Patents by Inventor Alexander Backer

Alexander Backer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9719605
    Abstract: A valve element for a hydraulic control device, in particular valve sleeve (1) or valve housing for a control valve on internal combustion engines or transmissions of motor vehicles, wherein the valve element has a displaceable control piston (2) which is subjected to load on one side by a spring (3) which is supported on a spring support (4) which is fixed to the valve element. The spring support (4) has at least one opening (7) which is connected to a pressure medium line, and the pressure medium line is in the form of a pressure medium inlet line. An axial filter (8) is arranged at the opening (7) of the spring support (4) and/or the opening (7) of the spring support (4) is provided with a check valve (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Ross, Alexander Backer, Josef Groschel
  • Publication number: 20150184765
    Abstract: A valve element for a hydraulic control device, in particular valve sleeve (1) or valve housing for a control valve on internal combustion engines or transmissions of motor vehicles, wherein the valve element has a displaceable control piston (2) which is subjected to load on one side by a spring (3) which is supported on a spring support (4) which is fixed to the valve element. The spring support (4) has at least one opening (7) which is connected to a pressure medium line, and the pressure medium line is in the form of a pressure medium inlet line. An axial filter (8) is arranged at the opening (7) of the spring support (4) and/or the opening (7) of the spring support (4) is provided with a check valve (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Ross, Alexander Backer, Josef Groschel
  • Patent number: 9046009
    Abstract: A tappet for a valve train or a pump drive particularly a cup tappet (1) having a hollow cylindrical outer body on whose wall region (4) an anti-rotation element (9) is received in a window-type through-opening (15), the anti-rotation element (9) being seated through support surfaces (12, 13) of a head (10) on an outer diameter (14) of the wall region (4) and extending with a shank (11) projecting from the head (10) through said through-opening (15). The anti-rotation element (9) is fixed via a welded joint. In order to fix the anti-rotation element (9) with low manufacturing costs and, at the same time, with only an insignificant impairment of the outer body, the welded joint is made between the shank of the anti-rotation element (9) and an inner body that is received in the outer body and is connected to the outer body. A method of making a tappet of the aforesaid tappet is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Ross, Alexander Backer, Josef Groschel
  • Publication number: 20150144211
    Abstract: A control valve (1) of a camshaft adjuster is provided having a multi-part housing (2) that is formed as a screw
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Markus Kinscher, Jens Hoppe, Alexander Backer, Christoph Ross, Alexander Fichtner
  • Publication number: 20130319364
    Abstract: A tappet for a valve train or a pump drive particularly a cup tappet (1) having a hollow cylindrical outer body on whose wall region (4) an anti-rotation element (9) is received in a window-type through-opening (15), the anti-rotation element (9) being seated through support surfaces (12, 13) of a head (10) on an outer diameter (14) of the wall region (4) and extending with a shank (11) projecting from the head (10) through said through-opening (15). The anti-rotation element (9) is fixed via a welded joint. In order to fix the anti-rotation element (9) with low manufacturing costs and, at the same time, with only an insignificant impairment of the outer body, the welded joint is made between the shank of the anti-rotation element (9) and an inner body that is received in the outer body and is connected to the outer body. A method of making a tappet of the aforesaid tappet is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Ross, Alexander Backer, Josef Groschel
  • Publication number: 20080318687
    Abstract: A three-dimensional rendering of a game space for a first instance of a game is displayed. The first instance of the game requests position information of avatars in game spaces of other instances of the game. Position information and a player identification for an avatar in another instance of the game is received. A position object is generated based on the position information and player identification, the position object being unable to interact with other objects in the first instance of the game. A graphical representation of the position object is displayed in the three-dimensional rendering of the game space of the first instance of the game, the graphical representation of the position object being positioned in the three-dimensional rendering of the game space based on the received position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Georg Alexander Backer, Richard Allen Ham