Patents by Inventor Olaf Werner

Olaf Werner 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).

  • Publication number: 20250149950
    Abstract: A module, in particular a rotor assembly (2) or stator assembly (49), for an electrical machine (1, 45), including multiple components (3), wherein at least one volume filled with a damping fluid is formed between at least two of the components (3), wherein, for the purpose of vibration damping, the damping fluid is displaceable as a result of a change in the geometry of the volume resulting from an elastic vibration of at least one component (3) adjacent to the volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian KAISER, Olaf WERNER, Fabian BENESCH, Christoph RABER, René DAIKELER, Shen DING
  • Publication number: 20250052283
    Abstract: A pendulum rocker damper includes an axis of rotation, a first outer connection, a primary side connected to the first outer connection, a second outer connection, a secondary side connected to the second outer connection, a rocker element, a rocker-side roller track, an outer roller track complementary to the rocker-side roller track, a roller arranged to roll on the roller tracks, and first and second energy storage elements. The first energy storage element is arranged to pretension the roller against the rocker-side roller track and the outer roller track. The second energy storage element is arranged in the roller, or in the rocker-side roller track or in the outer roller track, and arranged to pretension the roller against one of the rocker-side roller track or the outer roller track when the first energy storage element is in a resting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Dagenbach, Olaf Werner, Yang Zhou, Mikhail Gvozdev
  • Patent number: 12162327
    Abstract: A pendulum rocker damper with a rotation axis includes an input side with first and second input-side counter tracks, an output side with first and second output-side counter tracks, a stored energy source, and rocker elements disposed at opposite axial ends of the stored energy source. Each of the rocker elements has three axially offset partial tracks forming an input-side roller track and an output-side roller track. A first input-side rolling element is clamped between the first input-side counter track and a first input-side roller track and a second input-side rolling element is clamped between the second input-side counter track and a second input-side roller track. A first output-side rolling element is clamped between the first output-side counter track and a second output-side roller track and a second output-side rolling element is clamped between the second output-side counter track and a second output-side roller track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alain Rusch, Martin Häßler, Michael Kessler, Olaf Werner
  • Patent number: 12151568
    Abstract: A drive system (1) having a unipolar machine (2) and a fuel cell (3) for supplying the unipolar machine (2) with electrical energy. The fuel cell (3) can be arranged in a ring shape around a rotor shaft (5) of a rotor (4) of the unipolar machine (2). The unipolar machine (2) can be provided in a motor vehicle (600) to supply a traction torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Werner, Georg Göppert
  • Publication number: 20240109392
    Abstract: A pendulum rocker damper with a rotation axis includes an input side with first and second input-side counter tracks, an output side with first and second output-side counter tracks, a stored energy source, and rocker elements disposed at opposite axial ends of the stored energy source. Each of the rocker elements has three axially offset partial tracks forming an input-side roller track and an output-side roller track. A first input-side rolling element is clamped between the first input-side counter track and a first input-side roller track and a second input-side rolling element is clamped between the second input-side counter track and a second input-side roller track. A first output-side rolling element is clamped between the first output-side counter track and a second output-side roller track and a second output-side rolling element is clamped between the second output-side counter track and a second output-side roller track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alain Rusch, Martin Häßler, Michael Kessler, Olaf Werner
  • Patent number: 11491991
    Abstract: A method for determines the drive train sensitivity of a drive train of a motor vehicle. A vehicle body is placed in longitudinal oscillations in the direction of travel and a parameter for the drive train sensitivity is determined as a function of the determined longitudinal accelerations of the vehicle body and the resultant angular accelerations of a transmission input shaft of a transmission of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tobias Hoffmann, Jan Faißt, Olaf Werner, Stefan Winkelmann
  • Publication number: 20220203846
    Abstract: A drive system (1) having a unipolar machine (2) and a fuel cell (3) for supplying the unipolar machine (2) with electrical energy. The fuel cell (3) can be arranged in a ring shape around a rotor shaft (5) of a rotor (4) of the unipolar machine (2). The unipolar machine (2) can be provided in a motor vehicle (600) to supply a traction torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf WERNER, Georg GÖPPERT
  • Publication number: 20210229669
    Abstract: A method for determines the drive train sensitivity of a drive train of a motor vehicle. A vehicle body is placed in longitudinal oscillations in the direction of travel and a parameter for the drive train sensitivity is determined as a function of the determined longitudinal accelerations of the vehicle body and the resultant angular accelerations of a transmission input shaft of a transmission of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tobias Hoffmann, Jan Faißt, Olaf Werner, Stefan Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 10138951
    Abstract: A dual clutch having a first clutch which has a first pressure plate that is movable axially relative to a first counterplate for coupling a first clutch disk that is connected to a first output shaft, a second clutch, which has a second pressure plate that is axially movable relative to a second counterplate for coupling a second clutch disk that is connected to a second output shaft, a torsional vibration damper situated in the direction of flux force between the input shaft and the first counterplate wherein the torsional vibration damper includes a dual mass flywheel with a bow spring running in the circumferential direction to transmit torque, where the flux of force is introducible radially on the outside from the input shaft to the first counterplate into the dual mass flywheel, and is dispersible radially on the inside to the bow spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Krebs, Olaf Werner, Nils Fischer, René Daikeler, Philippe Schwederle, Thomas Janz
  • Patent number: 9933039
    Abstract: A drivetrain having an active torsional vibration damping and a method for carrying out the active torsional vibration damping, having an internal combustion engine being affected by torsional vibrations and having a crankshaft, a torsional vibration damper that is operatively connected to the crankshaft and has at least one operating point of low vibration isolation of the torsional vibrations and has a primary inertial mass associated with the crankshaft and an inertial mass associated with a gear input shaft of a gearbox, the inertial mass being rotatable relatively and limitedly with respect to the primary inertial mass against the action of a spring device. The drivetrain also includes an electric motor having a rotating mass operatively connected to the gearbox input shaft, and a control unit, the spring device being formed by linear springs, the rotating mass of the electric motor being designed as a secondary inertial mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Werner, Michael Huber, Carsten Angrick, Matthias Gramann, Martin Dilzer
