Patents by Inventor Jurgen Plate

Jurgen Plate 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: 10156164
    Abstract: A camshaft adjuster (4) with a stator (20) that has an outer part (50) for concentrically holding a rotor (22) with vanes (34) arranged around the rotor (22) and a segment (52) projecting from the outer part (50) for engaging between two vanes (34) of the rotor (22), in order to form, together with the two vanes (22), pressure chambers (44) of the camshaft adjuster (4). A cover (1564, 156) is located on an axial side of the ring-shaped outer part, and the cover includes a cavity for holding hydraulic fluid from the pressure chambers (44). The segment (52) may also have a cavity (70) for holding a hydraulic fluid from the pressure chambers (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Michael Busse, Jurgen Plate, Andreas Wedel, Olaf Boese, Steffen Racklebe
  • Publication number: 20160053640
    Abstract: A camshaft adjuster (4) with a stator (20) that has an outer part (50) for concentrically holding a rotor (22) with vanes (34) arranged around the rotor (22) and a segment (52) projecting from the outer part (50) for engaging between two vanes (34) of the rotor (22), in order to form, together with the two vanes (22), pressure chambers (44) of the camshaft adjuster (4). A cover (1564, 156) is located on an axial side of the ring-shaped outer part, and the cover includes a cavity for holding hydraulic fluid from the pressure chambers (44). The segment (52) may also have a cavity (70) for holding a hydraulic fluid from the pressure chambers (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Michael Busse, Jurgen Plate, Andreas Wedel, Olaf Boese, Steffen Racklebe
  • Patent number: 9206713
    Abstract: A stator (20) for a camshaft adjuster (4). The stator (20) has an outer part (50) for concentrically holding a rotor (22) with vanes (34) arranged around the rotor (22) and a segment (52) projecting from the outer part (50) for engaging between two vanes (34) of the rotor (22), in order to form, together with the two vanes (22), pressure chambers (44) of the camshaft adjuster (4). Here, the segment (52) has a cavity (70) for holding a hydraulic fluid from the pressure chambers (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Michael Busse, Jurgen Plate, Andreas Wedel, Olaf Boese, Steffen Racklebe
  • Patent number: 8991344
    Abstract: A directional valve (30) for controlling a hydraulic oil flow from a pressure port (34) via working chambers of a camshaft adjuster (4) to a tank port (58). The directional valve (30) includes an accumulator port (36) for conducting at least a part of the hydraulic oil flowing out of a working chamber into a volume accumulator (54) before said hydraulic oil flows out into the tank port (58), and the accumulator port (36) is connected via a passage (60) to the pressure port (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Michael Busse, Jurgen Plate, Steffen Racklebe, Andreas Wedel, Olaf Boese, Robert Heinemann
  • Patent number: 8973544
    Abstract: A directional control valve (2) for controlling a flow of hydraulic oil from a pressure connection (80) via work chambers of a camshaft adjuster (90) to a tank connection (88). The disclosed directional control valve (2) includes an accumulator connection (86) for guiding at least a part of the hydraulic oil flowing out from a work chamber into a volume accumulator (126) before the discharge into the tank connection (88).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Busse, Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Jurgen Plate
  • Patent number: 8960140
    Abstract: A camshaft adjuster (4) including a stator (20) and a rotor (22) which is received in the stator (20) and which can be rotated relative to the stator (20) by a pressure chamber (44), a pressure interface (46, 80) for supplying hydraulic liquid to the pressure chamber (44), and an outflow interface (78) for the discharge of the hydraulic liquid from the pressure chamber (44). The camshaft adjuster (4) also has a third interface (82) for filling the pressure chamber (44) with hydraulic liquid from a volume accumulator (47).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Michael Busse, Jurgen Plate, Andreas Wedel, Olaf Boese, Steffen Racklebe
  • Patent number: 8863713
    Abstract: A camshaft adjustor (4), for an internal combustion engine (2), the camshaft adjustor having a stator (20), a rotor (22) which is rotatably accommodated in the stator (20), a pressure chamber (44) for adjusting the rotor (22) in relation to the stator (20) and a volume reservoir (70) for equalizing a negative pressure in the pressure chamber (44) via a channel (88) between the pressure chamber (44) and the volume reservoir (70). A non-return valve (72) having a closure part (102) for blocking a channel (88) which opens a volume reservoir (70) into a pressure chamber (44) in a camshaft adjustor (4), wherein the non-return valve (72) is formed of a metal sheet and the closure part (102) is realized so as to be movable in a recess (98) of the metal sheet (92) with two oppositely situated ends (94, 96) which are bent toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Michael Busse, Jurgen Plate, Andreas Wedel, Olaf Boese, Steffen Racklebe
