Abstract: A pendulum rocker damper includes an axis of rotation, a first outer connection, a primary side connected to the first outer connection, a second outer connection, a secondary side connected to the second outer connection, a rocker element, a rocker-side roller track, an outer roller track complementary to the rocker-side roller track, a roller arranged to roll on the roller tracks, and first and second energy storage elements. The first energy storage element is arranged to pretension the roller against the rocker-side roller track and the outer roller track. The second energy storage element is arranged in the roller, or in the rocker-side roller track or in the outer roller track, and arranged to pretension the roller against one of the rocker-side roller track or the outer roller track when the first energy storage element is in a resting position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 30, 2022
Publication date:
February 13, 2025
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Inventors:
Andreas Dagenbach, Olaf Werner, Yang Zhou, Mikhail Gvozdev
Abstract: A vehicle steering system is provided that includes a bar with threads and an anti-rotation section. An actuator having a ball nut configured to engage the threads of the bar such that the rotation of the ball nut moves the bar longitudinally along a bar axis to move one or more wheels of a vehicle. A sleeve is disposed on the anti-rotation section of the bar and non-rotatably engages the threads of the bar such that the bar is prevented from rotating about the bar axis.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 10, 2023
Publication date:
February 13, 2025
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Inventors:
Renato de Paula, Renato de Oliveira Ghiraldi
Abstract: A centrifugal pendulum device is provided having a weight carrier disc an opening and guide tracks arranged on a radially outer region thereof and including damper spring openings in a radially inner region thereof. A centrifugal weight is disposed displaceably on the weight carrier disc, with the centrifugal weight including two side elements that each include weight guide tracks, and spacing bolts arranged between the two side elements. At least one of the spacing bolts extends through the opening of the weight carrier disc, and the centrifugal weight is guided displaceably on the weight carrier disc by roller elements that run on the guide tracks and the weight guide tracks. In order to reduce weight and provide additional flexibility, the weight carrier disc comprises a first plate that includes the radially inner region that is connected to at least one second plate that includes the radially outer region.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 2022
Date of Patent:
February 11, 2025
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Inventors:
Alfredo Perez Mitre Jimenez, Omar Yair Guerra
Abstract: An electric drive unit includes: a motor that rotates a rotor shaft; a housing with a bearing shield extending between motor housing and gearbox regions, the bearing shield having a first side that faces toward the motor housing region and a second side that partially defines the gearbox region and along which a channel extends; a planetary gearset including a sun gear, planet gears, and a carrier; and a wiper coupled to the housing proximate to the channel and abutting the carrier, such that fluid is wiped off of the carrier by the wiper as the carrier rotates and flows to the channel therefrom.
Abstract: A rotor (1) for an electrical axial flux machine (2) that can be operated as a motor and/or generator. The rotor includes a support (3), a plurality of magnet elements (4) arranged against, on, or in the support (3) and running radially from the interior outwards, the magnet elements (4) being magnetized in a circumferential direction and being arranged individually or in groups in series around the circumference with alternating opposing magnetization directions, and a plurality of flux conduction elements (5) which conduct the magnetic flux and are arranged against, on, or in the support (3) and around the circumference, between the magnet elements (4). A flux distributing element (6) which distributes the magnetic flux is arranged between at least one of the magnet elements (4) and a flux conduction element (5) that is arranged adjacently thereto in the circumferential direction.
Abstract: A sway bar disconnect assembly for a motor vehicle includes a first bar segment for being connected to a first wheel, a second bar segment for being connected to a second wheel, and a disconnect clutch configured for being selectively movable between a connect orientation in which the disconnect clutch non-rotatably fixes the first bar segment and the second bar segment together and a disconnect orientation in which the disconnect clutch rotationally decouples the first bar segment and the second bar segment from each other. The disconnect clutch includes a first clutch section non-rotatably fixed to the first bar segment and a second clutch section non-rotatably fixed to the second bar segment. The first clutch section includes axially displaceable male connectors and the second clutch section includes female connectors shaped for receiving the male connectors in the connect orientation.
Abstract: At least two pole shoe segments are associated with a stator tooth in the stator of an axial flux machine; the pole shoe segments are spaced apart from each other. In particular, each pole shoe segment can cover both a part of a stator tooth and a part of a groove for stator windings.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 20, 2022
Publication date:
February 6, 2025
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Inventors:
Henrik Mengelkamp, Michael Menhart, Richard Bernauer
Abstract: A clutch assembly comprises: first and second clutch partners; a switchable freewheel arranged between the first and second clutch partners, wherein the freewheel comprises a plurality of spring-loaded blocking bodies which are circumferentially fixed to the first clutch partner and selectively interact with a blocking contour arranged on the second clutch partner; a sliding sleeve for controlling the clutch assembly, wherein, in a blocking position of the sliding sleeve, the two clutch partners are interconnected for conjoint rotation in one direction of rotation and in the opposite direction of rotation via the sliding sleeve, and in a freewheeling position of the sliding sleeve, the two clutch partners are interconnected for conjoint rotation in precisely one direction of rotation via the freewheel.
Abstract: A modular stator for a torque converter includes a stator hub, an outer ring, and a plurality of blades extending radially between the stator hub and the outer ring. Each blade is releasably securable to the stator hub in at least two different orientations. A blade angle of the plurality of blades can be predetermined by selecting one of the at least two orientations. A lock member secures each blade at the selected orientation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 22, 2024
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2025
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Inventors:
David Lloyd, Larry Chad Boigegrain, Corey Hillegass
Abstract: A clutch for selectively coupling a motor and a motor vehicle drive train includes an axis of rotation, a housing including two pressure chambers, a sliding sleeve, an actuating cap arranged for moving the sliding sleeve, a piston and an end stop disc. The piston is arranged in the housing between the two pressure chambers, axially displaceable due to pressure, and connected to the actuating cap. The end stop disc is axially elastic and arranged to limit axial displacement of the sliding sleeve.
