Patents Assigned to Schaeffler KG
  • Patent number: 8001940
    Abstract: A switchable bucket tappet for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, which has a bucket base body with a ring-shaped base guided by a skirt projecting from the outer edge of the base in a bore of the engine. A lifting cam acts on the base and a hollow cylindrical extension projects from an inner edge of the base. In the bore, an inner body is axially movable relative to the bucket base body and, formed in the underside of the inner body, is a support for indirect contact with a gas exchange valve. A coupling piston, which has a flattened portion on its upper side, runs in a bore of the inner body and is engaged with a driver surface for full valve lift. A lost motion spring acts between the bucket base body and inner body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Sailer, Mario Kuhl, Lucia Hinkovska, Sandra Schaefer
  • Patent number: 7997396
    Abstract: An overrunning clutch clamping body for an overrunning clutch comprises a first contact surface and a second contact surface for contacting respective clamping raceways. The curvature of the contact surfaces deviates from zero in each direction. Each of the contact surfaces is configured symmetrically both to a first plane (E1) extending normal to the axis of rotation of the overrunning clutch and to a second plane (E2) that is perpendicular to the first plane (E1), and the shape of the first contact surface corresponds to the shape of the second contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Horst Döppling, Swen Dörrie, Tomas Smetana
  • Patent number: 7997159
    Abstract: The present invention broadly comprises a gear selector assembly including a tube with at least one engagement feature, arranged to be disposed within a drive shaft for a transmission, the transmission including at least one gear and the drive shaft including at least one gear actuation assembly; and a differential rotation element coupled with the tube and arranged to be coupled with the drive shaft so that the tube is differentially rotatable with respect to the drive shaft. The tube is arranged to differentially rotate such that the engagement feature engages the actuation assembly and the transmission engages a respective gear from the at least one gear. The assembly includes a means for displacing a portion of the differential rotation element such that the tube axially and rotationally displaces with respect to the drive shaft. The portion axially and rotationally engages with an interface element to controllably position the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Jeffrey Hemphill, Mavinkal Jayaram, Brian Lee, Robert Southam
  • Patent number: 7997803
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-friction bearing comprising a first bearing race, a second bearing race and a plurality of anti-friction bodies that are located between the first bearing race and the second bearing race. According to the invention, the anti-friction bodies are arranged in several rows and the pitch diameters of at least two rows differ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Christian Mock, Peter Niebling, Ralf Heiss, Darius Dlugai, Berthold Krautkraemer
  • Patent number: 7997316
    Abstract: A seal arrangement for a tire pressure-regulating device for a motor vehicle, which provides a compressed-air supply to a tire of a vehicle through a hole in an inner ring of a rolling bearing of a wheel bearing, through a seal housing which is connected to a wheel hub in a rotationally fixed manner, and through the wheel hub itself. A flat seal is fixed on the inner ring of the rolling bearing and the radially outer end of the seal has a sealing lip which is directed towards the seal housing and bears against it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Walter, Robert Heuberger, Marc-Andre Schaefer
  • Patent number: 7997801
    Abstract: Linear roller bearing, for carriage (1) which is longitudinally displaceable along rail (2). Carriage (1) has an endless channel (8) for endless circulation of rolling bodies (9). Channel (8) has load section (10), return section (11) and two deflection sections (12) which connect load section (10) to return section (11). Rolling bodies (9) roll in load section (10) on raceways (10a, 10b), and returned, without load, in return section (11). Bodies (9) are deflected in deflection sections (12) between load section (10) and return section (11). Deflection sections (12) have one inner deflection means (14) with inner deflection race (16) and outer deflection means (13) with outer deflection race (15). Inner deflection means (14) and outer deflection means (13) are connected, integrally to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Klos, Peter Heipt, Wolfgang Bauer
  • Patent number: 7992532
    Abstract: The switchable hydraulic lash adjuster uses balls that move radially in order to lock and unlock the switchable elements in the hydraulic lash adjuster. An axially movable piston acts on the ball to force it to engage and to allow it to disengage the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Florin Bugescu, Richard Best
  • Patent number: 7987828
    Abstract: The mechanical variable cam timing device has a camshaft connector, a sprocket, a sprocket ring and a connector ring, all of which have teeth with slanted side walls that mate to form a circumferential ring. The sprocket ring and the connector ring move axially so as to shift the spacing between the teeth and provide for a phase shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Lu Zhu
  • Patent number: 7987957
    Abstract: A bushing-type roller overrunning clutch comprising at least an inner or an outer ring that comprises clamping ramps adapted to the needles or rollers, said overrunning clutch further comprising a cage for the needles or rollers, as also pressure springs, said cage comprising cage elements that are made in one piece with the inner or outer ring, and a method of making a bushing-type roller overrunning clutch in which the inner or outer ring together with the clamping ramps and at least one border arranged on one side of the clamping ramps is made by deep-drawing, spring-retaining lugs are cut out of the border, and the spring-retaining lugs are bent radially towards the inner or outer ring and the free-standing tabs of the spring-retaining lugs are bent over into the region of the clamping ramps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Frieder Altmann, Swen Dörrie, Peter Ruffershöfer
  • Patent number: 7988126
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuation unit (2) of a hydraulic valve (1), with a housing (14), a closing body (4b) and a sealing element (6), the closing body (4b) being plugged into an insertion opening (14a) of the housing (14), the sealing element (6) bearing against the closing body (4b) and the housing (14) and protecting the interior of the actuation unit against the ingress of media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Jens Hoppe, Stefan Konias, Christoph Ross
  • Patent number: 7987829
