Patents by Inventor Stefan Hoch

Stefan Hoch 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: 11761526
    Abstract: A gear rim carrier part for a two- or multi-component gearwheel includes an annular section which revolves around an axis of rotation in the circumferential direction, a gear rim arranged radially on the outside of the annular section, and a projection which extends radially inwards from the annular section and has a radially inner free end, or the gear rim carrier part includes an annular section which revolves around an axis of rotation in the circumferential direction, a gear rim arranged radially on the inside of the annular section, and a projection which extends radially outwards from the annular section and has a radially outer free end. The projection has a first width at the radially inner free end thereof or at the radially outer free end thereof and has a second width at the opposite end thereof at the transition to the annular section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: IMS GEAR SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Gregor Mauerlechner, Stefan Hoch, Stefan Scherer, Eugen Stoppel, Markus Bernhard
  • Publication number: 20200278018
    Abstract: A gear rim carrier part for a two- or multi-component gearwheel includes an annular section which revolves around an axis of rotation in the circumferential direction, a gear rim arranged radially on the outside of the annular section, and a projection which extends radially inwards from the annular section and has a radially inner free end, or the gear rim carrier part includes an annular section which revolves around an axis of rotation in the circumferential direction, a gear rim arranged radially on the inside of the annular section, and a projection which extends radially outwards from the annular section and has a radially outer free end. The projection has a first width at the radially inner free end thereof or at the radially outer free end thereof and has a second width at the opposite end thereof at the transition to the annular section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Gregor MAUERLECHNER, Stefan HOCH, Stefan SCHERER, Eugen STOPPEL, Markus BERNHARD
  • Patent number: 10571010
    Abstract: A drive wheel (10; 100) wherein the drive wheel (10; 100) is formed by an injection-molding process, and has a longitudinal axis (11; 108), having a hub region (12; 102) with a hub opening (13; 102), having an annular toothed-rim region (17; 106) with a radially outwardly projecting toothing (18; 105), having a substantially disk-like intermediate region (15; 112) which is arranged radially between the hub region (12; 102) and the toothed-rim region (17; 106), wherein the drive wheel (10; 100) has two bearing points (31, 32), arranged concentrically with the longitudinal axis (11; 108), for radial mounting and two bearing points (33, 34; 121, 122), for axial mounting, and wherein the hub region (12; 102) has an extension (14; 103) that protrudes from the plane of the intermediate region (15; 112) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (11; 108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wehrle, Eugen Stoppel, Manuel Seidel, Stefan Hoch
  • Publication number: 20180180155
    Abstract: A drive wheel (10; 100) wherein the drive wheel (10; 100) is formed by an injection-molding process, and has a longitudinal axis (11; 108), having a hub region (12; 102) with a hub opening (13; 102), having an annular toothed-rim region (17; 106) with a radially outwardly projecting toothing (18; 105), having a substantially disk-like intermediate region (15; 112) which is arranged radially between the hub region (12; 102) and the toothed-rim region (17; 106), wherein the drive wheel (10; 100) has two bearing points (31, 32), arranged concentrically with the longitudinal axis (11; 108), for radial mounting and two bearing points (33, 34; 121, 122), for axial mounting, and wherein the hub region (12; 102) has an extension (14; 103) that protrudes from the plane of the intermediate region (15; 112) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (11; 108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Wehrle, Eugen Stoppel, Manuel Seidel, Stefan Hoch
  • Patent number: 8555742
    Abstract: The invention involves a gearbox, especially for adjustment devices in motor vehicles, with a plastic worm drive. The invention provides that the worm drive has an encircling, circular flat contact surface perpendicular to the worm axle and a number of removal pockets in the form of recesses that are interposed axially between contact surface and the worm axle and at the same time arranged in a level recessed to the level of contact surface, whereby an encircling bevel is formed in the transition area from level of removal pockets to the level of the circular contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: IMS Gear GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Hoch, Stéphane Birker, Michael Woehrle
  • Publication number: 20080087122
    Abstract: The invention involves a gearbox 1, especially for adjustment devices in motor vehicles, with a plastic worm drive 10. The invention provides that the worm drive 10 has an encircling, circular flat contact surface 27 perpendicular to the worm axle and a number of removal pockets 22 in the form of recesses that are interposed axially between contact surface 27 and the worm axle and at the same time arranged in a level 29 recessed to the level of contact surface 27, whereby an encircling bevel 23 is formed in the transition area from level 29 of removal pockets 22 to the level of the circular contact surface 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: IMS GEAR GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan HOCH, Stéphane BIRKER, Michael WOEHRLE
  • Publication number: 20080073816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear composed of an injection-molded material, comprising an internal gate region and an external toothed ring with teeth, wherein each tooth has an external tooth crest and two lateral tooth base segments, at least one locating hole for a driver element engaging from the side, and a weld line of the injection-molded material, wherein the weld line runs from an external wall of the locating hole to the outer circumference of the gear, wherein the weld line runs through the tooth crest of one of the teeth to the outer peripheral surface of the tooth. In addition, an injection-molding method is proposed for the injection molding of such a gear. Due to the path of the weld line through the gear body to the periphery of the tooth, tensile stresses are distributed along a greater distance than is the case in a conventional gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Stephan Oberle, Stefan Hoch, Norbert Willmann
  • Publication number: 20070068301
    Abstract: The invention involves a gearbox 1, especially for adjustment devices in motor vehicles, with a plastic worm drive 10. The invention provides that the worm drive 10 has an encircling, circular flat contact surface 27 perpendicular to the worm axle and a number of removal pockets 22 in the form of recesses that are interposed axially between contact surface 27 and the worm axle and at the same time arranged in a level 29 recessed to the level of contact surface 27, whereby an encircling bevel 23 is formed in the transition area from level 29 of removal pockets 22 to the level of the circular contact surface 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: IMS CONNECTOR SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Hoch, Stephane Birker, Michael Woehrle