Patents by Inventor Jens Heim

Jens Heim 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: 7632020
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing arrangement (2) that seals at least one radial intermediate space (21) between at least one inner bearing ring (3) and at least one outer bearing ring (5). Said sealing arrangement (2) comprises at least one first support (17) that supports at least one elastic seal (18) and a second support (19) which supports at least one encoder (10) located outside the intermediate space (21). The encoder (10) is radially oriented towards at least one sensor (14) that is disposed above the encoder (10) in a radially outward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Patent number: 7631553
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement for mounting at least one machine element on a support, wherein the machine element is movably mounted on the support, wherein the bearing arrangement is provided with at least one measuring sleeve and with at least one measuring element on the measuring sleeve, wherein the measuring sleeve is formed separately from the support and wherein the measuring element is provided at least for measuring physical parameters and processes in the bearing arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Jens Heim, Peter Niebling, Gottfried Ruoff, Darius Dlugai, Christian Mock
  • Publication number: 20090285516
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing arrangement that seals at least one radial intermediate space between at least one inner bearing ring and at least one outer bearing ring. Said sealing arrangement comprises at least one first support that supports at least one elastic seal and a second support which supports at least one encoder located outside the intermediate space. The encoder is radially oriented towards at least one sensor that is disposed above the encoder in a radially outward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Peter NIEBLING, Jens HEIM, Heinrich HOFMANN, Darius DLUGAI, Roland LANGER
  • Patent number: 7607837
    Abstract: A wheel bearing module in a wheel carrier that has a wheel bearing and a wheel flange. The wheel flange is mounted using the wheel bearing which allows it to rotate relative to the wheel carrier about a rotation axis. The wheel bearing has at least one outer ring. The wheel bearing is supported, at least in areas and via an outer ring, at least radial to the rotation axis in the wheel carrier. The outer ring has, at the axial end of the outer ring, a flange radially pointing away from the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
  • Patent number: 7604416
    Abstract: The invention relates to an outer ring of a wheel bearing and the axial securing element thereof, which comprises a radial flange. Said radial flange extends radially outward from the axial end of the tubularly embodied outer ring. The flange is provided with recesses which penetrate the flange in an axial direction, are radially open towards the outside, and are used for fastening the flange to a wheel support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
  • Patent number: 7600923
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel bearing in a wheel carrier. This wheel bearing has at least one outer race with at least one row of roll bodies, whereby the wheel bearing is supported at least on a cylindrical section of the outer race at least radial to the rotation axis in the wheel carrier, and the outer race has a flange radial pointing away from the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
  • Publication number: 20090208159
    Abstract: A wheel bearing device for a motor vehicle is proposed, with an inner ring arrangement, formed for rotationally fixed reception of a first rotary partner, particularly an axial stump or a shaft, an outer ring arrangement, which is connected and/or connectable and rotationally fixed with a second rotary partner, a multitude of rolling elements, which roll off between the inner ring arrangement and the outer ring arrangement, so that inner ring arrangement and outer ring arrangement and/or the rotary partners are rotatable against each other, and an electric sensor device, which, using mechanical contact, is arranged and/or formed for detecting an operating status of the wheel bearing device, in which the sensor device has a stationary sensor element and a rotating sensor element, which can work together to form the mechanical contact, one of the sensor elements is connected with the inner ring arrangement without the interposition of the first rotary partner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Jens HEIM, Christian MOCK, Ralf HUND, Tilman ULRICH
  • Patent number: 7568842
    Abstract: A meter bearing with a recess located at the periphery of at least one of the bearing rings. Expansion-measuring strips are disposed in the recess and conducting paths and electronic modules are arranged on a supporting material and evaluate and transmit the output signals of the expansion-measuring strips. The expansion-measuring strips are connected to the electrical conducting paths which extend to the electronic modules. In order to reduce the space required for such a measuring and evaluation system in a meter bearing, the expansion-measuring strips are placed below and/or above the radial plane of the supporting material and of the conductor paths and electronic modules located thereupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Sven Gempper, Joachim Hering, Stefan Glück, Alfred Pecher, Jens Heim, Timo Schmidt, Stefan Scharting, Edgar Streit
  • Patent number: 7547147
    Abstract: A wheel bearing unit (1) is embodied in a four-rowed angular contact ball bearing form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Fag Kugelfischer AG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Jens Heim, David Ilgert
  • Patent number: 7465102
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cold-formed bearing ring (2) and a wheel bearing unit (1) provided with a bearing ring (2). A radial ring groove (16) is formed on the bearing ring (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Jens Heim, Roland Langer, Horst Doppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
  • Publication number: 20080304779
