Patents by Inventor Dieter Baumgarten

Dieter Baumgarten 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).

  • Switchable support element
    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
  • SWITCHABLE SUPPORT ELEMENT
    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
  • Method of removing capsule oils from self-copying paper
    Patent number: 6306250
    Abstract: A process for removing capsule oils from carbonless copy paper involving: (a) providing carbonless copy paper containing capsule oils; and (b) disintegrating the carbonless copy paper in the presence of an alkoxylated C12-14 alcohol to form a stock suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Nopco Paper Technology Holding AS
    Inventors: Bernhard Nellessen, Klaus Hornfeck, Berthold Schreck, Sabine Heinen, Bodo Hilterhaus, Dieter Baumgarten