Patents Assigned to INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
  • Patent number: 5399023
    Abstract: The invention concerns a wiper unit for a bearing component, preferably a linear rolling bearing component, mounted on a raceway of a guide rail and comprising at each front end, a wiper retained by a carrier plate, the wiper being provided with lubricant canals for supplying lubricant to the bearing component, and an end region of the wiper resting on the raceway to retain lubricant in the bearing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Ludwig Winkelmann, Hartmut Koschmieder, Steffen Kotzsch
  • Patent number: 5365897
    Abstract: The novel mechanical valve tappet of the invention arranged in a guide bore of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine is comprised of a cup-shaped housing with a hollow cylindrical wall (1) closed at one end by a bottom (2) which is contacted exteriorly by a control cam while a first flat end face of an adjusting element (7) bears against an inner surface of the bottom (2), a second flat end face of the adjusting element (7) which is parallel to the said first flat end face is in contact with an end of a valve stem of an engine valve, and the adjusting element (7) has a cylindrical peripheral surface and is retained by force engagement in a bore (6) of a hub (3) fixed to the said inner surface of the bottom (2), characterized in that an element (9, 11, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 26) which is resiliently biased with respect to the adjusting element (7) and the hub (3) is arranged between the hub (3) and the adjusting element (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Walter Speil, Dieter Schmidt, Michael Zipprath
  • Patent number: 5335998
    Abstract: An axial beaing unit comprising two bearing discs (1, 2) with rolling elements (3) disposed therebetween, each of the bearing discs (1, 2) comprising an axially oriented cylindrical flange, which cylindrical flanges overlap each other in the axial direction, the flange of one of the bearing discs (1) being made as an overhanging flange (9) comprising a radially projecting end portion (3) at its free end (11), and the flange of the other bearing disc (2) being a retaining flange (10) comprising a retaining surface (14) facing the end portion (13), the end portion (13) engaging behind the retaining surface (14) so that the bearing discs are connected to each other secure against loss, characterized in that the radially projecting end portion (13) comprises several elastically yielding bosses (12) made without chip-removal and arranged spaced apart on the circumference of the end portion (13), which bosses (12) engage as a result of radial elastic relaxation behind the retaining surface (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Leo Muntnich, Wilfried Soyka, Wolfgang Steinberger
  • Patent number: 5325825
    Abstract: A finger lever or a rocker arm (4,25,39) for a valve actuating mechanism (1) of an internal combustion piston engine comprising a roller (5) which rolls against the periphery of a cam (3) and is rotatably mounted on a pin (17) guided in side walls (18,19) of the finger lever or the rocker arm (4,25,39) which is provided with a bore (23) directed towards the periphery of the roller (5) and communicating with a lubricant duct (38), characterized in that the bore (23,27,43) has a diameter of .ltoreq.0.5 mm in the region of its smallest cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Dieter Schmidt, Arndt Ihlemann
  • Patent number: 5309787
    Abstract: A locking pin, in particular for the securing of shift positions of a shift linkage in automobile transmissions, comprises a hollow cylindrical shaft portion (1) which is drawn from thin-walled sheet metal and closed at one end by a bottom (2). This bottom (2) projects radially beyond the shaft portion (1). A locking element (3) projecting out of the shaft portion (1) at the open end thereof is guided longitudinally displaceable in the shaft portion (1), retained secure against loss und pre-tensioned in the locking direction by a spring (4). To obtain a locking pin which is cost-effective in manufacturing and easily dismountable, a diameter enlargement (7) serving as a stop is provided at a pre-determined distance both from the open end of the shaft portion (1) and from the bottom (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Soyka, Manfred Winkler, Wolfgang Steinberger
  • Patent number: 5267538
    Abstract: A mechanical valve tappet arranged in a guide bore of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, which valve tappet comprises a cup-shaped housing with a hollow cylindrical wall (1) closed at one end by a bottom (2) against which a control cam runs from the outside while an adjusting element (5) bears against the inner surface of the bottom by a first flat end face and is in contact with the end of a valve stem of a two-way gas valve by a second end face which is parallel to said first end face, characterized in that the adjusting element (5) is a solid component with a cylindrical outer peripheral surface and parallel end faces, projections being provided on the cup-shaped housing to cooperate with the cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the adjusting element so that the adjusting element (5) is retained by interlocking or by force engagement on the cup-shaped housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Walter Speil, Dieter Schmidt, Michael Zipprath
