Patents by Inventor Jurgen Osterlanger

Jurgen Osterlanger 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: 8814748
    Abstract: Planetary roller gear drive with a spindle nut (2) that is arranged on a threaded spindle (1) and is divided into nut parts (6, 7) that can be adjusted relative to each other in the axial direction, and with a plurality of planets (3) that are arranged distributed around a periphery and are in roller engagement with the spindle nut (2) and the threaded spindle (1). An adjustment part (20) set in the axial direction against the one nut part (6) that can be adjusted in the axial direction is provided and the one nut part (6) that can be adjusted in the axial direction is arranged between this adjustment part and the other nut part (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Marco Meisborn
  • Patent number: 8800129
    Abstract: A spindle nut for a ball screw is provided, having a continuous ball track (1) for balls (2), a ball groove (3,14) for the balls (2) extending on an inner periphery of the spindle nut about the rotational axis thereof and along a helical line, the ball groove extending across at least one thread (4), and a diversion device (5), in order to divert with its diverting channel (9) balls (2) from one end of the thread (4) to the beginning of the thread (4). The spindle nut is provided with ball inlets (13, 16), on the one side connected to the ball groove (3, 14) and, on the other side connected to the diverting channel (9), with the ball groove (3, 14) and the ball inlet (13, 16) both having identical cross-sectional profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Dieter Adler, Manfred Kraus, Ralf Mayer
  • Patent number: 8800341
    Abstract: A method for producing a threaded nut (10, 26) of a screw drive, in particular of a ball screw (7, 24), which threaded nut (10, 26) has, on one axial end, a recess (45) which extends over a circumferential segment and which is open at the end side, wherein said recess (45) is delimited radially by a circumferential wall of the threaded nut (10, 26), and wherein said recess (45) is delimited axially by a base (54) formed on the threaded nut (10, 26), and wherein said recess (45) is delimited in the circumferential direction by a stop surface (47), which is formed on the threaded nut (10, 26), for a projection (44), produced according to the following steps: a blank is deformed in a deformation process by deformation of material so as to form the recess (45), wherein the base (54) and the stop surface (47) and the circumferential wall are integrally connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Josef Miko, Manfred Kraus, Stefanie Barthlein
  • Patent number: 8707812
    Abstract: A ball screw (7, 24), having a threaded spindle (8, 28) which is mounted in a rolling fashion by balls (9, 27) on a threaded nut (10, 26) and which is supported on an axial bearing (13, 25), wherein the threaded spindle (8, 28) is axially supported with its first bearing surface (18, 23), which is convexly shaped with a radius of curvature (R1), on a preferably conically designed second bearing surface (19, 22), wherein the first bearing surface (18, 23) and the second bearing surface (19, 22) make contact with one another along a contact path (37), wherein a quotient formed from the ratio of the radius of curvature (R1) to the radius (R2) of the contact path (37) assumes values of between 1.2 and 2.4 inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Josef Miko, Manfred Kraus, Stefanie Barthlein
  • Patent number: 8607939
    Abstract: A braking device, in particular for a motor vehicle, which has a brake disk, a brake caliper fitting around the brake disk, and two brake pads, which rest against the brake disk for the purpose of braking. One of the brake pads can be moved by a motor-driven ball screw which has a threaded spindle and a threaded nut. The ball screw is accommodated within the brake caliper. The threaded nut is connected to a piston which has the brake pad and which is seated on the threaded nut in such a way that it can be tilted relative to the threaded nut, and/or wherein the threaded spindle is mounted on the brake caliper in such a way that it can be tilted relative to the brake caliper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Stefanie Barthlein
  • Patent number: 8516914
    Abstract: A suspension actuator (1) for positioning a movably mounted component of a motor vehicle suspension, including a first actuator component (4), which is to be connected to the movably mounted component, and a second actuator component (3), which is to be connected to a fixed suspension component, wherein both actuator components can be axially adjusted relative to one another via a ball-type linear drive (5), which includes a threaded spindle (6) and a nut (7) running thereon. Either the nut can be driven via a drive motor (10) for the axial adjustment of the threaded spindle or the spindle can be driven via a drive motor for axial adjustment of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Osterlänger, Ralf Mayer, Manfred Kraus, Thomas Mehlis, Stefanie Bärthlein, Meinhard Schmidt, Thomas Dirnberger, Tobias Noss, Falk Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20120090418