    Abstract: Wheel bearing (1) has sensor (15) for measuring rotational or angular movements of a wheel with wheel bearing flange (2) and roller bearing (4) attached thereto. Peripheral inner ring (7) has encoder ring (9) serving as transducer. To ensure a reliable operating mode even under the influence of dirt and rust and to be able to attach and detach the wheel bearing (1) with ease, sensor (15) is attached parallel to its radial reading direction (24) on radial contact face (23), pointing to the plane of encoder ring (9), of wheel bearing flange (2). Furthermore, sheet-metal part (16) is fitted on fixed outer ring (6) of roller bearing (4), which sheet-metal part (16) covers at least the reading area of sensor (15) and encoder ring (9) and serves, in circumferential terms, as contact face for sensor (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Jens Heim, Darius Dlugai, Peter Niebling, Christian Mock
  • Patent number: 7458727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seal arrangement for sealing off at least one radial interspace between at least one bearing ring which can rotate and at least one rotationally fixed bearing ring. The seal arrangement is provided with at least a first carrier, the first carrier carrying at least one resilient seal and being fixed to a rotationally fixed bearing ring, and a second carrier, the second carrier being fixed to the bearing ring that can rotate and carrying at least one encoder. The encoder has an outwardly oriented circumferential surface in the shape of a truncated circular cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Publication number: 20080202226
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement for mounting at least one machine element on a support, wherein the machine element is movably mounted on the support, wherein the bearing arrangement is provided with at least one measuring sleeve and with at least one measuring element on the measuring sleeve, wherein the measuring sleeve is formed separately from the support and wherein the measuring element is provided at least for measuring physical parameters and processes in the bearing arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Jens Heim, Peter Niebling, Gottfried Ruoff, Darius Dlugai, Christian Mock
  • Patent number: 7407045
    Abstract: A wheel bearing having fixed part accommodating the brake caliper. The fixed part of the wheel bearing is connected to the wheel carrier by connecting elements. At least one projection is integrated with the fixed part, the wheel carrier or the connecting element. The projection transmits to the wheel carrier at least the torque acting in the fixed part during braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Fag Kugelfischer AG
    Inventors: Heinrich Hofmann, Jens Heim, Peter Niebling, Horst Masuch
  • Publication number: 20080166078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing arrangement (2) that seals at least one radial intermediate space (21) between at least one inner bearing ring (3) and at least one outer bearing ring (5). Said sealing arrangement (2) comprises at least one first support (17) that supports at least one elastic seal (18) and a second support (19) which supports at least one encoder (10) located outside the intermediate space (21). The encoder (10) is radially oriented towards at least one sensor (14) that is disposed above the encoder (10) in a radially outward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Publication number: 20080166079
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel bearing arrangement comprising an encoder arranged in a radial annular region between an inner part and an outer part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Jens Heim, Jon Hamilton
  • Patent number: 7362200
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seal arrangement for sealing off at least one radial interspace between at least one bearing ring which can rotate and at least one rotationally fixed bearing ring. The seal arrangement is provided with at least a first carrier, the first carrier carrying at least one resilient seal and being fixed to a rotationally fixed bearing ring, and a second carrier, the second carrier being fixed to the bearing ring that can rotate and carrying at least one encoder. The encoder has an outwardly oriented circumferential surface in the shape of a truncated circular cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer AG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Publication number: 20080036156
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing arrangement comprising at least one seal and a spinning ring. Said spinning ring is provided with a first hollow cylindrical section, a second hollow cylindrical section in the first section which is disposed concentric to the first section, and a disk-shaped ring section that extends at an angle to the first section. The first section and the second section are embodied monolithically on the spinning ring, at least one elastic sealing lip of the seal resting against the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Ernst Masur, Jens Heim
  • Publication number: 20080031556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel bearing arrangement which enables a hub to be mounted in at least one non-rotating external ring such that it can rotate about the rotational axis of the hub. The wheel bearing arrangement comprises at least one sealing arrangement and one encoder and the sealing arrangement is secured to the hub side on the side of the wheel bearing arrangement whereon a radial flange extends in a radial manner from the hub. The encoder is actively connected to the sealing arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Jens Heim, Peter Niebling, Gottfried Ruoff, Darius Dlugai, Christian Mock
  • Patent number: 7287908
    Abstract: An arrangement of a sensor on a wheel bearing unit, the sensor is fixed to an outer wheel bearing ring of the wheel bearing unit, and at the sensor is located opposite an encoder of the wheel bearing unit which encoder can rotate with respect to the sensor about an axis of rotation of the wheel bearing unit. The wheel bearing unit has at least a first row of roller bodies and has a second row of roller bodies which is adjacent to the first row in the axial direction of the axis of rotation. The bearing ring engages at the same time around at least one of the rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer AG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer