Patents by Inventor Benoit Kapfer

Benoit Kapfer 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).

  • Deflection pulley for a traction means
    Patent number: 8651988
    Abstract: A tensioning device for a traction element, such as a belt, band or chain, is provided having a tensioning arm (1) arranged on a machine part on which an idler pulley or deflection pulley for the traction element is rotatably mounted via a roller bearing (2), and includes a protective cap (15) which is in a frictionally locking or positively locking manner on the idler pulley and covers the bearing region of the idler pulley. The idler pulley is a sheet-metal sheave (16) and includes, for securing the protective cap (15), a snap-in groove (17) which is formed in an end region of the sheet-metal sheave (16) which has an outwardly conical shape, with the end region having a thickness (A) which is less than a thickness (E) of the sheet metal of the sheet-metal sheave (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benoit Kapfer, Jacky Herrmann, Constant Einsetler
  • Deflection Pulley for a Traction Means
    Publication number: 20080300077
    Abstract: A tensioning device for a traction element, such as a belt, band or chain, is provided having a tensioning arm (1) arranged on a machine part on which an idler pulley or deflection pulley for the traction element is rotatably mounted via a roller bearing (2), and includes a protective cap (15) which is in a frictionally locking or positively locking manner on the idler pulley and covers the bearing region of the idler pulley. The idler pulley is a sheet-metal sheave (16) and includes, for securing the protective cap (15), a snap-in groove (17) which is formed in an end region of the sheet-metal sheave (16) which has an outwardly conical shape, with the end region having a thickness (A) which is less than a thickness (E) of the sheet metal of the sheet-metal sheave (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Benoit Kapfer, Jacky Herrmann, Constant Einsetler