Patents Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 11920648
    Abstract: A slip clutch device for an electric driving machine includes a rotation axis, an input side rotatable about the rotation axis, an output side rotatable about the rotation axis, and a slip clutch connecting the input side to the output side in a torque-limiting manner. The slip clutch includes an electrical insulation element for preventing an electrical disruptive discharge line between the input side and the output side, a friction disc, and a friction plate, pressed against the friction disc in a contact region in a frictionally engaged torque-transmitting manner. The friction disc or the friction plate is formed from an electrically insulating material in an insulation region extending radially over the contact region, and the insulation region is a bearing structure for radially transmitting torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Schneider
  • Patent number: 11920645
    Abstract: A method controls a hydraulic system for an actuation device and a cooling and/or lubricating device of a motor vehicle. The hydraulic system has a pump, multiple first actuation valves which are each arranged between a system rail connected to a pump outlet and a hydraulic consumer, as well as an additional valve which is arranged between the pump outlet and a coolant and/or lubricant supply line. The pump is switched between a normal operation and an enhanced operation according to an existing total energy demand of the hydraulic consumer. In normal operation, the pump is permanently driven and the additional valve is opened and closed to control pressure in the system rail. In enhanced operation, the pump is permanently driven, the additional valve is permanently closed and each of the actuation valves is operated according to an individual energy demand of the respective hydraulic consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG &Co. KG
    Inventor: Yunfan Wei
  • Patent number: 11920642
    Abstract: A roller freewheel unit for a vehicle includes an outer sleeve element, an inner ring element and a cage element for accommodating spring/roller elements. The inner ring element has at least one radially protruding sliding shoe element, which can be inserted into a corresponding receptacle of the cage element in the axial direction in order to interconnect the inner ring element and the cage element. The inner ring element may have multiple sliding shoe elements arranged on the circumference of the inner ring element, and the cage element may have correspondingly arranged receptacles. The outer sleeve element may be slid onto outer surfaces of the sliding shoe elements in such a manner that the outer sleeve element is centered and supported by the sliding shoe elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alexander Reimchen
  • Publication number: 20240068818
    Abstract: A method for determining a direction of travel and/or a change in position and/or a speed of a driverless transport vehicle (1), which has an optical sensor (8) directed to a ground (10), on which the driverless transport vehicle (1) is traveling, wherein a) measurement data is acquired by means of the optical sensor (8), and b) the direction of travel of the driverless transport vehicle (1) and/or a change in position and/or a speed of the driverless transport vehicle (1) is/are determined by an evaluation unit (6) in the driverless transport vehicle (1) based on the acquired measurement data. A driverless transport vehicle and a method for operating a driverless transport vehicle are also provided along with a driverless transport system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin KRAM
  • Publication number: 20240068526
    Abstract: A wheel end disconnect assembly includes an axle shaft, a wheel hub, and a wheel end disconnect clutch. The axle shaft has a first dog clutch spline and the wheel hub has a second dog clutch spline. The wheel end disconnect clutch has a dog clutch sleeve and a rocker pin. The dog clutch sleeve has a third dog clutch spline engaged with one of the first or second dog clutch splines and arranged to selectively engage and disengage from the other of the first or second dog clutch splines, and a first spiral groove. The rocker pin has a first pin end arranged to selectively engage and disengage from the first spiral groove to axially displace the dog clutch sleeve. The first dog clutch spline and the second dog clutch spline may both be outer splines, and the third dog clutch spline may be an inner spline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Brian Lee
  • Publication number: 20240072618
    Abstract: A shunt assembly for an open bearing including an annular shunt device having a plurality of through slots for passing lubricant and the annular shunt device being configured to engage a first bearing ring, a clamping ring seated against a second bearing ring within an inner diameter of the annular shunt device. The shunt assembly also includes a carbon fiber layer seated against a radially inner surface and an axially outer surface at least two surfaces of the clamping ring, the carbon fiber layer contacting the annular shunt device and a bracket partially enclosing the carbon fiber layer against the clamping ring, the bracket being configured to engage the second bearing ring, wherein the annular shunt device, the bracket, and the carbon fiber layer are configured to provide an electrically conductive pathway between the bearing rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Guihui Zhong
  • Publication number: 20240068515
