Patents by Inventor Franz Schwendemann

Franz Schwendemann 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: 10407966
    Abstract: A drive arrangement comprising an adjustment drive for adjusting a component, in particular a tailgate, said adjustment drive comprising an output shaft which extends concentrically about an output axis and can be rotated about the output axis in and against a direction of rotation, and comprising a hinge which has a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm that can be rotated with respect to the first hinge arm about a hinge axis, wherein the adjustment drive is provided to rotate the second hinge arm, wherein the hinge axis and the output axis are disposed in alignment with one another and wherein the second hinge arm is connected to the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Braun, Wolfgang Greis, Franz Schwendemann, Hans-Juergen Oberle
  • Patent number: 9963925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive arrangement having a hinge which comprises a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm which can be rotated with respect to the first hinge arm about a hinge axis, wherein the first hinge arm is arranged by means of a bolt on a support means which is provided to support a torque when the hinge arms are rotated relative to one another, in that the bolt engages through an aperture in the first hinge arm and is fixed by means of an elastic press fit in a through-hole of the support means. The present invention additionally relates to a motor vehicle having such a drive arrangement, to a bolt for such a drive arrangement, and to a method for mounting the drive arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Schwendemann, Hans-Juergen Oberle
  • Publication number: 20170183903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive arrangement having a hinge which comprises a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm which can be rotated with respect to the first hinge arm about a hinge axis, wherein the first hinge arm is arranged by means of a bolt on a support means which is provided to support a torque when the hinge arms are rotated relative to one another, in that the bolt engages through an aperture in the first hinge arm and is fixed by means of an elastic press fit in a through-hole of the support means. The present invention additionally relates to a motor vehicle having such a drive arrangement, to a bolt for such a drive arrangement, and to a method for mounting the drive arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Franz Schwendemann, Hans-Juergen Oberle
  • Patent number: 9677660
    Abstract: A gear mechanism component having a holder for mounting a component, a lubricant carrier which is infused with a lubricant being pressed into the holder, a gear mechanism arrangement having the gear mechanism component and the component, an adjusting drive having the gear mechanism arrangement, and a method for assembling the gear mechanism arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Schwendemann, Hans-Juergen Oberle
  • Publication number: 20160059907
    Abstract: A drive arrangement comprising an adjustment drive for adjusting a component, in particular a tailgate, said adjustment drive comprising an output shaft which extends concentrically about an output axis and can be rotated about the output axis in and against a direction of rotation, and comprising a hinge which has a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm that can be rotated with respect to the first hinge arm about a hinge axis, wherein the adjustment drive is provided to rotate the second hinge arm, wherein the hinge axis and the output axis are disposed in alignment with one another and wherein the second hinge arm is connected to the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Roland Braun, Wolfgang Greis, Franz Schwendemann, Hans-Juergen Oberle
  • Publication number: 20150316140
    Abstract: A gear mechanism component having a holder for mounting a component, a lubricant carrier which is infused with a lubricant being pressed into the holder, a gear mechanism arrangement having the gear mechanism component and the component, an adjusting drive having the gear mechanism arrangement, and a method for assembling the gear mechanism arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Franz Schwendemann, Hans-Juergen Oberle
  • Patent number: 7882759
    Abstract: In a gear drive unit (10), in particular for adjusting moving parts in the motor vehicle, having a rotor shaft (18) supported in a housing (16) and braced axially on the housing (16) via at least one face end (50) and in which a separate toothed element (32) for transmitting torque to a gear component (38, 40) is secured to the rotor shaft (18), the toothed element (32) has an axial bearing face (48) that rests on one of the face ends (50) of the rotor shaft (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Schwendemann
  • Patent number: 7847449