  • Publication number: 20160223362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring a rotor parameter, including: an incremental material measure, which is connected to a rotor or stator in a rotationally fixed manner and which has increment marks, an increment-measure sensor, which is arranged facing the incremental material measure and which is arranged on the stator if the incremental material measure is connected to the rotor in a rotationally fixed manner and which is arranged on the rotor if the incremental material measure is connected to the stator in a rotationally fixed manner, and an evaluating unit. The device has a timer, which is reset and restarted each time an increment mark passes by the increment-measure sensor. In dependence on a value of the timer, the evaluating unit determines the rotor parameter for an intermediate rotational position of the rotor lying between two rotational positions of the rotor that correspond to two adjacent increment marks that the rotor passes by in succession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Werner, Michael Huber
  • Patent number: 8746097
    Abstract: A drive train, which has an internal combustion engine with a crankshaft and a parallel shift transmission with two part drive trains, which each have one transmission input shaft. One shaft is formed as a hollow shaft around the other shaft, and a dual clutch, which is received rotatably on the hollow shaft, is connected to the crankshaft and has two friction clutches and two clutch plates each assigned to one clutch and are each connected to one transmission input shaft. Each clutch plate has a torsional vibration damper with a working range which is smaller than a maximum torque of the engine. A build-up of a combined vibration which has an axial vibration of the dual clutch and a rotational vibration of the drive train during an overlap shift operation is prevented by the design of the torsional vibration dampers for a smaller torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Olaf Werner, Stefan Goppelt
  • Publication number: 20140109720
    Abstract: A drivetrain having an active torsional vibration damping and a method for carrying out the active torsional vibration damping, having an internal combustion engine being affected by torsional vibrations and having a crankshaft, a torsional vibration damper that is operatively connected to the crankshaft and has at least one operating point of low vibration isolation of the torsional vibrations and has a primary inertial mass associated with the crankshaft and an inertial mass associated with a gear input shaft of a gearbox, the inertial mass being rotatable relatively and limitedly with respect to the primary inertial mass against the action of a spring device. The drivetrain also includes an electric motor having a rotating mass operatively connected to the gearbox input shaft, and a control unit, the spring device being formed by linear springs, the rotating mass of the electric motor being designed as a secondary inertial mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Olaf Werner, Michael Huber, Carsten Angrick, Matthias Gramann, Martin Dilzer
  • Patent number: 8607950
    Abstract: A dual clutch having a first transmission-side output shaft and/or a second transmission-side output shaft having a first clutch comprising a first pressure plate that is axially movable relative to a first counterplate for engaging a first clutch disk connected to a first output shaft, a second clutch comprising a second pressure plate that is axially movable relative to a second counterplate for engaging a second clutch disk connected to a second output shaft, an actuating device for moving the first pressure plate and/or the second pressure plate and a fastening plate connected to the actuation device for axially fastening to a clutch housing, wherein the actuating device is designed to pre-center relative to the clutch housing and/or the transmission housing in a radially adjustable manner, and the fastening plate is designed to be radially fixed to the clutch housing and/or the transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Krebs, René Daikeler, Karl-Ludwig Kimmig, Olaf Werner
  • Patent number: 8521383
    Abstract: A method for controlling an automated friction clutch that is located between a drive motor and a transmission in a motor vehicle that is equipped with fraction control and driving condition recognition for detecting current driving conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mario Jung, Olaf Werner
  • Publication number: 20120143452
    Abstract: A method for controlling an automated friction clutch that is located between a drive motor and a transmission in a motor vehicle that is equipped with fraction control and driving condition recognition for detecting current driving conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Mario Jung, Olaf Werner
  • Patent number: 8151966
    Abstract: Arrangement for operating a clutch, in particular a clutch in the power train of a motor vehicle, comprising a means of transmission that is mounted movably in an operating direction with respect to a support. The support is flexibly mounted in the direction of operation with respect to a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Goeppert, Olaf Werner
  • Patent number: 7835844
    Abstract: An automatic friction clutch in a drive train of a motor vehicle is controlled to transfer a clutch torque that includes an engine torque-dependent component and a clutch slip-dependent component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Werner, Roland Seebacher, Klaus Kuepper, Carsten Mohr, Severine Gallou
  • Patent number: 7813858
    Abstract: A method for controlling the slip of a vehicle clutch, wherein in the method the difference between a speed signal of the drive-end input shaft of the clutch and a filtered speed signal of a transmission-end clutch output shaft are maintained at a desired value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Rainer Praus, Olaf Werner
  • Publication number: 20100199792
    Abstract: A drive train, which has an internal combustion engine with a crankshaft and a parallel shift transmission with two part drive trains, which each have one transmission input shaft. One shaft is formed as a hollow shaft around the other shaft, and a dual clutch, which is received rotatably on the hollow shaft, is connected to the crankshaft and has two friction clutches and two clutch plates each assigned to one clutch and are each connected to one transmission input shaft. Each clutch plate has a torsional vibration damper with a working range which is smaller than a maximum torque of the engine. A build-up of a combined vibration which has an axial vibration of the dual clutch and a rotational vibration of the drive train during an overlap shift operation is prevented by the design of the torsional vibration dampers for a smaller torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
    Inventors: Olaf WERNER, Stefan GOPPELT