Patents Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
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Publication number: 20230387761Abstract: A device for measuring the temperature of a coil device in an electric machine having a temperature sensor, a first section which produces a first restoring force, a second section which receives the temperature sensor, a third section which has a first fixing element, and a fourth section which produces a second restoring force. The first restoring force and the second restoring force act in a common direction, and the second section is arranged between the first section and the fourth section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Christian Silvery, Sven Derksen, Marie-Luise Anke
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Publication number: 20230389212Abstract: A controller includes a plurality of circuit boards and a support configured to support each circuit board. The support includes a plurality of loading surfaces axially spaced from each other and a plurality of fingers extending obliquely relative to the loading surfaces. Each circuit board is disposed between one respective loading surface and one respective finger.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Craig Hooker
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Publication number: 20230387746Abstract: An actuator includes a housing defining a cavity. The actuator further includes a hub disposed in the cavity. The actuator further includes a controller disposed in the cavity and supported by the hub. The actuator further includes potting compound surrounding the controller within the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Craig Hooker, Bartholomew Briggs
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Publication number: 20230383791Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a wheel bearing includes a carrier element connectable to a first bearing part of the wheel bearing, a resilient sealing element, and a counterflow plate connectable to a second bearing part of the wheel bearing. The resilient sealing element includes a resilient main body arranged on the carrier element, first and second axial sealing lips extending away from the resilient main body, and a radial sealing lip extending away from the resilient main body. The counterflow plate is arranged with one side facing the carrier element such that the first and second axial sealing lips, and the radial sealing lip, are in sliding contact with the counterflow plate. The first axial sealing lip, second axial sealing lip, and radial sealing lip rest against the counterflow plate with respective contact pressures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Branko Katana, Marco Krapf
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Publication number: 20230381850Abstract: A device for machining rolling element pockets in a workpiece includes a workpiece support, a main spindle, a clamping means fastened to the main spindle, a pressure cylinder and a machining tool. The clamping means includes a receiving arrangement for fastening the clamping means to the main spindle and a pressure plate for pressing the workpiece on the workpiece support. The pressure plate has a passage opening. The pressure cylinder connects the receiving arrangement to the pressure plate. The pressure cylinder is arranged to provide a force to adjust a contact pressure of the pressure plate on the workpiece. The machining tool is fastened to the main spindle and guidable through the passage opening to machine the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Bernhard Sanders, Stefan Conrad
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Publication number: 20230387673Abstract: A cable gland includes a body, a cover, and an insert. The body is configured to be received in an opening of a housing. The body has a tube defining a first cavity extending circumferentially about an axis. The cover is threadedly engaged with the tube and configured to seal the body to the housing. The insert is disposed in the first cavity and defines a second cavity configured to receive a cable. The insert includes a plurality of ribs engaged with the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Craig Hooker, Jason Hoover
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Publication number: 20230383835Abstract: A rotary actuator assembly includes a gearbox disposed within a cavity of a housing. The gearbox includes a fixed gear with elevations arranged on an outer surface that are designed to engage the housing and fix the gear to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Peter Bartell
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Publication number: 20230383820Abstract: A rotary actuator includes a housing having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along an axis. The housing defines a cavity extending circumferentially about the axis. An output shaft is arranged coaxially with the axis. The output shaft extends outwardly from the cavity through the first end. A drive system is disposed in the cavity and axially spaced from the first end. A gearbox is disposed in the cavity between the output shaft and the drive system. The gearbox is coupled to the drive system and the output shaft. A rotational controller is disposed in the cavity between the drive system and the second end. The rotational controller is configured to actuate the drive system to adjust an angular position of the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Craig Hooker, Brad Derry, Peter Bartell, Josiah Bailey, Bartholomew Briggs
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Publication number: 20230387755Abstract: An electric drive unit includes an electric motor and a housing that houses the electric motor. The housing includes a heat exchanging wall portion that includes an inner surface that defines a fluid jacket cavity for conveying a first fluid and an outer surface that is opposite the inner surface and that defines a fluid chamber for conveying a second fluid. The heat is transferred between the first and second fluids through the heat exchanging wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Kyle Nelson, Antonio Eduardo Mogro Zambrano
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Patent number: 11827085Abstract: In one aspect, an improved electric transmission assembly is provided that includes a hydrodynamic bearing. The electric transmission assembly includes a stator arranged inside of an outer housing. A rotor is configured to be rotatably driven by the stator. The rotor can include a rotor shaft having a first gear configured to driveably engage with a differential. A hydrodynamic bearing is arranged between the rotor shaft and the outer housing. The hydrodynamic bearing is formed from a non-conductive material. Specifically, the hydrodynamic bearing can be formed from a polymeric or plastic material. In one aspect, the hydrodynamic bearing is formed from a non-metallic material.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Arjun Kailassh Magalingam Adithyan, Matthew Frary, Jitesh Modi
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Patent number: 11827289Abstract: A planetary roller screw drive for a steering actuator includes a screw spindle and a planetary roller assembly arranged thereon. The planetary roller assembly includes a roller body, planetary rollers arranged between the screw spindle and the roller body and which mesh with the screw spindle and with the roller body. A planetary roller carrier holds the planetary rollers. A drive pulley is connected for conjoint rotation with the planetary roller carrier and is rotatably mountable on a housing via first and second radial bearings. These radial bearings include respective inner race rings that are located on the drive pulley. First and second face plates are located at axial end regions of the drive pulley, and the face plates are rotationally fixed to respective inner race rings. The face plates are also rotationally fixed to the planetary roller carrier. An assembly method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Kyle Dehoff, Trenton Dean
