Patents by Inventor Thomas Steinle

Thomas Steinle 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: 11975430
    Abstract: A clamp, comprising a guide rail, a fixed jaw, which is arranged on the guide rail, a sliding jaw, which is displaceable on the guide rail, and at least one spindle, which is arranged displaceably on the sliding jaw and on which there is arranged or formed a pressure piece, with an actuation device, which is spaced from the at least one spindle and which actuable by an operator in order to control a displacement movement of the at least one spindle, with a force application device, which acts on the at least one spindle and by means of which a displacement movement of the at least one spindle is achievable, and with a transmission device, which connects the actuation device and the force application device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BESSEY Tool GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Kloepfer, Thomas Klein, Rainer Steinle
  • Patent number: 11002162
    Abstract: A valve drive for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has a first camshaft which is rotatably mounted in a first and a second camshaft bearing and which includes at least one cam with a first cam curve and a second cam curve that differs from the first cam curve. A gas exchange valve is actuated by the first or the second cam curve. A camshaft section is provided, by which the cam can be moved by an actuator such that the gas exchange valve can be actuated either via the first or the second cam curve. The first camshaft and the cam have a fixed position relative to each other. The first camshaft can be axially moved in the first and the second camshaft bearing, and an axial lock is provided for the camshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Emmersberger, Dietmar Knoll, Roland Kraft, Rudolf Schmid, Thomas Steinle
  • Patent number: 10995848
    Abstract: A motorcycle drive device includes a shiftable transmission set up to transmit drive power which can be provided by an engine crankshaft toward a drivable wheel. The transmission includes an input shaft having a rotation axis when is displaceable to adjust a spacing between the rotation axes of a primary gearwheel on the transmission input shaft and a primary pinion transferring the drive power from the crankshaft. A transmission input shaft bearing supporting the transmission input shaft is arranged in a bearing plate that is rotatable relative to a housing of the transmission. The bearing plate includes an adjusting mechanism arranged to change the position of the bearing plate with respect to the transmission housing to adjust the axial spacing of the rotation axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Wolff, Thomas Steinle
  • Patent number: 10876442
    Abstract: A valve drive for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has a camshaft which is rotatably mounted in a first and a second camshaft bearing and which includes at least one cam with a first cam curve and a second cam curve that differs from the first cam curve. A gas exchange valve can be actuated by the first or the second cam curve via a cam follower. A camshaft section is provided, by which the cam can be moved by an actuator such that the gas exchange valve can be actuated either via the first or the second cam curve via the cam follower. The camshaft and the cam have a fixed position relative to each other. The camshaft can be axially moved in the first and the second camshaft bearing. The camshaft bearings consist of a camshaft bearing block and a common bearing frame. A lubricant supply bore is provided which opens into a fourth lubricant groove in the bearing frame in order to supply the bearing points with lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Emmersberger, Dietmar Knoll, Roland Kraft, Rudolf Schmid, Thomas Steinle
  • Publication number: 20200191025
    Abstract: A valve drive for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has a first camshaft which is rotatably mounted in a first and a second camshaft bearing and which includes at least one cam with a first cam curve and a second cam curve that differs from the first cam curve. A gas exchange valve is actuated by the first or the second cam curve. A camshaft section is provided, by which the cam can be moved by an actuator such that the gas exchange valve can be actuated either via the first or the second cam curve. The first camshaft and the cam have a fixed position relative to each other. The first camshaft can be axially moved in the first and the second camshaft bearing, and an axial lock is provided for the camshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Georg EMMERSBERGER, Dietmar KNOLL, Roland KRAFT, Rudolf SCHMID, Thomas STEINLE
  • Publication number: 20200157984
