Inventor · Birkenau, DE

Hans Forch

14Patents
11h-index
9Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 13, 1974 → Feb 11, 1993

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4277072A Seal for the gap between a revolving shaft and the bore of a housing against a mixture of a liquid and a gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US3938813A Positive-contact seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 36 Expired
US4709930A Shaft and sealing ring Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 26 Expired
US4172599A Pressure-balanced packing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Expired
US4695063A Radial shaft seal ring with backfeed ribs and damming ribs Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US4428587A Seal ring with channel for radially accelerating medium to be sealed Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired
US3973779A Sealing arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4304414A Pressure-balanced packing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US4546985A Lip seal with channeled and non-channeled portions Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US4240643A Annular seal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US5332234A Sealing arrangement Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US5018749A Slide ring seal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US4194748A Radial shaft sealing ring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4202555A Sealing ring Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.