Patents by Inventor Rudolf Folk

Rudolf Folk 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).

  • Publication number: 20050183919
    Abstract: A gearshift clutch in a manual transmission for selection of at least one gearwheel, said gearshift clutch comprising at least one clutch element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation of the gearshift clutch, which clutch element, for transmitting torques about the axis of rotation, meshes at least temporarily and at least partially through at least one first tooth profile made of a metallic material with at least one second tooth profile made of a metallic material within the gearshift clutch, one of said first and second meshing tooth profiles being temporarily displaceable parallel to the axis of rotation in the other of said first and second meshing tooth profiles, so that friction occurs between said first and second meshing tooth profiles, wherein at least the first tooth profile comprises a sliding coating on a surface of the metallic material for reducing friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventor: Rudolf Folk
  • Patent number: 6659877
    Abstract: In an adjustable-length shaft (1) for transmitting torques comprising a circular inner shaft component (2) that is mounted coaxially through a linear ball bearing for sliding telescopically in axial direction in a hollow outer shaft component (3), the inner shaft component (29 is mounted by two spaced-apart pre-stressed linear ball bearings (4) that are arranged on opposite end sections (6) of the inner shaft component (2) and are received in a reception bore (19) of the outer shaft component (3), a transmission of torque being achieved by a positive engagement of the inner and the outer shaft components (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler OHG
    Inventors: Thomas Wiesneth, Rudolf Folk
  • Publication number: 20020064418
    Abstract: In an adjustable-length shaft (1) for transmitting torques comprising a circular inner shaft component (2) that is mounted coaxially through a linear ball bearing for sliding telescopically in axial direction in a hollow outer shaft component (3), the inner shaft component (29 is mounted by two spaceed-apart pre-stressed linear ball bearings (4) that are arranged on opposite end sections (6) of the inner shaft component (2) and are received in a reception bore (19) of the outer shaft component (3), a transmission of torque being achieved by a positive engagement of the inner and the outer shaft components (2, 3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Wiesneth, Rudolf Folk
  • Patent number: 5567060
    Abstract: A differential gearing comprising a differential case (2) mounted in a gearbox casing (1) and connected via a crown wheel (6) to a drive pinion (4) of a third motion shaft (5), axle shafts (9) being mounted in the differential case (2), characterized in that the axle shafts (9) are mounted in the differential case (2) on a clearance-free or pre-tensioned rolling bearing (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Steinberger, Rudolf Folk, Reinhart Malik