Patents by Inventor Alexander Tasche

Alexander Tasche 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: 8555848
    Abstract: A mass balancing mechanism and method of assembly of the same is provided. The mass balancing mechanism compensates mass forces and/or mass moments of inertia of an internal combustion engine and includes two compensation shafts and a traction drive which connects a driven pinion of the crankshaft to drive pinions of the compensation shafts through a traction mechanism. Rotation of the compensation shafts is achieved through a spur gearing with two meshing spur gears arranged between one of the drive pinions and the associated compensation shaft, one of the spur gears being connected to the one drive pinion and the other of the spur gears being connected to the associated compensation shaft. For adjusting the tooth flank lash between the spur gears, an eccentric bearing having a rotationally fixable eccentric raceway is provided by the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Solfrank, Tobias Mederer, Alexander Tasche
  • Patent number: 8157451
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement of a roller-mounted unbalanced mass shaft. The rollers are in punctiform contact with one of the raceways at a low shaft rotational speed, and in linear contact with both raceways at a high shaft rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Peter Solfrank, Matthias Fick, Alexander Tasche
  • Publication number: 20110083632
    Abstract: A mass balancing mechanism and a method of assembly of the same is provided. The mass balancing mechanism serves to compensate mass forces and/or mass moments of inertia of an internal combustion engine and includes two compensation shafts (1, 2) rotating in opposite directions and further includes a traction drive which connects a driven pinion (5) of the crankshaft (3) of the internal combustion engine to drive pinions (6, 7) of the compensation shafts through a chain (4) or a toothed belt. Rotation of the compensation shafts in opposite directions is achieved through a spur gearing (8) with two meshing spur gears (9, 10) arranged between one of the drive pinions and the associated compensation shaft (1), one of the spur gears being connected rotationally fast to the one drive pinion and the other of the spur gears being connected rotationally fast to the associated compensation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Solfrank, Tobias Mederer, Alexander Tasche
  • Publication number: 20090297085
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement of a roller-mounted unbalanced mass shaft. The rollers are in punctiform contact with one of the raceways at a low shaft rotational speed and in linear contact with both raceways at a high shaft rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Peter SOLFRANK, Matthias FICK, Alexander TASCHE