Abstract: A seal assembly for a bearing includes an inner support element arranged for connection to an inner bearing ring and an outer support element arranged for connection to an outer bearing ring. The inner support element has a contact surface formed at an angle between 0 degrees and 90 degrees relative to a horizontal the outer support element has a first seal element with a seal lip contacting the contact surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 13, 2022
Publication date:
January 30, 2025
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Inventors:
Christian Mock, Darius Dlugai, Marco Krapf, Andreas Kaiser
Abstract: A planetary gearbox having two ring gears arranged in different planes, of which a first ring gear and a second ring gear are designed to mesh during operation with at least one planet gear of a respective planet gear set, wherein a thrust washer is arranged axially between the two ring gears and a first contact area for making contact with the first ring gear is present on the first end face for making contact with the second ring gear is present on the second end face.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 10, 2022
Publication date:
January 30, 2025
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Inventors:
Johann Averichev, Sarah SPONSEL, Peter WELKER
Abstract: An electric machine for driving a motor vehicle includes a rotor having a central rotor shaft and a laminated core which is made of multiple rotor laminations and is fixed to the rotor shaft. The laminated core is contacted on at least one axial side by an end lamination which produces a tolerance compensation, said end lamination being supported by a securing ring pressed onto the rotor shaft.
Abstract: A wheel bearing unit for a motor vehicle includes a wheel bearing hub with a first spur toothing, a constant velocity joint with a second spur toothing, a radially pretensionable element and a conical peripheral surface. The radially pretensionable element is disposed in a recess and protrudes radially from the recess in an unstressed state. The conical peripheral surface is disposed radially opposite the radially pretensionable element in a partially assembled state of the wheel bearing unit. During assembly of the wheel bearing unit, the radially pretensionable element applies an axially acting force to the conical peripheral surface to brace the wheel bearing hub against constant velocity joint. A method for assembling the wheel bearing unit is also disclosed.
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a camshaft phaser for adjusting a phase position between a crankshaft and a camshaft of a motor vehicle. The camshaft phaser comprises a stator, a rotor which is rotatable in relation thereto, and working chambers which are formed between the stator and the rotor and each of which are subdivided by a blade of the rotor into a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber. For storage of the hydraulic fluid, the camshaft phaser has a reservoir which is connected to the sub-chambers via one non-return valve each, in order that when a negative pressure prevails in one of the sub-chambers, hydraulic fluid is fed from the reservoir to this sub-chamber. The non-return valves are preloaded in such a way that they only open when a pressure within an associated sub-chamber falls below a predetermined negative pressure.
Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric machine comprising a stator and a conductor support arranged at an axial end of the stator, wherein the conductor support comprises a ring-shaped sealing section and a ring-shaped or ring-segment-shaped conductor support section, wherein the sealing section has a first seal axially facing the stator and a second seal axially facing away from the stator, wherein the first seal is in contact with a sealing element arranged on the stator and sealing the stator against a radially adjacent air gap, and at least sections of the second seal are in contact with at least one cover at least partially surrounding the conductor support section and/or the axial end of the stator.
Abstract: An improved configuration for a bearing housing assembly is disclosed herein in which a ring can be configured to be secured in at least two positions such that the bearing assembly positioned inside of the housing can be retained in either a fixed state or a floating state. The ring can be configured to be secured at least partially within the housing in at least a first configuration and a second configuration, such that: (i) the ring is configured to abut the bearing assembly in the first configuration such that the bearing assembly is axially fixed relative to the housing, and (ii) the ring is configured to be spaced apart from the bearing assembly in the second configuration such that the bearing assembly is axially displaceable within the housing.
Abstract: A two-speed transmission system for an electric vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a housing, a one-way clutch assembly adapted to be mounted on an input shaft and to be coupled with a first gear drive assembly, a multi-plate friction clutch assembly adapted to be mounted on the input shaft and having a clutch hub disposed in the housing and mounted on the input shaft, a second gear drive assembly freely mounted on the input shaft and having external spline on an outer diameter adapted to be engaged with the clutch hub of the multi-plate friction clutch assembly. The one-way clutch assembly is adapted to rotate to operate the vehicle in the first gear drive when the input shaft is rotated in a drive direction, and the multi-plate friction clutch assembly is in a disengaged state when the vehicle is operated in the first gear drive.
Abstract: A hydraulic parking lock actuation module for a parking lock with a parking lock piston, which can be hydraulically actuated in a parking lock cylinder from an initial position in an actuation direction by applying an actuation pressure, and which is mechanically coupled to an actuation rod which can be fixed via an engaging device in order to act as a locking mechanism for the parking lock piston. In order to simplify the actuation of the parking lock, for actuating the parking lock piston and the locking mechanism for the parking lock piston, the hydraulic parking lock actuation module includes only one active actuation valve with a tank connection and a working pressure connection at which different hydraulic pressure levels are applied.
Abstract: A lamination ring for constructing a laminated rotor core for a rotor of an electric machine and a method for producing a laminated rotor core made of multiple lamination rings for a rotor is disclosed. The lamination ring has multiple receiving openings for permanent magnets, and multiple structural elements are arranged homogeneously in the lamination ring at the same distance to one another in the circumferential direction in a rotated manner by an offset angle relative to the axis of symmetry such that the arrangement of structural elements is not symmetrical relative to the axis of symmetry of the lamination ring.