Patents by Inventor Friedrich-Oskar Winter

Friedrich-Oskar Winter 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: 9556903
    Abstract: A rubber-metal sleeve bearing includes an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner sleeve, and an intermediate sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner and outer sleeves and having first and second elastomer layers to connect the intermediate sleeve to the inner and outer sleeves, respectively. The intermediate sleeve has inner and outer surfaces, each having at least one non-round section, with the non-round section of the inner surface and the non-round section of the outer surface being arranged in offset relationship in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas Conrad, Friedrich-Oskar Winter, Jörg Roland
  • Publication number: 20160167471
    Abstract: A chassis control arm for a vehicle includes an elongate control arm body which is made of a single piece metal sheet and shaped by bending such as to form two side walls in opposing spaced-apart relation. The side walls are connected at least in one section at their free longitudinal sides by a joining connection. The control arm body has axial ends, each provided with at least two coaxial bearing openings for receiving rubber-metal bearings, with at least one of the rubber-metal bearings having a cardanic rigidity which is lower than a torsional rigidity of the control arm body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: ROLAND HUDLER, FRIEDRICH-OSKAR WINTER, WOLFGANG SEEMÜLLER, HANS-JÜRGEN LANGHOFF, MATTHIAS Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20150252842
    Abstract: A rubber-metal sleeve bearing includes an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner sleeve, and an intermediate sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner and outer sleeves and having first and second elastomer layers to connect the intermediate sleeve to the inner and outer sleeves, respectively. The intermediate sleeve has inner and outer surfaces, each having at least one non-round section, with the non-round section of the inner surface and the non-round section of the outer surface being arranged in offset relationship in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas Conrad, Friedrich-Oskar Winter, Jörg Roland
  • Patent number: 8967670
    Abstract: The invention relates to a subframe for the vehicle chassis of motor vehicles, which subframe has at least one cavity usable as a pressure accumulator and has a cross member (1) which is connected, at the two end faces (27, 28) thereof, to a node element (3, 4). Bearing elements (10 to 12) and/or further frame elements are attached to the node elements (3, 4). The cross member (1) is formed as a continuous rib-reinforced component or extruded part (15) and forms for the pressure accumulator a pressure-resistant cavity which is closed off by the node elements (3, 4) at the end faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Dominik Mohrlock, Thomas Janek, Andreas Goercke, Roland Hudler, Friedrich-Oskar Winter
  • Publication number: 20140217782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a subframe for the vehicle chassis of motor vehicles, which subframe has at least one cavity usable as a pressure accumulator and has a cross member (1) which is connected, at the two end faces (27, 28) thereof, to a node element (3, 4). Bearing elements (10 to 12) and/or further frame elements are attached to the node elements (3, 4). The cross member (1) is formed as a continuous rib-reinforced component or extruded part (15) and forms for the pressure accumulator a pressure-resistant cavity which is closed off by the node elements (3, 4) at the end faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Dominik Mohrlock, Thomas Janek, Andreas Goerke, Roland Hudler, Friedrich-Oskar Winter