Patents by Inventor Falk Schneider

Falk Schneider 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: 9347340
    Abstract: A bearing block comprises a camshaft in an internal combustion engine and a valve drive. The valve drive may include at least one rocker arm mounted on a rocker arm shaft, wherein the bearing block is formed concurrently with the mounting of the at least one rocker arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele
  • Patent number: 9255498
    Abstract: Various exemplary illustrations of a camshaft assembly for actuating valves of an engine are disclosed. The camshaft assembly may include a camshaft having a plurality of lobes, including at least one phase adjustable lobe configured to be selectively rotated with respect to the camshaft. The assembly may further include a hydraulic valve actuator in communication with a first lobe of the camshaft. The hydraulic valve actuator may be configured to selectively actuate at least one valve in communication with the hydraulic valve actuator in response to the at least one cam lobe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Brodbeck, Falk Schneider, Thomas Flender, Antonio Menonna, Michael Kreisig
  • Patent number: 9249692
    Abstract: The invention relates to a camshaft for an internal combustion engine with a shaft and at least one cam joined therewith, which is connected via a joining surface on the cam side with a joining surface on the shaft side. The joining surface on the cam side and alternatively or additionally the joining surface on the shaft side may be constructed such that they have a predefined roughness. Hereby, the friction between the shaft and the cam can be increased. The invention further relates to a cam for such a camshaft and a method for the manufacture of such a camshaft or respectively of such a cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio Menonna, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele
  • Patent number: 9228453
    Abstract: A camshaft of a combustion engine may include a drive element and first and second roller bearings for mounting the camshaft in the combustion engine. The drive element and at least the first roller bearing may be adjacent and exchangeable with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Falk Schneider, Thomas Flender, Stefan Steichele
  • Patent number: 9222374
    Abstract: A camshaft for a combustion engine has a shaft and at least one cam thermally joined to a joining surface on the shaft side via a joining surface on the cam side. The shaft is embodied as a drawn and not additionally worked tube. Because of this the production of commercial vehicle camshafts can be realized in a more cost-effective manner since these do not have to be additionally ground or turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio Menonna, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele, Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig
  • Patent number: 9175727
    Abstract: A bearing block may support a camshaft on a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The bearing block is formed in one-piece and is provided with an annular closed bearing eye for the camshaft. Thus, the bearing block may be made smaller and thus lighter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kreisig, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele, Justus Himstedt, Thomas Flender
  • Patent number: 9175636
    Abstract: A cylinder head cover having a bearing device that includes at least two bearing blocks for supporting a camshaft, and one connecting element. The bearing blocks are axially penetrated in a first through-opening by the camshaft and are fixed in an aligned position with respect to one another by the connecting element. The bearing blocks, the connecting element and the camshaft form a prefabricated assembly. The cylinder head cover is connected via at least one additional connecting element with the bearing device, whereby a unit consisting of the cylinder head cover and the bearing device are mounted on the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Dunsch, Edwin Hartmann, Michael Kreisig, Stefan Ruppel, Jan Scheffel, Falk Schneider, Markus Walch
  • Patent number: 9080472
    Abstract: In a valve train of a reciprocating piston combustion engine, comprising cylinders controlled by at least three valves (1, 2) actuated by lobes (5, 6) of a camshaft (3; 4), wherein at least two valves (1; 2) operate equally in terms of function as intake or outlet valves (1; 2), the engine driving and/or braking operation are to be improved. For this purpose, such a valve train is characterized in that the lobes (3, 4) of the camshafts (3, 4) actuating the at least two equally operating valves in terms of function, which are primary and secondary valves (1p, 1s; 2p, 2s), are configured so that they are phase-adjustable in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Hugh Blaxill, Falk Schneider
  • Publication number: 20150184555
    Abstract: A camshaft for an internal combustion engine may include a shaft and at least one component thermally joined thereto. The at least one component may be connected via a component-side joining face to a shaft-side joining face of the shaft. At least one of the component-side joining face and the shaft-side joining face may include a predefined roughness introduced and hardened via a laser. The predefined roughness may define at least one track composed of a plurality of individual laser spots. Each of the plurality of individual laser spots may include a centre point arranged offset to each other. The plurality of individual laser spots may respectively be arranged to overlapping each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Lettmann, Ralf Rieger, Falk Schneider
  • Patent number: 9004033
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the simplified and accurately positioned fixing of a camshaft module with a camshaft and bearing blocks on a cylinder head. The bearing blocks, aligned in axial direction and with respect to an angle, may be fastened on the camshaft. The camshaft may be aligned via two alignment elements with respect to the cylinder head. Further, the individual bearing blocks may be screwed tightly with the cylinder head with simultaneous or interim rotation of the camshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Stefan Steichele, Falk Schneider, Antonio Menonna
