Patents by Inventor Nicolas Schehrer

Nicolas Schehrer 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: 11879522
    Abstract: A slide rail for damping a first side of a belt device of a belt drive includes an outer slide surface, an inner slide surface, an axial web, and a support-receiving element. The inner slide surface is oriented parallel to, and away from, the outer slide surface, and includes a rear side. The axial web has an axial extension disposed on the rear side. The support-receiving element is designed to orient the outer slide surface and the inner slide surface to damp the first side. In an example embodiment, the slide rail includes a transverse rib connecting the inner slide surface to the axial web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Nicolas Schehrer
  • Patent number: 11846350
    Abstract: A damper apparatus for a belt element of a belt transmission includes a sliding surface, a bearing receptacle, a first rail half and a second rail half. The sliding surface is arranged to contact a strand of the belt element to dampen the belt element. The bearing receptacle is arranged to align the sliding surface with the strand such that the sliding surface defines a strand travel direction, normal to a transversal direction. The first rail half has a first plunge opening with a first hook lid, and the second rail half has a second plunge opening with a second hook lid. The first rail half and the second rail half are interlockingly connected in contact to each other crosswise to the strand travel direction, and the first hook lid is arranged to plunge into the second plunge opening behind the second hook lid in a gripping manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Nicolas Schehrer
  • Patent number: 11466758
    Abstract: A belt-driven conical pulley transmission includes a first pulley sheave pair arranged on the first shaft, a second pulley sheave pair arranged on the second shaft, a belt means, a first slide rail, and a second slide rail. Each pulley sheave pair includes a first conical pully displaceable along a respective shaft axis and a second conical pulley fixed along the respective axis. The belt means is displaceable in a radial direction along respective contact faces of the pulley sheave pairs from an inner position to an outer position. The belt means includes a traction strand extending through an intermediate space between the first pulley sheave pair and the second pulley sheave pair, and a thrust strand extending through the intermediate space. The first slide rail is guides the traction strand and the second slide rail is designed different from the first slide rail and guides the thrust strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nicolas Schehrer, Markus Baumann
  • Publication number: 20220128131
    Abstract: A damper device for a wrap-around means of a wrap-around transmission includes a carrier body formed from a composite reinforced plastic and comprising a surface, a sliding surface forming a first part of the surface, and a bearing surface for a pivoting means, the bearing surface forming a second part of the surface. The sliding surface or the bearing surface may be formed from a separate layer free of composite reinforcing means. The separate layer may be produced as a step of a multi component injection molding method with the carrier body being produced in a common injection mold in another step, as a coating on the carrier body, or as a separate component mechanically connected to the carrier body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nicolas Schehrer, Stephan Penner
  • Publication number: 20220056988
    Abstract: A slide rail for a belt-drive transmission includes a slide channel and a pivoting receptacle. The slide channel includes a first slide surface for damping contact on a strand of a belt of the belt-drive transmission, a second slide surface for damping contact on the strand, antagonistic to the first slide surface, and a channel height formed by the first slide surface and the second slide surface. The pivoting receptacle is arranged for pivoting support of the slide rail on a pivoting means of the belt-drive transmission. A one of the first slide surface or the second slide surface includes an elevation extending toward the belt such that the one of the first slide surface or the second slide surface is displaced over a profile along a longitudinal direction in a transversal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Nicolas Schehrer
  • Publication number: 20210262553
    Abstract: A damper apparatus for a belt element of a belt transmission includes a sliding surface, a bearing receptacle, a first rail half and a second rail half. The sliding surface is arranged to contact a strand of the belt element to dampen the belt element. The bearing receptacle is arranged to align the sliding surface with the strand such that the sliding surface defines a strand travel direction, normal to a transversal direction. The first rail half has a first plunge opening with a first hook lid, and the second rail half has a second plunge opening with a second hook lid. The first rail half and the second rail half are interlockingly connected in contact to each other crosswise to the strand travel direction, and the first hook lid is arranged to plunge into the second plunge opening behind the second hook lid in a gripping manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Nicolas Schehrer
  • Publication number: 20210033174
    Abstract: A belt-driven conical pulley transmission includes a first pulley sheave pair arranged on the first shaft, a second pulley sheave pair arranged on the second shaft, a belt means, a first slide rail, and a second slide rail. Each pulley sheave pair includes a first conical pully displaceable along a respective shaft axis and a second conical pulley fixed along the respective axis. The belt means is displaceable in a radial direction along respective contact faces of the pulley sheave pairs from an inner position to an outer position. The belt means includes a traction strand extending through an intermediate space between the first pulley sheave pair and the second pulley sheave pair, and a thrust strand extending through the intermediate space. The first slide rail is guides the traction strand and the second slide rail is designed different from the first slide rail and guides the thrust strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nicolas Schehrer, Markus Baumann
  • Publication number: 20200393024
    Abstract: A slide rail for damping a first side of a belt means of a belt drive includes an outer slide surface, an inner slide surface, an axial web, and a support-receiving element. The inner slide surface is oriented parallel to, and away from, the outer slide surface, and includes a rear side. The axial web has an axial extension disposed on the rear side. The support-receiving element is designed to orient the outer slide surface and the inner slide surface to damp the first side. In an example embodiment, the slide rail includes a transverse rib connecting the inner slide surface to the axial web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Nicolas Schehrer
  • Publication number: 20200332869
    Abstract: A slide rail for a V-belt pulley drive includes an outer guide for guiding an outside of an axially extending V-belt, and an inner guide for guiding an inside of the V-belt. One of the guides includes a first guide part with a first hook and a contact face, and a second guide part with a first hook receiver and a support face. The first guide part and the second guide part are connectable via the first hook and retained by a clip-tooth connection, acting in an axial direction, between the contact face and the support face. A V-belt pulley drive is also disclosed. The V-belt pulley drive includes a first pulley sheave pair arranged on a first shaft, a second pulley sheave pair arranged on a second shaft, an axially extending V-belt for transmitting torque between the pulley sheave pairs, and the slide rail arranged to guide the V-belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Nicolas Schehrer