Patents by Inventor Knut Erdmann

Knut Erdmann 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: 20220025937
    Abstract: A sliding sleeve (1) of a vehicle transmission synchronization, wherein the tooth flanks (10) of the toothing (2) of the sliding sleeve (1) are surface-treated for enhanced friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Katrin Heider, Knut Erdmann, Christoph Karl
  • Patent number: 10975920
    Abstract: A synchronizer ring is made of steel and has a main body with a conical friction surface. A toothing and at least one blocking body project radially outward from the main body. The blocking body has an engagement section extending in the axial direction. The engagement section has a first edge, which runs approximately parallel to a first end face of the main body and has a first width extending in the circumferential direction, and two mutually opposite second edges extending from the first edge. To improve the durability of the synchronizer ring, the second edges have a convex curvature in a plan view of the engagement section. A second width extending in the circumferential direction between the second edges is greater than the first width at a depth spaced apart from the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Knut Erdmann, Murat Arbak, Martin Doernhoefer
  • Publication number: 20190242441
    Abstract: A synchronizer ring is made of steel and has a main body with a conical friction surface. A toothing and at least one blocking body project radially outward from the main body. The blocking body has an engagement section extending in the axial direction. The engagement section has a first edge, which runs approximately parallel to a first end face of the main body and has a first width extending in the circumferential direction, and two mutually opposite second edges extending from the first edge. To improve the durability of the synchronizer ring, the second edges have a convex curvature in a plan view of the engagement section. A second width extending in the circumferential direction between the second edges is greater than the first width at a depth spaced apart from the first edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: KNUT ERDMANN, MURAT ARBAK, MARTIN DOERNHOEFER
  • Patent number: 10081171
    Abstract: A method for producing a synchronizer ring includes providing a ring body made of metal and having a conical connecting surface, providing a friction ring, corresponding to the connecting surface, made of a composite material of carbon fiber bound with a resin, adhesively bonding the friction ring to the connecting surface, and pyrolyzing exclusively an outer layer of the friction ring which is remote from the connecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sabine Rahm, Knut Erdmann, Martin Doernhoefer
  • Publication number: 20170028699
    Abstract: A method for producing a synchronizer ring includes providing a ring body made of metal and having a conical connecting surface, providing a friction ring, corresponding to the connecting surface, made of a composite material of carbon fiber bound with a resin, adhesively bonding the friction ring to the connecting surface, and pyrolysing exclusively an outer layer of the friction ring which is remote from the connecting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: SABINE RAHM, KNUT ERDMANN, MARTIN DOERNHOEFER
  • Patent number: 8286776
    Abstract: A sheet-metal synchronizer ring for a synchronizing device has a conical ring body, an outer toothing for blocking the axial movement of a sliding sleeve, and at least one indexing tab which is bent in the axial direction and limits the rotation of the synchronizer ring in a synchronizer hub. The indexing tab has a tab widened portion on at least one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Doernhoefer, Knut Erdmann, Meinrad Holderied
  • Publication number: 20110056793
    Abstract: A sheet-metal synchronizer ring for a synchronizing device has a conical ring body, an outer toothing for blocking the axial movement of a sliding sleeve, and at least one indexing tab which is bent in the axial direction and limits the rotation of the synchronizer ring in a synchronizer hub. The indexing tab has a tab widened portion on at least one side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: DIEHL METALL STIFTUNG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Dörnhöfer, Knut Erdmann, Meinrad Holderied
  • Publication number: 20100282565
    Abstract: A friction layer carrier device has a basic element with a basic element contact surface and a friction layer lining body with a lining contact surface. The friction layer lining body is fastened to the basic element in such a way that the basic element contact surface and the lining contact surface are joined together in adhesive regions via an adhesive. At least one depression region, which allows degassing of the adhesive, is introduced into the basic element contact surface and/or into the lining contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: DIEHL METALL STIFTUNG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Knut Erdmann, Jochen Heider, Meinrad Holderied