  • Patent number: 8863712
    Abstract: A camshaft adjuster (4) for a camshaft (12) of an internal combustion engine (2). The camshaft adjuster (4) includes a stator (20), a rotor (22) housed concentrically in the stator (20) and mounted rotatably about a rotational axis (78) relative to the stator (20), and a volume accumulator (70) for receiving a hydraulic fluid from a pressure chamber (44) formed between the rotor (22) and the stator (20). The volume accumulator (70) has an outlet (76) in a direction of the rotational axis (78).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Michael Busse, Jurgen Plate, Andreas Wedel, Olaf Boese, Steffen Racklebe
  • Patent number: 8844484
    Abstract: A camshaft adjuster with a drive element, a driven element, and a pressure chamber formed between the drive element and the driven element for generating a relative rotation between the driven element and the drive element, and a volume accumulator that is arranged in the camshaft adjuster and supplies hydraulic medium via a channel from the volume accumulator to the pressure chamber if there is an under-pressure in the pressure chamber. The camshaft adjuster has a non-return valve with a closing part for closing an opening of the channel, the non-return valve allows a flow of hydraulic medium through the channel from the volume accumulator to the pressure chamber, and there is an elastically expandable component that projects into the channel and can be guided by the channel and is connected to the closing part and is provided for applying tension for pulling the closing part into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Michael Busse, Jurgen Plate, Andreas Wedel, Olaf Boese, Steffen Racklebe
  • Patent number: 8776747
    Abstract: A stator (20) for a camshaft adjuster (4). The stator (20) has a ring-shaped outer part (50) for the concentric holding of a rotor (22) with vanes (34) that project in the axial direction and are arranged on the periphery around the rotor (22) and a segment (52) that projects inward in the radial direction from the ring-shaped outer part (50) for engaging between two vanes (34) of the rotor (22), in order to form, together with the two vanes (22), pressure chambers (44) of the camshaft adjuster (4). Here, the segment (52) has a cavity (70) for holding a hydraulic fluid from the pressure chambers (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Scheaffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Schafer, Martin Steigerwald, Michael Busse, Jurgen Plate, Andreas Wedel, Olaf Boese, Steffen Racklebe
  • Patent number: 8763574
    Abstract: A device (11) for variably adjusting the control times of gas exchange vales (9, 10) of an internal combustion engine (1) having a hydraulic phase adjustment device (12) and at least one volume accumulator (31), wherein the phase adjustment device (12) can be brought into driving connection with a crankshaft (2) and a camshaft (6, 7) and at least one early adjustment chamber (24) and at least one late adjustment chamber (25) which can be supplied with pressure medium via pressure medium lines (26a, b, p. v), or from which pressure medium can be drained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Plate, Jochen Auchter, Lutz Witthoft
  • Patent number: 7222597
    Abstract: A hydraulic device for adjusting the rotation angle of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine. The device has a rotor, with blades arranged around its periphery. A stator is connected in a rotationally secure manner to a drive wheel. The rotor and the stator together form pressure chambers, which can be filled with hydraulic fluid via a hydraulic fluid system, in which there is disposed a volume accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: INA-Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Jochen Auchter, Andreas Strauss, Lutz Witthöft, Michael Busse, Dirk Heintzen, Jürgen Plate
  • Publication number: 20050274344
    Abstract: A hydraulic device for adjusting the rotation angle of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine. The device has a rotor, with blades arranged around its periphery. A stator is connected in a rotationally secure manner to a drive wheel. The rotor and the stator together form pressure chambers, which can be filled with hydraulic fluid via a hydraulic fluid system, in which there is disposed a volume accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Jochen Auchter, Andreas Strauss, Lutz Witthoft, Michael Busse, Dirk Heintzen, Jurgen Plate