Patents by Inventor Darius Dlugai

Darius Dlugai 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).

  • Publication number: 20070104404
    Abstract: A wheel bearing unit is embodied in a four-rowed angular contact ball bearing form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Jens Heim, David Ilgert
  • Publication number: 20070086690
    Abstract: The invention relates to an outer ring of a wheel bearing and the axial securing element thereof, which comprises a radial flange. Said radial flange extends radially outward from the axial end of the tubularly embodied outer ring. The flange is provided with recesses which penetrate the flange in an axial direction, are radially open towards the outside, and are used for fastening the flange to a wheel support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
  • Patent number: 7140781
    Abstract: A sealing unit for a wheel bearing, including a cover cap of sheet metal on a rotationally fixed bearing ring. An elastic seal on the cover cap. A baffle plate which protrudes in a radial direction, displaced on a bearing ring which can rotate with respect to the rotationally fixed bearing ring. The cover cap has a rotationally symmetrical hollow shoulder which extends axially in the direction of roller bodies of the bearing. The seal is fixed with respect to the shoulder of the cover cap and at the same time the seal bears with at least one sealing lip, at least once in a radially sealing fashion against a hollow cylindrical section which is fixed with respect to the rotatable bearing ring and protrudes axially from the baffle plate in the direction of the bearing roller bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer AG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Publication number: 20060215947
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seal arrangement for sealing off at least one radial interspace between at least one bearing ring which can rotate and at least one rotationally fixed bearing ring. The seal arrangement is provided with at least a first carrier, the first carrier carrying at least one resilient seal and being fixed to a rotationally fixed bearing ring, and a second carrier, the second carrier being fixed to the bearing ring that can rotate and carrying at least one encoder. The encoder has an outwardly oriented circumferential surface in the shape of a truncated circular cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Publication number: 20060215946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seal arrangement for sealing off at least one radial interspace between at least one bearing ring which can rotate and at least one rotationally fixed bearing ring. The seal arrangement is provided with at least a first carrier, the first carrier carrying at least one resilient seal and being fixed to a rotationally fixed bearing ring, and a second carrier, the second carrier being fixed to the bearing ring that can rotate and carrying at least one encoder. The encoder has an outwardly oriented circumferential surface in the shape of a truncated circular cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Patent number: 7077574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seal arrangement for sealing off at least one radial interspace between at least one bearing ring which can rotate and at least one rotationally fixed bearing ring. The seal arrangement is provided with at least a first carrier, the first carrier carrying at least one resilient seal and being fixed to a rotationally fixed bearing ring, and a second carrier, the second carrier being fixed to the bearing ring that can rotate and carrying at least one encoder. The encoder has an outwardly oriented circumferential surface in the shape of a truncated circular cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer AG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Publication number: 20050104313
    Abstract: An auxiliary, power-actuated, pivotable wheel bearing unit is accommodated on a wheel carrier such that it can be pivoted about a pivot axis. An actuating element is attached to the bearing unit at a joint axis to pivot the bearing unit about the pivot axis. The axes are positioned with the pivot axis below the mid-axis of the bearing unit and the joint axis above the mid-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai
  • Publication number: 20050047692
    Abstract: An arrangement of a sensor on a wheel bearing unit, the sensor is fixed to an outer wheel bearing ring of the wheel bearing unit, and at the sensor is located opposite an encoder of the wheel bearing unit which encoder can rotate with respect to the sensor about an axis of rotation of the wheel bearing unit. The wheel bearing unit has at least a first row of roller bodies and has a second row of roller bodies which is adjacent to the first row in the axial direction of the axis of rotation. The bearing ring engages at the same time around at least one of the rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Publication number: 20050047693
    Abstract: A sealing unit for a wheel bearing, including a cover cap of sheet metal on a rotationally fixed bearing ring. An elastic seal on the cover cap. A baffle plate which protrudes in a radial direction, displaced on a bearing ring which can rotate with respect to the rotationally fixed bearing ring. The cover cap has a rotationally symmetrical hollow shoulder which extends axially in the direction of roller bodies of the bearing. The seal is fixed with respect to the shoulder of the cover cap and at the same time the seal bears with at least one sealing lip, at least once in a radially sealing fashion against a hollow cylindrical section which is fixed with respect to the rotatable bearing ring and protrudes axially from the baffle plate in the direction of the bearing roller bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Publication number: 20050047691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seal arrangement for sealing off at least one radial interspace between at least one bearing ring which can rotate and at least one rotationally fixed bearing ring. The seal arrangement is provided with at least a first carrier, the first carrier carrying at least one resilient seal and being fixed to a rotationally fixed bearing ring, and a second carrier, the second carrier being fixed to the bearing ring that can rotate and carrying at least one encoder. The encoder has an outwardly oriented circumferential surface in the shape of a truncated circular cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Roland Langer
  • Publication number: 20040256826
    Abstract: An auxiliary, power-actuated, pivotable wheel bearing unit is accommodated on a wheel carrier such that it can be pivoted about a pivot axis. An actuating element is attached to the bearing unit at a joint axis to pivot the bearing unit about the pivot axis. The axes are positioned with the pivot axis below the mid-axis of the bearing unit and the joint axis above the mid-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: FAG Kugelfischer AG
    Inventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai