Patents by Inventor Stefan Dorn

Stefan Dorn 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: 8800519
    Abstract: A roller tappet having a housing near whose drive side front end, two diametrically opposing flats receding from an outer wall of the housing are arranged, each of the two flats having a seat with a U-shape open in a direction towards the drive side front end. A pin is mounted in the seats, a roller serving as a run-on surface of a periodic stroke producer extends on said pin, and a support for a tappet follower element is seated axially under the roller near a driven side front end of the roller tappet. A retention element is provided for the pin in an axial direction of the pin and a retention element in the seats of the pin is provided for preventing the pin from exiting axially out of the housing, and these two retention elements are united.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer
  • Patent number: 8627801
    Abstract: A structural assembly (1) for a high pressure fuel pump, with the structural assembly (1) having a tappet (3) connected to a pump piston (2), which bears frontally against a contact surface (7) of an inner side (8) of the bottom (5) of the pump piston (2), the bottom (5) being connected to a guide skirt (10) of the tappet (3). An outer peripheral wall (11) of the pump piston (2) is surrounded near the inner side (8) with radial lash by a bore (12) of a spring plate (13) on whose bottom-distal side (14) a coil compression spring (15) bears for resetting the pump piston (2), and a bottom side (16) of the spring plate (13) is situated opposite an annular surface (17) of an entraining collar (18) on the pump piston (2). The entraining collar (18) is a separate, disk-like element seated on the pump piston (2) with slight axial distance to the spring plate (13), which spring plate (13) possesses a disk section (19) with the bottom side (16) having the bore (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer
  • Patent number: 8607754
    Abstract: The invention concerns a roller tappet (1) for a high pressure fuel pump, said roller tappet (1) comprising a housing (2) comprising on a drive side front end (3), a slide-mounted roller (4) serving as a running surface of a cam, said housing (2), as viewed in housing direction, comprising a bridge member (5) arranged below the roller (4), said bridge member (5) comprising on a front end (7) turned towards a driven side front end (6) of the housing (2), a support (8) for a tappet follower member, wherein a shell member (11) like a semi shell or a one-third shell separated out of a rolling bearing ring is seated in a cylindrical cavity (9) of a further drive side front end (10) of the bridge member (5), and the roller (4) extends for sliding displacement directly in said shell member (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer, Karsten Kucht
  • Patent number: 8522643
    Abstract: A cam follower for a high-pressure fuel pump of an internal combustion engine, which has a cam roller that is accommodated in a pocket of the cam follower. The cam roller has a bore and the bore is mounted by on a pin which is seated at the ends in receptacles of opposite walls of the pocket. The cam roller runs with its end sides directly in front of the walls. Each end side of the cam roller takes the form of an outer surface of a spherical zone, and each wall is smooth and straight, at least in the region of its run-on piece at the respective end side of the cam roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer
  • Patent number: 8474427
    Abstract: A tappet (1) for a high-pressure fuel pump having a housing (2), the drive input side (7), which serves as a cam run-on face. The housing (2) incorporates a roller (8), wherein the drive output side (3), which serves as a contact surface for a tappet follower part, of said housing (2) bears against an underside (4) of a bridge piece (6) which projects through an inner casing (5) of the housing (2), and a rotation prevention device (11) which projects beyond the outer casing (10) of the housing (2) extends in a window (9) of the housing (2). The rotation prevention device (11) is formed by a radial elongation of the bridge piece (6). A projection extends from the inner casing (5) of the tappet (1) only on a portion situated diametrically opposite the window (7), which projection is integrally connected and is produced by a punching and embossing process and rises in a wedge shape in a direction of the drive input side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer, Karsten Kucht
  • Publication number: 20130104818
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tappet (1) for a high-pressure fuel pump or for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing (2) which has a cam run-on surface (4) on the drive side (3) thereof, wherein an output side (5) of the housing (2) rests on a lower face (6) of a bridge piece (8) that projects through an inner shell (7) of the housing (2), wherein an anti-turn lug (11) protrudes from the outer shell (10) of the housing (2) and is arranged in a window (9) in the latter, wherein said lug is substantially present as an upright body similar to a semi-cylinder in the region thereof protruding from the housing (2), and the outer surface (15) of said lug, in cross section, results in an ogival curve made up of two or more circular arcs (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer, Karsten Kucht
  • Publication number: 20130068064
    Abstract: A roller tappet (1) is proposed for a high-pressure fuel pump of an internal combustion engine, having a housing (2), in the case of the drive-side end (3) of which two surfaces (5) which lie diametrically opposite one another and are depressed by an outer shell (4) of the housing (2) are applied with in each case one receptacle (6), in which surfaces (5) a pin (8) is mounted which carries a cam roller (7), wherein an inner shell (9) of the housing (2), axially below the cam roller (7) as viewed in the direction remote from the drive, is penetrated by a bridge piece (10), the output-side end (11) of which has a rest (12) for a tappet following part, wherein the outer shell (4) of the housing (2) which is non-stepped as least as far as possible apart from the surfaces (5) is provided as a closed circumferential ring (14), as viewed in the drive direction immediately above upper sides (13) of the surfaces (5), which upper sides (13) run through the housing (2) in the manner of chords, which closed circumferenti
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Geyer, Stefan Dorn
