Patents Assigned to AG & Co. KG
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Patent number: 10036429Abstract: A wedge clutch imparts a wedging effect to selectively transfer power through powertrain components. The wedge clutch includes a hub configured to rotate about an axis and having a tapered hub surface. A rotatable member is configured to rotate about the axis. A plurality of wedge segments are arranged annularly about the axis and are disposed radially between the hub and the rotatable member. The wedge segments can collectively radially expand and contract to lock and unlock the clutch. Each wedge segment defines an aperture therethrough. A cage assembly includes a plurality of pins that each extend through a respective one of the apertures to control relative radial movement of the wedge segments.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Marion Jack Ince, Guihui Zhong
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Patent number: 10036286Abstract: A camshaft phaser, including: an axis of rotation; a stator including a radially outermost surface with a plurality of teeth; a locking plate including a first side facing in a first axial direction, a bore in the first side, and a through-bore; a check valve plate axially located between the locking plate and the stator and including a through-bore and a displaceable valve flap aligned, in the first axial direction, with the through-bore for the locking plate; and a bushing disposed in the bore in the first side and in the through-bore for the check valve plate. The bushing extends past the locking plate in the first axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Alexandre Camilo, Renato De Oliveira Ghiraldi, Peter Cantin
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Publication number: 20180209521Abstract: A ball screw drive comprising a leadscrew that has at least one outer ball groove and comprising a threaded nut that has at least one inner ball groove, which ball grooves together to form a ball channel in which balls, via which the leadscrew is guided relative to the threaded nut, are accommodated, wherein in the ball groove of the threaded nut is provided at least one radially closed pocket in which a deflection element for deflecting the balls moving in the ball groove is accommodated, wherein the threaded nut has an outer deflection device, which outer deflection device is axially in front of the deflection element in the form of an individual deflection element, is situated on the outer side of the threaded nut and engages in two radial openings in the threaded nut, and by means of which outer deflection device the balls are axially offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Mario KREUTZER, Gerd SANEWSKI, Nadine KLIEMANN
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Publication number: 20180209478Abstract: The disclosure relates to a bearing bushing for a motor vehicle. In one example, the bearing bushing has an inner ring and an outer ring and an elastomer element arranged rotationally fixedly radially between the inner ring and the outer ring. The bearing bushing is switchable between at least two stiffness stages. The change in stiffness of the bearing bushing may be provided by at least one auxiliary element disposed radially between the inner ring and the outer ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Hartmut Krehmer, Peter Rumpel
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Publication number: 20180208010Abstract: A level adjustment device for a vehicle, comprising a damping device having a piston-cylinder unit and a screw drive, and an adapter sleeve that axially supports a spindle of the screw drive and includes a flange directed radially inwards, wherein the adapter sleeve is configured to utilize the screw drive and is decoupled in relation to a cylinder of the piston-cylinder unit via one or more elastic elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Benjamin WUEBBOLT-GORBATENKO, Daniel FABER
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Publication number: 20180212488Abstract: A coil winding for an electrical machine comprising litz wire that includes winding head sections and winding body sections, wherein the litz wire includes one or more baked-enamel wires having an outer layer composed of baked enamel, wherein the winding body sections are baked to one another by baking a baking material of the baked-enamel wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Christian KUEHHIRT, Tristan STEIBERT
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Publication number: 20180209488Abstract: A structurally and/or functionally improved friction clutch device is disclosed. In particular, a servo spring for a clutch is to be provided which is suitable for series production. In particular, the servo spring is to be realized in the clutch while integrating already existing components. In particular, the servo spring is to keep a maximum disengaging force low. In particular, the servo spring is to operate only under worn conditions; in the new state and during separation it should be possible for it to be force-free. In particular, the total tolerance in the friction clutch device is to remain small, so that the susceptibility of the servo spring force to tolerance deviations is limited.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG ßInventors: Marion Keller, Sebastian Heuberger
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Publication number: 20180208042Abstract: A hybrid module is provided for the drivetrain of a motor vehicle, which drivetrain has an electric machine, an internal combustion engine and a transmission. The hybrid module has (i) a first unit with a rotor element and a separating clutch which is arranged within the rotor element, (ii) a second unit with a clutch device comprising at least one clutch, and (iii) a third unit with a housing part. The first unit and the second unit are connected to each other to form a preassembled overall unit, and said overall unit is installed projecting into the third unit and is connected here to the third unit. A hybrid module constructed in such a manner can be produced by means of particularly simple assembly and is very compact. A method for assembly of said hybrid module is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Ivo Agner, Aurelie Keller
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Patent number: 10030752Abstract: A torque converter is provided. The torque converter includes an impeller; a turbine axially movable toward and away from the impeller; and a damper coupled to the turbine, the damper including an elastic element forcing the turbine against the impeller in an equal pressure condition. A method of forming a torque converter is also provided. The method includes forming a damper to include an elastic element; providing the damper inside a front cover so the damper contacts the front cover; and providing axially movable turbine between the damper and an impeller such that the elastic element forces the turbine to engage an impeller in an equal pressure condition.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Patrick Lindemann, Markus Steinberger
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Patent number: 10030719Abstract: A clutch (1) with an inner ring (2) arranged about an axis of rotation (d) and an outer ring (3) arranged coaxially in reference thereto, as well as an elastic clamping ring (4) arranged between them and radially limited thereby, with the inner ring (2) and the clamping ring (4) resting on each other via a ramp device (9), arranged bi-directionally effective in the circumferential direction, and clamping segments (13) pointing radially outwardly and arranged distributed in the circumferential direction, form in case of a radial displacement of the clamping ring (4) forming with the outer ring (3) a clamping connection in at least one circumferential direction. In a further aspect, a radial displacement of the clamping ring (4) is provided via a ramp device (12) effective in the axial direction, switched by an axial displacement of the inner ring (2) in reference to the clamping ring (4).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Horst Hartmann, Ralph Schimpf
