Patents by Inventor Arno Bachstadt

Arno Bachstadt 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: 11220956
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for detecting belt slip of a belt drive driving a generator of an internal combustion engine, said belt drive having a belt tensioner that can be adjusted in operation and adjusts the pre-tensioning force of the belt according to the detected belt slip. According to said method, the rotational speed profile of the crankshaft is recorded during an angular window of the crankshaft of m·360 degrees and an average value of the crankshaft rotational speed is formed from said rotational speed profile; temporally independently from the recording of the rotational speed profile of the crankshaft, the rotational speed course of the generator shaft is recorded during an angular window of the generator shaft of n·u?1·360 degrees and an average value of the generator shaft rotational speed is formed from said rotational speed profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Heckel, Arno Bächstädt, Christian Hoffmann, Massimo Abrate, Vladimir Baranov
  • Publication number: 20200056536
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for detecting belt slip of a belt drive driving a generator of an internal combustion engine, said belt drive having a belt tensioner that can be adjusted in operation and adjusts the pre-tensioning force of the belt according to the detected belt slip. According to said method, the rotational speed profile of the crankshaft is recorded during an angular window of the crankshaft of m·360 degrees and an average value of the crankshaft rotational speed is formed from said rotational speed profile; temporally independently from the recording of the rotational speed profile of the crankshaft, the rotational speed course of the generator shaft is recorded during an angular window of the generator shaft of n·u?1·360 degrees and an average value of the generator shaft rotational speed is formed from said rotational speed profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Heckel, Arno Bächstädt, Christian Hoffmann, Massimo Abrate, Vladimir Baranov
  • Patent number: 10247061
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve brake for a hydraulic valve drive of an internal combustion engine is provided. The valve brake includes a housing with a housing wall and with a housing base, and includes a piston which moves axially in the housing and one end side of which, together with the housing wall and the housing base, delimits a hydraulic pressure chamber and the other end side of which actuates a gas exchange valve. The housing wall is perforated in the region of the pressure chamber by one or more overflow openings, the opening cross sections of which are controlled by a control edge, which delimits the end side at the pressure chamber side, of the piston. In this case, it is the intention for the axial distance (h) between the control edge of the piston, when the latter is fully retracted into the housing, and the housing base to be set by a spacer of predetermined thickness (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Steve Beier, Arno Bachstadt, Hendrik Thomann
  • Publication number: 20180230868
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve brake for a hydraulic valve drive of an internal combustion engine is provided. The valve brake includes a housing with a housing wall and with a housing base, and includes a piston which moves axially in the housing and one end side of which, together with the housing wall and the housing base, delimits a hydraulic pressure chamber and the other end side of which actuates a gas exchange valve. The housing wall is perforated in the region of the pressure chamber by one or more overflow openings, the opening cross sections of which are controlled by a control edge, which delimits the end side at the pressure chamber side, of the piston. In this case, it is the intention for the axial distance (h) between the control edge of the piston, when the latter is fully retracted into the housing, and the housing base to be set by a spacer of predetermined thickness (d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steve Beier, Arno Bachstadt, Hendrik Thomann
  • Patent number: 9957856
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve brake for a hydraulic valve drive of an internal combustion engine is provided. The valve brake includes a housing with a housing wall and with a housing base, and includes a piston which moves axially in the housing and one end side of which, together with the housing wall and the housing base, delimits a hydraulic pressure chamber and the other end side of which actuates a gas exchange valve. The housing wall is perforated in the region of the pressure chamber by one or more overflow openings, the opening cross sections of which are controlled by a control edge, which delimits the end side at the pressure chamber side, of the piston. In this case, it is the intention for the axial distance (h) between the control edge of the piston, when the latter is fully retracted into the housing, and the housing base to be set by a spacer of predetermined thickness (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Schaffer Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steve Beier, Arno Bachstadt, Hendrik Thomann
  • Publication number: 20160273420
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve brake for a hydraulic valve drive of an internal combustion engine is provided. The valve brake includes a housing with a housing wall and with a housing base, and includes a piston which moves axially in the housing and one end side of which, together with the housing wall and the housing base, delimits a hydraulic pressure chamber and the other end side of which actuates a gas exchange valve. The housing wall is perforated in the region of the pressure chamber by one or more overflow openings, the opening cross sections of which are controlled by a control edge, which delimits the end side at the pressure chamber side, of the piston. In this case, it is the intention for the axial distance (h) between the control edge of the piston, when the latter is fully retracted into the housing, and the housing base to be set by a spacer of predetermined thickness (d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steve Beier, Arno Bachstadt, Hendrik Thomann