Patents by Inventor Johann DUDKOWIAK

Johann DUDKOWIAK 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: 10434825
    Abstract: An assembly supplies compressed air to a wheel of a vehicle. The assembly includes a wheel with a tire, a drive shaft for transmitting torque to the wheel, a wheel bearing on which the wheel in mounted in a rotationally fixed manner, and a toothing between the drive shaft and the wheel bearing. The wheel bearing is tensioned with the drive shaft by a bolt, wherein the bolt is arranged coaxially in relation to the drive shaft. An annular chamber of the wheel bearing is defined inside the wheel bearing and radially outside of the bolt. A compressed air through-opening is provided from the annular chamber of the wheel bearing in the direction of the wheel. A compressed air guide, leads from a compressed air source on the vehicle side into the annular chamber of the wheel bearing, from the annular chamber of the wheel bearing via the at least one compressed air through-opening to the wheel, and from the wheel into the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian Gielisch, Stefan Stuerzl, Johann Dudkowiak, Thomas Janek
  • Patent number: 10363788
    Abstract: A vibration damper is provided for a vehicle, preferably for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier made of metal for rotatably receiving a wheel, a damper tube arrangement at least partly made of a fiber-reinforced plastic for forming a damper fluid volume, a piston which is guided in the damper tube arrangement and includes a piston rod. The damper tube arrangement is rigidly connected to the wheel carrier and the piston rod can be connected to a body of the vehicle. A wheel carrier fluid volume is formed in the wheel carrier and which is connected to the damper fluid volume. The fluid in the wheel carrier fluid volume is in direct contact with the metal of the wheel carrier in order to transfer heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Reiser, Thomas Eifflaender, Michael Keigler, Johann Dudkowiak, Wolfgang Gruber, Matthias Stangl, Hubert Scholz, Thomas Kaespaizer, Martin Schwab
  • Publication number: 20170203618
    Abstract: An assembly supplies compressed air to a wheel of a vehicle. The assembly includes a wheel with a tire, a drive shaft for transmitting torque to the wheel, a wheel bearing on which the wheel in mounted in a rotationally fixed manner, and a toothing between the drive shaft and the wheel bearing. The wheel bearing is tensioned with the drive shaft by a bolt, wherein the bolt is arranged coaxially in relation to the drive shaft. An annular chamber of the wheel bearing is defined inside the wheel bearing and radially outside of the bolt. A compressed air through-opening is provided from the annular chamber of the wheel bearing in the direction of the wheel. A compressed air guide, leads from a compressed air source on the vehicle side into the annular chamber of the wheel bearing, from the annular chamber of the wheel bearing via the at least one compressed air through-opening to the wheel, and from the wheel into the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Sebastian GIELISCH, Stefan STUERZL, Johann DUDKOWIAK, Thomas JANEK
  • Publication number: 20170072757
    Abstract: A vibration damper is provided for a vehicle, preferably for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier made of metal for rotatably receiving a wheel, a damper tube arrangement at least partly made of a fiber-reinforced plastic for forming a damper fluid volume, a piston which is guided in the damper tube arrangement and includes a piston rod. The damper tube arrangement is rigidly connected to the wheel carrier and the piston rod can be connected to a body of the vehicle. A wheel carrier fluid volume is formed in the wheel carrier and which is connected to the damper fluid volume. The fluid in the wheel carrier fluid volume is in direct contact with the metal of the wheel carrier in order to transfer heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas REISER, Thomas EIFFLAENDER, Michael KEIGLER, Johann DUDKOWIAK, Wolfgang GRUBER, Matthias STANGL, Hubert SCHOLZ, Thomas KAESPAIZER, Martin SCHWAB
  • Patent number: 9233576
    Abstract: A wheel hub rotary joint assembly includes a wheel hub with a wheel flange and a sleeve section for receiving a wheel bearing; and a constant-velocity rotary joint with an outer joint part having a first spur gearing section with first teeth at its end facing the wheel hub. The sleeve section has a second spur gearing section with second teeth at its end facing the rotary joint. The two spur gearing sections engage one another for torque transmission. At least one of the two spur gearing sections is designed such that, viewed in the radial direction, the first and second teeth initially only come into contact with one another on a small subsurface of the tooth surfaces facing one another during axial tensioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann Dudkowiak, Eduard Ginglas
  • Publication number: 20150021973
    Abstract: A wheel hub rotary joint assembly with an axis of rotation includes a wheel hub with a wheel flange for connecting a wheel and a sleeve section for receiving a wheel bearing; a constant-velocity rotary joint with an outer joint part, an inner joint part and torque-transmitting elements. The outer joint part has a first spur gearing section with first teeth at its end facing the wheel hub. The sleeve section has a second spur gearing section with second teeth at its end facing the constant-velocity rotary joint. The two spur gearing sections engage with one another for torque transmission. A tensioner for axially tensioning the wheel hub against the outer joint part is axially supported on one side on the wheel hub and on the other side on the outer joint part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Johann DUDKOWIAK, Eduard GINGLAS
  • Patent number: 8840193
    Abstract: A wheel assembly configured for suspending the wheel of a motor vehicle on one side and includes a brake disc, which is part of a disc brake and which is fixed, when viewed in the radial direction, to a wheel disc on the outer circumference of the wheel assembly in close vicinity to a wheel rim. A brake caliper of the disc brake surrounds the brake disc over the inner circumference of the brake disc and is fixed to a wheel carrier that supports a stationary ring of a wheel bearing, which has a rotating ring that supports a wheel hub that is connected to the wheel disc in a rotationally and axially fixed manner. The connection of the wheel disc to the wheel hub is formed by a press fit connection or by a spur toothing connection, in particular a Voith Hirth coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Schmidt, Johann Dudkowiak
  • Patent number: 8833863
    Abstract: A wheel assembly is configured for suspending the wheel of a motor vehicle on one side and includes a brake disc, which is part of a disc brake and which is fixed, when viewed in the radial direction, to a wheel disc on the outer circumference of the wheel assembly in close vicinity to a wheel rim. The brake caliper of the disc brake surrounds the brake disc over the inner circumference of the brake disc and is fixed to a wheel carrier that supports a stationary ring of a wheel bearing, which has a rotating ring that supports a wheel hub that in turn is connected to the wheel disc. The invention brake disc is fastened to the wheel disc in a floating manner and/or in an elastically flexible manner in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Schmidt, Josef Boehm, Johann Dudkowiak
  • Publication number: 20140035351
    Abstract: A wheel bearing assembly of a vehicle is provided. A hub is mounted via a roller bearing arrangement in a wheel carrier. The hub has a driving flange with a bearing surface which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the wheel, optionally with the intermediate positioning of a brake disk, such that the bearing surface of the driving flange describes a plane that intersects the roller bearing arrangement. The hub forms or supports an inner ring of the roller bearing arrangement, and an outer ring of the roller bearing assembly is held in the wheel carrier. A support structure for the driving flange is guided around the roller bearing arrangement on the outside of the wheel bearing assembly, facing away from the vehicle body and wheel carrier. As a result, a wheel insertion depth in the order of zero or a few millimeters may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland SCHMIDT, Johann DUDKOWIAK