    Abstract: An electromotor for regulating a drive in a motor vehicle. The electromotor includes an armature spindle mounted in a pole housing that includes a shell. At least on one front side of the shell a bearing cover is coupled thereon to accommodate an armature spindle bearing. The electromotor also includes a radial molding formed on the pole housing that receives a guide track of a gear assembly housing via radial insertion to fasten the electromotor to the gear assembly housing without the use of additional fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Franz Schwendemann, Dieter Scheer, Uwe Merkelbach
  • Patent number: 7839037
    Abstract: An electric motor for actuators in a motor vehicle has an armature shaft, which is supported in a pole housing that includes a jacket and a bearing cover on at least on one end face for accommodating a bearing for the armature shaft, and at least one radial recess is formed in the pole housing, which, once the pole housing has been fully assembled, is suitable for engagement by at least one radial fastening segment of a transmission interface in the pole housing, in order to attach the electric motor to the transmission interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Dieter Scheer, Franz Schwendemann, Christof Bernauer
  • Publication number: 20100154574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission drive unit which comprises a shaft (2) and a housing component (5), an adjusting element (4) for adjusting the axial backlash of the shaft (2) being arranged between one end of the shaft (2) and the housing component (5). The invention is characterized in that the adjusting element has a substantially cylindrical shape and can be expanded in the radial direction, when pretensioned, in order to enlarge an outer diameter, thereby allowing to exert a pretension (FR) onto the shaft (2) in the axial direction (X-X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Franz Schwendemann
  • Publication number: 20080197733
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor (10) and gearing/drive unit (12) for actuators in a motor vehicle, comprising an armature shaft (32) mounted inside a pole casing (18), which has a jacket (20) and, on at least one face (22, 24), a bearing cover (26, 28) for accommodating a bearing (30) for the armature shaft (32). At least one radial recess (42) is formed on the pole casing (18) that, after the complete assembly of the pole casing (18), is suited for the insertion of at least one radial fastening web (53) of a gearing interface (15) inside the pole casing (18) in order to fasten the electric motor (10) to the gearing interface (15). The invention also relates to a method for producing an inventive gearing/drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Dieter Scheer, Franz Schwendemann, Christof Bernauer
  • Publication number: 20080141823
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gearbox drive unit (10), especially for displacing a movable part in a motor vehicle, and to a method for producing one such gearbox drive unit. The inventive gearbox drive unit includes a rotary body (14) which is rotatably mounted in a housing (12) and bears axially—via at least one end face (42) thereof—against an adjusting element (50) which is fixed to the housing (12). The adjusting element (50) can be slid axially into the housing (12) for installation, and can be locked axially by rotating it relative to the housing (12). The adjusting element (50) includes a radial bearing surface (56, 54) in which the rotary body (14) is radially supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Franz Schwendemann, Andreas Lienig
  • Publication number: 20070267923
    Abstract: Electromotor for regulating (positioning) drives in the motor vehicle with an armature spindle which is mounted in a pole housing, which has a shell and at least on one front side a bearing cover to accommodate a bearing for the armature spindle is thereby characterized in that a radial molding is designed on the pole housing, which upon complete assembly of the pole housing, is capable of achieving a radial insertion into a guide track of a gear assembly housing in order to attach the electromotor to the gear assembly housing without the use of additional fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Franz Schwendemann, Dieter Scheer, Uwe Merkelbach
  • Publication number: 20070186709
    Abstract: A rotation drive, particularly for displacing a moveable part in a motor vehicle, comprising a rotor which is mounted in a housing and which whose front-surface side rests upon a support element which is fixed to the housing in a positive fit. The support element is provided with radial linking elements which can be self-furrowingly rotated into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventor: Franz Schwendemann
  • Publication number: 20070137351
    Abstract: In a gear drive unit (10), in particular for adjusting moving parts in the motor vehicle, having a rotor shaft (18) supported in a housing (16) and braced axially on the housing (16) via at least one face end (50) and in which a separate toothed element (32) for transmitting torque to a gear component (38, 40) is secured to the rotor shaft (18), the toothed element (32) has an axial bearing face (48) that rests on one of the face ends (50) of the rotor shaft (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventor: Franz Schwendemann