Patents by Inventor Erich Lunz
Erich Lunz 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).
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Patent number: 8696206Abstract: A bearing ring is provided, including a body and an end face (3; 6). The problem of providing a bearing assembly having a space-saving preloading device which can be actuated quickly is solved for this bearing ring by a piston (8; 15) of a fluidic preloading device; the piston being accommodated in the end face (3; 6). A bearing assembly is also provided including a bearing (2) having a bearing ring (1) and a first fluidic preloading device for setting a bearing preload, this preloading device acting on a first end face (3) of the bearing ring (1), and further including a second fluidic preloading device which acts in the opposite direction on a second end face (6) of the bearing ring (1).Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Erich Lunz
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Publication number: 20140068947Abstract: A method for producing a bearing ring (20, 29), in particular a tapered roller bearing ring, including the following steps: making available an annular disc (8; 9), and forming the disc (8; 9) to provide a substantially cylindrical bearing ring and producing a raceway (19; 28) of the bearing ring in a single operation by extrusion. According to the invention, the method achieves the object of providing a simple method for producing bearing rings, in particular for tapered roller bearings, which delivers high unit numbers and in which it is possible to dispense with a finishing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Markus Mantau, Erich Lunz, Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher, Peter Schuster, Klaus Geissdörfer, Harald Vornehm, Alexander Reimchen
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Publication number: 20130236135Abstract: A bearing ring is provided, including a body and an end face (3; 6). The problem of providing a bearing assembly having a space-saving preloading device which can be actuated quickly is solved for this bearing ring by a piston (8; 15) of a fluidic preloading device; the piston being accommodated in the end face (3; 6). A bearing assembly is also provided including a bearing (2) having a bearing ring (1) and a first fluidic preloading device for setting a bearing preload, this preloading device acting on a first end face (3) of the bearing ring (1), and further including a second fluidic preloading device which acts in the opposite direction on a second end face (6) of the bearing ring (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Erich Lunz
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Patent number: 8511904Abstract: A ready-to-install needle bearing including a thin-walled outer ring (1) that is shaped without cutting and is provided with radially inwardly-facing stop rims (2) on both sides. Needle rollers (7) roll between the stop rims (2) on an associated external raceway (9). The inventive needle bearing is characterized in that an associated internal raceway (10) is formed by a thin-walled inner ring (3) which is shaped without cutting and is fitted with radially outwardly-facing stop rims (4) on both sides. The needle rollers (7) roll in a cageless manner or are disposed in a cage such that a captive ready-to-install needle bearing unit is created by using a positive gripping action, thus dispensing with the need for a part that is to be mounted having to act as a raceway.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Erich Lunz
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Publication number: 20100172606Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a roller bearing (5) which does not require machining, wherein the roller bearing (5) has a bearing inner ring and a bearing outer ring (3a?, 3b?) and at least one rolling body row (9) guided between said rings in raceways (8a, 8b). In order to be able to implement the production of the bearing rings (3a?, 3b?) including the raceways (8a, 8b) for the rolling bodies (9) according to a forming method which does not involve machining, in a manner which is more cost-effective with respect to known production methods, a ring element (3) is initially produced from a sheet metal blank (1) by means of dies and pressure forming, the ring element having a section (3a) lying radially on the inside, a ring-shaped section (3b) lying radially on the outside, and having a central recess (4), raceways (8a, 8b), and preferably a set breaking point (6) between the two ring-shaped sections (3a, 3b).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Erich Lunz, Ralph Painta, Peter Schuster, Horst Doeppling
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Publication number: 20090095495Abstract: The invention relates to a rotating, disc-shaped, agricultural tool which is mounted in a frame of a machine via a hub and a bearing arrangement. The bearing arrangement is distinguished by the fact that it is formed from two angular roller bearings which are set in back-to-back arrangement and whose raceways are arranged inclined at an angle to a bearing axis, wherein a space accommodation the angular roller bearings is defined on the outside in the radial direction by a hub body, of V-shaped design in its centre part and having contact surfaces, and on the inside in the radial direction by a supporting ring having spaced-apart contact surfaces on both sides in the axial direction, wherein the hub body is provided at an axial end with a fastening element for fastening the tool. In this way, a captive bearing unit is provided which is already provided with the appropriate prestress and which only needs to be connected to the agricultural tool and to the frame by the end user, i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Markus Spohn, Erich Lunz, Jens Krueger, Christian Hoffinger