  • Publication number: 20120234277
    Abstract: The invention concerns a roller tappet (1) for a high pressure fuel pump, said roller tappet (1) comprising a housing (2) comprising on a drive side front end (3), a slide-mounted roller (4) serving as a running surface of a cam, said housing (2), as viewed in housing direction, comprising a bridge member (5) arranged below the roller (4), said bridge member (5) comprising on a front end (7) turned towards a driven side front end (6) of the housing (2), a support (8) for a tappet follower member, wherein a shell member (11) like a semi shell or a one-third shell separated out of a rolling bearing ring is seated in a cylindrical cavity (9) of a further drive side front end (10) of the bridge member (5), and the roller (4) extends for sliding displacement directly in said shell member (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer, Karsten Kucht
  • Patent number: 8235018
    Abstract: A tappet (1), either for a high-pressure fuel pump or for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, with a housing (2) whose driven side (3) used for a contact of a tappet-following part forms a contact on a bottom side (4) of a bridge part (6) projecting through an inner casing (5) of the housing (2). An anti-rotation locking device (10) projects past the outer casing (8) of the housing with a first cylinder section (9) and sits in a window (7) of the housing (2), with this anti-rotation locking device (10) being provided as a cylindrical element, and tab-like projections (13) project from peripheral walls (11) of the window (7) and the anti-rotation locking device (10), standing “loose” in the window (7), snaps behind these projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer, Karsten Kucht
  • Publication number: 20120031223
    Abstract: A cam follower for a high-pressure fuel pump of an internal combustion engine, which has a cam roller that is accommodated in a pocket of the cam follower. The cam roller has a bore and the bore is mounted by on a pin which is seated at the ends in receptacles of opposite walls of the pocket. The cam roller runs with its end sides directly in front of the walls. Each end side of the cam roller takes the form of an outer surface of a spherical zone, and each wall is smooth and straight, at least in the region of its run-on piece at the respective end side of the cam roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan DORN, Norbert GEYER
  • Patent number: 8104442
    Abstract: A mechanical roller tappet (1a, 1b) comprising a tappet housing (2a, 2b) shaped out of sheet metal, a drive roller (3) actuable by a cam (9) and an axle (5a, 5b) on which the drive roller (3) is mounted, end portions (24) of the axle (5a, 5b) being supported in axle eyes (23) of the tappet housing (2a, 2b), said tappet housing (2a, 2b) comprising a tappet skirt (10a, 10b) and a tappet bottom (16) possessing a contact surface (21) for an adjacent engine component on a power take-off side and at an end of the tappet skirt facing the cam, the tappet bottom is connected to the tappet skirt and is shaped into the interior of the tappet skirt while forming a pocket for receiving the drive roller, the axle eyes being arranged in first sections (18) of the tappet bottom while being spaced from an inner peripheral surface (19) of the tappet skirt and extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tappet skirt, the contact surface being arranged on a second section (20) of the tappet bottom connecti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer, Manfred Jansen, Karsten Kucht, Norbert Radinger
  • Patent number: 8057099
    Abstract: A guide carriage for a linear roller bearing includes a main body, which may bear in a longitudinally movably manner and via at least a first and at least a second endlessly circulating roller row against a guide rail that extends in a longitudinal direction, a deflection assembly provided on an end face of the main body and including at least one curved inner deflection channel for the first roller row, and at least a second curved outer deflection channel for the second roller row, the inner deflection channel being located within the outer deflection channel, the deflection assembly includes an end cap, on the inner side of which—that faces the main body—an outer boundary surface of the outer deflection channel is provided, and at least one separate, one-pieced deflection piece inserted in the end cap, on which an inner boundary surface is provided that covers the entire outer deflection channel. An outer boundary surface is provided that covers the entire inner deflection channel on the deflection piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Pfeuffer, Andreas Schupies, Stefan Dorn
  • Publication number: 20110265752
    Abstract: A tappet (1) for a high-pressure fuel pump having a housing (2), the drive input side (7), which serves as a cam run-on face. The housing (2) incorporates a roller (8), wherein the drive output side (3), which serves as a contact surface for a tappet follower part, of said housing (2) bears against an underside (4) of a bridge piece (6) which projects through an inner casing (5) of the housing (2), and a rotation prevention device (11) which projects beyond the outer casing (10) of the housing (2) extends in a window (9) of the housing (2). The rotation prevention device (11) is formed by a radial elongation of the bridge piece (6). A projection extends from the inner casing (5) of the tappet (1) only on a portion situated diametrically opposite the window (7), which projection is integrally connected and is produced by a punching and embossing process and rises in a wedge shape in a direction of the drive input side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer, Karsten Kucht
  • Patent number: 8033580
    Abstract: A device (30) for feeding working fluid to an assembly (14) requiring working fluid includes at least one fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) extending from a surface (16a) and at least one screw element (22, 24) capable of being screwed from the surface (16a) into the at least one fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) for feeding working fluid into the fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) or for closing the fluid channel (20, 20a-20d), the at least one fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) having a first section (32) directly adjacent to the surface (16a) with a larger width, a second section (36) with a smaller width and, between the first section (32) and the second section (36), having a first transition region (34) with an annular surface (34a), and the screw element (22, 24) having at least one sealing surface (22c, 24c) capable of being brought into sealing engagement with the annular surface (34a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Rexroth Star GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Alfred Haub, Andreas Schupies
