Patents by Inventor Andreas Goetz

Andreas Goetz 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: 12196274
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a belt pulley decoupler for transmitting torque between the belt of a belt drive and a shaft in driving connection therewith. The belt pulley decoupler includes: a hub fastened to the shaft, a belt pulley rotatably mounted on the hub, a helical torsion spring arranged in a torque flow path between the belt pulley and the hub, a first spring plate extending in the torque flow path on a side of the belt pulley, and a second spring plate rotationally fixed to the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG &Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kastner, Andreas Goetz, Eugen Bauer
  • Patent number: 12049929
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a belt pulley decoupler for transmitting torque between the belt of a belt drive and a shaft in driving connection therewith. The belt pulley decoupler includes a hub, a belt pulley, and a series circuit of a helical torsion spring, a wrap-around band, which surrounds the helical torsion spring with a radial gap, and a driver sleeve, which surrounds the wrap-around band and transmits the torque between the wrap-around band and the helical torsion spring. An outer periphery of the wrap-around band is in frictional contact with an inner lateral surface, which rotates conjointly with the belt pulley, and the outer periphery of the wrap-around band is also in frictional contact with the inner lateral surface of the driver sleeve. An end of the helical torsion spring is in contact with a radially inwardly extending spring plate of the driver sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Goetz, Eugen Bauer
  • Publication number: 20240052892
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a belt pulley decoupler for transmitting torque between the belt of a belt drive and a shaft in driving connection therewith. The belt pulley decoupler includes: a hub fastened to the shaft, a belt pulley rotably mounted on the hub, helical torsion spring arranged in a torque flow path between the belt pulley and the hub, a first spring plate extending in the torque flow path on a side of the belt pulley, and a second spring plate rotationally fixed to the hub. The hub has an imbalance which compensates for an imbalance of the helical torsion spring resulting from a ground portion of the spring ends in such a way that the following relationship applies for the spring imbalance {right arrow over (U)}s and the hub imbalance {right arrow over (U)}b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kastner, Andreas Goetz, Eugen Bauer
  • Publication number: 20240035518
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a belt pulley decoupler for transmitting torque between the belt of a belt drive and a shaft in driving connection therewith. The belt pulley decoupler includes a hub, a belt pulley, and a series circuit of a helical torsion spring, a wrap-around band, which surrounds the helical torsion spring with a radial gap, and a driver sleeve, which surrounds the wrap-around band and transmits the torque between the wrap-around band and the helical torsion spring. An outer periphery of the wrap-around band is in frictional contact with an inner lateral surface, which rotates conjointly with the belt pulley, and the outer periphery of the wrap-around band is also in frictional contact with the inner lateral surface of the driver sleeve. An end of the helical torsion spring is in contact with a radially inwardly extending spring plate of the driver sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Goetz, Eugen Bauer
  • Patent number: 11525420
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for a rocket engine includes a hot gas wall (12) that surrounds a combustion chamber (40) and has a plurality of first coolant channels (50) and a plurality of second coolant channels (52). The plurality of first (50) and second (52) coolant channels extend from a first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) to a second longitudinal end (18) of the hot gas wall (12) opposite to the first longitudinal end (16). The combustion chamber structure (10) further comprises a first manifold (20) forming a first coolant chamber (30) and a second manifold (22) forming a second coolant chamber (32) being fluidly separated from the first coolant chamber (30). The first (20) and second (22) manifolds are provided at the first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) and extend in a circumferential direction of the hot gas wall (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ArianeGroup GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Goetz, Marc Geyer, Torben Birck, Olivier De Bonn
  • Publication number: 20220213954
    Abstract: A decoupler of a drive torque transmission between the belt of an auxiliary unit belt drive and the shaft of one of the auxiliary units, includes: a belt pulley, a hub to be secured to the shaft, a first spring plate having a rotary stop arranged in the drive torque flow on the belt pulley side, a second spring plate having a rotary stop arranged in the drive torque flow on the hub side, a torsion spring having spring ends, the peripheral end faces of which rest on the rotary stops and introduce the force component of the drive torque into the radially widening torsion spring, and a torsional vibration damper having a first friction contact surface arranged in the drive torque flow from the belt pulley and a second friction contact surface arranged in the drive torque flow on the hub side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Goetz, Eugen Bauer
