Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Sudhoff

Wolfgang Sudhoff 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).

  • Transmission of ships
    Patent number: 4229990
    Abstract: An engine driven shaft is connected to an input gear of the transmission which, in turn, is geared to a power branching cascade, providing either for axial branching first followed by lateral branching or a reverse sequence of branching, obtaining in either case four outputs provided by pinions which mesh in pairs two large spur gears for re-combining all branches. These large spur gears are on a common shaft which is the transmission output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Steinberg, Wolfgang Sudhoff