Patents by Inventor Rainer Schübel

Rainer Schübel 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).

  • Sealing sleeve with combined axial bearing and automatic transmission or clutch with such a sealing sleeve
    Patent number: 9926980
    Abstract: A sealing sleeve for a transmission or a clutch of a motor vehicle for use between two torque transmitting devices, which rotate relative to each other, wherein a shell surface of the sealing sleeve is designed for making contact in a sliding and sealing manner with one or more sealing means; and a flange section, which projects radially from the shell surface, is designed for interpositioning between the two torque transmitting devices, wherein the flange section is formed as a running surface for an axial bearing. An automatic transmission or a clutch with a first torque transmitting device and a second torque transmitting device, between which an inventive sealing sleeve is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Schuebel, Georg von Petery, Frank Beeck, Franz Kurth, Alexander Reimchen
  • SEALING SLEEVE WITH COMBINED AXIAL BEARING AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OR CLUTCH WITH SUCH A SEALING SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20170037906
    Abstract: A sealing sleeve for a transmission or a clutch of a motor vehicle for use between two torque transmitting devices, which rotate relative to each other, wherein a shell surface of the sealing sleeve is designed for making contact in a sliding and sealing manner with one or more sealing means; and a flange section, which projects radially from the shell surface, is designed for interpositioning between the two torque transmitting devices, wherein the flange section is formed as a running surface for an axial bearing. An automatic transmission or a clutch with a first torque transmitting device and a second torque transmitting device, between which an inventive sealing sleeve is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Rainer Schuebel, Georg von Petery, Frank Beeck, Franz Kurth, Alexander Reimchen
  • Shifting device for a speed change gearbox, with a damping component and a shift path limit
    Patent number: 6658959
    Abstract: A shifting device (1) for a speed change gearbox with a transmission component that can be shifted in a longitudinal direction and/or about its longitudinal axis in a pivoting manner, which for transmitting the shifting movements is equipped with a damping component (8), which is constructed from at least one ramp-shaped profile (9a), and at least one roller component (12) which is pre-loaded against ramp-shaped profile (9a) by means of spring action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: INA Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Walter Wildeshaus, Boris Landa, Andreas Grieshammer, Wolfgang Steinberger, Manfred Winkler, Rainer Schübel