  • Patent number: 10830182
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure, particularly for a rocket engine, which comprises a liner surrounding a combustion chamber with an outer surface facing away from the combustion chamber on which coolant channels extending in a longitudinal direction of the liner are formed. The liner forms, at one longitudinal end, a coolant chamber extending in the circumferential direction of the liner for collecting and/or distributing a coolant. The combustion chamber structure further comprises a connecting structure that fluidly connects the coolant chamber to the coolant channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ARIANEGROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Geyer, Andreas Goetz, Torben Birck
  • Publication number: 20200088138
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for a rocket engine includes a hot gas wall (12) that surrounds a combustion chamber (40) and has a plurality of first coolant channels (50) and a plurality of second coolant channels (52). The plurality of first (50) and second (52) coolant channels extend from a first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) to a second longitudinal end (18) of the hot gas wall (12) opposite to the first longitudinal end (16). The combustion chamber structure (10) further comprises a first manifold (20) forming a first coolant chamber (30) and a second manifold (22) forming a second coolant chamber (32) being fluidly separated from the first coolant chamber (30). The first (20) and second (22) manifolds are provided at the first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) and extend in a circumferential direction of the hot gas wall (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas GOETZ, Marc GEYER, Torben BIRCK, Olivier DE BONN
  • Publication number: 20180051656
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure, particularly for a rocket engine, which comprises a liner surrounding a combustion chamber with an outer surface facing away from the combustion chamber on which coolant channels extending in a longitudinal direction of the liner are formed. The liner forms, at one longitudinal end, a coolant chamber extending in the circumferential direction of the liner for collecting and/or distributing a coolant. The combustion chamber structure further comprises a connecting structure that fluidly connects the coolant chamber to the coolant channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Marc Geyer, Andreas Goetz, Torben Birck
  • Patent number: 9541139
    Abstract: A clutch comprises an input side and an output side, which are disposed rotatably. First frictional partners are non-rotatably connected with the input side and axially movable and second frictional partners are non-rotatably connected with the output side and axially movable. Furthermore, a compression device is provided to compress the frictional partners axially, in order to provide a torsional connection between the input side and the output side. Both sides are decoupled axially from the respective frictional partners with which they are engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Goetz
  • Publication number: 20150275984
    Abstract: A clutch comprises an input side and an output side, which are disposed rotatably. First frictional partners are non-rotatably connected with the input side and axially movable and second frictional partners are non-rotatably connected with the output side and axially movable. Furthermore, a compression device is provided to compress the frictional partners axially, in order to provide a torsional connection between the input side and the output side. Both sides are decoupled axially from the respective frictional partners with which they are engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Andreas Goetz
  • Patent number: 7845175
    Abstract: A heat shield for mounting on a heat-radiating object, particularly on a rocket engine comprises a first planar element having a front side and a back side. In its mounted state, the first planar element extending from the heat-radiating object toward the outside, with its front side being exposed to the heat radiation at least of a section of the heat-radiating object. A second insulating element having a front side and a back side is arranged on the back side of the first planar element in such a manner that a gap is formed between the back side of the first planar element and the front side of the second element. In the mounted state of the heat shield, the gap widens in the direction from the heat-radiating object toward the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Goetz, Gerhard Hartmann, Herbert Linner, Thomas Mattstedt, Stefan Menne
  • Publication number: 20070146972
    Abstract: A heat shield for mounting on a heat-radiating object, particularly on a rocket engine comprises a first planar element having a front side and a back side. In its mounted state, the first planar element extending from the heat-radiating object toward the outside, with its front side being exposed to the heat radiation at least of a section of the heat-radiating object. A second insulating element having a front side and a back side is arranged on the back side of the first planar element in such a manner that a gap is formed between the back side of the first planar element and the front side of the second element. In the mounted state of the heat shield, the gap widens in the direction from the heat-radiating object toward the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: ASTRIUM GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Goetz, Gerhard Hartmann, Herbert Linner, Thomas Mattstedt, Stefan Menne