Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Spaan

Wolfgang Spaan 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: 8529358
    Abstract: Rotational coupling is provided having: a first carrier body with a first base section and a plurality of first coupling arms extending from the first base section spaced in a circumferential direction, each having a first coupling section jointly defining a first plane running concentrically and perpendicularly to a rotational axis, a second carrier body including a second base section and a plurality of second coupling arms extending from the second base section spaced in the circumferential direction, each having a second coupling section jointly defining a second plane running concentrically and perpendicularly to the rotational axis, first and second carrier bodies arranged such that the planes coincide, the coupling arms facing one another, alternately interengaging and circumferentially spaced, base sections oriented oppositely along the rotational axis, and each of the coupling sections coupled via elastic link elements to the coupling sections respectively adjacent on both sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: SGF Sueddeutsche Gelenkscheibenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nikolaus Koenig, Gerd Eisleitner, Mark Brandl, Marian Kynast, Wolfgang Spaan, Markus Till
  • Publication number: 20120220381
    Abstract: Rotational coupling is provided having: a first carrier body with a first base section and a plurality of first coupling arms extending from the first base section spaced in a circumferential direction, each having a first coupling section jointly defining a first plane running concentrically and perpendicularly to a rotational axis, a second carrier body including a second base section and a plurality of second coupling arms extending from the second base section spaced in the circumferential direction, each having a second coupling section jointly defining a second plane running concentrically and perpendicularly to the rotational axis, first and second carrier bodies arranged such that the planes coincide, the coupling arms facing one another, alternately interengaging and circumferentially spaced, base sections oriented oppositely along the rotational axis, and each of the coupling sections coupled via elastic link elements to the coupling sections respectively adjacent on both sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SGF SUEDDEUTSCHE GELENKSCHEIBENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Nikolaus Koenig, Gerd Eisleitner, Mark Brandl, Marian Kynast, Wolfgang Spaan, Markus Till
  • Patent number: 7871331
    Abstract: An elastic joint member (10) with at least one set of loops (12) and at least two bushes (14), which extend transversely through the set of loops (12), collars (16), which are fastened to a respective bush end (22) in order to axially support the set of loops (12) on the relevant bush (14), and an elastomeric envelope (18), in which the set of loops (12) and the bushes (14) are embedded at least in part. Also according to the invention, the areas of the bushes (14) which are left free by the collars (16) and embedded in the envelope (18) are smooth, and the collars (16) are locked onto the associated bush (14) with a clearance which is such that the bush is rotatable within the collars, while these are connected in a fixed manner to the envelope (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: SGF Suddeutshe Gelenksheibenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Wähling, Wolfgang Spaan
  • Publication number: 20080261705
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elastic joint member (10) with at least one set of loops (12) and at least two bushes (14), which extend transversely through the set of loops (12), collars (16), which are fastened to a respective bush end (22) in order to axially support the set of loops (12) on the relevant bush (14), and an elastomeric envelope (18), in which the set of loops (12) and the bushes (14) are embedded at least in part. Also according to the invention, the areas of the bushes (14) which are left free by the collars (16) and embedded in the envelope (18) are smooth, and the collars (16) are locked onto the associated bush (14) with a clearance which is such that the bush is rotatable within the collars, while these are connected in a fixed manner to the envelope (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Werner Wahling, Wolfgang Spaan