    Abstract: A ball screw (7, 24), having a threaded nut (10, 26) which is arranged on a threaded spindle (8, 28) and having a stop (43) for the circumferential abutment of the threaded nut (10, 26) in its stop position provided on the threaded spindle (8, 28), wherein the stop (43) has a first stop surface (47) assigned to the threaded nut (10, 26) and has a second stop surface (48) which is provided for abutting against the first stop surface (47) and which is assigned to the threaded spindle (8, 28), and, in the stop position, an axial overlap of the first stop surface (47) with the second stop surface (48) is provided, which overlap amounts to between 20% and 85% of the pitch of the threaded spindle (8, 28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefanie Barthlein, Manfred Kraus, Josef Miko, Jurgen Osterlanger
  • Publication number: 20120085139
    Abstract: A method for producing a threaded nut (10, 26) of a screw drive, in particular of a ball screw (7, 24), which threaded nut (10, 26) has, on one axial end, a recess (45) which extends over a circumferential segment and which is open at the end side, wherein said recess (45) is delimited radially by a circumferential wall of the threaded nut (10, 26), and wherein said recess (45) is delimited axially by a base (54) formed on the threaded nut (10, 26), and wherein said recess (45) is delimited in the circumferential direction by a stop surface (47), which is formed on the threaded nut (10, 26), for a projection (44), produced according to the following steps: a blank is deformed in a deformation process by deformation of material so as to form the recess (45), wherein the base (54) and the stop surface (47) and the circumferential wall are integrally connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Josef Miko, Manfred Kraus, Stefanie Barthlein
  • Publication number: 20120085186
    Abstract: A ball screw (7, 24), having a threaded nut (10, 26) which is arranged on a threaded spindle (2, 28) and having a circumferential stop (43) which is arranged between the threaded spindle (2, 28) and the threaded nut (10, 26) and which takes effect in a stop position of the threaded nut (10, 26), wherein a stop part (51) is arranged on the threaded spindle (8, 28), wherein the stop part (51) and the threaded nut (10, 26) are provided in each case with a marking (49, 50) for determining a rotational position of the stop part (51) in which the stop part (51) should be arranged on the threaded spindle (8, 28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Josef Miko, Manfred Kraus, Stefanie Barthlein
  • Publication number: 20120079902
    Abstract: A ball screw (7, 24), having a threaded spindle (8, 28) which is mounted in a rolling fashion by balls (9, 27) on a threaded nut (10, 26) and which is supported on an axial bearing (13, 25), wherein the threaded spindle (8, 28) is axially supported with its first bearing surface (18, 23), which is convexly shaped with a radius of curvature (R1), on a preferably conically designed second bearing surface (19, 22), wherein the first bearing surface (18, 23) and the second bearing surface (19, 22) make contact with one another along a contact path (37), wherein a quotient formed from the ratio of the radius of curvature (R1) to the radius (R2) of the contact path (37) assumes values of between 1.2 and 2.4 inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Josef Miko, Manfred Kraus, Stefanie Barthlein
  • Publication number: 20110107859
    Abstract: A suspension actuator (1) for positioning a movably mounted component of a motor vehicle suspension, including a first actuator component (4), which is to be connected to the movably mounted component, and a second actuator component (3), which is to be connected to a fixed suspension component, wherein both actuator components can be axially adjusted relative to one another via a ball-type linear drive (5), which includes a threaded spindle (6) and a nut (7) running thereon. Either the nut can be driven via a drive motor (10) for the axial adjustment of the threaded spindle or the spindle can be driven via a drive motor for axial adjustment of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Ralf Mayer, Manfred Kraus, Thomas Mehlis, Stefanie Barthlein, Meinhard Schmidt, Thomas Dirnberger, Tobias Noss, Falk Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20110035930
    Abstract: A spindle nut for a ball screw is provided, having a continuous ball track (1) for balls (2), a ball groove (3,14) for the balls (2) extending on an inner periphery of the spindle nut about the rotational axis thereof and along a helical line, the ball groove extending across at least one thread (4), and a diversion device (5), in order to divert with its diverting channel (9) balls (2) from one end of the thread (4) to the beginning of the thread (4). The spindle nut is provided with ball inlets (13, 16), on the one side connected to the ball groove (3, 14) and, on the other side connected to the diverting channel (9), with the ball groove (3, 14) and the ball inlet (13, 16) both having identical cross-sectional profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Dieter Adler, Manfred Kraus, Ralf Mayer
  • Publication number: 20100236877
    Abstract: A braking device, in particular for a motor vehicle, which has a brake disk, a brake caliper fitting around the brake disk, and two brake pads, which rest against the brake disk for the purpose of braking. One of the brake pads can be moved by a motor-driven ball screw which has a threaded spindle and a threaded nut. The ball screw is accommodated within the brake caliper. The threaded nut is connected to a piston which has the brake pad and which is seated on the threaded nut in such a way that it can be tilted relative to the threaded nut, and/or wherein the threaded spindle is mounted on the brake caliper in such a way that it can be tilted relative to the brake caliper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Jurgen OSTERLANGER, Stefanie BARTHLEIN
  • Patent number: 7628088
