Patents by Inventor Falk HEITLING

Falk HEITLING 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: 11306623
    Abstract: A system including a camshaft and a camshaft sleeve. The camshaft sleeve has a sleeve-shaped main body for receiving an end region of the cam-shaft. The main body includes a joining region, a bearing region and a seat region. The main body and the camshaft are configured in such a way that, in the mounted state, the cam-shaft is joined in the joining region to the camshaft sleeve, the system having, in the bearing region, a clearance between the camshaft and the camshaft sleeve, and the camshaft and the camshaft sleeve are connected to one another in the seat region via a positively locking means and/or a frictionally lock, in particular a toothing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Volker Junge, Falk Heitling
  • Patent number: 10711665
    Abstract: A camshaft may comprise a main shaft, on which at least two sliding cam pieces are accommodated in a rotationally fixed and axially displaceable manner, wherein the sliding cam pieces each comprise a carrier tube, on which are seated cam groups each comprising at least two cam tracks for valve-control purposes, as well as an adjustment element that can be brought into operative connection with an actuator for axial displacement of the two sliding cam pieces. A method for assembling such a camshaft may involve providing a module body with bearing bridges that receive the camshaft in a rotatable manner, inserting a first sliding cam piece into a first bearing bridge, connecting the first sliding cam piece to the adjustment element, inserting a second sliding cam piece into a second bearing bridge, and connecting the second sliding cam piece to the adjustment element with the aid of an axial adjustment distance of at least one of the sliding cam pieces in the bearing bridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Volker Junge, Kevin Wöhler, Merlin Depta, Michael Fricke, Thomas Rogatsch, Marko Curlic, Falk Heitling
  • Publication number: 20190293124
    Abstract: A system including a camshaft and a camshaft sleeve. The camshaft sleeve has a sleeve-shaped main body for receiving an end piece of the cam-shaft. The main body includes a joining region, a bearing region and a seat region. The main body and the camshaft are configured in such a way that, in the mounted state, the cam-shaft is joined in the joining region to the camshaft sleeve, the system having, in the bearing region, a clearance between the camshaft and the camshaft sleeve, and the camshaft and the camshaft sleeve are connected to one another in the seat region via a positively locking means and/or a frictionally lock, in particular a toothing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Volker JUNGE, Falk HEITLING
  • Publication number: 20180030863
    Abstract: A camshaft may comprise a main shaft, on which at least two sliding cam pieces are accommodated in a rotationally fixed and axially displaceable manner, wherein the sliding cam pieces each comprise a carrier tube, on which are seated cam groups each comprising at least two cam tracks for valve-control purposes, as well as an adjustment element that can be brought into operative connection with an actuator for axial displacement of the two sliding cam pieces. A method for assembling such a camshaft may involve providing a module body with bearing bridges that receive the camshaft in a rotatable manner, inserting a first sliding cam piece into a first bearing bridge, connecting the first sliding cam piece to the adjustment element, inserting a second sliding cam piece into a second bearing bridge, and connecting the second sliding cam piece to the adjustment element with the aid of an axial adjustment distance of at least one of the sliding cam pieces in the bearing bridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Volker JUNGE, Kevin WÖHLER, Merlin DEPTA, Michael FRICKE, Thomas ROGATSCH, Marko CURLIC, Falk HEITLING