Patents by Inventor Hermann Geyer

Hermann Geyer 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: 20230258227
    Abstract: A radial foil bearing for supporting a shaft includes a sleeve-like bearing housing with an inner circumference and at least three foil packs distributed over the inner circumference and covering a portion of the inner circumference. Each of the at least three foil packs has an elastic corrugated foil resting against the inner circumference and a top foil. The elastic corrugated foil includes axially opposite side edges running in a circumferential direction and a narrowed portion disposed on at least one of the axially opposite side edges to reduce an axial width and a radial spring rigidity of the elastic corrugated foil at the narrowed portion. The top foil has an underside resting on the elastic corrugated foil and a top side forming a bearing surface for the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Jakob, Michael Plogmann, Wolfgang Braun, Hermann Geyer, Christoph Neufeld, Viktor Pfarherr
  • Patent number: 10458473
    Abstract: A cage segment of a rolling bearing, which cage segment has two side plates and two webs which are fixedly connected to one another, wherein the webs extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the rolling bodies of the rolling bearing, and in which cage segment the side plates and the webs form a pocket for receiving a rolling body. In order to be able to produce and assemble a cage segment of said type in an inexpensive manner, and in order to be able to ensure operation without jamming in an associated rolling bearing, it is provided that the two side plates on both sides of the pocket extend in a circumferential direction of the rolling bearing to such an extent that the side plates together with in each case one of the two webs form in each case one half-pocket for receiving a directly adjacent rolling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Meder, Michael Bernutz, Hermann Geyer, Reinhard Rumpel, Jurgen Lechner
  • Patent number: 10145416
    Abstract: A bearing cage for receiving rolling elements is disclosed. In addition to two rings, the bearing cage also has a plurality of webs which run axially between the rings. In order to prevent the rolling elements from falling out of the pockets formed between the rings and the webs, the webs have a groove which runs in the direction of the respective web. When the rolling elements are inserted into the pockets, a tool engages into the groove and bends the edge region of the web in a direction of the rolling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Siegfried Mahler, Peter Zay, Hermann Geyer, Jorg Neukirchner
  • Publication number: 20180291959
    Abstract: A cage segment of a rolling bearing, which cage segment has two side plates and two webs which are fixedly connected to one another, wherein the webs extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the rolling bodies of the rolling bearing, and in which cage segment the side plates and the webs form a pocket for receiving a rolling body. In order to be able to produce and assemble a cage segment of said type in an inexpensive manner, and in order to be able to ensure operation without jamming in an associated rolling bearing, it is provided that the two side plates on both sides of the pocket extend in a circumferential direction of the rolling bearing to such an extent that the side plates together with in each case one of the two webs form in each case one half-pocket for receiving a directly adjacent rolling body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Meder, Michael Bernutz, Hermann Geyer, Reinhard Rumpel, Jurgen Lechner
  • Publication number: 20170102033
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing cage (1) for receiving rolling elements (6). In addition to two rings (2, 3), the bearing cage also has a plurality of webs (4) which run axially between the rings (2, 3). In order to prevent the rolling elements (6) from falling out of the pockets (5) formed between the rings (2, 3) and the webs (4), the webs (4) are at least provided with a groove (7a) which runs in the direction of the respective web (4). When the rolling elements (6) are inserted into the pockets (5), a tool (9) engages into the groove (7a) and bends the edge region (11) of the web (4) in a direction of the rolling elements (6) inserted into the pockets (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Siegfried Mahler, Peter Zay, Hermann Geyer, Jorg Neukirchner
  • Publication number: 20160069389
    Abstract: A rolling body guide element for a roller bearing, having an inner web (1) that is arranged between two adjacent rolling bodies in the installed state and forms a first and second connecting part wall (1a, 1b) facing a respective rolling body at the radial plane of the rolling body axes, a run-on structure (2) formed in the region of the respective connecting part wall to provide at least one roller run-on zone supporting the respective rolling body in the circumferential direction, and a radial guide structure (3) for radial guidance of the inner connecting part. According to the invention, the rolling body guide element includes first and second side edge pieces (4, 5) which, on sides of the rolling body guide element facing away from one another, rise up above the end faces of the adjacent rolling body and overlap these end faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Lorenz Bell, Johannes Monius, Roland Eichler, Manfred Jansen, Florian Vogelgesang, Sabine Plischki, Manuel Rettinger, Christian Seubert, Hermann Geyer, Christoph Meder
