Patents by Inventor Heiko Schreiber

Heiko Schreiber 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).

  • Publication number: 20240143908
    Abstract: A table for processing component attributes is provided. The table consists of cells, which form a matrix of columns and rows is provided. Each row is assigned to one component and contains information relating to the component. Each column is assigned to an attribute and contains attribute information. A first attribute is assigned to a first column, where the first attribute comprises a set of values, where the set includes all values of the first attribute for all components, where the method includes inserting a first value from the set of the first attribute into a first cell of a first row and column, and where the first value relates to the component assigned to the first row. The method also includes inserting a second value from the set of the first attribute into the first cell, where the second value relates to the component assigned to the first row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Nadine Taubert, Vinh Van, Heiko Oehme, Andreas Schreiber, Julian Grüneberg
  • Publication number: 20230375083
    Abstract: Gearbox (1) having a tooth carrier (40) for receiving teeth (7) of a gear ring that are disposed about a rotation axis (5) of the gearbox, wherein the teeth (7) are disposed in the tooth carrier (11) so as to be displaceable and guided in the radial direction, a cam disk (20) which is rotatable about the rotation axis (5) and for driving the teeth (7) in the radial direction has a cam curvature that is variable over the circumference, wherein bearing segments (24) which are mounted so as to slide on the cam disk (20) are disposed between the teeth (7) and the cam disk (20), and wherein the bearing segments (24) have a contact region which has a concave curvature and is disposed so as to be centric on a running surface that faces the cam disk (20), wherein the concave curvature is larger than the smallest cam curvature of the cam disk, and smaller than the largest cam curvature of the cam disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt, Thomas Bayer
  • Patent number: 11686371
    Abstract: Coaxial gear mechanism (1), having a toothing (5) oriented axially with respect to an axis of rotation (3) of the coaxial gear mechanism (1), a tooth carrier (7) with axially oriented guides (9), tooth pins (11) which each have a body (41), which is mounted in an axially displaceable manner in a guide (9) of the tooth carrier (7), and a head region (51), wherein the head region (51) has at least one tooth (53) for engagement with the toothing (5), and wherein the head region (51) is configured to be wider than the body (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Wittenstein SE
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Martin Kimmelmann, Heiko Schreiber, Thomas Bayer
  • Patent number: 11635132
    Abstract: Coaxial gear mechanism (1), with a toothing (5) oriented axially relative to a rotational axis (3) of the coaxial gear mechanism (1), a tooth carrier (7) with axially oriented guides (9), teeth (11) which are received in the guides (9) for engagement with the toothing (5), wherein the teeth are oriented with their respective longitudinal axes (13) axially in the guides (9) and are mounted so as to be axially movable in the guides (9), and a cam disk (15) which is rotatable about the rotational axis (3) for axially driving the teeth (11), wherein a plurality of bearing segments (17) is arranged between the cam disk (15) and the teeth (11) for supporting the teeth (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Thomas Bayer, Heiko Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11619292
    Abstract: A gearing, in particular a coaxial gearing or a linear gearing, comprising a tooth system, a tooth carrier having guides, teeth received within the guides for engagement with the tooth system, wherein the teeth are mounted within the guides to be displaceable in the direction of their longitudinal axis relative to the tooth carrier, a cam disk for driving the teeth along the respective longitudinal axis of the teeth, wherein at least one of the teeth respectively has a tooth flank area having tooth flanks, and a tooth body, wherein, between the tooth body and the tooth flanks, one shoulder respectively is provided, which projects back from the tooth body to the inside towards the tooth flank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Andreas Kümmeth, Tobias Röthlingshöfer
  • Publication number: 20220349457
    Abstract: Gear mechanism (1) having a toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) accommodating a plurality of teeth (7) for engagement with the toothing, the teeth (7) being radially displaceable relative to the tooth carrier (11), a drive input with a profiling (22) for radially driving the teeth (7), and bearing segments (24) for mounting the teeth on the profiling. Each bearing segment includes a running side oriented in the direction of the profiling and a bearing side opposite the running side, a tooth bearing arranged on the bearing side for articulated mounting of at least one of the teeth, the tooth bearing including a bead which is at least substantially in the shape of a cylinder section and arranged from a first side edge to a second side edge of the bearing segment transverse to a running direction of the bearing segment. The bead is in a central region between the first and second side edges and has a first and/or second recess on a first and/or second side of the central region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventor: Heiko Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20220107002
