Patents by Inventor Armin Gerner

Armin Gerner 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: 10125850
    Abstract: A roller device for a traction mechanism drive of a motor vehicle, with a roller element for introducing a torque provided via the traction mechanism and a driven shaft for driving an auxiliary unit. The roller device has a magnetic coupling for non-positive torque transfer between the roller element and the driven shaft. The magnetic coupling has a primary-side unit connected to the roller element with a primary magnetic element and a secondary-side unit connected to the driven shaft with a secondary-side magnetic element. The magnetic elements are permanent and/or electromagnetic elements. The non-positive torque transfer is realized by magnetic fields of the primary-side and secondary-side magnetic elements. At least one magnetic element of the two units for changing the magnetic field overlap of the magnetic fields of the primary-side and secondary-side magnetic elements is movably arranged within its unit. A corresponding traction mechanism drive and method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Dippold, Ralf Wagner, Armin Gerner
  • Patent number: 10041820
    Abstract: An integration element including a shaft and a housing, wherein the housing includes a passage for the shaft and the shaft includes connecting elements on the shaft ends which are accessible from outside the housing, these elements providing a rotationally-fixed connection to connecting shafts. The housing has at least one connection for fastening to a connection structure and the shaft together with the housing delimits a measuring equipment space for receiving measuring equipment. The housing is formed by at least two housing parts detachably connected to each other, said housing parts being designed to be separated around the full extent of their circumference surrounding the shaft to allow access to the measuring equipment space. The housing has bearing seats for shaft bearings and these shaft bearings support the shaft in a rotatable manner with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jorg Bauer, Marco Frank, Armin Gerner, Bernd Wittmann, Christian Lehmann, Matthias Sperber
  • Publication number: 20160320215
    Abstract: An integration element including a shaft and a housing, wherein the housing includes a passage for the shaft and the shaft includes connecting elements on the shaft ends which are accessible from outside the housing, these elements providing a rotationally-fixed connection to connecting shafts. The housing has at least one connection for fastening to a connection structure and the shaft together with the housing delimits a measuring equipment space for receiving measuring equipment. The housing is formed by at least two housing parts detachably connected to each other, said housing parts being designed to be separated around the full extent of their circumference surrounding the shaft to allow access to the measuring equipment space. The housing has bearing seats for shaft bearings and these shaft bearings support the shaft in a rotatable manner with respect to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jorg Bauer, Marco Frank, Armin Gerner, Bernd Wittmann, Christian Lehmann, Matthias Sperber
  • Patent number: 9353797
    Abstract: A bearing ring, in particular of a rolling bearing or a sliding bearing, including a body made of a magnetostrictive material, having a first raceway (2) and a second, axially spaced apart, raceway (2?) and a permanent magnetization (3) which is impressed into the material of the body between the raceways (2, 2?) and which runs around an axis of rotation (9) of the body. According to the invention, the bearing ring achieves the object of improving the structural integration of a torque sensor into a bearing, which torque sensor generates a torque-dependent magnetic field by utilizing the inverse magnetostrictive effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Drescher, Frank Benkert, Philipp Horning, Armin Gerner, Bernd Wittmann, Horst Brehm
  • Publication number: 20150219163
    Abstract: A bearing ring, in particular of a rolling bearing or a sliding bearing, including a body made of a magnetostrictive material, having a first raceway (2) and a second, axially spaced apart, raceway (2?) and a permanent magnetization (3) which is impressed into the material of the body between the raceways (2, 2?) and which runs around an axis of rotation (9) of the body. According to the invention, the bearing ring achieves the object of improving the structural integration of a torque sensor into a bearing, which torque sensor generates a torque-dependent magnetic field by utilizing the inverse magnetostrictive effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Drescher, Frank Benkert, Philipp Horning, Armin Gerner, Bernd Wittmann, Hurst Brehm
  • Publication number: 20140349804
    Abstract: A roller device for a traction mechanism drive of a motor vehicle, with a roller element for introducing a torque provided via the traction mechanism and a driven shaft for driving an auxiliary unit. The roller device has a magnetic coupling for non-positive torque transfer between the roller element and the driven shaft. The magnetic coupling has a primary-side unit connected to the roller element with a primary magnetic element and a secondary-side unit connected to the driven shaft with a secondary-side magnetic element. The magnetic elements are permanent and/or electromagnetic elements. The non-positive torque transfer is realized by magnetic fields of the primary-side and secondary-side magnetic elements. At least one magnetic element of the two units for changing the magnetic field overlap of the magnetic fields of the primary-side and secondary-side magnetic elements is movably arranged within its unit. A corresponding traction mechanism drive and method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Dippold, Ralf Wagner, Armin Gerner
  • Publication number: 20140029879
    Abstract: A combination of a drive shaft transmitting a torque and a bearing assembly mounting the drive shaft, characterized in that the bearing assembly (3) includes at least one integrated sensor device (4) for detecting a torsion-induced change of a magnetic field of a magnetized section (5) that is provided on the drive shaft (2) in the region of the bearing assembly (3) or is connected to the drive shaft (2) in a torque-resistant manner, the change of the field being a measure of the transmitted torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Brehm, Armin Gerner, Eduard Beresch