Patents by Inventor Markus Schuiki

Markus Schuiki 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).

  • Flexplates and method for capacitor discharge welding of flexplates
    Patent number: 9982748
    Abstract: A two-piece flexplate assembly having a ring gear welded to a central plate using a capacitor discharge welding process. The weld is established between a joining structure defined between the ring gear and the central plate using either an overlap arrangement, a projection arrangement, or a chamfer arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Guobin Yin, Markus Schuiki, Markus Reiterer, Alexander Dietrich
  • Method for connecting a shaft and a hub and shaft-hub arrangement
    Patent number: 9000323
    Abstract: A method for connecting a shaft and a hub, the hub having a first joining portion and a second joining portion for a connection to corresponding joining portions of the shaft. The shaft and the hub are pressed together at contact points in the area of the first joining portions, while the second joining portions are not yet in contact with one another, and a welding current is fed via the contact points of the parts that have been pressed together, so that the contact points fuse. The shaft is pressed into the hub, while the first joining portions are being fused, until substantially a press fit is formed between the second joining portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Alexander Dietrich, Markus Schuiki
  • METHOD FOR CONNECTING A SHAFT AND A HUB AND SHAFT-HUB ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20120294671
    Abstract: A method for connecting a shaft and a hub, the hub having a first joining portion and a second joining portion for a connection to corresponding joining portions of the shaft. The shaft and the hub are pressed together at contact points in the area of the first joining portions, while the second joining portions are not yet in contact with one another, and a welding current is fed via the contact points of the parts that have been pressed together, so that the contact points fuse. The shaft is pressed into the hub, while the first joining portions are being fused, until substantially a press fit is formed between the second joining portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Alexander Dietrich, Markus Schuiki