Patents by Inventor Patrick Hallas

Patrick Hallas 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: 9617964
    Abstract: A starting device for an internal combustion engine has a starter pinion which can be adjusted axially between an out-of-function position and an advanced drive position and is seated on a shaft, on which a securing ring is arranged in order to limit the axial movement of the starter pinion. A securing recess is made in the end side of the starter pinion, into which securing recess the securing ring protrudes and which fixes the securing ring radially in its position on the shaft. The starter pinion can be displaced axially into a removal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Stoeckl, Patrick Hallas
  • Patent number: 8925404
    Abstract: The invention relates to a starting device for an internal combustion engine, having a hollow shaft (34), a pinion element (43), which comprises a pinion shank (37) having a shank axis (46) in a displacement direction of the pinion shank (37), wherein the pinion shank (37) is inserted in the hollow shaft (34), characterized in that an axial movement of the pinion shank (37) relative to the hollow shaft (34) is limited by a securing element (76), which is secured in the hollow shaft (34) directly or indirectly by an press fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lees, Patrick Hallas
  • Publication number: 20140060472
    Abstract: A starting device for an internal combustion engine has a starter pinion which can be adjusted axially between an out-of-function position and an advanced drive position and is seated on a shaft, on which a securing ring is arranged in order to limit the axial movement of the starter pinion. A securing recess is made in the end side of the starter pinion, into which securing recess the securing ring protrudes and which fixes the securing ring radially in its position on the shaft. The starter pinion can be displaced axially into a removal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Stoeckl, Patrick Hallas
  • Publication number: 20130008277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a starting device for an internal combustion engine, having a hollow shaft (34), a pinion element (43), which comprises a pinion shank (37) having a shank axis (46) in a displacement direction of the pinion shank (37), wherein the pinion shank (37) is inserted in the hollow shaft (34), characterised in that an axial movement of the pinion shank (37) relative to the hollow shaft (34) is limited by a securing element (76), which is secured in the hollow shaft (34) directly or indirectly by an press fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Lees, Patrick Hallas