Eduan Tek offers mechanical design and analysis as well as a patent search consulting service.
Analysis and design
Mechanical design specialising in gearboxes, variable (CVT) gearboxes, cams, drive trains, mining equipment, industrial equipment and other mechanical devices. Services include the following:
- Mechanical design using SolidWorks and its various tools and add-ins.
- Analysis and simulation using Matlab, Simulink and Simscape.
- Design in combination with patent searches towards creating strong Intellectual Property (IP).
- Complex problem solving.
- Custom machine development.
Intellectual Property (IP) creation
Dr. Jan Naude’s in-house developed design, analysis and patent search process have resulted in
numerous successfully granted international patents. This process involves patent searches in
combination with the design process to culminate in formal strong international patents in
collaborations with IP attorneys. During this process the design is adapted to avoid infringing existing
IP while at the same time focusing on design features that are novel to ensure strong patents. The
emergence of IP as the last competitive edge in the global economy is evident in the current US
China trade war and highlights the value of strong international IP.
Dr Jan Naude, responsible for the product development and manufacturing of the Eduan Tek
products, has vast experience in both mechanical design and analysis, through the years of patenting
own technologies and all that is involved in this field.
Among others filed patents include:
- WO0214715 Infinitely Variable Transmission
- WO03042575 Infinitely Variable Transmission
- WO03056212 Angular Velocity Profile Generator Transmission (Equivalents filed in two countries)
- WO03078869 Variable Sprocket IVT Machine
- WO2004072511 Rotor Controlled Transmissions (Equivalents filed in 13 countries)
- WO2005036028 Infinitely Variable Transmission (Equivalents filed in 13 countries)
- WO2005017383 Self-Energising Clutch (Equivalents filed in 13 countries)
- WO2007059539 Geneva Motion Machine Controller (Equivalents filed in 13 countries)
- ZA2008/06474 Transmission Drive Belt
- ZA2008/09032 Transmission Drive Chain Belt
- WO2009092120 Continuously Variable Transmission Machine (Equivalents filed in 13 countries)
- WO2013159126 Rotor Controlled CVT
- WO2016058010 Rotor Controlled Continuously Variable Transmission
- WO2017/143363 Continuously Variable Transmission with Radial Drive
- WO2019/239379 Continuously Variable Transmission with Radial Drive
- WO2020/095134 Apparatus and method for testing installation of a reinforcing anchor
- WO2021/024177 Continuously Variable Transmission with variable disk traction drive
- ZA2021/09328 An adjustable float-controlled valve
- ZA2022/02783 A pin operated valve