    Abstract: Coaxial gear mechanism (1), having a toothing (5) oriented axially with respect to an axis of rotation (3) of the coaxial gear mechanism (1), a tooth carrier (7) with axially oriented guides (9), tooth pins (11) which each have a body (41), which is mounted in an axially displaceable manner in a guide (9) of the tooth carrier (7), and a head region (51), wherein the head region (51) has at least one tooth (53) for engagement with the toothing (5), and wherein the head region (51) is configured to be wider than the body (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Martin Kimmelmann, Heiko Schreiber, Thomas Bayer
  • Publication number: 20210131546
    Abstract: A gearing, in particular a coaxial gearing or a linear gearing, comprising a tooth system, a tooth carrier having guides, teeth received within the guides for engagement with the tooth system, wherein the teeth are mounted within the guides to be displaceable in the direction of their longitudinal axis relative to the tooth carrier, a cam disk for driving the teeth along the respective longitudinal axis of the teeth, wherein at least one of the teeth respectively has a tooth flank area having tooth flanks, and a tooth body, wherein, between the tooth body and the tooth flanks, one shoulder respectively is provided, which projects back from the tooth body to the inside towards the tooth flank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Andreas Kümmeth, Tobias Röthlingshöfer
  • Patent number: 10830328
    Abstract: Gear mechanism (1), in particular coaxial gear mechanism, having an internal gear (3) with an inwardly directed toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) which is arranged coaxially with respect to the internal gear and in which a multiplicity of teeth (7) for engaging with the toothing (5) are accommodated, wherein the teeth (7) are mounted radially displaceably in the tooth carrier (11), a drive element with a profiling (22) for radially driving the radially displaceably mounted teeth (7), wherein the profiling (22) has, over its circumference, at least two elevations, wherein the gear mechanism is constructed such that there is a positive transmission ratio between a drive via the drive element and an output via the tooth carrier (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventor: Heiko Schreiber
  • Patent number: 10683922
    Abstract: Gearing (1), comprising a toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) with radially oriented guides with in each case one tooth root opening and one tooth tip opening, teeth (7) which are received in the guides for engagement with the toothing (5), wherein the teeth (7) are mounted in the guides so as to be displaceable in the direction of their longitudinal axis and radially relative to the tooth carrier (11), wherein a central section of the guides, respectively, has an internal profile which is uniform in the longitudinal direction of the guide, a cam disk (20) for the radial drive of the teeth (7), wherein the teeth (7) have a run-in region between a respective tooth tip and a respective tooth body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Wittenstein SE
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10655722
    Abstract: Gear mechanism, in particular coaxial gear mechanism or linear gear mechanism, having a toothing system, a tooth carrier with radially oriented guides, teeth which are received in the guides for engagement with the toothing system, the teeth being mounted in the guides such that they can be displaced radially relative to the tooth carrier in the direction of their longitudinal axis, a cam disk for radially driving the teeth, the tooth carrier comprising a first tooth carrier part and a second tooth carrier part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Wittenstein SE
    Inventors: Wilhelm Dorner, Michael Lesch, Andreas Kümmeth, Frank Michel, Heiko Schreiber, Thomas Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 10550924
    Abstract: A transmission, in particular a coaxial transmission or linear transmission, comprising a toothing, a tooth holder in which a plurality of tooth segments are accommodated to engage with the toothing, wherein the tooth segments are borne to be radially shiftable relative to the tooth holder, a drive element having a profiling for radially driving the tooth segments borne in a radially shiftable manner, wherein the transmission has inner initial stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Wittenstein AG
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Heiko Schreiber, Frank Michel, Thomas Bayer
  • Patent number: 10267404
    Abstract: Gearing (1), in particular coaxial gearing or linear gearing, having a toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) in which there is received a multiplicity of teeth (7) for engagement with the toothing, wherein the teeth (7) are mounted so as to be radially displaceable relative to the tooth carrier (11), a cam disk (20) for the radial drive of the radially displaceably mounted teeth (7), wherein the cam disk (20) has two encircling rims, between which there is arranged a raceway, rolling bodies (23) which are arranged on the running surface between the rims, and a multiplicity of pivot segments (24) which are arranged in encircling fashion on the rolling bearing bodies and which lie in each case by way of a rolling bearing surface against the rolling bodies (23), wherein, on both sides of the rolling bearing surface, there is arranged in each case one rim bearing surface, wherein the two rim bearing surfaces lie at least partially against the rims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Wittenstein SE
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10100913
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transmission having a tooth holder for holding teeth of a toothed ring, said teeth being arranged around an axis of rotation of the transmission, wherein the teeth are arranged in the tooth holder in such a way as to be movable and to be guided in a radial direction. The transmission furthermore has a drive element, which is rotatable about the axis of rotation, for driving the teeth in a radial direction, wherein the drive element has a cam contour with lobes in a radial direction. Swivel segments are arranged between the teeth and the drive element. A thrust washer is arranged in the tooth holder, at least on one side in an axial direction of the swivel segments. A method for producing a transmission according to the embodiments described herein is furthermore described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt, Thomas Bayer