  • Patent number: 5261361
    Abstract: In an assembly for simultaneously actuating two valves (2) of an internal combustion engine, comprising a beam-shaped bridge (6) in end regions whereof hydraulic lash adjusters (5) are lodged which engage stem ends of valves (2), the bridge (6) being guided parallel to longitudinal axes of the valves (2) in the cylinder heade (1), and valve actuating components engaging a central region of the bridge (6) between the two lash adjusters (5), a less complicated structure as compared to known constructions and thus also less design space requirement with, at the same time, reduced friction, are obtained by the fact that a rotatably mounted roller (8) adapted to be engaged directly by a control cam (10) is arranged at the center of the bridge (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Walter Speil
  • Patent number: 5244625
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cage of a polymeric material for a radial rolling bearing with two end rings formed at the cage and arranged at a distance to each other in the axial direction and crossbars spaced behind one another in the peripheral direction connecting the end rings and forming pockets for receiving rolling elements, each crossbar being formed by two relatively thin-walled crossbar walls delimiting the neighboring pockets and a connecting section situated between the crossbar walls, and a device for executing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Rabe
  • Patent number: 5236396
    Abstract: A friction device, in particular for belt tensioners for driving auxiliary units of internal combustion engines, comprising a housing (1), a pressure disk (17, 20, 21) and arranged therebetween, a friction disk (19), the pressure disk (17, 20, 21) and the friction disk (19) being rotatable with respect to each other and an axial force acting between the pressure disk (17, 20, 21) and the housing (1) via the friction disk (19), characterized in that at least one end face of the friction disk (19) is in contact with a protruding (convex) support surface (22, 23) extending towards it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Eduard Golovatai-Schmidt, Alfred Tonsmann
  • Patent number: 5205179
    Abstract: A speed changing device for a gear box, particularly for a toothed change speed gear of a motor vehicle in which a gear wheel, freely rotatable on a driven shaft can be coupled with the driven shaft by means of an axially displaceable claw ring and a toothed bushing, the claw ring being axially displaceable by an electric driving device via a gearshift fork, arranged on a selector shaft which is parallel to the driven shaft, characterized in that the gearshift fork is axially displacable on the associated stationary selector shaft by a spindle drive comprising an externally threaded section arranged on the selector shaft and an internally threaded section, the axes of both threaded sections being arranged on the axis (D.sub.1), of the selector shaft and one of the threaded sections being actuatable by rotation by an electromotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Joachim Schneider
  • Patent number: 5193917
    Abstract: A rolling bearing, in particular for steering columns of automotive vehicles, comprising rolling elements in the form of balls arranged between an inner ring and another ring, and a tolerance ring made of a polymeric material which is at least partially surrounded by the inner ring and is pressed axially against the inner ring in the direction of the balls by a spring, characterized in that the spring (7, 17) is made of a polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Hellmut Adler, Alexander Zernickel
  • Patent number: 5190229
    Abstract: A rolling bearing arrangement for a conical crusher in which a vertically arranged driving element is rotatably mounted on a base and a crushing cone is mounted inclined with respect to the vertical on the upper end of the driving element so as to be freely rotatable, characterized in that the rolling bearing arrangement comprises a single common hollow cylindrical outer part in which two inner rings situated axially behind each other are supported on rolling elements, the outer part being part of the driving element and the first inner ring being connected with the base whereas the second inner ring, which is arranged inclined and eccentrically offset with regard to the first inner ring, carries the crushing cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Theodor Kaiser
  • Patent number: 5186544
    Abstract: Wiper unit for a bearing element, preferably a rolling bearing element, which is slidably mounted on the running surface of a shaped part and at least one of its front ends comprising a wiper blade retained by a supporting plate and whose one end region is in contact with the running surface for cleaning the same, characterized in that the wiper blade (5) comprises several flexible tongues (9 to 11) which lie in one comon plane before the mounting of the wiper unit on the bearing element (1) and whose ends are in resilient contact with respective sections of the running surface of the shaped part (2) in the assembled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Jean M. Eder, Hans-Reinhard Lambertz, Hartmut Koschmieder
  • Patent number: 5184583
