Patents by Inventor Dietmar Rill

Dietmar Rill 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).

  • Drive train of a motor vehicle and method of making a bearing unit
    Patent number: 6869226
    Abstract: A drive train of a motor vehicle includes a power divider, a side shaft, a constant-velocity joint, an intermediate shaft, and a bearing unit. The intermediate shaft has first and second ends. The first end of the intermediate shaft is rotatably connected to the power divider and is mounted in the power divider with a first bearing, and the second end is located opposite the power divider and is connected to the side shaft via the constant-velocity joint. The bearing unit provides further mounting for the intermediate shaft between the first bearing and the constant-velocity joint. The bearing unit has a play oriented radially with respect to the intermediate shaft, and is able to exert a force oriented radially to the intermediate shaft on the intermediate shaft only after the play has been overcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Juergen Henkel, Thomas Keller, Andreas Kollmann, Dietmar Rill, Rolf Schroeder, Guenter Woerner
  • Drive train of a motor vehicle and method of making a bearing unit
    Publication number: 20040011584
    Abstract: A drive train of a motor vehicle includes a power divider, a side shaft, a constant-velocity joint, an intermediate shaft, and a bearing unit. The intermediate shaft has first and second ends. The first end of the intermediate shaft is rotatably connected to the power divider and is mounted in the power divider with a first bearing, and the second end is located opposite the power divider and is connected to the side shaft via the constant-velocity joint. The bearing unit provides further mounting for the intermediate shaft between the first bearing and the constant-velocity joint. The bearing unit has a play oriented radially with respect to the intermediate shaft, and is able to exert a force oriented radially to the intermediate shaft on the intermediate shaft only after the play has been overcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Juergen Henkel, Thomas Keller, Andreas Kollmann, Dietmar Rill, Rolf Schroeder, Guenter Woerner