  • Patent number: 9004026
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine may include at least one camshaft mounted via at least one bearing with at least one phase adjuster. The at least one bearing may be a rolling bearing. An oil feed ring may surround the camshaft adjacent to the rolling bearing, wherein the oil feed ring may have at least one external annular channel and at least one first radial bore aligned with a second radial bore in the camshaft. An outer diameter of the oil feed ring may be smaller than an outer diameter of the rolling bearing. An oil supply of the at least one phase adjuster may be introduced via an oil gallery defined in a cylinder head through the annular channel through the second radial bore into the camshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Antonio Menonna, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele
  • Publication number: 20150027270
    Abstract: A roller-bearing mounted shaft may include a shaft tube having a shaft outer face with at least one rolling body running face. The shaft tube may have at least one functional element joined thermally thereto, wherein the shaft tube is formed as a welded and drawn tube and includes a carbon content of greater than 0.45 percent by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Antonio Menonna, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele
  • Patent number: 8936002
    Abstract: A cylinder head of an internal combustion engine comprises a camshaft that is mounted in the axial direction via at least one rolling bearing, wherein the at least one rolling bearing may be formed such that all occurring axial forces may be absorbed via the at least one rolling bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele
  • Patent number: 8833320
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine, having a camshaft having at least one one-piece thrust plate, which is arranged and captively fixed between a drive element, and a function element, wherein the drive element and the function element are fixedly joined with the camshaft, wherein the thrust plate is in the cylinder crankcase and is an axial bearing plate and includes at least one of a wear reducing coating and a friction reducing coating, and wherein the thrust plate is guided at a radially outer edge in the cylinder crankcase
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Falk Schneider
  • Publication number: 20140251257
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a camshaft may include a bearing ring arranged between two functional elements. The bearing ring may be supported with respect to the functional elements via axial front sides. At least one of the axial front sides of the bearing ring and a side of the respective functional elements in sliding contact with the axial front side may have a polymer coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kreisig, Falk Schneider
  • Patent number: 8820283
    Abstract: A camshaft may have an inner shaft and an outer shaft, each rotatable relative to the other. An adjusting device may include a first phase adjuster and a second phase adjuster. The outer shaft may be mounted in a stationary counter bearing adjacent to the adjusting device and the adjusting device may have a first phase adjuster and a second phase adjuster. The counter bearing may be designed as a slide bearing and oil supply to the phase adjusters may take place via the slide bearing. The slide bearing may have a first, second and third oil channel. The first oil channel may act on the first phase adjuster with corresponding oil flows, the second oil channel may act on the second phase adjuster with a first oil flow, and the third oil channel may act on the second phase adjuster with a second oil flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Brodbeck, Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Falk Schneider, Antonio Menonna, Stefan Steichele
  • Publication number: 20140238321
    Abstract: A camshaft for an internal combustion engine may include a shaft and at least one component that is joined to said shaft. The component may be connected via a joint surface of the component to a joint surface of the shaft. At least one of the joint surface of the component and the joint surface of the shaft may have a predefined roughness only partially on load-critical regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Lettmann, Ralf Rieger, Falk Schneider, Lutz Grunwald, Antonio Menonna, Stefan Steichele
  • Patent number: 8757888
    Abstract: A shaft may have functional elements arranged thereon and at least one bearing point. At least one rolling bearing with rolling bodies may be arranged between the shaft and the at least one bearing point, the bearing having at least one rolling body cage configured to accommodate the rolling bodies and an outer ring. The rolling body cage may be fixed at least one of directly and indirectly to the shaft by a carrier ring and the outer ring may be fixed in the bearing point. The carrier ring may include the rolling body cage fixed thereon, the cage having a greater radial extent than the functional elements. The carrier ring may have a radial extent smaller than the greatest radial extent of one of the functional elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Antonio Menonna, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele
  • Publication number: 20140158077
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement may include at least one sliding bearing having a polymer coating. The bearing arrangement may bear a camshaft, and at least one of the polymer coating is applied to the camshaft, and the polymer coating is arranged in a bearing ring. An oil trough for collecting oil may be provided on at least one of the bearing ring and a cylinder head which receives the bearing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Brodbeck, Jeff Carter, Falk Schneider
  • Patent number: 8720055
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a cam shaft for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, which is supported on a cylinder head housing via at least one roller bearing, wherein provision is made for at least one thrust bearing, which supports the cam shaft in axial direction and which is embodied as ball or also as roller bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Falk Schneider