Patents by Inventor Christian Geers

Christian Geers 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: 9617879
    Abstract: A switchable support element (1) for a valve train of an internal combustion engine is disclosed, including a housing (4), in the bore of which (5) an axially displaceable inner element (7) is located, wherein two coupling slides (9) run in a radial bore (8) of the inner element (7) and can be brought into engagement with a driver surface of the housing (4) in an axially extended position, wherein the extended position is limited by a height stop (10), which is formed of a circlip assembly, which runs peripherally on an annular shoulder (13) of the inner element (7) and which, in the event of contact, lies radially externally above the upper annular end (14) thereof in abutment against a lower annular edge (15) of an annular groove (16) of the housing (4) near the upper edge thereof (17), and wherein an outer casing (11) of the housing is enclosed by a rotationally fixed ring as an outer anti-twist mechanism (12) with an offset bore (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Schnell, Peter Sailer, Christian Geers, Ulrich Elgas, Rainer Pfeufer, Stefan Weidlich, Dieter Baumgarten, Armin Liebel
  • Publication number: 20160090879
    Abstract: A switchable support element (1) for a valve train of an internal combustion engine is disclosed, including a housing (4), in the bore of which (5) an axially displaceable inner element (7) is located, wherein two coupling slides (9) run in a radial bore (8) of the inner element (7) and can be brought into engagement with a driver surface of the housing (4) in an axially extended position, wherein the extended position is limited by a height stop (10), which is formed of a circlip assembly, which runs peripherally on an annular shoulder (13) of the inner element (7) and which, in the event of contact, lies radially externally above the upper annular end (14) thereof in abutment against a lower annular edge (15) of an annular groove (16) of the housing (4) near the upper edge thereof (17), and wherein an outer casing (11) of the housing is enclosed by a rotationally fixed ring as an outer anti-twist mechanism (12) with an offset bore (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Schnell, Peter Sailer, Christian Geers, Ulrich Elgas, Rainer Pfeufer, Stefan Weidlich, Dieter Baumgarten, Armin Liebel
  • Patent number: 8739750
    Abstract: A mechanical bucket tappet (1) for a valve driver of an internal combustion engine having a hollow cylinder-shaped wall (2) which is delimited at one frontal area (3) by a disk-like bottom (4) whose top side (5) is provided as a cam stop face and which comprises a central, funnel-like recess (6), wherein a dome-like one-piece catch (8) aligned with the recess (6) projects from a lower side (7) of the bottom (4), the underside (9) of said catch being used for putting on a valve stem and wherein the funnel-like recess (6) is sealed near or at the top side (5) of the bottom (4), so that the bottom (4) comprises a central encasement (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Geers, Wolfgang Christgen, Manfred Straetz
  • Publication number: 20130014716
    Abstract: A mechanical bucket tappet (1) for a valve driver of an internal combustion engine having a hollow cylinder-shaped wall (2) which is delimited at one frontal area (3) by a disk-like bottom (4) whose top side (5) is provided as a cam stop face and which comprises a central, funnel-like recess (6), wherein a dome-like one-piece catch (8) aligned with the recess (6) projects from a lower side (7) of the bottom (4), the underside (9) of said catch being used for putting on a valve stem and wherein the funnel-like recess (6) is sealed near or at the top side (5) of the bottom (4), so that the bottom (4) comprises a central encasement (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Geers, Wolfgang Christgen, Manfred Straetz