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Patent number: 10030697Abstract: A ball ramp plate and a ball ramp assembly including the ball ramp plate are provided. The ball ramp plate comprises a stamped metal plate formed with ramped ball pockets on a first side at a ball ramp pitch radius and a thrust bearing support on a second side of the plate. The thrust bearing support has a first support surface at a first pitch radius greater than the ball ramp pitch radius and a second support surface at a second pitch radius less than the ball ramp pitch radius.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Stephen Carr, Shaun Tate
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Patent number: 10029532Abstract: The invention relates to strut bearing with a cap and a guide ring which is mounted in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis (D) relative to the cap. An axial bearing is arranged between the cap and the guide ring, and the cap includes a soft component and a hard component. Furthermore, the soft component has at least two circumferential sealing lips which rest against the guide ring in a sliding manner in order to seal the axial bearing. According to the invention, the soft component is formed on a hard component end face oriented towards the guide ring, and a hard component end face oriented opposite the guide ring has a profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Wollner, Rainer Lutz, Ralf Stautner
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Patent number: 10029554Abstract: An axle hybrid drive for a hybrid vehicle (1), including an internal combustion engine (6) drivingly connected to a first vehicle axle (11), and an electric motor (10) drivingly connected to a second vehicle axle (12). The invention is characterized in that the internal combustion engine (6), or a transmission (7) associated with the internal combustion engine (6), is decoupled in terms of a driving force from an output shaft of the first vehicle axle (11).Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventor: Oswald Friedmann
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Publication number: 20180201083Abstract: An eccentric adjusting unit is disclosed, for example, for adjusting a connection point for a control arm of a wheel suspension. The unit may include an electric motor and an eccentric gear section. The eccentric gear section may have an input shaft and an output shaft, wherein the input shaft is configured to be driven by the electric motor and the output shaft rotates eccentrically with respect to an output axis of rotation and can be in operative connection with the connection point or forms this connection point. The eccentric gear section may have a star wheel gear stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Alexander Hausmann
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Publication number: 20180202328Abstract: A cam phaser has a stator, a rotor positioned in the stator and including a locking pin, a locking cover including a receiving feature for receiving the locking pin, a cover plate, and a check valve plate positioned between the stator and the locking cover and including a plurality of valve elements. The cam phaser also has a plurality of first openings in each of the stator, locking cover, and check valve plate, a plurality of second openings in the locking cover, and a third opening formed in the check valve plate. The cam phaser further includes a retention feature for aligning components of the cam phaser during assembly, the retention feature including one or more tabs on a first component and one or more indentations on a second component receiving the one or more tabs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Renato De Oliveira Ghiraldi, Alexandre Camilo, Peter Cantin
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Publication number: 20180202499Abstract: A hybrid module is compact and easy to construct, with components for transmitting torque to at least one transmission input shaft. The disclosed hybrid module includes a counterplate, or at least one counterplate in the case of multiple counterplates, of a clutch device is connected to a rotor element. The connection may be a direct connection, or a connection without intermediate elements, in which no intermediate element is provided for bridging an axial spacing between the rotor and the counterplate. Thus, coupling of an electric machine of the hybrid module and of the clutch device is realized with a minimal structural space requirement. By means of this measure, the clutch device can project into a stator of the electric machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Ivo Agner, Aurelie Keller
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Publication number: 20180202521Abstract: A pendulum tensioner, comprising a first and second tensioning arm, and a bearing sleeve configured to attach to a generator housing, wherein the bearing sleeve forms a sliding channel together with a locking sleeve, in which one of the tensioning arms is rotatably positioned with axial play.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Sascha REUSCHEL, Luc FISCHER, Thierry LEOBOLD, Thomas MOTZ, Marco MEISBORN, Robert KAMM
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Publication number: 20180202529Abstract: A transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a transmission input stage and a differential connected thereto via common planetary carrier, wherein the differential includes a first planetary set and a second planetary set, wherein the first planetary set meshes with a first sun gear and the second planetary set meshes with a second sun gear, and wherein the first and second planetary sets mesh with one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Inaki FERNANDEZ, Harald MARTINI, Thorsten BIERMANN, Philip WURZBERGER
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Publication number: 20180201060Abstract: A wheel hub system is disclosed. The wheel hub system has a hub assembly, a joint component, and a threaded bolt. The hub assembly has a hub having a though-hole, a circumferential groove formed in the through-hole, and a first support surface having a first plurality of teeth. The hub assembly also has a bearing unit positioned on the hub. The joint component is secured to the hub assembly and has a projection positioned in the through-hole and having a threaded bore and a retainer positioned in the circumferential groove. The joint component also has a second support surface having a second plurality of teeth operatively engaging the first plurality of teeth. The retainer positions the hub assembly and the joint component relative to each other during assembly. The threaded bolt is positioned in the threaded bore and secures the hub assembly in the position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Cameron Gibson, Ahmadreza Sedighi
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Publication number: 20180202511Abstract: A torque transmission device is disclosed that comprises a torque converter and a vibration damping device arranged outside the torque converter housing. The torque converter includes an impeller, a turbine wheel, and a stator. The torque transmission device further includes a power split device disposed inside the torque converter housing and connected to a lock-up clutch and the turbine wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Thorsten Krause
