Patents by Inventor Ralf Rossmanith

Ralf Rossmanith 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: 9482275
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for machining sliding surfaces of a bearing shell (30), comprising a rotary drive for driving a drilling spindle (20) that can be rotated about a rotational axis and at least one first cutting cartridge that is mounted on the drilling spindle (20) in order to cut the bearing shell (30) to a certain wall thickness by rotating the drilling spindle (20). The tool is characterized in that the first cutting cartridge can be adjusted by an adjustment means in a direction of adjustment that has a component in the radial direction of the drilling spindle, while the drilling spindle (20) is rotated by the rotary drive. The invention further relates to a bearing shell (30) comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface (31) and to a method for producing a bearing shell (30) comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Federal Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Rittman, Ralf Rossmanith, Steven Doyle
  • Patent number: 9080604
    Abstract: A plain bearing shell includes a slide face of which, in the region of the apex of the plain bearing shell, is convexly curved in the axial direction at least at the edge regions, wherein the curvature is at its most pronounced at the apex of the plain bearing shell and decreases continuously in the circumferential direction of the plain bearing shell toward the two partial surfaces. A method for producing such a plain bearing shell is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Rossmanith, Stefan Rittmann
  • Publication number: 20140177989
    Abstract: A plain bearing shell includes a slide face of which, in the region of the apex of the plain bearing shell, is convexly curved in the axial direction at least at the edge regions, wherein the curvature is at its most pronounced at the apex of the plain bearing shell and decreases continuously in the circumferential direction of the plain bearing shell toward the two partial surfaces. A method for producing such a plain bearing shell is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Rossmanith, Stefan Rittmann
  • Publication number: 20130209012
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for machining sliding surfaces of a bearing shell (30), comprising a rotary drive for driving a drilling spindle (20) that can be rotated about a rotational axis and at least one first cutting cartridge that is mounted on the drilling spindle (20) in order to cut the bearing shell (30) to a certain wall thickness by rotating the drilling spindle (20). The tool is characterised in that the first cutting cartridge can be adjusted by an adjustment means in a direction of adjustment that has a component in the radial direction of the drilling spindle, while the drilling spindle (20) is rotated by the rotary drive. The invention further relates to a bearing shell (30) comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface (31) and to a method for producing a bearing shell (30) comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Stefan Rittmann, Ralf Rossmanith, Steven Doyle
  • Patent number: 6378932
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has an outer contour around which the headwind flows when driving has associated with it flow-influencing structure to reduce the air resistance of the motor vehicle is known. The flow-influencing structure are movably mounted in a vicinity of the outer contour and can be activated periodically with the aid of drive devices in order to introduce suitably time-dependent disturbances into the flow of the headwind in the vicinity of the flow-influencing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Hermann Fasel, Albert Hack, Ralf Rossmanith, Jörg Russow, Volker Schwarz, Rainer Tiefenbacher