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Patent number: 11831217Abstract: A cooling crescent for a hybrid module includes a first half section and a second half section. The first half section has a radially outer inlet orifice and a plurality of circumferentially disposed radially inner outlet orifices. The second half section is sealed to the first half section to form a narrow channel hydraulically connected to the radially outer inlet orifice, and a circumferentially extending channel hydraulically connected to the narrow channel and the plurality of circumferentially disposed radially inner outlet orifices. In some example embodiments, the first half section or the second half section comprises a plurality of axially extending tabs with respective orifices for fixing the cooling crescent to a housing of the hybrid module. In an embodiment, the plurality of axially extending tabs are configured to be adjustable to vary a respective height of the tabs to accommodate for e-motor stators of varying sizes.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Kolstin Hartzler, Matthew Payne, Markus Steinberger, Richard Fraley
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Publication number: 20230378837Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine, a method for producing the stator, and the rotary electric machine. The stator has a body with a plurality of stator teeth arranged in a circumferential direction; grooves between the stator teeth; and conductor sections, arranged in the grooves, of at least one conductor pair which forms at least a portion of windings. In each groove, conductor sections are arranged along the groove depth parallel to and offset from one another and the sequence of the arrangement of the parallel conductor sections in each groove alternates in the circumferential direction. The conductors of the conductor pair, deviating from a winding direction extending basically circumferentially, meander in a radial direction, and via an enlacement formed thereby in each case, enlace around one group of stator teeth. The stator enables a high power density and a high degree of efficiency along with low installation space requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Holger WITT
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Publication number: 20230378843Abstract: A stator for an electric machine having a winding and a connection ring which can be placed axially on the winding and is intended for connecting the winding of the stator. The connection ring has a ring-shaped or ring-segment-shaped plastics body with at least three conductors which are each associated with a phase and are interconnected, and the ends of at least some of the conductors protrude axially beyond the winding. The connection ring has a connector terminal which can be interlockingly connected to the ring and which has at least three electrical connector portions. When the connection ring and the connector terminal are joined together, each contact a conductor of the connection ring that is associated with a phase and each electrically conductively connect to a connector of the connector terminal by the connection ring and the connector terminal having interlocking structure which define a defined position of the connection ring and the connector terminal relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Andreas Ruppert
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Publication number: 20230378856Abstract: A method for producing a winding for a stator, the stator itself, a method for producing the stator and an electric rotating machine. The method for producing a winding for a stator of an electric rotating machine provides a first conductor and a further conductor, wherein the two conductors are bent into a zigzag form, at least in length portions, and the further conductor is moved with respect to the first conductor in a combination movement, which has a translatory movement component along the longitudinal axis of the further conductor and a rotary movement component about the longitudinal axis of the further conductor, such that the further conductor winds around an extreme value axis of the first conductor, which runs through regions f the first conductor, said regions forming extreme values of the zigzag course.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Holger Witt
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Publication number: 20230375042Abstract: A bearing assembly is disclosed herein that is configured for use in a rubber boot arrangement. The bearing assembly includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling elements supported between the outer ring and the inner ring, and a cage configured to retain the plurality of rolling elements. A seal assembly is provided that includes at least one sealing element and a seal insert that is configured to define a first axial stop face for the cage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Kleberson Sierra, Elias Ferreira Machado
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Publication number: 20230378847Abstract: An electrical machine for a motor vehicle drive, including a housing, a stator, which is accommodated in the housing, and a rotor, which is connected to a connection shaft for conjoint rotation. The connection shaft is radially and axially supported toward a first axial side of the rotor by a double-row rolling bearing assembly and is supported on the housing side, with respect to a second axial side of the rotor opposite the first axial side, by an additional rolling bearing designed at least to transmit axial forces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Dirk Reimnitz, Ivo Agner, Stefan Riess
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Publication number: 20230375057Abstract: A friction part for a frictionally operating device includes an annular-disc-like friction surface rotatable about a rotational axis in a wet-running manner relative to a mating surface. The annular-disc-like friction surface is formed from a paper material and includes a meso-geometric or a micro-geometric uneven portion in order to create an axially deep friction region and an axially high friction region in the annular-disc-like friction surface. The axially high friction region is more strongly preloaded than the axially deep friction region when the annular-disc-like friction surface and the mating surface are axially pressed together.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Stefan Steinmetz
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Publication number: 20230378836Abstract: An electromagnetic element for an electric machine, having multiple slots arranged in the circumferential direction of the electromagnetic element, said slots extending in the axial direction of the electromagnetic element and having an open side in the radial direction. A coil device is arranged in the slots, said coil device having winding heads on (at least) one axial end face of the electromagnetic element, and a cooling channel is formed in the slots in order to dispense heat from the coil device using a fluid. A wall element is also provided which has a first region that is arranged in the region of the winding head in the circumferential direction. and a second region of the wall element, said second region adjoining the first region and having teeth which extend in the axial direction and are arranged on the open side of the slots in the intermediate spaces between the slots in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Keune, Thomas Hurle, Jonas Kniel, Patrick Gramann, Michael Heilmann, Niels Wehlau, Johann Sontheim, Michael Menhart, Johann Oswald
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Publication number: 20230375048Abstract: A clutch release bearing assembly is disclosed herein that includes a more durable and improved interface for engaging an actuator. The assembly includes a housing having at least one flange, and the housing is formed from a first material. At least one insert is supported on the at least one flange, and the at least one insert is configured to engage an actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Milton Amaro, Alessandro Aparecido Ferreira