Patents by Inventor Alfred Zink

Alfred Zink 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: 8646181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a shaft-hub component (1) having a shaft (2), a hub component (3; 10; 11; 12) and a shaft-hub connection for an armature of an electrical machine, comprising the steps: hardening of the shaft (2) at least on the outer lateral surface (6) of said shaft (2), shaping of the hardened shaft (2) such that a partial region (L1; L2; L3; L4) of said shaft (2) is shaped in such a manner that at least one radially projecting section (4) and one radially indented section (5) are produced and joining of said shaped shaft (2) and the hub component (3, 10, 11, 12) to the shaft-hub component so that said shaft-hub connection includes an interference fit at the projecting section (4), a hardness of said hub component (3; 10; 11; 12) being less than a surface layer hardness of said shaft (2). The invention further relates to a shaft-hub component for an armature of an electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Baumann, Juergen Koeninger, Eduard Schuster, Edgar Ernst, Alfred Zink, Juergen Vierling
  • Publication number: 20110050029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a shaft-hub component (1) having a shaft (2), a hub component (3; 10; 11; 12) and a shaft-hub connection for an armature of an electrical machine, comprising the steps: hardening of the shaft (2) at least on the outer lateral surface (6) of said shaft (2), shaping of the hardened shaft (2) such that a partial region (L1; L2; L3; L4) of said shaft (2) is shaped in such a manner that at least one radially projecting section (4) and one radially indented section (5) are produced and joining of said shaped shaft (2) and the hub component (3, 10, 11, 12) to the shaft-hub component so that said shaft-hub connection includes an interference fit at the projecting section (4), a hardness of said hub component (3; 10; 11; 12) being less than a surface layer hardness of said shaft (2). The invention further relates to a shaft-hub component for an armature of an electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Baumann, Juergen Koeninger, Eduard Schuster, Edgar Ernst, Alfred Zink, Juergen Vierling