    Abstract: A bearing assembly, in particular for a converter, including a rolling bearing having an outer ring which is arranged in an inner housing, the inner housing being movable with respect to an outer housing in the axial direction of the rolling bearing by means of a two-row linear rolling bearing structure, and the rotational axes of all the rolling elements in each row of the linear rolling bearing structure lying in a common plane, and the two planes being at an oblique angle to one another. At least one anti-rotation element which engages in a mating contour in the outer housing is connected to the inner housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Roth, Philipp Weippert
  • Publication number: 20240068513
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes an inner ring and an outer ring arranged coaxially with the inner ring. A first axial washer and a second axial washer are axially spaced from each other. A central ring is disposed radially between the inner ring and the outer ring and axially between the first axial washer and the second axial washer. Four rows of rolling bodies are provided. The rolling bodies in each row are engaged with the central ring. Each of the inner ring, the outer ring, the first axial washer, and the second axial washer are engaged with the rolling bodies of one respective row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dennis Roffe, Michael Heaton
  • Publication number: 20240072714
    Abstract: An electrical circuit arrangement includes an inverter, a driver circuit and a protective circuit. The inverter includes a plurality of inverter switching elements each having a drive connection. The drive connection of at least one inverter switching element is connected to the driver circuit via a first switching element of the protective circuit (6). A drive connection of the first switching element is connected to a circuit node, which is connected to a first potential via a resistor and to a second potential via a second switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Ackermann, Patrick Augustin, Vincent Leonhardt, Denis Muller, Eduard Enderle
  • Publication number: 20240072593
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine, in particular for use in a hybrid or fully electric drive train of a motor vehicle. The stator has a cylindrical opening which extends axially through the stator and on which a plurality of stator slots are present, the stator slots being arranged in a peripherally distributed manner and extending radially outward from an inner cylinder jacket surface of the cylindrical opening and being formed over the entire axial length of the stator. The, stator slots each have a slot base on the radially outer end thereof and an air gap to a rotor, which can be received in the cylindrical opening, on the radially inner end thereof. The stator windings have winding wires arranged in the stator slots and the stator windings are designed as a wave winding having a first winding mat and a second winding mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver ERNST, Fabian OEHLER
  • Patent number: 11913530
    Abstract: A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and an impeller having an impeller shell connected to the front cover. The torque converter further includes a turbine in fluid communication with the impeller and including a turbine shell. The torque converter further includes a lock-up clutch including a clutch plate that is non-rotatably connected to the turbine shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Victor Norwich, Timothy Chamberlain, Larry Chad Boigegrain, Corey Hillegass
  • Patent number: 11912083
    Abstract: A spring damper bearing includes a bearing cap, a guide ring and a thrust bearing. The bearing cap and the guide ring are connected together and surround the thrust bearing. The bearing cap includes an annular main body portion and a barrier part which is located on an inner circumferential side of the main body portion. The barrier part has an annular shape and includes an outer circumferential end connected to the main body portion and an inner circumferential end which extends out from the outer circumferential end and is away from the main body portion. The inner circumferential end is nearer than the outer circumferential end to the lower axial side and the inner radial side of the spring damper bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Liuqing Yan, Yong Wu, Xiangyang Yu, Christian Nuissl
  • Patent number: 11913415
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tappet for acting on a pump piston of a high-pressure fuel pump of an internal combustion engine. The tappet includes a tubular housing, and at the upper annular end face of the tubular housing, two surfaces which are indented relative to the outer casing of the housing and comprise a pin that supports a cam roller, lie diametrically opposite each other. An upper end face of a transverse beam lies against axial inner end faces of the two surfaces. A transverse beam lower end face, which faces a lower annular end face of the housing, is provided with a pin, which protrudes from the housing and is surrounded by a spring plate supported against the inner casing of the housing. A sleeve-like inner collar of the spring plate guides the unstepped pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Norbert Geyer
  • Patent number: 11913514
