Patents by Inventor Max Schafer

Max 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).

  • Patent number: 10738884
    Abstract: A hydraulic switching assembly for a motor vehicle, having a hydraulic pump (1) which guides a hydraulic medium from a reservoir (2) via hydraulic lines (3) and at least one magnetic valve assembly (4) including a magnetically actuatable switching valve (5), to a switching element (6) in order to hydraulically actuate the switching element (6) between two switching positions. A pressure accumulator (7) and a first check valve (8a) are mounted in a supply line (3a) upstream of the switching valve (5) in order to realize a reliable temporary supply of oil pressure to the switching element (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Max Schafer, Wolfgang Christgen, Volker Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20190003587
    Abstract: A hydraulic switching assembly for a motor vehicle, having a hydraulic pump (1) which guides a hydraulic medium from a reservoir (2) via hydraulic lines (3) and at least one magnetic valve assembly (4) including a magnetically actuatable switching valve (5), to a switching element (6) in order to hydraulically actuate the switching element (6) between two switching positions. A pressure accumulator (7) and a first check valve (8a) are mounted in a supply line (3a) upstream of the switching valve (5) in order to realize a reliable temporary supply of oil pressure to the switching element (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Max Schafer, Wolfgang Christgen, Volker Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10066517
    Abstract: A double-flow hydraulic support element for a switchable finger lever of a valve train of an internal combustion engine is provided. A piston is arranged in an axial bore of the housing of the support element in an axially movable manner, and the piston includes a hollow cylindrical pressure part and a cup-shaped working part. A head of the pressure part is used as a support for the finger lever and projects beyond the housing edge, and an opening for the flow of a hydraulic medium is formed in the end face of the head. The housing has a first passage and a second passage axially spaced from the first passage for the hydraulic medium. The support element has a hydraulic play compensation device with a ball non-return valve for the finger lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Kretschmer, Peter Sailer, Wolfgang Christgen, Michael Kugler, Jochen Tovar, Max Schafer
  • Publication number: 20180187576
    Abstract: A double-flow hydraulic support element for a switchable finger lever of a valve train of an internal combustion engine is provided. A piston is arranged in an axial bore of the housing of the support element in an axially movable manner, and the piston includes a hollow cylindrical pressure part and a cup-shaped working part. A head of the pressure part is used as a support for the finger lever and projects beyond the housing edge, and an opening for the flow of a hydraulic medium is formed in the end face of the head. The housing has a first passage and a second passage axially spaced from the first passage for the hydraulic medium. The support element has a hydraulic play compensation device with a ball non-return valve for the finger lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Kretschmer, Peter Sailer, Wolfgang Christgen, Michael Kugler, Jochen Tovar, Max Schafer
  • Patent number: 4476793
    Abstract: An embroidery machine having a plurality of embroidery bars, particularly needle and piercer bars, which are mounted for axial displacement independently of each other and arranged in at least one row alongside of each other, which bars can be coupled individually with a reciprocating drive element in accordance with a program determined by a control. In order to be able to couple each individual embroidery bar with the drive element in accordance with any desired unlimited number of programs without having to stop the drive in order to change the program, each individual embroidery bar can be coupled with the drive element by the force of at least one magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Karl Zangs AG
    Inventors: Hans Conrads, Josef Hoffmans, Hans Hippel, Hubert Hoven, Hans Rolaussf, Max Schafer
  • Patent number: 4463692
    Abstract: A shuttle embroidery machine having an embroidery frame which is displaceable in accordance with a predetermined program with respect to the machine frame both in vertical and in horizontal directions at its two ends by separate respective drives each, each drive having a motor whose rotation can be transmitted via a transmission as a vertical or a horizontal displacement, respectively, to the embroidery frame and cross guides permitting independent movement of the embroidery frame in the horizontal or vertical directions. In order to increase the precision of positioning of the embroidery frame and at the same time to make its drives simpler and less expensive, at least one additional drive, controlled jointly with the end drives, is arranged between the ends of the embroidery frame for the vertical displacement of the embroidery frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Inventors: Rolf Berger, Josef Bonnen, Josef Haffmans, Max Schafer, Wolfgang Teetz, Franzjosef Gierse