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).
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Patent number: 11975430Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: BESSEY Tool GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Gerhard Kloepfer, Thomas Klein, Rainer Steinle
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Patent number: 11002162Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Emmersberger, Dietmar Knoll, Roland Kraft, Rudolf Schmid, Thomas Steinle
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Patent number: 10995848Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Wolff, Thomas Steinle
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Patent number: 10876442Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Emmersberger, Dietmar Knoll, Roland Kraft, Rudolf Schmid, Thomas Steinle
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Publication number: 20200191025Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Georg EMMERSBERGER, Dietmar KNOLL, Roland KRAFT, Rudolf SCHMID, Thomas STEINLE
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Publication number: 20200157984Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Georg EMMERSBERGER, Dietmar KNOLL, Roland KRAFT, Rudolf SCHMID, Thomas STEINLE
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Publication number: 20200149444Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Georg EMMERSBERGER, Dietmar KNOLL, Roland KRAFT, Rudolf SCHMID, Thomas STEINLE
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Publication number: 20190195338Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Peter WOLFF, Thomas STEINLE
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Publication number: 20180117733Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventor: Thomas Steinle
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Patent number: 7424997Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Carl Stahl Kromer GmbHInventors: Mohammad S. Achtari, Thomas Steinle
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Publication number: 20080135819Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: CARL STAHL KROMER GMBHInventors: Mohammad S. Achtari, Thomas Steinle