Patents by Inventor Andre Kuckuk

Andre Kuckuk 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: 11717922
    Abstract: A method for surface treatment of a workpiece includes providing the workpiece with hardened workpiece surface, clamping the workpiece, removing material from the hardened workpiece surface with a material removal tool to produce a machined surface with first machining tracks, and rolling the machined surface with a rolling tool by overlapping the first machining tracks to produce a rolled surface with second machining tracks. A distance between the material removal tool and the rolling tool measured in an axial direction of the workpiece is varied in an oscillating manner. The material removal tool may be advanced in the axial direction at a constant speed and the rolling tool may be advanced in the axial direction at an oscillating speed, or the rolling tool may be advanced in the axial direction at a constant speed and the material removal tool may be advanced in the axial direction at an oscillating speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Buschka, Silvio End, André Kuckuk
  • Publication number: 20220221003
    Abstract: A method for machining a bearing ring of a rolling bearing includes providing a blank with an annular surface for producing the bearing ring, clamping the blank in a machine tool, and structuring the annular surface by high-feed milling to form a sealing face. The method may include removing material from the blank to produce a track of the bearing ring while the blank is still clamped in the machine tool, with the blank rotating during the steps of structuring the annular surface and removing material from the blank. The method may also include providing a high-feed milling cutter with a face, and performing the high-feed milling with the face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Buschka, André Kuckuk, Silvio End
  • Publication number: 20220063027
    Abstract: A method for surface treatment of a workpiece includes providing the workpiece with hardened workpiece surface, clamping the workpiece, removing material from the hardened workpiece surface with a material removal tool to produce a machined surface with first machining tracks, and rolling the machined surface with a rolling tool by overlapping the first machining tracks to produce a rolled surface with second machining tracks. A distance between the material removal tool and the rolling tool measured in an axial direction of the workpiece is varied in an oscillating manner. The material removal tool may be advanced in the axial direction at a constant speed and the rolling tool may be advanced in the axial direction at an oscillating speed, or the rolling tool may be advanced in the axial direction at a constant speed and the material removal tool may be advanced in the axial direction at an oscillating speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Buschka, Silvio End, André Kuckuk
  • Publication number: 20210379727
    Abstract: A tool for mechanical surface treatment includes a housing, a roller body, and a resonator. The housing has a cavity for filling with a hydraulic medium having a basic pressure. The roller body is for rolling on a workpiece surface to be treated and is exposed to the basic pressure of the hydraulic medium. The resonator is arranged for generating targeted pressure pulses in the hydraulic medium. In some example embodiments, the housing has a tubular body with a tip and the roller body is arranged at the tip. In an example embodiment, the roller body is a sphere. In an example embodiment, the tool includes a seal for sealing the roller body to the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: André Kuckuk, Martin Buschka
  • Publication number: 20210339305
    Abstract: A method for machining a bearing ring of a rolling bearing includes clamping a blank for the bearing ring in a machining machine, and applying a pulsating pressure using a machining body to structure and simultaneously harden an annularly closed sealing surface of the blank. The machining body may be a spherical machining body. The method may also include removing material from the blank to produce a bearing ring track using the same clamping. The blank may be rotated during the applying a pulsating pressure step and the removing material step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: André Kuckuk, Martin Buschka
  • Publication number: 20210252608
    Abstract: A mounting system includes a magnet core arranged for positioning inside a magnet coil. The magnet core includes a cylindrical, elongate receiving region with a central axis, a rapid-mounting mandrel arranged for insertion into the cylindrical, elongate receiving region, and a discoid workpiece driver, detachably fastened to the rapid-mounting mandrel and extending normal to the central axis. A one of the magnet core or the rapid-mounting mandrel includes a rapid-mounting device for mounting the rapid-mounting mandrel in the magnet core. Example embodiments may includes the rapid-mounting device integrated into the magnet core or integrated into the rapid-mounting mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eckhard Ruschitzka, André Kuckuk