    Abstract: The ball screw mechanism has spindle nut (1) arranged rotatably on a ball-rolling spindle (2) and between which balls (3) roll on ball grooves (4, 5). A driving wheel (20, 26) is fixed to the spindle nut (1), for driving the spindle nut. (1)The spindle nut (1) is mounted on a housing (8) by a rolling bearing (7). The bearing has an outer ring (9, 23) fixed to the housing (8) the outer ring (9, 23) has a ring (15, 29) surrounding the spindle nut (1), and a bearing running surface (10, 11) formed on the inner circumference of said the ring A radial flange (16, 28), adjoining the ring (15, 29), is fixed to the housing (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Ina-Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Dieter Adler, Manfred Kraus, Ralf Mayer
  • Patent number: 7587954
    Abstract: Ball screw having a spindle nut (2) arranged on a spindle (1), together with balls (3) which are arranged in a series and are capable of rolling in a helical ball track (4), the helical ball track (4) being defined by a thread groove (5) formed on the spindle (1) and by a thread groove (6) formed on the spindle nut (2), the balls (3) arranged in a series being returned in a return duct (7) from an outlet end to an inlet end of the helical ball track (4), the divided circle end play of the series of balls being less than or equal to 0.3 millimeters or the ratio between the pitch of the helical ball track (4) and the diameter of the balls (3) ranging from 1.02 to 1.2 or the thread grooves (5, 6) of the spindle nut (2) and of the spindle (1) in each case having a gothic profile (8, 9), a pressure angle formed by the balls (3) in contact with the gothic profile (8, 9) ranging from 15 to 35 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Ina-Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Dieter Adler, Manfred Kraus
  • Patent number: 7536929
    Abstract: Method for producing a spindle nut of a ball screw, by provided the circumference of the nut with at least one through-opening for receiving a deflecting piece for balls of the ball screw. A hole punch arranged in the spindle nut and operable to punch out the through-opening from radially inward to radially outward through the casing of the spindle nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: INA-Schaeffler, KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Osterlänger, Rudolf Bauer, Torsten Keller
  • Patent number: 7357048
    Abstract: A ball screw drive comprising a spindle nut (2) that can be disposed on a spindle (1), said spindle nut (2) comprising on an inner periphery, a ball groove (3) that is arranged along a helix and defines a load-bearing channel (8) for balls (5), an external deflector (6, 24) arranged outside of the spindle nut (2) connecting the two ends of the load-bearing channel (8) endlessly to each other for deflecting the balls (5) from one of the two ends of the load-bearing channel (8) to the other of the two ends of the load-bearing channel (8), a drive pinion for driving the spindle nut (2) being arranged on the spindle nut (2), wherein the external deflector (6, 24) is arranged at least substantially within an axial length of the drive pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: INA-Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Gunter Hartig, Jurgen Osterlanger, Dieter Adler, Manfred Kraus, Ralf Mayer, Jorg Wagner, Horst Munck
  • Publication number: 20070240532
    Abstract: A spindle nut for a ball screw is provided, having a continuous ball track (1) for balls (2), a ball groove (3,14) for the balls (2) extending on an inner periphery of the spindle nut about the rotational axis thereof and along a helical line, the ball groove extending across at least one thread (4), and a diversion device (5), in order to divert with its diverting channel (9) balls (2) from one end of the thread (4) to the beginning of the thread (4). The spindle nut is provided with ball inlets (13, 16), on the one side connected to the ball groove (3, 14) and, on the other side connected to the diverting channel (9), with the ball groove (3, 14) and the ball inlet (13, 16) both having identical cross-sectional profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Dieter Adler, Manfred Kraus, Ralf Mayer
  • Patent number: 7263908
    Abstract: Ball screw, between the spindle nut (1) and threaded spindle (2) of which at least one ball chain (6, 8) formed from balls (9) rolls in each case along a ball channel (5) which is delimited by ball grooves (3, 4) formed on the spindle nut (1) and on the threaded spindle (2), the ball chain (6, 8) being deflected from one end of the ball channel (5) to a start of this ball channel (5) in deflection portions of the ball channel (5), one or more spring elements (11, 17, 27, 35) arranged in the ball chain (6, 8) between balls (9) of the ball chain (6, 8) exerting a pressure force on the balls (9) in the axis of the ball chain (6, 8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Ina-Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterlanger, Ralf Mayer, Horst Munck
  • Patent number: 7237785
    Abstract: A vehicle roll stabilizer for the chassis of a motor vehicle is provided, with its actuator (3, 38) being energized with independent energy, as necessary, for counteracting a roll. The actuator (3, 38) is provided with at least one additional energy accumulator (33a, 57), with its stored energy additionally counteracting the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignees: Schaeffler KG, Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Manfred Kraus, Jürgen Osterlänger, Harald Hochmuth, Thomas Dirnberger, Wolfgang Reik, Thomas Pfund