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Publication number: 20090074344Abstract: A ready-to-install needle bearing including a thin-walled outer ring (1) that is shaped without cutting and is provided with radially inwardly-facing stop rims (2) on both sides. Needle rollers (7) roll between the stop rims (2) on an associated external raceway (9). The inventive needle bearing is characterized in that an associated internal raceway (10) is formed by a thin-walled inner ring (3) which is shaped without cutting and is fitted with radially outwardly-facing stop rims (4) on both sides. The needle rollers (7) roll in a cageless manner or are disposed in a cage such that a captive ready-to-install needle bearing unit is created by using a positive gripping action, thus dispensing with the need for a part that is to be mounted having to act as a raceway.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventor: Erich Lunz
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Patent number: 6822349Abstract: A linear motor includes a secondary part (1) having several permanent magnets (4) disposed behind one another with alternating orientation of the polarity, or excitation windings. These permanent magnets (4) or excitation windings are wound helically around a rotation axis. Furthermore, there is provided a primary part (2) having a current-carrying winding disposed in parallel relationship to the permanent magnets (4) or excitation windings and arranged about the rotation axis such that a magnetic traveling field travels helically about the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Ina Wälzlager Schaeffler oHGInventors: Erich Lunz, Frank Dürschmied
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Publication number: 20040041474Abstract: A linear motor includes a secondary part (1) having several permanent magnets (4) disposed behind one another with alternating orientation of the polarity, or excitation windings. These permanent magnets (4) or excitation windings are wound helically around a rotation axis. Furthermore, there is provided a primary part (2) having a current-carrying winding disposed in parallel relationship to the permanent magnets (4) or excitation windings and arranged about the rotation axis such that a magnetic traveling field travels helically about the rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventors: Erich Lunz, Frank Durschmied
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Patent number: 6315486Abstract: A joint with a pin (1) comprising an inner member (2), a center member (6), a housing body (8) and a flange ring (12) arranged in one another via rolling bearings (4,5,10,13,14,18,19,20) for pivoting or rotating about their rotational axis (3,7,15) which advantageously create a rolling bearing-mounted joint which has a high rigidity and a comparatively low frictional and pivoting resistance useful for achieving a high positioning precision in machine tools of a hexapod system.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1999Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler oHGInventor: Erich Lunz
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Patent number: 5906461Abstract: A machine tool includes several telescopic struts, each of which being formed by an inner tube and outer tube arranged within one another. The telescopic struts are articulated at their one end to a frame and at their other end to a tool holder. The outer tube is formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced recesses, with each of the recesses accommodating a recirculating ball bearing unit which includes a carrier body provided with endless ball tracks. Each endless ball track is divided in a load-bearing section and an unstressed, non-load-bearing return portion. The inner tube has ball tracks, with balls rolling along the ball tracks of the carrier body and the inner tube whereby the balls are guided from the load-bearing section into the return section.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1998Date of Patent: May 25, 1999Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler oHGInventors: Erich Lunz, Helmut Bode, Jean-Marie Eder
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Patent number: 4655612Abstract: An apparatus for height adjustment of a rolling bearing for longitudinal movement comprising a support body having two straight parallel race sections connected at their ends by two semicircular race sections, said support body being encircled by a guide element for guiding and/or holding rolling bodies in the race sections, the rolling bearing being supported by two adjusting wedges moveable relative to each other whose wedge surfaces are inclined opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction of the race, characterized in that the support body extends beyond the guide element transverse to the longitudinal race direction and the adjusting wedges having through recesses engaging the guide element and the zones of the support body extending beyond the guide elements being supported by lateral faces of the adjusting wedges delimiting the recesses.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1986Date of Patent: April 7, 1987Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KGInventors: Erich Lunz, Reinhard Schwinghammer
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Patent number: 4486054Abstract: Novel recirculating rolling bearings for the longitudinally moveable mounting of an element with a linear surface comprising a bearing body having two opposite straight race sections limited by lateral flanges connected by two curved end deflecting sections connecting the ends of the straight sections to form a closed raceway and rolling bodies in said closed raceway rotating about an axis, the bearing body having a cylindrical outer contour and is insertable into a corresponding cylindrical bore of a housing which bore is open toward the element to be supported in the area of one straight race section opposite said element, the common axis of the bearing body and the housing bore having a slight inclination relative to the straight race section opposite the element to be supported.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1983Date of Patent: December 4, 1984Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KGInventors: Jurgen Oetjen, Erich Lunz