    Abstract: The camshaft adjusting device has an inner spring retainer which mates with a rotor and an outer spring retainer which is fixed on a spring cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Craig Dupuis, Inhwa Chung
  • Patent number: 7987824
    Abstract: A device for hydraulic control of gas exchange valves of a reciprocating internal combustion engine which has slave cylinders in operative connection with one or more gas exchange valves and master actuators in operative connection with at least one cam provided with a basic and cam profile of a camshaft that is rotatably driven by the engine and can be hydraulically connected to the slave cylinders. The device also has a control device controlled by an actuating member, the device controlling the volume of hydraulic liquid fed to the slave cylinders, and at least one feed line, via which low pressure liquid from a pressure source can be fed to the device by means of at least one non-return valve. The actuators have displaceable vanes, a component carrying the vanes, and cells limited by walls. The vanes are in operative connection with the basic and cam profile of the cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignees: Schaeffler KG, Aft Atlas Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH, Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Michael Haas, Eduard Golovatai-Schmidt, Martin Rauch, Wolfgang Reik, Dirk Neubauer, Detlef Axmacher, Lars Pfuetzenreuter, Dirk Kenter
  • Patent number: 7985151
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tensioning device of a traction mechanism drive, having a tensioning lever mounted on a base housing and rotatable by a pivot bearing. A coil spring is arranged coaxially to the pivot bearing. The pivot bearing comprises a bearing journal, a bearing hub and at least one plain bearing sleeve which is arranged between the bearing journal and the bearing hub, and a central radial force application plane of the tensioning roller is axially spaced apart from a central radial bearing plane of the pivot bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Johann Singer
  • Patent number: 7980211
    Abstract: The cam follower has a roller, which is movable, between a first axial position and a second axial position and which alternately transmits elevations, which are different from one another. The cam has a cylinder-piston unit, which has a pressure medium space for moving the roller from the first axial position into the second axial position, and a spring means for moving the roller from the second axial position into the first axial position. The piston of the cylinder-piston unit is the roller and the roller has an end wall, which delimits the pressure medium space, and an annular collar which extends from said end wall and whose outer lateral surface serves as a cam pick-off surface. The inner lateral surface of the annular collar surrounds an outer section of the cylinder of the cylinder-piston unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Arndt Ihlemann
  • Patent number: 7975819
    Abstract: A bushing-type roller overrunning dutch comprising an inner and/or outer ring (4), clamping ramps (2) adapted to the needles or rollers (5), a cage (6), pressure springs (7) for the needles or rollers (5), a bushing (1) with integrally formed clamping ramps (2), and a solid inner or outer ring (4) in or on which the bushing (1) is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Frieder Altmann, Swen Dörrie, Werner Wirth, Volker Ploetz
  • Patent number: 7975664
    Abstract: The valve drive has a cam follower (10) which is arranged between a cam (3) of a camshaft (4) and the gas exchange valve (5) and is mounted on a support element (8). Support element (8) is stationary in cylinder head (2), with a rigid installation height (feature YP), for the adjustment of the valve play (21) with respect to the cam (3) and/or the gas exchange valve (5). A module (6) which has the cam, follower (10) and the support element (8), defines total installation dimension of the module (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Frank Himsel, Wolfgang Christgen
  • Publication number: 20110155089
    Abstract: A mass balancing device (1a, 1b) for a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is provided, having a first balancing shaft (2a, 2b) and a second balancing shaft (3a, 3b) disposed in the first balancing shaft coaxially thereto. The first balancing shaft (2a, 2b) has at least one bearing point (6a, 7a, 6b, 7b) for a first rolling bearing (16) and the second balancing shaft (3a, 3b) has at least one bearing point (8a, 9a, 8b, 9b) for a second rolling bearing (17). The rolling bearings radially support the balancing shafts in the reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. At least one of the bearing locations is designed as a hollow cylinder having an outer shell surface serving as the bearing seat for the first rolling bearing and an inner shell surface serving as the bearing seat for the second rolling bearing, such that the first rolling bearing and the second rolling bearing overlap one another axially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventor: Tobias Mederer
  • Patent number: 7963261
    Abstract: A drive valve for an internal combustion engine comprising a variable hub profile for a valve having a lever supported on a variable support point by means of a switchable support element which provides possibilities for influencing the hub profile and alternatively and cumulatively, the cam is axially displaced such that various cam paths are active on the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Stephan Möck, Arndt Ihlemann
  • Publication number: 20110139125
    Abstract: A piston pump, especially for supplying high-pressure fuel to a direct-injection internal combustion engine, including a pump housing (2) and a drive shaft (3a to 3i) for actuating one or several pump plungers (5) which are radially oriented relative to the drive shaft in the pump housing. The drive shaft is rotatably mounted on one or several bearings (11, 31, 49) extending between a shaft inlet (15) of the pump housing and a rear housing wall (20) located opposite the shaft inlet. One bearing (11) extends between an internal surface (17) of a hollow cylindrical section (10) of the drive shaft and an external surface (18) of a journal (19) that runs from the rear housing wall into the hollow cylindrical section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventor: Siegfried Tisch
  • Patent number: 7959359
    Abstract: A unit which has a carrier and a wheel bearing. The wheel bearing has at least one outer ring which is provided with at least one track for the rolling bodies. The wheel bearing is maintained on the carrier in a fixed manner in relation to the carrier in a first receiving element by a first connection projection, and in a second receiving element by a second connection projection, at least in both axial directions of the wheel bearing, respectively by an end which axially borders on each of the connection projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Gottfried Ruoff, Horst Doeppling, Darius Dlugai