  • Publication number: 20160003298
    Abstract: A cage section (36), particularly for a meander-shaped cage (12) of a rolling contact bearing (14, 15), including at least one cage part (10, 11, 11?) made of a Z-shaped bent sheet-metal strip (16, 17) with a first arm (20), a connecting part (18) and a second arm (22), wherein the first arm (20) and the second arm (22) are bent substantially perpendicularly to the sheet metal plane (23). The invention further relates to a method for producing a cage portion (36), particularly for a meander-shaped cage (12) of a rolling contact bearing (14, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Horst Masuch, Hermann Geyer, Michael Bernutz
  • Publication number: 20150377291
    Abstract: A cage part (1, 20, 40) for a rolling bearing cage (30), having a connecting part (3) extending in a longitudinal direction (Z), at the ends of which a first supporting arm (4) and a second supporting arm (5) are arranged, each of which extends beyond the connecting part (3) on both sides in a first transverse direction (X) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (Z). The supporting arms (4, 5) each include two half arms (7, 8, 9, 10) angled in the opposite direction to one another away from the web (3) and which are offset with respect to one another in a second transverse direction (Y) perpendicular to the first transverse direction (X) and the longitudinal direction (Z).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Masuch, Hermann Geyer, Roland Eichler, Florian Vogelgesang, Sabine Plischki, Manuel Rettinger, Manfred Jansen, Christian Seubert, Christoph Meder, Lorenz Bell
  • Patent number: 4281038
    Abstract: The disclosure is of a substrate or supporting board for supporting printed ircuits and the method of its manufacture. The boards of the invention are preferably made of a high-temperature resistant thermoplastic, sensitized to receive a printed circuit element by the dispersion of coated iron or copper particles in the thermoplastic matrix. The coating is a bonding assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Preh, Elektrofeinmechanische Werke, Jakob Preh Nachf GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Peter Ambros, Hermann Geyer
  • Patent number: 4271045
    Abstract: An electrically conductive composition and method for making same is disclosed. The composition includes a uniform mixture of electrically conductive particles comprising pyrolytic carbon doped or coated with a component taken from Group III-VIII elements of the Periodic Table and a curable, non-conducting polymer binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Inventors: Wolf-Erhard Steigerwald, Peter Ambros, Hermann Geyer
  • Patent number: 4036571
    Abstract: Iris leaves for optical components such as diaphragms or shutters are injection-molded, together with integral pivot pins, of thermoplastic resin which is given a mat appearance by a roughening of the mold-cavity surfaces. In the case of a composite leaf consisting of two legs articulated to each other, each leg is a curved foil whose cross-section tapers from its convex to its concave edge to facilitate relative swinging of the legs. The mold cavities are duplicated in confronting surfaces of coacting mold halves and open into deeper sprue channels whose junctions with the cavities are formed by converging slots in shearing bolts that are guided in transverse bores encroaching upon the convex cavity edges, a displacement of these shearing bolts by a distance greater than the foil thickness severing the molded leaves from the runners before the mold is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Jos. Schneider & Co. Optische Werke Kreuznach
    Inventors: Hermann Geyer, Albert Baab, Paul Himmelsbach
  • Patent number: 4009946
    Abstract: Iris leaves for optical components such as diaphragms or shutters are injection-molded, together with integral pivot pins, of thermoplastic resin which is given a mat appearance by a roughening of the mold-cavity surfaces. In the case of a composite leaf consisting of two legs articulated to each other, each leg is a curved foil whose cross-section tapers from its convex to its concave edge to facilitate relative swinging of the legs. The mold cavities are duplicated in confronting surfaces of coacting mold halves and open into deeper sprue channels whose junctions with the cavities are formed by converging slots in shearing bolts that are guided in transverse bores encroaching upon the convex cavity edges, a displacement of these shearing bolts by a distance greater than the foil thickness severing the molded leaves from the runners before the mold is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Assignee: Jos. Schneider & Co. Optische Werke Kreuznach
    Inventors: Hermann Geyer, Albert Baab, Paul Himmelsbach