    Abstract: A valve drive for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has a camshaft which is rotatably mounted in a first and a second camshaft bearing and which includes at least one cam with a first cam curve and a second cam curve that differs from the first cam curve. A gas exchange valve can be actuated by the first or the second cam curve via a cam follower. A camshaft section is provided, by which the cam can be moved by an actuator such that the gas exchange valve can be actuated either via the first or the second cam curve via the cam follower. The camshaft and the cam have a fixed position relative to each other. The camshaft can be axially moved in the first and the second camshaft bearing. The camshaft bearings consist of a camshaft bearing block and a common bearing frame. A lubricant supply bore is provided which opens into a fourth lubricant groove in the bearing frame in order to supply the bearing points with lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Georg EMMERSBERGER, Dietmar KNOLL, Roland KRAFT, Rudolf SCHMID, Thomas STEINLE
  • Publication number: 20200149444
    Abstract: A valve drive for an internal combustion engine has a first camshaft which is rotatably mounted in a first and a second camshaft bearing and which includes at least one cam with a first cam curve and a second cam curve that differs from the first cam curve, wherein a gas exchange valve can be actuated by the first or the second cam curve. A camshaft section is provided, by which the cam can be moved by an actuator such that the gas exchange valve can be actuated either via the first or the second cam curve. The first camshaft and the cam have a fixed position relative to each other. The first camshaft can be axially moved in the first and the second camshaft bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Georg EMMERSBERGER, Dietmar KNOLL, Roland KRAFT, Rudolf SCHMID, Thomas STEINLE
  • Publication number: 20190195338
    Abstract: A motorcycle drive device includes a shiftable transmission set up to transmit drive power which can be provided by an engine crankshaft toward a drivable wheel. The transmission includes an input shaft having a rotation axis when is displaceable to adjust a spacing between the rotation axes of a primary gearwheel on the transmission input shaft and a primary pinion transferring the drive power from the crankshaft. A transmission input shaft bearing supporting the transmission input shaft is arranged in a bearing plate that is rotatable relative to a housing of the transmission. The bearing plate includes an adjusting mechanism arranged to change the position of the bearing plate with respect to the transmission housing to adjust the axial spacing of the rotation axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Peter WOLFF, Thomas STEINLE
  • Publication number: 20180117733
    Abstract: The invention relates to a balancer (1) for a movable component with a component weight, having a spindle mechanism (32), on the rotation element (34) of which the component can be suspended, and at least one compression spring (30) which is connected, at one of its ends (29), to a translation element (36) of the spindle mechanism, wherein the compression spring is able to be compressed by means of the translation element in the event of a rotation of the rotation element brought about by the component weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas Steinle
  • Patent number: 7424997
    Abstract: A device (1) that compensates the weight of a suspended load, for example a tool or welding tongs, is provided as a spring tensioner with at least one barrel (4) or supporting wire that can be reeled off a barrel (3) against the force of a spring (2). The barrel (3) is supported on a shaft (6), to which the spring (2) engages directly with its interior end or via a sheath connected to the shaft (6), while the opposite exterior end of the spring (2) is mounted to the barrel (3) at the inside. A shaft drive (7) can be activated to change the pull force at the spring (2) via the shaft (6). The spring (2) is connected to the shaft drive (7) or to a drive wheel (8) allocated thereto via a freewheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Carl Stahl Kromer GmbH
    Inventors: Mohammad S. Achtari, Thomas Steinle
  • Publication number: 20080135819
    Abstract: A device (1) that compensates the weight of a suspended load, for example a tool or welding tongs, is provided as a spring tensioner with at least one barrel (4) or supporting wire that can be reeled off a barrel (3) against the force of a spring (2). The barrel (3) is supported on a shaft (6), to which the spring (2) engages directly with its interior end or via a sheath connected to the shaft (6), while the opposite exterior end of the spring (2) is mounted to the barrel (3) at the inside. A shaft drive (7) can be activated to change the pull force at the spring (2) via the shaft (6). The spring (2) is connected to the shaft drive (7) or to a drive wheel (8) allocated thereto via a freewheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: CARL STAHL KROMER GMBH
    Inventors: Mohammad S. Achtari, Thomas Steinle