Patents by Inventor Christian Kogler

Christian Kogler 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: 11619306
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a grease lubricated large rolling-element bearing includes a radial shaft seal having at least one seal lip configured to sealingly abut against a shaft to seal a bearing interior and substantially prevent a grease discharge from the bearing and a grease flow regulation device, such as an annular pumping ring, for regulating a grease pressure at the at least one seal lip, the grease flow regulation device being mounted adjacent to the radial shaft seal at a side of the radial shaft seal that is intended to face the bearing interior in an installed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Christian Kogler, Wolfgang Swete, Jesko-Henning Tanke
  • Publication number: 20210301924
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a grease lubricated large rolling-element bearing includes a radial shaft seal having at least one seal lip configured to sealingly abut against a shaft to seal a bearing interior and substantially prevent a grease discharge from the bearing and a grease flow regulation device, such as an annular pumping ring, for regulating a grease pressure at the at least one seal lip, the grease flow regulation device being mounted adjacent to the radial shaft seal at a side of the radial shaft seal that is intended to face the bearing interior in an installed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Christian Kogler, Wolfgang Swete, Jesko-Henning Tanke
  • Patent number: 11022176
    Abstract: A slewing bearing including a first ring, a second ring, the first and second rings being in relative rotation around a rotation axis, at least one row of rolling elements arranged between the rings, and at least two seals having each an annular heel mounted on a cylindrical frontal surface of first ring, and an oblique sealing lip in sliding frictional contact with part of the second ring. The slewing bearing further includes a guiding ring axially arranged between the two seals. The guiding ring provides a flange that prevents the reversion of one sealing lip, and an annular axial collar that radially blocks the annular heel of the other seal in a radial outwards direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Juliette Delaby, Christian Kogler
  • Patent number: 10774923
    Abstract: A gear-driven bearing unit comprising a housing, a drive gear and a rolling element bearing The rolling element bearing comprising: an outer member with teeth for meshing with drive gear teeth, an inner member and rolling elements between the inner and outer members. At one axial side, the housing is connected to the inner member enclosing the outer member. A first radial gap extends between an outer member radially inner surface and an inner member radially outer surface. A second radial gap exists between an outer member radially outer surface and a housing radially inner surface. The radial gaps are sealed by seals, each comprising radial sealing lips. The unit is lubricated with a grease comprising a calcium-based thickener or calcium salt additives and the teeth on the outer member are made of a hardening treated bearing-grade steel which diffuses nitrogen into the surface of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Rihard Pasaribu, Nicolaas Simon Willem Den Haak, Koos Welling, Christian Kogler
  • Patent number: 10731708
    Abstract: A bearing includes a first ring, a second ring and a plurality of rolling elements between the first and second rings. The first ring is a split ring formed of a first ring part and a second ring part that meet at a joint region, and each of the ring parts includes a recess that extends axially into the respective ring part from the joint region. A cylindrical seal is disposed in the recess of the first ring part and extends across the joint into the recess of the second ring part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Jesko-Henning Tanke, Christian Kogler, Holger Kristandt
  • Patent number: 10458549
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a space between a housing and a component against a liquid medium includes a seal element fixedly connectable to the housing, the seal element including a seal lip that is movable at least in a radial direction, the seal lip being disposed at an angle with respect to the radial direction and a support element in abutment with the seal lip. The support element and the seal element are configured such that a pressure exerted on the seal lip by the liquid medium is transmittable in the radial direction to the support element, and the seal assembly also includes a further seal assembly on a side of the support element axially opposite the seal element, the further seal assembly including a first seal having a first seal body and a second seal having a second seal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Michael Baumann, Christian Kogler
  • Publication number: 20190323554
    Abstract: A slewing bearing including a first ring, a second ring, the first and second rings being in relative rotation around a rotation axis, at least one row of rolling elements arranged between the rings, and at least two seals having each an annular heel mounted on a cylindrical frontal surface of first ring, and an oblique sealing lip in sliding frictional contact with part of the second ring. The slewing bearing further includes a guiding ring axially arranged between the two seals. The guiding ring provides a flange that prevents the reversion of one sealing lip, and an annular axial collar that radially blocks the annular heel of the other seal in a radial outwards direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Juliette Delaby, Christian Kogler
  • Patent number: 10408259
    Abstract: A self-aligning roller bearing having inner and outer bearing ring elements and at least one row of roller elements disposed in between. The inner bearing ring element having a retaining flange provided on a first axial side of the roller bearing being configured for preventing the roller elements from falling out from the roller bearing. The roller bearing having a first sealing ring element located at the first axial side for sealing the first axial opening, the first sealing ring being rotatable in relation to the inner bearing ring and seals against a sealing mating surface of the inner bearing ring. The retaining flange has at least one filling slot configured for allowing the roller elements to be inserted in-between the inner and the outer bearing ring elements during assembly of the roller bearing, and the sealing mating surface being axially outside the at least one filling slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Erich Pfandl, Christian Cirar, Hakan Freden, Christian Kogler, Daniel Ortega