  • Patent number: 10695885
    Abstract: A method for producing one or more bearing components along a production line, comprising honing the bearing components along the production line, cleaning the bearing components along the production line, grinding the bearing components along the production line, and transporting the bearing components along the production line utilizing one or more transport units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schnabel, Benno Sterzinger, Detlef Scholtz, Martin Lutz, Thomas Schmitt, Andre Kuckuk, Werner Heuer, Klaus Pichl, Daniel Seubold
  • Publication number: 20180215005
    Abstract: A method for producing one or more bearing components along a production line, comprising honing the bearing components along the production line, cleaning the bearing components along the production line, grinding the bearing components along the production line, and transporting the bearing components along the production line utilizing one or more transport units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang SCHNABEL, Benno STERZINGER, Detlef SCHOLTZ, Martin LUTZ, Thomas SCHMITT, Andre KUCKUK, Werner HEUER, Klaus PICHL, Daniel SEUBOLD
  • Publication number: 20130272854
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a turbocharger, including a bearing housing-which extends in an axial direction, an anti-friction bearing, situated within the bearing housing, having an outer bearing ring and a number of rolling bodies and an axially extending shaft which is rotatably mounted within the bearing housing. It is provided that the shaft includes a rolling body raceway for guiding the rolling bodies. Moreover, the invention relates to a turbocharger having such a bearing arrangement. A bearing arrangement of this type allows the secure mounting of a shaft in a turbocharger with simple assembly and low costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heiko Schmidt, Peter Solfrank, Christopher Mitchell, Andre Kuckuk, Thomas Motz
  • Patent number: 7299778
    Abstract: The invention proposes a switchable cam follower (1) for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said cam follower comprising two elements (2, 3) telescoped into each other and, axially displaceable relative to each other. A bore (4) comprising at least one piston (5) extends in the inner element (2). The piston (5) has, on a portion of its outer peripheral surface (7), a stepped entraining surface (8) that starts from the first front end (6) of the piston (5) facing the outer element (3). For achieving coupling, the piston (5) can be displaced with this entraining surface (8) onto a flat counter surface (10) of the other element (3). The entraining surface (8) of the piston (5) extends, starting from the first front end (6), toward a second front end (11) of the piston (5) while tapering into a conical shape generally in the direction toward a longitudinal axis of the piston (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Andre Kuckuk
  • Publication number: 20060249113
    Abstract: The invention proposes a switchable cam follower (1) for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said cam follower comprising two elements (2, 3) telescoped into each other and, axially displaceable relative to each other. A bore (4) comprising at least one piston (5) extends in the inner element (2). The piston (5) has, on a portion of its outer peripheral surface (7), a stepped entraining surface (8) that starts from the first front end (6) of the piston (5) facing the outer element (3). For achieving coupling, the piston (5) can be displaced with this entraining surface (8) onto a flat counter surface (10) of the other element (3). The entraining surface (8) of the piston (5) extends, starting from the first front end (6), toward a second front end (11) of the piston (5) while tapering into a conical shape generally in the direction toward a longitudinal axis of the piston (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventor: Andre Kuckuk
  • Patent number: 5853316
    Abstract: A method of grinding control edges of a control bush of a rotary slide valve for hydraulic steering of motor vehicles, includes placement of the control bush in a support in form of slide shoes or a V block and additionally securing the control bush in the support by pressure rollers. A precise angular positioning of the control bush is effected by press-fitting a mandrel into the interior of the control bush. After grinding the control bush to a predetermined outside diameter, the reference points commensurate with the angular position of the individual control edges are determined by a measuring system. Based on the determined reference points, an optimum reference point for the angular position of all control edges is computed and utilized for adjusting the mandrel in form of a zero point shift for grinding the control edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler oHG
    Inventors: Ludwig Kern, Andre Kuckuk, Paul Katona