Patents by Inventor Thorsten Scholtz

Thorsten Scholtz 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: 8157661
    Abstract: A bellows for a joint arrangement may include pleats, an axis and a joint end, a zone of the joint end being produced by blow molding and forming a receiver for a retaining ring. The receiver, in the proximity of the pleats, has a plurality of outward-pointing bulged portions that form a recess and at least one inclined receiving edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: GKN Driveline International GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Scholtz, Markus Deisinger, Ralf Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20100069162
    Abstract: A bellows for a joint arrangement is disclosed. The bellows comprises an axis, a radius and two ends, a receiver for a retaining ring being formed in the zone adjacent to an end. The receiver is delimited by a plurality of elevations on the end which have a narrow cross-section in the direction of the radius and different flexural properties in opposite directions of the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Thorsten Scholtz, Markus Deisinger, Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20100040405
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a bellows for a joint arrangement. The bellows comprises pleats, an axis and a joint end, a zone of the joint end being produced by blow molding and forming a receiver for a retaining ring. The receiver, in the proximity of the pleats, has a plurality of outward-pointing bulged portions that form a recess and at least one inclined receiving edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Thorsten Scholtz, Markus Deisinger, Rolf Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20090014966
    Abstract: In order to achieve the object of making available a folding bellows arrangement by means of which the acting clamping forces can be transmitted as uniformly as possible to the joint outer part of a tripod joint unit, it is proposed that such a folding bellows arrangement comprises a folding bellows (12) with a first collar region (20) for attachment to a shaft, and a second rotationally symmetrical collar region for attachment to a joint outer part (18) and a bellows region (16) which is arranged between the first and second collar regions, and an adapter ring (14) with an inner face which is adapted in a cross section to the outer contours of the joint outer part, the folding bellows being formed from an elastic material and the adapter ring being manufactured from at least one first plastic material (56) which has an approximately identical or higher Shore hardness than the material of the folding bellows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Joachim Wette, Thorsten Scholtz
  • Patent number: 7235018
    Abstract: A convoluted boot for sealing an annular gap between two parts which are connected to one another in a rotationally fast way, which can be articulated relative to one another and which are axially displaceable relative to one another, especially of a constant velocity plunging joint, consisting of includes a low-strain polymer hard material having a first larger collar (11) to be secured to a first component, a second smaller collar (12) to be secured to a second component and a plurality of annular fold units which extend between the first collar and the second collar and which, in the form of the outer folds consisting of have two annular flanks (31, 32), and form a fold peak (21) between two fold valleys (22). In a first group (A) of at least three annular folds with a connection to the first collar 11 annular folds, the diameters of the fold peaks (21) and fold valleys (22) decrease in the direction from the first collar to the second collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: GKN Driveline International GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Deisinger, Thomas Schmidt, Joachim Wette, Thorsten Scholtz
  • Publication number: 20050082769
    Abstract: A convoluted boot assembly 20 which is provided for a tripode joint unit, which has to seal an annular gap between an outer joint part 12 and a shaft 19 connected to an inner joint part 16 and which comprises a rotationally symmetric convoluted boot 25 extending between a first end for being fixed on the outer joint part 12 and a second end for being fixed on the shaft 19, and an adapter ring 21 which, by means of an inner face 31, in its cross-section, can be slipped form-fittingly on to the outer joint part 12, wherein, by means of its first end, the convoluted boot 25 is directly secured to the end face 22 of the adapter ring 21, which end face 22 surrounds the aperture 15 of the outer joint part 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Thorsten Scholtz, Joachim Wette
  • Publication number: 20050029750
    Abstract: A convoluted boot for sealing an annular gap between two parts which are connected to one another in a rotationally fast way, which can be articulated relative to one another and which are axially displaceable relative to one another, especially of a constant velocity plunging joint, consisting of includes a low-strain polymer hard material having a first larger collar (11) to be secured to a first component, a second smaller collar (12) to be secured to a second component and a plurality of annular fold units which extend between the first collar and the second collar. and which, in the form of The outer folds consisting of have two annular flanks (31, 32), and form a fold peak (21) between two fold valleys (22). In a first group (A) of at least three annular folds with a connection to the first collar 11 annular folds, the diameters of the fold peaks (21) and fold valleys (22) decrease in the direction from the first collar to the second collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Markus Deisinger, Thomas Schmidt, Joachim Wette, Thorsten Scholtz
  • Publication number: 20050020366
    Abstract: A convoluted boot for sealing an annular gap between two parts which are connected to one another in a rotationally fast way, which can be articulated relative to one another and which are axially displaceable relative to one another, especially of a constant velocity plunging joint, consisting of a low-strain polymer hard material, having a first larger collar 11 to be secured to a first component, a second smaller collar 12 to be secured to a second component and a plurality of annular fold units which extend between the first collar and the second collar and which, in the form of outer folds consisting of two annular flanks 31, 32, form a fold peak 21 between two fold valleys 22, in a first group A of at least three annular folds with a connection to the first collar 11, the diameters of the fold peaks 21 and fold valleys 22 decrease in the direction from the first collar to the second collar, in a second group B of annular folds with a connection to the second collar 12 of at least one fold, the diamete
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Thorsten Scholtz, Thomas Schmidt, Markus Deisinger, Joachim Wette