Patents by Inventor Dirk Maasch

Dirk Maasch 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: 6988830
    Abstract: In a spherical plain bearing comprising an inner ring (2) configured as a spherical body comprising a through-bore, which inner ring (2) is mounted in an outer ring (1) through a slide bushing (3) that surrounds the inner ring (2), the outer ring (1) comprising a spherical inner surface and two diametrically opposite insertion grooves (4) that start from an end face of the outer ring (1) and enable the insertion of the inner ring (2), the slide bushing (3) is slipped onto the inner ring (2) prior to insertion of the inner ring (2) into the outer ring (1) and then shaped without chip removal, so that the slide bushing (3) comes to bear against the spherical outer surface of the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: INA-Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Dirk Maasch, Harald Hochmuth, Jorg Wagner
  • Publication number: 20050196083
    Abstract: In a spherical plain bearing comprising an inner ring (2) configured as a spherical body comprising a through-bore, which inner ring (2) is mounted in an outer ring (1) through a slide bushing (3) that surrounds the inner ring (2), said outer ring (1) comprising a spherical inner surface and two diametrically opposite insertion grooves (4) that start from an end face of the outer ring (1) and enable the insertion of the inner ring (2), the slide bushing (3) is slipped onto the inner ring (2) prior to insertion of the inner ring (2) into the outer ring (1) and then shaped without chip removal, so that the slide bushing (3) comes to bear against the spherical outer surface of the inner ring (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Dirk Maasch, Harald Hochmuth, Jorg Wagner