  • Publication number: 20110220070
    Abstract: A structural assembly (1) for a high pressure fuel pump, with the structural assembly (1) having a tappet (3) connected to a pump piston (2), which bears frontally against a contact surface (7) of an inner side (8) of the bottom (5) of the pump piston (2), the bottom (5) being connected to a guide skirt (10) of the tappet (3). An outer peripheral wall (11) of the pump piston (2) is surrounded near the inner side (8) with radial lash by a bore (12) of a spring plate (13) on whose bottom-distal side (14) a coil compression spring (15) bears for resetting the pump piston (2), and a bottom side (16) of the spring plate (13) is situated opposite an annular surface (17) of an entraining collar (18) on the pump piston (2). The entraining collar (18) is a separate, disk-like element seated on the pump piston (2) with slight axial distance to the spring plate (13), which spring plate (13) possesses a disk section (19) with the bottom side (16) having the bore (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer
  • Publication number: 20100243089
    Abstract: A device (30) for feeding working fluid to an assembly (14) requiring working fluid includes at least one fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) extending from a surface (16a) and at least one screw element (22, 24) capable of being screwed from the surface (16a) into the at least one fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) for feeding working fluid into the fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) or for closing the fluid channel (20, 20a-20d), the at least one fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) having a first section (32) directly adjacent to the surface (16a) with a larger width, a second section (36) with a smaller width and, between the first section (32) and the second section (36), having a first transition region (34) with an annular surface (34a), and the screw element (22, 24) having at least one sealing surface (22c, 24c) capable of being brought into sealing engagement with the annular surface (34a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Alfred Haub, Andreas Schupies
  • Patent number: 7798717
    Abstract: A spacer for roller bodies, which are guided in a roller bearing and which have an axis of symmetry and have an axis of symmetry, defining a rolling axis, about which they roll in a revolution path of the roller bearing, includes two diametrically opposed, spaced-apart end parts, which are each located transversely to the direction of motion of the roller bodies and have contact faces for rolling faces of the roller bodies; two diametrically opposed, spaced-apart lateral parts, and each of the lateral parts connects the two end parts, has a platelike shape, with a flat side, extending transversely to the rolling axis of the roller bodies, for contact with the roller bodies, and short sides extending substantially in the direction of the rolling axis of the roller bodies, and is stiffened with regard to bending essentially orthogonally to the rolling axis of the roller bodies in such a way that in its motion along the revolution path, it essentially maintains its shape; and at least one rib, connecting the two
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schupies, Stefan Dorn, Carsten Pfeuffer
  • Publication number: 20100229812
    Abstract: A tappet (1), either for a high-pressure fuel pump or for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, with a housing (2) whose driven side (3) used for a contact of a tappet-following part forms a contact on a bottom side (4) of a bridge part (6) projecting through an inner casing (5) of the housing (2). An anti-rotation locking device (10) projects past the outer casing (8) of the housing with a first cylinder section (9) and sits in a window (7) of the housing (2), with this anti-rotation locking device (10) being provided as a cylindrical element, and tab-like projections (13) project from peripheral walls (11) of the window (7) and the anti-rotation locking device (10), standing “loose” in the window (7), snaps behind these projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Nobert Geyer, Karsten Kucht
  • Patent number: 7793583
    Abstract: A mechanical tappet (101, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701, 801, 901, 1001) is provided, in particular for actuating the lifting of a pump piston (39) of a fuel pump of an internal combustion engine, with a sleeve-shaped tappet housing (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702, 902, 1002) constructed as a shaped sheet-metal part and with a driving roller (6) supported so that it can rotate. Here, a bolt (4) supports the driving roller so that it is centered, and end sections (7) of the bolt projecting from the driving roller are supported in bolt eyes (8) of the tappet housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Norbert Radinger, Manfred Jansen, Stefan Dorn, Norbert Geyer, Karsten Kucht
  • Patent number: 7766395
    Abstract: A device (30) for feeding working fluid to an assembly (14) requiring working fluid includes at least one fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) extending from a surface (16a) and at least one screw element (22, 24) capable of being screwed from the surface (16a) into the at least one fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) for feeding working fluid into the fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) or for closing the fluid channel (20, 20a-20d), the at least one fluid channel (20, 20a-20d) having a first section (32) directly adjacent to the surface (16a) with a larger width, a second section (36) with a smaller width and, between the first section (32) and the second section (36), having a first transition region (34) with an annular surface (34a), and the screw element (22, 24) having at least one sealing surface (22c, 24c) capable of being brought into sealing engagement with the annular surface (34a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Rexroth Star GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Dorn, Alfred Haub, Andreas Schupies