Patents by Inventor Bernhard Knappe

Bernhard Knappe 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: 4844628
    Abstract: A cage for an antifriction bearing is an elongate strip of injection molded plastic in the form of individual cage sections. Each section has lateral sides and cross webs which together define a pocket for a respective bearing rolling element. Adjacent cage sections are connected by thin strip connecting webs which are of a length to define an open space between adjacent sections. Respective connecting hooks are defined at the cross webs of each cage section. Following separation of two sections by breaking the connecting webs therebetween, the sections can be later reconnected for defining a complete circular cage by hooking the respective hooks at the cross webs of the neighboring sections to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer (KGaA)
    Inventor: Bernhard Knappe
  • Patent number: 4588313
    Abstract: A four-point contact bearing with the largest possible pressure angles and suitable for rotary and swinging movements is disclosed. The rim gaps on both sides of the balls are extremely narrow and offset radially with respect to each other. The cage is segmented and the segments have guide straps which are also offset with respect to each other and extend into the rim gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA
    Inventors: Bernhard Knappe, Erwin Gerber
  • Patent number: 4557614
    Abstract: An anti-friction bearing, particularly for large cylindrical roller bearings where the bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, cylindrical roller bearing elements between the rings and an annular cage for holding the bearing elements between the rings. The cage comprises a plurality of cage segments, each holding a cylindrical roller bearing. Each segment has a pair of resilient radially inwardly extending noses at both sides thereof and these noses are received in grooves in the inner ring. The axially outer side parts of each segment extend radially to the outer ring and are curved there more sharply than the curvature of the outer ring. The outer side parts also extend to the inner ring and rest there on rounded projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer Kommanditgesellschaft Auf.Akt.
    Inventor: Bernhard Knappe
  • Patent number: 4099803
    Abstract: A roller carriage for larger bearings having a plurality of rollers each of which is provided with recesses in both end areas, and a cage comprising two cage-ring sections which are provided with boreholes, the cage-ring sections being connected with spacer bolts, pins are inserted into the boreholes of the cage-ring sections with the pins extending into the recesses of the rollers. The portion of the pin which extends into the recess of the roller is provided with a convex projection being concentric with the pin serving for axial guidance of the roller, while the radial guidance is provided by the contact between the cylindrical surface of the pin and the borehole inner cylindrical surface of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Roland Kamm
    Inventor: Bernhard Knappe