Patents by Inventor Herbert Eberhardt

Herbert Eberhardt 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).

  • Bearing assembly for supporting a shaft without play
    Patent number: 5632562
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for supporting a shaft without play, in particular for use with a steering shaft in a steering column, includes a plurality of needle-like rollers that are circumscribed by a thin-walled, split bush for elastically loading the rollers in radial direction. Fitted about the bush is an elastic ring that applies a preload on the bush and has at least one peripheral surface formed with neighboring ridges of relatively greater radial dimension and relatively smaller radial dimension in alternating relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Dirk Kidzun, Herbert Rost, Herbert Zettner, Herbert Eberhardt