Patents by Inventor Michael Tschirschwitz

Michael Tschirschwitz 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).

  • Bearing support composed of fiber-plastic composite
    Patent number: 10436246
    Abstract: A bearing support includes at least one sliding bearing defined by the bearing support and/or at least one rolling-element bearing having an outer raceway defined by the bearing support. The bearing support is formed from a fiber-plastic composite and includes an integrally formed sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or an integrally formed raceway for rolling elements of the rolling-element bearing, and the fiber-plastic composite includes a matrix into which spatially oriented sliding fibers, for example, PTFE fibers, are embedded in a region of the sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or a region of the raceway of the rolling-element bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Thomas Heege, Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Helmut Hauck, Andreas Klopf, Michael Tschirschwitz, Juergen Weiglein
  • BEARING SUPPORT COMPOSED OF FIBER-PLASTIC COMPOSITE
    Publication number: 20170307008
    Abstract: A bearing support includes at least one sliding bearing defined by the bearing support and/or at least one rolling-element bearing having an outer raceway defined by the bearing support. The bearing support is formed from a fiber-plastic composite and includes an integrally formed sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or an integrally formed raceway for rolling elements of the rolling-element bearing, and the fiber-plastic composite includes a matrix into which spatially oriented sliding fibers, for example, PTFE fibers, are embedded in a region of the sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or a region of the raceway of the rolling-element bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Heege, Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Helmut Hauck, Andreas Klopf, Michael Tschirschwitz, Juergen Weiglein