Patents by Inventor Michael Bernutz

Michael Bernutz 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: 10458473
    Abstract: A cage segment of a rolling bearing, which cage segment has two side plates and two webs which are fixedly connected to one another, wherein the webs extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the rolling bodies of the rolling bearing, and in which cage segment the side plates and the webs form a pocket for receiving a rolling body. In order to be able to produce and assemble a cage segment of said type in an inexpensive manner, and in order to be able to ensure operation without jamming in an associated rolling bearing, it is provided that the two side plates on both sides of the pocket extend in a circumferential direction of the rolling bearing to such an extent that the side plates together with in each case one of the two webs form in each case one half-pocket for receiving a directly adjacent rolling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Meder, Michael Bernutz, Hermann Geyer, Reinhard Rumpel, Jurgen Lechner
  • Publication number: 20180291959
    Abstract: A cage segment of a rolling bearing, which cage segment has two side plates and two webs which are fixedly connected to one another, wherein the webs extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the rolling bodies of the rolling bearing, and in which cage segment the side plates and the webs form a pocket for receiving a rolling body. In order to be able to produce and assemble a cage segment of said type in an inexpensive manner, and in order to be able to ensure operation without jamming in an associated rolling bearing, it is provided that the two side plates on both sides of the pocket extend in a circumferential direction of the rolling bearing to such an extent that the side plates together with in each case one of the two webs form in each case one half-pocket for receiving a directly adjacent rolling body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Meder, Michael Bernutz, Hermann Geyer, Reinhard Rumpel, Jurgen Lechner
  • Publication number: 20160003298
    Abstract: A cage section (36), particularly for a meander-shaped cage (12) of a rolling contact bearing (14, 15), including at least one cage part (10, 11, 11?) made of a Z-shaped bent sheet-metal strip (16, 17) with a first arm (20), a connecting part (18) and a second arm (22), wherein the first arm (20) and the second arm (22) are bent substantially perpendicularly to the sheet metal plane (23). The invention further relates to a method for producing a cage portion (36), particularly for a meander-shaped cage (12) of a rolling contact bearing (14, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Horst Masuch, Hermann Geyer, Michael Bernutz