    Abstract: A light metal tappet particularly for the timing gear of an internal combustion engine comprising a tappet base body and a steel plate anchored at the contact face for the control cams of the timing gear and having a hardened surface, characterized in that the steel plate is made of an austenitic base material which is carbon dispersion hardened, has the same coefficient of thermal expansion as aluminium and comprises a nitrided surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Karl-Ludwig Grell
  • Patent number: 5178474
    Abstract: A rolling element cage made particularly of polymeric material in which rolling elements are guided in pockets and which is split at at least one point of its periphery, the cage ends delimiting the separating gap being formed by crossbars which comprise projections and corresponding recesses which fix these cage ends at least in the axial direction by interlocking, characterized in that the recesses in the crossbar forming the respective cage end extend into the adjacent pocket and, when the separating gap is closed, the projections projecting into the recesses extend at the most upto the delimiting surface of the pocket facing the cage end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Leo Muntnich, Hartwig Waldert, Wolgang Steinberger
  • Patent number: 5137256
    Abstract: A control device for a fuel injection nozzle of an internal combustion engine, particularly a diesel engine, provided with a movably guided valve body which forms a valve seat and is controlled by a driving unit and provided with an inner space and with a pressure chamber between an inlet and the valve seat whereby an injection pressure for the injection nozzle is built up in the pressure chamber when the valve seat is closed and pressure compensation is effected between the pressure chamber and an outlet when the valve seat is open characterized in that the valve seat is formed by the end of the valve body lying near the inlet, the pressure chamber communicates with the inner space of the valve body through the valve seat when this is open and the inner space communicates with the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Michael Zipprath
  • Patent number: 5125755
    Abstract: A tolerance ring made of polymeric material arranged between a radial rolling bearing and a seating on a shaft or in the bore of a housing, wherein the tolerance ring bears against a radially directed surface of the seating on the shaft or housing bore in at least one axial direction and comprises a radially directed surface against which a bearing ring of the rolling bearing bears in the same axial direction with an end face, characterized in that the radially directed surface of the seating and the end face of the bearing ring do not overlap radially which avoids axial overloading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Hellmut Adler, Alexander Zernickel
  • Patent number: 5120279
    Abstract: A plastic element with an outer surface defining a running surface, particularly for a belt or chain, arranged at the outer circumference of a metallic insert designed as a rolling or sliding bearing, consisting of a polymeric plastic material hardened after polymerization produced in a mold comprising adding an expanding agent to the polymeric plastic material by mixing, inserting the metallic insert into the mold, filling the mold with polymeric plastic material containing an expanding agent at a low pressure compared to injection molding pressures, allowing the polymeric plastic material to expand by action of the expanding agent to the outer surface of the metallic insert and to the mold to form the running surface and hardening the polymer plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Rabe
  • Patent number: 5117787
    Abstract: A self-adjusting hydraulic valve tappet arranged in a guide bore of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and comprising a cup-shaped housing which surrounds a hollow cylindrical wall which is closed at one end by a bottom against which a control cam bears on the outside, the housing comprising a cylindrical guide sleeve which is concentric with the hollow cylindrical wall and which at its end facing away from the bottom opens into the center of a disc member which at its outer periphery merges into the hollow cylindrical wall of the housing, the actual hydraulic clearance compensation element being guided longitudinally displaceably in the guide sleeve and an annular oil reservoir being defined by the hollow cylindrical wall, the cylindrical guide sleeve, the bottom and the disc member and supplied with oil from the lubricating oil circuit of the internal combustion engine via a bore arranged in the hollow cylindrical wall, the annular oil reservoir being provided with an air vent bore in one of i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Walter Speil
  • Patent number: 5114249
    Abstract: An axial rolling bearing comprising a cage containing rolling elements and arranged between two plane-parallel, thin-walled bearing discs made of sheet metal, wherein the three components together form a structural unit by engaging together in a form-locking manner and at least one of the bearing discs merges at one of its peripheral edges into an axially directed collar which engages around the cage with clearance and extends into the region of the second bearing disc characterized in that there is a narrow guiding clearance at at least some peripheral points between the mutually facing peripheral surface of the collar and of the second bearing disc respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Leo Muntnich, Wolfgang Steinberger, Wilfried Soyka