Patents by Inventor JOHANNES ALBL

JOHANNES ALBL 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: 20240066918
    Abstract: A wheel bearing unit for a motor vehicle, comprising a wheel hub, a wheel bearing housing and a rolling bearing by which the wheel hub is mounted rotatably in relation to the wheel bearing housing. The rolling bearing has at least one row of rolling elements which are guided on the wheel hub side in a bearing inner ring which is designed as a separate component in relation to the wheel hub and which is fixedly connected to the wheel hub. The wheel hub has a through opening with an inner toothing, via which through opening the wheel hub can be connected in a non-rotational manner to a drive journal which is provided with an external toothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
  • Publication number: 20240068523
    Abstract: A shaft-hub connection includes a shaft and a hub which engage with one another for conjoint rotation about an axis of rotation via a first toothing and a second toothing. The first toothing has a first toothing region and a second toothing region, wherein the first toothing region and the second toothing region are, as viewed in the circumferential direction (u), arranged offset by a dimension (d) in such a way that the first toothing region engages with the second toothing via front tooth flanks as viewed in the circumferential direction (u), and the second toothing region engages with the second toothing via rear tooth flanks as viewed in the circumferential direction (u).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: AUDI AG, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Michael FRISCH, Johannes ALBL, Wolfgang HEISE
  • Patent number: 11904632
    Abstract: A wheel hub for mounting a wheel to rotate about an axis of rotation, having a flange, which has at least one fastening member, by which a rim of the wheel can be fastened at least in the axial direction of the wheel hub to the flange and thereby to the wheel hub, and having a centering seat formed on an extension projecting axially from the flange of the wheel hub, which centering seat includes multiple centering surface segments successively disposed and spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the wheel hub and facing outwards in the radial direction of the wheel hub, by which segments the rim can be centered relative to the wheel hub in the radial direction thereof, wherein the single-piece extension has an inner lateral face extending continuously in the circumferential direction and facing inwards in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch
  • Patent number: 11840114
    Abstract: A wheel bearing unit for a motor vehicle, having a wheel hub, a wheel bearing flange, and a wheel bearing for pivot mounting of the wheel hub on the wheel bearing flange. The wheel hub has a passage opening for mounting a shaft journal attached to the wheel hub by a screw connection element, and an inner toothing is formed, on an inner circumferential surface delimiting the passage opening, for rotationally fixed interaction with an outer toothing of the shaft journal, and the passage opening extends through a contact shoulder, which is formed so as to have contact with a contact surface of the screw connection element, with the formation of an orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch
  • Publication number: 20220212495
    Abstract: A wheel bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a wheel hub and a wheel bearing for rotatably mounting the wheel hub on a wheel carrier. The wheel bearing has an outer ring and an inner ring. A wheel flange extends from the wheel hub in a radial direction and has a brake disc receptacle which is open in the direction facing away from the outer ring and is formed by a recess in the wheel flange and has a brake disc bearing face for a brake disc. A seal-receptacle space is formed in the wheel flange on its side facing the outer ring in an axial direction, in which seal-receptacle space there is a wheel bearing seal. A rim-centering seat element extends from the wheel hub and runs in the direction opposite the brake disc bearing face with respect to the brake disc receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
  • Patent number: 11274704
    Abstract: A seal arrangement for a wheel bearing arrangement of a motor vehicle, including a seal body having a sealing lip, wherein the seal body is arranged on a fixed component of the wheel bearing arrangement and the sealing lip abuts a sealing surface of a rotating component of the wheel bearing arrangement. The disclosure is distinguished in that a film is applied to the sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch
  • Patent number: 11117421
    Abstract: A wheel bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle with a wheel hub and a wheel bearing for the rotatable bearing of the wheel hub at a wheel mount. The wheel bearing has an outer ring and an inner ring, which is rotatable with respect to the outer ring around an axis of rotation and is connected to the wheel hub. A wheel flange extends from the wheel hub and, as viewed in the axial direction, has a brake disk mount, which is open in the direction facing away from the outer ring and which, as viewed in longitudinal section with respect to the axis of rotation, is formed by a recess of the wheel flange, and has a support surface for a brake disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch
  • Publication number: 20210138834
    Abstract: A wheel bearing unit for a motor vehicle, having a wheel hub, a wheel bearing flange, and a wheel bearing for pivot mounting of the wheel hub on the wheel bearing flange. The wheel hub has a passage opening for mounting a shaft journal attached to the wheel hub by a screw connection element, and an inner toothing is formed, on an inner circumferential surface delimiting the passage opening, for rotationally fixed interaction with an outer toothing of the shaft journal, and the passage opening extends through a contact shoulder, which is formed so as to have contact with a contact surface of the screw connection element, with the formation of an orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
  • Patent number: 10974545
    Abstract: A wheel bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle, including a wheel support and a wheel hub which is rotatably mounted on the wheel support by a wheel bearing in order to secure a wheel and to which a shaft is rotationally fixed, wherein a wheel bearing seal sealingly lies, on the one hand, against an inner ring of the wheel bearing, said inner ring sitting on the wheel hub, and, on the other hand, against an outer ring of the wheel bearing, said outer ring being secured to the wheel support. It is provided here that a wheel bearing pre-seal is rotationally fixed to the shaft adjacently to the wheel bearing and engages by a seal protrusion in a pre-seal receiving area formed in at least some sections between the outer ring and the wheel support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch
  • Publication number: 20210079954
    Abstract: A seal arrangement for a wheel bearing arrangement of a motor vehicle, including a seal body having a sealing lip, wherein the seal body is arranged on a fixed component of the wheel bearing arrangement and the sealing lip abuts a sealing surface of a rotating component of the wheel bearing arrangement. The disclosure is distinguished in that a film is applied to the sealing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
  • Publication number: 20210001664
