Patents by Inventor Friedrich Schuler

Friedrich Schuler 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).

  • Publication number: 20240014706
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric motor for driving an actuating device of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing, a plug module, which has a first plug connector, and a screw, by which the plug module is screwed to the housing. The plug modules forms a housing flange and the screw is arranged completely within the interior space enclosed by the housing and the plug module. The disclosure also relates to a method for connecting a camshaft adjuster to such an electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sandro Lauer, Joachim Meyer, Friedrich Schuler
  • Patent number: 11411457
    Abstract: An electric motor suitable for an electric camshaft phaser comprises a main motor module and a plug-in module electrically and mechanically connected thereto. The main motor module comprises a housing shell, a stator and a rotor mounted in the housing shell by way of a rolling bearing. The main motor module is inserted into the plug-in module, and electrical connections between the plug module and the main motor module are established by insulation displacement connections, which can be produced by joining the modules in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Friedrich Schuler, Julian Junge
  • Publication number: 20210242753
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric motor comprising a base motor module and a plug module which is electrically and mechanically connected to the base motor module and is designed as an electronics module. The electronics module comprises a power electronics system, a driver electronics system and a control electronics system, and the electronics module and the base motor module each dissipate heat via separated heat paths. The disclosure further relates to an electric motor arrangement and also to a construction kit for electric motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sandro Lauer, Friedrich Schuler
  • Patent number: 10781862
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compensating coupling comprising a coupling element arranged between a first machine element and a second machine element as a torque-transmitting component. The coupling element has an annular body and on each of the end faces of which a coupling section for torque-transmitting interaction with one of the machine parts is formed, wherein each coupling section has two coupling surfaces parallel to each other. All coupling surfaces of both coupling sections are parallel to each other, and at least one of the coupling sections is designed as a pair of lugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Hoppe, Radu Cosgarea, Friedrich Schuler, Christian Dörner
  • Publication number: 20200169144
    Abstract: An electric motor suitable for an electric camshaft phaser comprises a main motor module and a plug-in module electrically and mechanically connected thereto. The main motor module comprises a housing shell, a stator and a rotor mounted in the housing shell by way of a rolling bearing. The main motor module is inserted into the plug-in module, and electrical connections between the plug module and the main motor module are established by insulation displacement connections, which can be produced by joining the modules in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Friedrich Schuler, Julian Junge
  • Publication number: 20190264749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compensating coupling comprising a coupling element arranged between a first machine element and a second machine element as a torque-transmitting component. The coupling element has an annular body and on each of the end faces of which a coupling section for torque-transmitting interaction with one of the machine parts is formed, wherein each coupling section has two coupling surfaces parallel to each other. All coupling surfaces of both coupling sections are parallel to each other, and at least one of the coupling sections is designed as a pair of lugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Hoppe, Radu Cosgarea, Friedrich Schuler, Christian Dörner
  • Patent number: 10369536
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating one or several droplets of a first liquid in a second liquid immiscible with the first liquid includes a rotational body and a drive apparatus. The rotational body includes a fluid chamber, a fluid channel and a transition area. The transition area includes a first expansion area and a second expansion area. The drive apparatus is configured to provide the rotational body with such a rotation that the first liquid is supplied centrifugally to the fluid chamber and that centrifugally hydrodynamically induced pressure and lifting forces are caused due to the second expansion area, which cause a droplet break-off in the first liquid, such that a droplet of the first liquid embedded in the second liquid is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft fuer angewandte Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Frank Schwemmer, Friedrich Schuler
  • Publication number: 20170266633
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating one or several droplets of a first liquid in a second liquid immiscible with the first liquid includes a rotational body and a drive apparatus. The rotational body includes a fluid chamber, a fluid channel and a transition area. The transition area includes a first expansion area and a second expansion area. The drive apparatus is configured to provide the rotational body with such a rotation that the first liquid is supplied centrifugally to the fluid chamber and that centrifugally hydrodynamically induced pressure and lifting forces are caused due to the second expansion area, which cause a droplet break-off in the first liquid, such that a droplet of the first liquid embedded in the second liquid is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Frank SCHWEMMER, Friedrich SCHULER
  • Publication number: 20160079828
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement in an actuating motor of an electrical camshaft adjuster, including: a first, bowl-shaped housing part made of metal; a second housing part made of plastic, closing off the first housing part; a first roller bearing which is held in the first housing part; a second roller bearing which is inserted into the second housing part; and a shaft mounted by means of the first and second roller bearings. The first roller bearings is designed as a fixed bearing. A contact surface which transmits force, and which is smaller than the inner running surface of an inner ring of the first roller bearing, is formed between the shaft and the inner ring. The first roller bearing is designed as an open bearing which is lubricated by an operating medium. The second roller bearing is designed as a sealed bearing with a lifetime supply of grease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Friedrich Schuler, Stefan Lintner, Jens Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9074496
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuating device is being proposed for a valve train that can be adjusted on the cam side in an internal combustion engine, including a housing with a top part and a bottom part, whereby an electrically energizable solenoid device is embedded in the top part of the housing and an adjusting pin that is actuated by the solenoid device is mounted in the bottom part of the housing so as to move longitudinally, and also including a plug-in connector that is made of plastic and that runs on the top part of the housing in order to supply electricity to the solenoid device as well as a connecting flange that runs on the housing in order to attach the actuating device to the internal combustion engine. The plug-in connector and the connecting flange are integral parts of the top part of the housing made by encapsulating the solenoid device with plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Friedrich Schuler
  • Publication number: 20130255607
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuating device is being proposed for a valve train that can be adjusted on the cam side in an internal combustion engine, including a housing with a top part and a bottom part, whereby an electrically energizable solenoid device is embedded in the top part of the housing and an adjusting pin that is actuated by the solenoid device is mounted in the bottom part of the housing so as to move longitudinally, and also including a plug-in connector that is made of plastic and that runs on the top part of the housing in order to supply electricity to the solenoid device as well as a connecting flange that runs on the housing in order to attach the actuating device to the internal combustion engine. The plug-in connector and the connecting flange are integral parts of the top part of the housing made by encapsulating the solenoid device with plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Friedrich Schuler
  • Publication number: 20130092856
    Abstract: A fluid control valve, which is in particular a seat valve (2), including a valve housing (4) in which a feed duct (10) having an inlet (6) and a discharge duct (20) having an outlet (8) for pressurized medium are formed, which are fluidically connected to each other. The fluid control valve additionally includes a closing element (16a, 16b, 16c) which is arranged in the valve housing (4), that can be moved in an axial direction (A) between an open position and a closed position and, in the closed position, interrupts the fluidic connection between the feed duct (10) and the discharge duct (20). Radial feeding of the pressurized medium is ensured in that the feed duct (10) extends substantially in a radial direction (R) and is separated by an inner partition (26) from the discharge duct (20), which surrounds the feed duct (10) and extends substantially in the axial direction (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Friedrich Schuler