Patents by Inventor Florian Baral

Florian Baral 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: 9803717
    Abstract: A centrifugal-force pendulum device having a pendulum flange and at least two pendulum masses fastened on both sides of the pendulum flange by means of a spacer bolt received in a cut-out of the pendulum flange to form a pendulum mass pair, wherein the pendulum mass pair is guided and pivoted in a limited manner with respect to the pendulum flange by means of at least two rolling elements, and the rolling elements are received and roll in guide tracks in the pendulum masses and in complementarily shaped guide tracks in the pendulum flange, and wherein the spacer bolt is equipped, in its axial region which reaches through the cut-out in the pendulum flange, with damping means for damping contact of the spacer bolt against the cut-out, and compression of the damping means is limited by contact of a rolling element against the guide track which receives the rolling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: David Schnaedelbach, Florian Baral, Tobias Schuster, Bernhard Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20150252872
    Abstract: A centrifugal-force pendulum device having a pendulum flange and at least two pendulum masses fastened on both sides of the pendulum flange by means of a spacer bolt received in a cut-out of the pendulum flange to form a pendulum mass pair, wherein the pendulum mass pair is guided and pivoted in a limited manner with respect to the pendulum flange by means of at least two rolling elements, and the rolling elements are received and roll in guide tracks in the pendulum masses and in complementarily shaped guide tracks in the pendulum flange, and wherein the spacer bolt is equipped, in its axial region which reaches through the cut-out in the pendulum flange, with damping means for damping contact of the spacer bolt against the cut-out, and compression of the damping means is limited by contact of a rolling element against the guide track which receives the rolling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: David Schnaedelbach, Florian Baral, Tobias Schuster, Bernhard Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20150176676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a centrifugal-force pendulum having a pair of pendulum masses and a pendulum flange, in which a curved cut-out having a cut-out contour is provided, wherein the pendulum masses of the pair of pendulum masses are arranged on both sides of the pendulum flange and are connected to each other by at least one spacer pin led through the cut-out, wherein the spacer pin has a damping arrangement which comprises at least one stabilizing element and at least one elastic damping element (64), wherein the damping arrangement is designed to damp an impact of the spacer pin on the cut-out contour of the cut-out, wherein end compression of the damping element can be carried out by the impact, wherein the stabilizing element limits the end compression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Christian Dinger, Christian Huegel, David Schnaedelbach, Florian Baral
  • Publication number: 20130305876
    Abstract: A centrifugal-force pendulum device having a pendulum flange and at least two pendulum masses fastened on both sides of the pendulum flange by means of a spacer bolt received in a cut-out of the pendulum flange to form a pendulum mass pair, wherein the pendulum mass pair is guided and pivoted in a limited manner with respect to the pendulum flange by means of at least two rolling elements, and the rolling elements are received and roll in guide tracks in the pendulum masses and in complementarily shaped guide tracks in the pendulum flange, and wherein the spacer bolt is equipped, in its axial region which reaches through the cut-out in the pendulum flange, with damping means for damping contact of the spacer bolt against the cut-out, and compression of the damping means is limited by contact of a rolling element against the guide track which receives the rolling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: David Schnaedelbach, Florian Baral, Tobias Schuster, Bernhard Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20130283966
    Abstract: A centrifugal force oscillating device having oscillating masses that are situated axially on both sides of an oscillating mass carrier rotatable around an axis of rotation and form an oscillating mass pair, where the oscillating masses can be swiveled to a limited extent along an oscillation path opposite the oscillating mass carrier with the help of at least one roll-off element that can be rolled off in cut-outs in both the oscillating mass carrier and the oscillating masses, and where the oscillating masses can be moved to a limited extent axially relative to each other to form the oscillating mass pair, and where the oscillating masses of an oscillating mass pair are movable to a limited extent radially and/or circumferentially relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Florian Baral, David Schnaedelbach