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper includes an input side for receiving a torque, an output side for dispensing the torque, an intermediate element arranged for torque transmission between the input side and the output side, an energy storage element supporting the intermediate element such that it can vibrate relative to the input side and the output side, and a roll body. The intermediate element has a transmission path for the roll body. The input side or the output side forms a path side with a counter path that is complementary to the transmission path, and the other of the input side or the output side forms a force side. The roll body is guided in a rotatable manner between the transmission path and the counter path, and the energy storage element connects the force side to the intermediate element for torque transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Häßler, Alain Rusch, Laurent Theriot, Michael Kessler
  • Publication number: 20240063676
    Abstract: A high-voltage terminal for a stator, including: —three bus bars for electrically connecting the HV terminal to power electronics; and —a star bar; wherein each of the three bus bars has a current input element and at least n parallel current output elements, and the star bar has at least 3n current input elements, n being greater than or equal to 4, and wherein, within the HV terminal, the bars are stacked one on top of the other to form a bar stack and are arranged such that they are electrically insulated from one another by at least one plastics element, more particularly are electrically insulated from one another in a plastics element, and preferably are embedded therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas RUPPERT, Rebecca RUPPERT
  • Publication number: 20240060536
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes an inner bearing ring, an outer bearing ring and rolling bodies located between the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring. A gap is defined by a radially outer surface of the inner bearing ring and a radially inner surface of the outer bearing ring. The radially inner surface of the outer bearing ring includes a first radial surface portion that is offset a greater distance from a center of the bearing than a second radial surface portion. The first and second radial surface portions are connected by a sloped surface. A sealing arrangement located in the gap. The sealing arrangement includes a first annular body including an elastomeric sealing protrusion to contact the sloped surface of the outer bearing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Mock, Marco Krapf, Darius Dlugai, Andreas Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20240058949
    Abstract: A drive unit for a robot, having an input shaft, an input shaft drive motor and a strain wave gear mechanism for transmission to an output shaft. The strain wave gear mechanism has a wave generator which is operatively connected to the input shaft, a flexible ring and a toothed ring are connectable to the output shaft, a first sensor for detecting an angular position of the input shaft and a second sensor for detecting the angular position of the output shaft. In order to allow the drive unit to precisely adjust the angular position of the output shaft to each setpoint angular position, the drive unit has a third sensor for detecting an expansion of the flexible ring. A robot having such a drive unit and a method for precisely adjusting the angular position of the output shaft are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Daisuke KIRIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240060531
    Abstract: A method for producing a rolling bearing component includes providing a rolling bearing component formed from a rolling bearing steel, heating the rolling bearing component to form an austenitic microstructure, and cooling the rolling bearing component in a warm salt bath to a temperature below a martensite start temperature of the rolling bearing steel. The rolling bearing component has a wall thickness or a diameter of at least 85 mm at at least one point and includes a martensitic microstructure in an edge layer region and a microstructure consisting of pearlite or upper bainite in a core region after the cooling. A rolling bearing component produced by the method and a rolling bearing comprising the rolling bearing component are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Trojahn, Markus Dinkel, Johannes Moeller
  • Publication number: 20240063674
    Abstract: A stator including a stator core and a winding. A wire of the winding is continuously wound in a wave shape in the circumferential direction, a number of wound layers is 2N, a number of phases is S, a number of poles of each phase winding is 2P. The stator core is formed with 4×S×P slots; the winding per phase per pole includes two wire groups; each wire group has two wires wound in parallel in adjacent slots; the pitches of the wire groups during winding include a normal pitch and a jumper pitch; the normal pitch has alternate first and second pitches; the jumper pitch includes a third pitch and a fourth pitch; each wire group uses one jumper pitch after every P?1 normal pitches in a same layer; and the jumper pitch causes the two wires in a same wire group to be transposed in the circumferential winding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sen SHU, Xiangyang LI, Weijun HAN
  • Patent number: 11905119
    Abstract: A conveyor bowl for a vibratory conveyor device includes a main body made of stainless steel and manufactured by primary shaping. The main body has an interface section for coupling to a vibration unit, and a conveyor section for conveying conveyed parts. The main body may be designed as a cast part. The main body may be a precision cast part or an investment cast part. The main body may be made of austenite. The interface section and the conveyor section may be formed in one piece or formed integrally with the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jörg Hausecker, Marc Schleicher, Georg Spiess, Norbert Staudigel, Robert Burkard, Klaus Schindler