Patents by Inventor Andreas Strauss

Andreas Strauss 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: 5794578
    Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes an output element having a central bore and in mesh with an adjusting member which reciprocates between two axially spaced end positions, thereby defining two pressure compartments which are fluidly sealed from one another. An oil guide bush is received in the central bore of the output element and projects in a bore of the camshaft or the component securely fixed thereto. A first fluid passageway is formed between an outer surface area of the guide bush and an inner surface area of the driven element for conducting hydraulic medium to one of the pressure compartments, and a second passageway is formed interiorly of the guide bush for conducting hydraulic medium to the other one of the pressure compartments. The guide bush is securely fixed to a screw fastener and so configured as to allow a connection from the interior of the guide bush to the other one of the pressure compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler oHG
    Inventors: Andreas Strauss, Jochen Auchter, Johannes Meyer
  • Patent number: 5605121
    Abstract: A device (1) for adjusting valve timing in an internal combustion engine, disposed within a control gear of at least one camshaft on a drive pinion (3) which is in driving relationship with this camshaft, said device (1) comprising an adjusting piston (2) which is axially displaceable by a hydraulic medium and whose first and second end faces (11,12) delimit a first and a second pressure chambers (13,14) while a peripheral surface (15) of the adjusting piston (2) bears sealingly against a housing (16) which delimits the first and the second pressure chambers (13,14) radially outwards, the adjusting piston (2) comprising two oppositely oriented helical gear sections, (6,7) and first (6) of said two helical gear sections cooperates with a corresponding gear (5) of a driving element (4) connected to the drive pinion (3), while second (7) of said two helical gear sections cooperates with a gear (8) of a driven element (9) connected to the camshaft, a stop element (18,19) or an end portion of the housing being arr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Martin Scheidt, Andreas Strauss, Eduard Golovatai-Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5566651
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for continuous angular adjustment between at least two shafts, a crankshaft and a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, in driving relationship particularly, comprising an adjusting element (4) which is connected to a shaft to be adjusted while being arranged in an axial direction thereto and comprising a hydraulically actuatable piston (14) which is connected to a pressure medium circuit, characterized in that an end region of the shaft to be adjusted, which can be the camshaft (5) or an intermediate shaft, is surrounded by a fixed connecting plate (8a,8b) which comprises pressure medium ducts (6,7) for pressure medium supply to the adjusting element (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Andreas Strauss, Eduard Golovatai-Schmidt