Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Doersam

Wolfgang Doersam 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).

  • Butterfly valve
    Patent number: 4653725
    Abstract: A butterfly valve has a housing formed from two stamped sheet parts. The shaft of the valve flap is located in shaped-out parts of the housing halves. The two flanges of the housing halves are held together by a clamp, which has an inwardly open, U or V-shaped cross-section and can be secured in articulated manner by two semicircular parts and presses by chamfered inner faces on tori on the flanges. Thus, the valve can be assembled and disassembled by loosening a single screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Inventors: Dieter Nanz, Wolfgang Doersam