  • Publication number: 20190264747
    Abstract: A bearing includes a first ring, a second ring and a plurality of rolling elements between the first and second rings. The first ring is a split ring formed of a first ring part and a second ring part that meet at a joint region, and each of the ring parts includes a recess that extends axially into the respective ring part from the joint region. A cylindrical seal is disposed in the recess of the first ring part and extends across the joint into the recess of the second ring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jesko-Henning Tanke, Christian Kogler, Holger Kristandt
  • Patent number: 10030776
    Abstract: A seal device for sealing in a liquid medium includes a first seal assembly disposed on a primary side facing the medium and configured to seal a stationary component with respect to a rotatable component, a second seal assembly disposed on a secondary side facing away from the medium and configured to seal the stationary component with respect to the rotatable component, and a sensor connected to a volume located between the first seal assembly and the second seal assembly and configured to detect a change of a moisture level in the volume. The stationary component further includes a bore located axially between a contact surface for the first seal assembly and a contact surface for the second seal assembly, and the volume is connected to a pressure tank by the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Michael Baumann, Christian Kogler, Wolfgang Swete
  • Patent number: 9926979
    Abstract: A sealing device for a bearing unit, where the unit has a radially outer ring, two rows of rolling bodies arranged, respectively, between the radially outer ring and a pair of radially inner rings. The sealing device further provides a spacer including an annular groove and configured to be arranged between the radially inner rings of the bearing unit and a seal housed inside the groove of the spacer. The seal is ā€œUā€ shaped, defines a volume internally and is configured to be mounted in the annular groove with the concavity directed towards the axis of symmetry of the bearing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Marco Giovanni Francesco Capozzi, Christian Kogler
  • Publication number: 20170167614
    Abstract: A seal device for sealing in a liquid medium includes a first seal assembly disposed on a primary side facing the medium and configured to seal a stationary component with respect to a rotatable component, a second seal assembly disposed on a secondary side facing away from the medium and configured to seal the stationary component with respect to the rotatable component, and a sensor connected to a volume located between the first seal assembly and the second seal assembly and configured to detect a change of a moisture level in the volume. The stationary component further includes a bore located axially between a contact surface for the first seal assembly and a contact surface for the second seal assembly, and the volume is connected to a pressure tank by the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Baumann, Christian Kogler, Wolfgang Swete
  • Publication number: 20170067511
    Abstract: A sealing device for a bearing unit, where the unit has a radially outer ring, two rows of rolling bodies arranged, respectively, between the radially outer ring and a pair of radially inner rings. The sealing device further provides a spacer including an annular groove and configured to be arranged between the radially inner rings of the bearing unit and a seal housed inside the groove of the spacer. The seal is ā€œUā€ shaped, defines a volume internally and is configured to be mounted in the annular groove with the concavity directed towards the axis of symmetry of the bearing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Marco Giovanni Francesco Capozzi, Christian Kogler
  • Publication number: 20160341316
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a space between a housing and a component against a liquid medium includes a seal element fixedly connectable to the housing, the seal element including a seal lip that is movable at least in a radial direction, the seal lip being disposed at an angle with respect to the radial direction and a support element in abutment with the seal lip. The support element and the seal element are configured such that a pressure exerted on the seal lip by the liquid medium is transmittable in the radial direction to the support element, and the seal assembly also includes a further seal assembly on a side of the support element axially opposite the seal element, the further seal assembly including a first seal having a first seal body and a second seal having a second seal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Michael Baumann, Christian Kogler
  • Patent number: 8950946
    Abstract: A friction device for a bearing assembly includes an annular friction module defining a friction surface that extends around a revolution axis of the friction device and that is configured to lie against and to exert a friction torque on a cylindrical surface rotating with respect to the friction device, the friction surface being cylindrical before the friction device is mounted around the rotating cylindrical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Christian Kogler, Francois Niarfeix, Alexandre Taillepied
  • Publication number: 20130209010
    Abstract: A friction device (200) for a bearing assembly (A), wherein it comprises an annular friction module (204) defining a friction surface (206), which extends around a revolution axis (X200-X?200) of the friction device (200) and is adapted to lie against and to exert a friction torque on a cylindrical surface (26) rotating with respect to the friction device (200) and wherein the friction surface (206) is cylindrical before mounting of said friction device (200) around said rotating cylindrical surface (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Christian Kogler, Francois Niarfeix, Alexandre Taillepied