Patents by Inventor Lars Schafer

Lars Schafer 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: 20060252557
    Abstract: An axial retaining arrangement for a bearing bushing in a bearing bore, forming a bore wall, of a yoke arm of a joint yoke belonging to a universal joint or of a bearing element by means of a retaining ring, wherein the bearing bushing has an outer face, with which it rests in the bearing bore, the bearing bore forms a longitudinal axis, the bore wall of the bearing bore or the outer face of the bearing bushing have an annular groove centered on the longitudinal axis, the retaining ring has a first ring portion, retained in the annular groove, has at least one second ring portion following to the first ring portion, which is elastic in the radial direction and which at least forms one engagement edge, which, depending on the arrangement of the annular groove to the bearing bore or the bearing bushing is pressing against the bore wall or the outer face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Schultze, Erhard Muller, Andreas Neises, Lars Schafer