Patents Assigned to Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
  • Publication number: 20230313845
    Abstract: A built-in magnetic filter module for filtering the working fluids of clutch separation systems, said built-in magnetic filter module comprising an air release valve and a magnetic filtration unit including a housing. The housing includes a pipe section providing passage for the working fluid. The magnetic filtration unit is installed on the circumference of the internal wall of said pipe section, and is configured to contact the working fluid and attract metallic foreign matter from within the working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Guangyu Jian, Zhili Xu
  • Patent number: 10850604
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement for a drive train of a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive includes a first clutch, a second clutch, a central bearing, and a clutch actuator. The first clutch has a first clutch first rotating part and a plurality of connecting segments. The connecting segments are connected to one another for conjoint rotation in a coupled position of the first clutch. The second clutch has a second clutch first rotating part with a shaft region. The second clutch first rotating part is connected for conjoint rotation with the first clutch first rotating part. The central bearing is arranged on the shaft region. The clutch actuator is arranged to interact with the first clutch. The connecting segments are arranged radially to the outside of the clutch actuator. The clutch actuator is arranged radially to the outside of the central bearing. The first clutch, the clutch actuator and the central bearing are arranged at least partially overlapping one another in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Pieper, Rolf Meinhard
  • Patent number: 10677332
    Abstract: A hybrid drive train assembly for a motor vehicle drive train includes an electric motor; a differential configured for connecting a first front axle and a second front axle of the motor vehicle drive train to each other; a motor output gearing connecting an output of the electric motor to the differential; and a transmission output gearing configured for connecting an output of a transmission to the differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gregory Heeke, Peter Rentfrow, Peter Burke, Md. Wasi Uddin, Patrick Lindemann
  • Patent number: 10180176
    Abstract: A turbine torsional vibration damper, in particular a simple torsional vibration damper, for a vehicle, preferably for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, having a damper part for introducing a torque into the turbine torsional vibration damper and a damper part for extracting the torque from the torsional vibration damper, wherein a pendulum mass flange of a centrifugal pendulum device is rigidly coupled mechanically with a damper part of the turbine torsional vibration damper. A converter or a torque transmission device for a vehicle, in particular for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein the converter or torque transmission device has a turbine torsional vibration damper according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Dinger, Jan Hoffmann, Christian Huegel
  • Publication number: 20180238390
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a tapered roller assembly which can be mounted in a particularly simple manner. For this purpose, a method for producing a tapered roller assembly having an inner ring and a roller ring is proposed, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) providing the inner ring , wherein the inner ring has a flanged mounting rim which is produced within a preliminary flanging stage by flanging over an edge region of the inner ring; b) mounting the roller ring on the inner ring, wherein the roller ring is pushed over the flanged mounting rim onto the inner ring; c) flanging over the flanged mounting rim into a flanged rim wherein the flanged rim, as a retaining rim, captively retains the roller ring; and d) heat treating the flanged mounting rim before step b) or step c), wherein a hardness of the flanged mounting rim is reduced by comparison with a hardness of a raceway of the inner ring. Also proposed is a tapered roller bearing formed with such a tapered roller assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co., KG
    Inventors: Reinhard KICK-RODENBÜCHER, Markus MANTAU, Andre SCHADE
  • Patent number: 10036286
    Abstract: A camshaft phaser, including: an axis of rotation; a stator including a radially outermost surface with a plurality of teeth; a locking plate including a first side facing in a first axial direction, a bore in the first side, and a through-bore; a check valve plate axially located between the locking plate and the stator and including a through-bore and a displaceable valve flap aligned, in the first axial direction, with the through-bore for the locking plate; and a bushing disposed in the bore in the first side and in the through-bore for the check valve plate. The bushing extends past the locking plate in the first axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexandre Camilo, Renato De Oliveira Ghiraldi, Peter Cantin
  • Patent number: 9915300
