each other [one enclosing the other] at a radial distance, at least one ring-shaped first spring element (5) made of elastomeric material being positioned in the annular clearance (13) formed by the radial distance; and a belt pulley (7) being fastened, relatively having torsional flexibility, to at least one of the rings (2; 3, 4) with the aid of a second spring element (6) made of an elastomeric material, and being supported on at least one of the rings (2; 3, 4) at least in the radial direction with the aid of a sliding bearing (8, 9); the sliding bearing (8, 9) being formed by a rubber layer (9) having at least two embedded sliding rings (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Winfried Ochs
  • Patent number: 5562544
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper in which a first inertial ring is arranged at least in part radially on the outside of an inner ring and is bonded to it by an intermediate ring of rubber, the intermediate ring resting axially against the inertial ring with the avoidance of gaps and adhesion, the inertial ring being bonded to the intermediate ring substantially only in the region of its inside diameter, and a belt travel ring being additionally bonded to the intermediate ring and surrounding the inertial ring radially on the outside at least in a partial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Winfried Ochs, Jurgen Eichhorn
  • Patent number: 5453056
    Abstract: A belt pulley with a substantially cup-shaped profile that is delimited on one side, in at least the axial direction, by an integrally shaped-on rim flange is disclosed. The rim flange is configured as the hub ring of a torsional vibration damper, the hub ring being connected, by means of a damping ring made of elastomeric material, to an inertial ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Gunter Ullrich, Winfried Ochs, Herwig Honlinger
  • Patent number: 5409423
    Abstract: Belt pulley having a substantially cup-shaped profile that is delimited on one side, at least in the axial direction, by an integrally shaped-on rim flange is disclosed. The rim flange is configured as the hub ring of a torsional vibration damper; the hub ring is connected, by a damping ring made of elastomeric material, to an inertial ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Gunter Ullrich, Winfried Ochs, Herwig Honlinger
  • Patent number: 5377962
    Abstract: An inside ring (1) and an outside ring (2) are mounted about a common axis (3) and are joined to one another in a rotationally elastic manner by at least one elastic body (4) of elastomeric material. The elastic body (4) is bonded only to one of the rings (1, 2) and is supported in a relatively rotatable manner on the other ring (2, 1) by at least one friction layer (7) to limit the transmittable torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Winfried Ochs, Jurgen Eichhorn
  • Patent number: 5352157
    Abstract: A speed-adaptive torsional vibration damper, with a flywheel which encircles a hub ring, and in which the hub ring and flywheel are at least temporarily connected to one another by first and second spring elements made of a rubber-like material. The second spring elements are distributed uniformly around the circumference of the hub ring. The second spring elements are capable of expanding in the radial direction under the action of centrifugal forces that result at high rotational speeds, and thereby are forced into engagement with the flywheel. When viewed in the circumferential direction, the second spring elements are delimited by a stop face which projects in the direction of the flywheel and which mates with a congruently shaped cavity of a third spring element also of a rubber-like material. The third spring elements are affixed to the flywheel. The stop face and the cavity have a radial clearance between each other in the non-rotating state of the torsional vibration damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Winfried Ochs, Bernhard Rohrig