Patents by Inventor Bernhard Wilm

Bernhard Wilm 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: 10066663
    Abstract: A tapered roller bearing is disclosed having a support for pressing roller bodies and a holder for holding an outer ring. A method for producing the tapered roller bearing and a method for mounting a tapered roller bearing are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernhard Wilm
  • Publication number: 20170122367
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tapered roller bearing having a support and a holder, a method for producing the tapered roller bearing, and a method for mounting a tapered roller bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernhard Wilm
  • Publication number: 20130004108
    Abstract: A bearing assembly (1) for supporting a rotatable component, especially a wheel on a motor vehicle, including a spindle (3), a stationary inner ring (5) and a bearing such as a wheel bearing (4) containing an outer ring (6) that rotates at a certain speed, and a sensor element (11), the sensor element (11) and the inner ring (5) of the wheel bearing (4) being mounted on the spindle (3). In order to prevent the inner ring (5) from being rotated relative to the sensor element (11), the sensor element (11) is mounted on the spindle (3) with a rotationally secure connection and the inner ring (5) is mounted relative to the sensor element (11) with a rotationally secure connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens Heim, Bernhard Wilm
  • Publication number: 20120163748
    Abstract: A cage for a rolling bearing, which has a first cage side ring, and a plurality of bars that protrude from the first cage side ring and are disposed at a distance from each other so as to form pockets to receive rolling elements. The first cage side ring has an elastically deformable segment in the region of each pocket. The segment is formed as a multiple bridge disposed between two adjacent bars. Also, a rolling bearing which includes the cage is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfram Henneberger, Bernhard Wilm
  • Patent number: 8042814
    Abstract: The seal for sealing off the bearing interior of a bearing has a first sealing lip angled outward from a base of the seal and forming a first sealing contact, and a second sealing lip angled inward from the base and forming a second sealing contact. An annular chamber is formed between the first sealing lip and the second sealing lip. The first sealing lip has at least one ventilation opening which leads into the chamber from the outside. The ventilation opening is positioned at the first sealing contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Walter, Alexander Haepp, Bernhard Wilm
  • Publication number: 20090154860
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tapered roller bearing comprising at least one conical outer roller track, at least one conical inner roller track and tapered rollers which are arranged in a radial manner between the roller tracks and about the longitudinal central axis of the tapered roller bearing. The tapered rollers respectively comprise a conical first covering surface for carrying out an effective radial connection towards the outside in the rolling contact with the inner roller track and for carrying out an effective radial connection towards the inside in the rolling contact with the outer roller track and the central lines of the tapered rollers intersect in a common intersecting point on the longitudinal central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Heinrich Hofmann, Johannes De Boer, Horst Doeppling, Bernhard Wilm
  • Patent number: 7537390
    Abstract: A rolling bearing arrangement comprising at least two annular rows of bearing rolling bodies, a first inner ring and a second inner ring next to and coaxial with the first inner ring and a snap ring connecting the inner rings to one another. The snap ring has a radially inwardly projecting first engagement element at the first inner ring and a radially outwardly projecting second engagement element at the second inner ring. Radial depressions in the first and second inner rings receive respective engagement elements. The first engagement element engages into the first depression radially in the direction toward the axis of rotation of the rolling bearing arrangement. The second engagement element engages into the second radial depression radially away from the axis of rotation. Free inner spacing inside each inner ring, with one inner spacing nearer to the axis of rotation than the other inner spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer AG
    Inventors: Johannes De Boer, Bernhard Wilm
  • Publication number: 20080044121
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel bearing unit comprising at least one inner raceway for tapered rollers and an axial support for front faces of the tapered rollers that is joined to the inner raceway. The axial support is axially joined to the tapered rollers on the side of the large diameter of the tapered rollers, and the axial support radially projects above the largest inside diameter of the inner raceway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Heinrich Hofmann, Johannes Boer, Horst Doppling, Bernhard Wilm
  • Publication number: 20060051006
    Abstract: A rolling bearing arrangement comprising at least two annular rows of bearing rolling bodies, a first inner ring and a second inner ring next to and coaxial with the first inner ring and a snap ring connecting the inner rings to one another. The snap ring has a radially inwardly projecting first engagement element at the first inner ring and a radially outwardly projecting second engagement element at the second inner ring. Radial depressions in the first and second inner rings receive respective engagement elements. The first engagement element engages into the first depression radially in the direction toward the axis of rotation of the rolling bearing arrangement. The second engagement element engages into the second radial depression radially away from the axis of rotation. Free inner spacing inside each inner ring, with one inner spacing nearer to the axis of rotation than the other inner spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Johannes De Boer, Bernhard Wilm
  • Patent number: 6783279
    Abstract: A window-type cage for an angular contact ball bearing. Lubricant pockets are provided in the spherical pocket surfaces which are provided for guiding the balls. These lubricant pockets are all arranged in regions which lie outside the bearing points between the ball and the cage in both the circumferential direction and the axial direction, such that the wall thickness of the cage at the bearing points is not reduced by the position and design of the lubricant pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Wilm, Wolfgang Loeser
  • Publication number: 20030021506
    Abstract: A window-type cage for an angular contact ball bearing. Lubricant pockets are provided in the spherical pocket surfaces which are provided for guiding the balls. These lubricant pockets are all arranged in regions which lie outside the bearing points between the ball and the cage in both the circumferential direction and the axial direction, such that the wall thickness of the cage at the bearing points is not reduced by the position and design of the lubricant pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: FAG Automobiltechnik AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Wilm, Wolfgang Loeser