Patents by Inventor Horst Steinbinder

Horst Steinbinder 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: 20110000330
    Abstract: The ball nut of a ball screw at the inner circumference of which a ball groove is provided, wound helically about the longitudinal axis for rolling balls, and at its outer circumference a roller bearing is arranged for rotatably supporting the ball nut, wherein the roller bearing has an inner ring which is supported by means of a support ring arranged on the ball nut in the axial support direction, wherein the support ring is arranged as a result of material deformation in the axial support direction with positive engagement on the ball nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang DOEPPLING, Dieter ADLER, Horst STEINBINDER, Marco MEISBORN
  • Publication number: 20090317031
    Abstract: A roller bearing unit, in particular, a needle bearing unit, which has an outer ring, a roller body cage, roller bodies and several sealing rings. The roller bodies are housed in the roller body cage and are supported externally in the radial direction against the inner surface of the outer ring and are arranged to internally support a shaft aligned in the axial direction. The sealing rings are housed in the outer ring and designed to seal against a fluid flowing the axial direction. The sealing rings are arranged and/or designed such that the resultant sealing effect generated by the rings is direction dependent with relation to the fluids flowing in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Harry Pfundt, Horst Steinbinder, Peter Schaaf