    Abstract: A wedge clutch, including: an outer carrier; a first clutch plate non-rotatably connected to the outer carrier; a wedge clutch plate; a hub radially inward of the outer carrier; an engagement assembly including a pin partially disposed within the hub and in contact with the wedge clutch plate; and an actuator. For a first synchronization stage for closing the wedge clutch: the actuator is arranged to clamp the first clutch plate and the wedge clutch plate; and a first portion of the pin extending radially outward beyond an outer circumference of the hub is arranged to transmit torque between the hub and the carrier. For a second synchronization stage for closing the wedge clutch: the hub or the wedge clutch plate are arranged to circumferentially displace with respect to each other; and the wedge clutch plate is arranged to displace the pin radially inward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Guettinger, Brian Lee
  • Patent number: 9856925
    Abstract: A torque transfer device (1) for a drivetrain (2) of a motor vehicle, having a torsional vibration damping unit (3) and a decoupling clutch (6) having at least two clutch elements (4, 5) which can be joined to each other, wherein a first clutch element (4) is permanently connected non-rotatingly to a flange section (7) of the torsional vibration damping unit (3) and a second clutch element (5) is coupled with the flange section (7) via a freewheeling unit (8), wherein at least some sections of the freewheeling unit (8) are positioned in a radial receiving space (9) of the torsional vibration damping unit (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christoph Maier
  • Publication number: 20150377289
    Abstract: A two-part bearing cage for a ball bearing, including a first and a second annular body (1a, 1b) having a plurality of retaining claws (2) on their opposing end faces. The two annular bodies (1a, 1b) have an identical design and can be mounted opposite each other in such a way that cut-out sections (3) receive the retaining claws (2), thereby forming pockets (4) for receiving and guiding rolling bodies (5). The number of pockets (4) corresponds to the number of rolling bodies (5). According to the invention, the individual pockets (4) are arranged at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction in such a way that a free area (6) for receiving lubricant is formed between two pockets (4). At least two pairs of retaining claws (2), at least two individual retaining claws (2), and the base of a pocket combine to form one pocket (4). The invention also relates to a ball bearing comprising a two-part bearing cage of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SCHAFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Scheidel, Reinhard Rehner, Thomas Fickert-Guenther, Andreas-Johann Bohr, Frank Zwanzger
  • Publication number: 20150381010
    Abstract: An electric machine (1) and to a method for producing the machine (1), including a housing (2) and a stator (3) accommodated therein, as well as at least one rotor (4) arranged radially inside the stator (3), a plastic body (7) that at least radially surrounds the outside of a soft-magnetic core (5) of the stator (3), and a cooling device (10) located between the stator (3) and the housing (2) is provided. In order to improve the cooling device (10), at least one recess (11) that conveys a cooling medium is created between the housing (2) and the stator (3) at least partially in the outer circumferential surface of the plastic body (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SCHAFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kobes, Maria Holland, Achim Weber, Wolfgang Hill
  • Patent number: 8696475
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper for operation in an oil bath comprising an input flange for connecting to a drive motor, an output flange for connecting to a transmission, and a bow spring for the torsionally elastic coupling of the input flange to the output flange, where the bow spring is in contact radially on the outside with an encircling holding device that is formed on one of the flanges. At the same time, the holding device has an opening in the area of the bow spring, in order to enable a flow of oil through an area of contact of the bow spring with the holding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Werner
  • Patent number: 8161930
    Abstract: A camshaft (1) is provided for a stroke-variable valve drive of an internal combustion engine with a carrier shaft (2) and a cam part (3) that is arranged locked in rotation and movable in the axial direction on the carrier shaft and that is assembled from a cam carrier (4) and a sleeve (5). The cam carrier has a cam group (7, 8) of directly adjacent cams (9, 10, 11, 12) with different cam strokes and an adapter end (6) on which the sleeve is mounted. The sleeve has a setting groove (17) in the form of a groove that extends across an extent of the sleeve and that is used for the specification of an axial setting groove track for an activation pin (18) moving the cam part on the carrier shaft. The setting groove is produced in the sleeve through non-metal-cutting shaping of sheet-metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Harald Elendt, Andreas Nendel
  • Patent number: 8162117
    Abstract: A torque transmission device in the drive train of a motor vehicle for transmitting torque, which has a clutch, particularly a dual-clutch, and a support tube that extends in the axial direction towards a housing, essentially a gear mechanism housing, and is radially arranged within at least one actuator bearing, in particular two actuator bearings, as well as a bearing device for the clutch. Part of the clutch cover facing the housing is supported by the bearing device for the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dirk Reimnitz