Patents by Inventor Lothar Meidl

Lothar Meidl 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: 5829890
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement is equipped with a radial bearing and with a roller bearing which acts purely in the axial direction. Rollers of axial bearing have a needle-like, barrel-like design. Bearing rings are provided with the corresponding profiles. When axial play develops in the bearing arrangement, rollers shift radially under the effect of gravity in one case and under the effect of centrifugal force in the other with the effect of eliminating the axial play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Bauer, Burkhard Buchheim, Thomas Helfrich, Christian Knoche, Lothar Meidl, Arno Stubenrauch, Jurgen Theuerer
  • Patent number: 5362159
    Abstract: A sealed four-row tapered roller bearing, useable for working rolls of roll stands, is provided with axial multipart inner and outer races and tapered rollers arranged between the bearing races, sealing of the seat of the outer race parts in the housing being preferably effected by O-rings which are arranged in annular grooves of the outer race parts. The bearing chamber is sealed axially outward by sealing rings which are fastened in annular grooves in the bore of the outer race parts and rest with sealing lips on surfaces of the inner race, the separating line between the front faces of the inner races being sealed off by a sealing ring which rests on the inner races.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Kufner, deceased, Lothar Meidl