Patents by Inventor Lothar Fauth

Lothar Fauth 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: 7225655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to manufacture a shaft (22) as well as a device containing such a shaft (22), in particular an armature shaft (22) of an electromotive drive (10), which is held by at least one shaft mounting, whereby a curved, rounded stopping tip (40) that can support itself on an axial stopping face (32, 34) is formed at least one fore part (28, 30) of the shaft (22) by means of material displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Fauth
  • Patent number: 7073249
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mounting a worm on an armature shaft of an armature for an electric motor. The invention proposes first mounting armature parts, such as an armature lamination packet with armature windings, a commutator, a bearing seat, and/or a bearing, on the armature shaft and then rolling the worm on the armature shaft. This has the advantage that the worm can have a greater diameter than does the armature shaft over its remaining length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Fauth
  • Patent number: 7051611
    Abstract: A method for producing a shaft and a device containing such a shaft (22), in particular an armature shaft (22) of an electric motor drive (10), which shaft is held by at least one shaft bearing (43), includes forming a bearing surface (40) for guidance in a shaft bearing (42) onto the shaft (22) at at least one point by positive displacement of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Fauth
  • Patent number: 6933653
    Abstract: An armature according to the invention is comprised of a number of lamination modules, wherein each module has a beginning region and an end region that are each fastened to the rotor shaft so that even in the presence of very high torques, the holding force for the sheet metal laminations between the beginning region and end region is so great that they do not shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Fauth, Klaus-Dieter Haefele
  • Publication number: 20050166655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to manufacture a shaft (22) as well as a device containing such a shaft (22), in particular an armature shaft (22) of an electromotive drive (10), which is held by at least one shaft mounting, whereby a curved, rounded stopping tip (40) that can support itself on an axial stopping face (32, 34) is formed at least one fore part (28, 30) of the shaft (22) by means of material displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventor: Lothar Fauth
  • Publication number: 20040066112
    Abstract: An armature according to the prior art, which is comprised of sheet metal laminations and in which only a beginning region and an end region of the lamination bundle comprised of the sheet metal laminations are fastened to a rotor shaft by means of a press fit, has the disadvantage that sheet metal laminations between the beginning region and the end region shift in the presence of very high torques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Lothar Fauth, Klaus-Dieter Haefele
  • Publication number: 20030159533
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a shaft and a device containing such a shaft (22), in particular an armature shaft (22) of an electric motor drive (10), which shaft is held by at least one shaft bearing (43). It is proposed that a bearing surface (40) for guidance in a shaft bearing (42) be formed onto the shaft (22) at at least one point by means of positive displacement of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventor: Lothar Fauth
  • Patent number: 6448683
    Abstract: In rotors for electric motors, it is usual to fix the commutator on the rotor shaft by means of a press fit. In the present invention, the rotor shaft, with the rotor core fixed thereon, is electronically coated with an epoxy layer on opposite portions of the rotor shaft and in the winding slots, and is then heated on the plasticizing and curing temperature of the epoxy. After that, with the help of a sliding temperature, the commutator, whose inner bore has a clearance fit relative to the rotor shaft, is slipped onto the rotor shaft in a terminal position, in the process the still-viscous epoxy is pushed backward and is deposited radially on a connecting end face, forming a bead, and penetrates the annular gap between the inner bore and the rotor shaft. Once the epoxy layer has cooled, the commutator is fixed against rotation and displacement on the rotor shaft. The rotor is suitable for electric motors of various types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Wiesler, Klaus Maldener, Martin Kiefer, Lothar Fauth, Hans Kobschaetzky, Dieter Kern
  • Patent number: 6276838
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaft and hub connection for securing bearings, in particular ball bearings (12), on a shaft (10). The proposal is made that the hub part (14) of the bearing (12) encompassing the shaft (10) have at least one axial surface (20), against which a projection (24, 30) rests, which is produced from the shaft (10) by means of plastic deformation and prevents an axial movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Lauk, Lothar Fauth, Ernst Fischer, Hansjoerg Karcher, Juergen Herp, Erik Maurer, Richard Hurst, Anton Waibel, Andreas Wiegert
  • Publication number: 20010009339
    Abstract: In rotors for electric motors, it is usual to fix the commutator on the rotor shaft by means of a press fit. In the process, damage undesirably occurs to the surface of the rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: Martin Wiesler, Klaus Maldener, Martin Kiefer, Lothar Fauth, Hans Kobschaetzky, Dieter Kern
  • Patent number: 6249957
    Abstract: In rotors for electric motors, it is usual to fix the commutator on the rotor shaft by a press fit. In the present invention, the rotor shaft, with the rotor core fixed thereon, is electrostatically coated with an epoxy layer on opposite portions of the rotor shaft and in the winding slots, and is then heated to the plasticizing and curing temperature of the epoxy. After that, by a sliding tool, the commutator, whose inner bore has a clearance fit relative to the rotor shaft, is slipped onto the rotor shaft in a terminal position, in the process the still-viscous epoxy is pushed backward and is deposited radially on a connecting end face, forming a bead, and penetrates the annular gap between the inner bore and the rotor shaft. Once the epoxy layer has cooled, the commutator is fixed against rotation and displacement on the rotor shaft. The rotor is suitable for electric motors of various types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Wiesler, Klaus Maldener, Martin Kiefer, Lothar Fauth, Hans Kobschaetzky, Dieter Kern