  • Publication number: 20180209530
    Abstract: Gear mechanism (1), in particular coaxial gear mechanism, having an internal gear (3) with an inwardly directed toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) which is arranged coaxially with respect to the internal gear and in which a multiplicity of teeth (7) for engaging with the toothing (5) are accommodated, wherein the teeth (7) are mounted radially displaceably in the tooth carrier (11), a drive element with a profiling (22) for radially driving the radially displaceably mounted teeth (7), wherein the profiling (22) has, over its circumference, at least two elevations, wherein the gear mechanism is constructed such that there is a positive transmission ratio between a drive via the drive element and an output via the tooth carrier (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventor: Heiko Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20170138456
    Abstract: Gear mechanism, in particular coaxial gear mechanism or linear gear mechanism, having a toothing system, a tooth carrier with radially oriented guides, teeth which are received in the guides for engagement with the toothing system, the teeth being mounted in the guides such that they can be displaced radially relative to the tooth carrier in the direction of their longitudinal axis, a cam disk for radially driving the teeth, the tooth carrier comprising a first tooth carrier part and a second tooth carrier part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Wittenstein SE
    Inventors: Wilhelm Dorner, Michael Lesch, Andreas Kümmeth, Frank Michel, Heiko Schreiber, Thomas Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20170138457
    Abstract: Gear mechanism (1), in particular coaxial gear mechanism or linear gear mechanism, having a toothing system (40), a tooth carrier with radially oriented guides, teeth (25, 27) which are received in the guides for engagement with the toothing system, the teeth (25, 27) being mounted in the guides such that they can be displaced radially relative to the tooth carrier in the direction of their longitudinal axis, a cam disk (3) for radially driving the teeth (25, 27), the cam disk having a circumferential profiling, rolling bodies (15, 17) which are arranged on the profiling, and a plurality of pivoting segments (19) for mounting the teeth (25, 27), the pivoting segments being arranged on the rolling bodies (15, 17), the rolling bodies (15, 17) being arranged on the profiling in at least two rolling body rows which are parallel in the circulating direction of the cam disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Wittenstein SE
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160298747
    Abstract: Gearing (1), comprising a toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) with radially oriented guides with in each case one tooth root opening and one tooth tip opening, teeth (7) which are received in the guides for engagement with the toothing (5), wherein the teeth (7) are mounted in the guides so as to be displaceable in the direction of their longitudinal axis and radially relative to the tooth carrier (11), wherein a central section of the guides, respectively, has an internal profile which is uniform in the longitudinal direction of the guide, a cam disk (20) for the radial drive of the teeth (7), wherein the teeth (7) have a run-in region between a respective tooth tip and a respective tooth body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: WITTENSTEIN AG
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160298748
    Abstract: Gearing (1), in particular coaxial gearing or linear gearing, having a toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) in which there is received a multiplicity of teeth (7) for engagement with the toothing, wherein the teeth (7) are mounted so as to be radially displaceable relative to the tooth carrier (11), a cam disk (20) for the radial drive of the radially displaceably mounted teeth (7), wherein the cam disk (20) has two encircling rims, between which there is arranged a raceway, rolling bodies (23) which are arranged on the running surface between the rims, and a multiplicity of pivot segments (24) which are arranged in encircling fashion on the rolling bearing bodies and which lie in each case by way of a rolling bearing surface against the rolling bodies (23), wherein, on both sides of the rolling bearing surface, there is arranged in each case one rim bearing surface, wherein the two rim bearing surfaces lie at least partially against the rims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: WITTENSTEIN AG
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160298750
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transmission having a tooth holder for holding teeth of a toothed ring, said teeth being arranged around an axis of rotation of the transmission, wherein the teeth are arranged in the tooth holder in such a way as to be movable and to be guided in a radial direction. The transmission furthermore has a drive element, which is rotatable about the axis of rotation, for driving the teeth in a radial direction, wherein the drive element has a cam contour with lobes in a radial direction. Swivel segments are arranged between the teeth and the drive element. A thrust washer is arranged in the tooth holder, at least on one side in an axial direction of the swivel segments. A method for producing a transmission according to the embodiments described herein is furthermore described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt, Thomas Bayer