    Abstract: A wheel hub for mounting a wheel to rotate about an axis of rotation, having a flange, which has at least one fastening member, by which a rim of the wheel can be fastened at least in the axial direction of the wheel hub to the flange and thereby to the wheel hub, and having a centering seat formed on an extension projecting axially from the flange of the wheel hub, which centering seat includes multiple centering surface segments successively disposed and spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the wheel hub and facing outwards in the radial direction of the wheel hub, by which segments the rim can be centered relative to the wheel hub in the radial direction thereof, wherein the single-piece extension has an inner lateral face extending continuously in the circumferential direction and facing inwards in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
  • Patent number: 10589568
    Abstract: A wheel hub arrangement for a motor vehicle, provided with a hub which is rotatably mounted by a wheel bearing for the attachment of a wheel. A shaft, which is formed separately from the wheel hub, is non-rotatably coupled to the wheel hub. At the same time a first receiving section of a sealing receptacle is formed in the wheel hub in which is arranged a shaft, in which a sealing device is arranged which engages a second receiving section of the sealing receptacle formed in the axial direction with respect to an axis of rotation of the wheel hub, adjacent to the first receiving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch, Patrick Stanke
  • Publication number: 20200055333
    Abstract: A wheel bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle, including a wheel support and a wheel hub which is rotatably mounted on the wheel support by a wheel bearing in order to secure a wheel and to which a shaft is rotationally fixed, wherein a wheel bearing seal sealingly lies, on the one hand, against an inner ring of the wheel bearing, said inner ring sitting on the wheel hub, and, on the other hand, against an outer ring of the wheel bearing, said outer ring being secured to the wheel support. It is provided here that a wheel bearing pre-seal is rotationally fixed to the shaft adjacently to the wheel bearing and engages by a seal protrusion in a pre-seal receiving area formed in at least some sections between the outer ring and the wheel support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
  • Patent number: 10544835
    Abstract: A wheel bearing assembly for a motor vehicle. A roller bearing arranged in a wheel carrier, by which a wheel hub is rotatably mounted with respect to the wheel carrier. The wheel carrier is provided with a circumferential axial gap, and that at the rotary bearing ring of the roller bearing is formed an extension which is extending into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch
  • Patent number: 10267355
    Abstract: A wheel bearing for a motor vehicle is provided with an outer ring, an inner ring arranged at least partially inside the outer ring, and with a longitudinal axis extending in the axial direction of the outer ring and of the inner ring from a vehicle inner side to a vehicle outer side. The inner ring is provided with a flange section on its end facing the vehicle inner side having a first section at the point that is farthest from axial center of the outer ring, and with a second section which forms a contact surface for attaching a brake disk. The flange section is formed stepped in such a way, so that the contact surface for attaching the brake disk is arranged offset relative to the section of the flange section at the farthest point from the axial center of the outer ring in the axial direction toward the vehicle inner side, and so that an at least a partially circumferential projection is located on the side opposite the contact surface for attaching the brake disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch
  • Publication number: 20180264879
    Abstract: A wheel bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle with a wheel hub and a wheel bearing for the rotatable bearing of the wheel hub at a wheel mount. The wheel bearing has an outer ring and an inner ring, which is rotatable with respect to the outer ring around an axis of rotation and is connected to the wheel hub. A wheel flange extends from the wheel hub and, as viewed in the axial direction, has a brake disk mount, which is open in the direction facing away from the outer ring and which, as viewed in longitudinal section with respect to the axis of rotation, is formed by a recess of the wheel flange, and has a support surface for a brake disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
  • Patent number: 10047798
    Abstract: A sealing system for a rolling bearing, said sealing system includes a sealing body arranged on a stationary bearing ring of the rolling bearing. The sealing body has a first sealing lip which has a first sealing edge and with the first sealing edge rests with a pre-tension against a rotating first sealing surface. The second sealing lip is arranged further inward with respect to rolling bodies of the rolling bearing, and has a second sealing edge which in the installed state and in the absence of wear is spaced apart from a rotating second sealing surface by a distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch
  • Publication number: 20180195552
    Abstract: A wheel bearing for a motor vehicle is provided with an outer ring, an inner ring arranged at least partially inside the outer ring, and with a longitudinal axis extending in the axial direction of the outer ring and of the inner ring from a vehicle inner side to a vehicle outer side. The inner ring is provided with a flange section on its end facing the vehicle inner side having a first section at the point that is farthest from axial center of the outer ring, and with a second section which forms a contact surface for attaching a brake disk. The flange section is formed stepped in such a way, so that the contact surface for attaching the brake disk is arranged offset relative to the section of the flange section at the farthest point from the axial center of the outer ring in the axial direction toward the vehicle inner side, and so that an at least a partially circumferential projection is located on the side opposite the contact surface for attaching the brake disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
  • Publication number: 20180156278
    Abstract: A wheel bearing assembly for a motor vehicle. A roller bearing arranged in a wheel carrier, by which a wheel hub is rotatably mounted with respect to the wheel carrier. The wheel carrier is provided with a circumferential axial gap, and that at the rotary bearing ring of the roller bearing is formed an extension which is extending into the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH
  • Publication number: 20180141375
    Abstract: A wheel hub arrangement for a motor vehicle, provided with a hub which is rotatably mounted by a wheel bearing for the attachment of a wheel. A shaft, which is formed separately from the wheel hub, is non-rotatably coupled to the wheel hub. At the same time a first receiving section of a sealing receptacle is formed in the wheel hub in which is arranged a shaft, in which a sealing device is arranged which engages a second receiving section of the sealing receptacle formed in the axial direction with respect to an axis of rotation of the wheel hub, adjacent to the first receiving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes ALBL, Michael FRISCH, Patrick STANKE