Patents by Inventor Andreas Bierlein

Andreas Bierlein 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).

  • Publication number: 20240150057
    Abstract: A method is provided for heat treating a food product contained in a package. The package is made of a packaging material comprising a carton layer. The method comprises exposing the package to hot water to thereby transfer heat from the hot water to the food product, drying the package, such that a water content in the carton layer of the packaging material is reduced, and exposing the package to cold water to thereby transfer heat from the food product to the cold water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Pär BIERLEIN, Andreas ERIKSSON, Johan OLSSON, Magnus JONSSON
  • Publication number: 20230417285
    Abstract: A cage of a roller bearing includes at least two cage segments, wherein each cage segment is formed from two side pieces, which are disposed at an axial distance from one another, and from a plurality of webs that are circumferentially distanced from each other and that connect the side pieces in the axial direction, wherein each cage segment forms an arc of a given arc length, the plurality of webs includes a center web, which maintains a distance of half the given arc length from the circumferential ends of the respective cage segment, and wherein the center web is penetrated by a bore the center axis of which approximately runs through the center of gravity of the cage segment, and which is configured to accommodate a radially outwardly directed moving device in a releasable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Schroeder, Andreas Bierlein
  • Publication number: 20230417280
    Abstract: A roller bearing includes inner and outer rings, and a plurality of rolling bodies configured to roll in two rows on corresponding raceways on the inner and outer rings. At least one of the inner ring and outer ring is split radially to form at least two ring portions. The raceway in an abutment region between the at least two ring portions has a ground recess locally deepening the raceway. Each ground recess on the outer ring has an arcuate course extending transversely to the abutment region, the greatest radial depth of the ground recess lies in the abutment region, and each ground recess extends in the circumferential direction of the raceway of the outer ring over a length which is at most the circumferential distance between the contact point of a first rolling body and the contact point of a second rolling body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Bierlein, Rainer Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11846323
    Abstract: A rotor bearing of a wind turbine, in particular a rotor bearing having an improved and simplified axial introduction of force into the inner ring. It is specified for this purpose that the inner ring of the rolling bearing has a greater axial length with respect to the axial length of the outer ring of the rolling bearing by a section of the inner ring that corresponds to the axial length of the outer ring and has the length being adjoined by additional sections, wherein the axial lengths of these sections differ in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Bierlein, Rainer Schröder
  • Publication number: 20230287930
    Abstract: A reduction in the setting of rollers in a self-aligning roller bearing is provided. The self-aligning roller bearing has inner and outer bearing rings and rollers arranged at least in one roller row. The rollers have a curved lateral surface the direction of the rotation axis and has a radius, and roll over curved raceways of the bearing rings. The raceways are each assigned a groove point around which the curved raceway extends at a radial distance in the direction of the rotation axis. A pressure line intersects the rotation axis at an angle of 90° at a point where these rollers have their largest roller diameter, and the radius of the curved lateral surface is smaller than both radial distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph SCHICKE, Andreas BIERLEIN, Rainer SCHRÖDER
  • Publication number: 20230082969
    Abstract: A rolling bearing has an inner and an outer bearing ring. Each bearing ring has an inner and an outer shell surface. The roller bearing has rolling elements, which roll on raceways provided on the respective shell surfaces of the bearing rings, and a sealing disc connected to one of the bearing rings and operatively connected in a sealing manner to the other bearing ring. To connect the sealing disc to the bearing ring, one of the shell surfaces of the one bearing ring includes a first connecting means and the sealing disc includes a second connecting means. The first connecting means provide a rotating engagement in which the second connecting means engage in a connected state of the bearing ring and the sealing disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Bierlein, Rainer Schroeder, Lukas Paehler, Simon Wolf
  • Publication number: 20220163067
    Abstract: A rotor bearing of a wind turbine, in particular a rotor bearing having an improved and simplified axial introduction of force into the inner ring. It is specified for this purpose that the inner ring of the rolling bearing has a greater axial length with respect to the axial length of the outer ring of the rolling bearing by a section of the inner ring that corresponds to the axial length of the outer ring and has the length being adjoined by additional sections, wherein the axial lengths of these sections differ in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas BIERLEIN, Rainer SCHRÖDER
  • Patent number: 8888373
    Abstract: A rolling bearing cage (10) having a plurality of loose segments (11, 12, 13, 14) arranged in the circumferential direction is provided. The segments (11, 12, 13, 14) comprise a main body (15) having at least one pocket (16) for receiving rolling bodies (21). At least one play compensating element (17) is arranged circumferentially between two adjacent main bodies (15), and the play compensating element (17) has circumferentially a higher elasticity than a main body (15), and the segments (11, 12, 13, 14) are arranged circumferentially without play at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Mangold, Tobias Müller, Andreas Bierlein