Patents by Inventor Peter Rumpel

Peter Rumpel 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: 11092207
    Abstract: A bearing bushing for a motor vehicle includes a sleeve, a bolt arranged inside the sleeve, and at least one elastomer element arranged radially between the sleeve and the bolt for supporting the bolt in the sleeve in a damping manner. The bolt has a ball element axially between two distal ends, wherein the ball element interacts with at least two movable ball socket elements in order to change the stiffness of the bearing bushing. This allows the bearing bushing can be switched between at least two stiffness levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Rumpel, Hartmut Krehmer
  • Patent number: 10718395
    Abstract: A bearing bushing, for example, for a motor vehicle. The bearing bushing is switchable between a first and a second stiffness stage. The bearing bushing has a first elastomer ring, which is arranged rotationally fixedly on an outer circumferential surface of an inner ring, and a second elastomer ring, which is arranged rotationally fixedly on an inner circumferential surface of an outer ring. Radially between the two elastomer rings, an intermediate ring makes contact in a rotationally fixed manner with the two elastomer rings. To change in stiffness of the bearing bushing, the first elastomer ring can be bridged by the intermediate ring and at least one blocking ring which is arranged on the bearing bushing at an end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Krehmer, Peter Rumpel
  • Patent number: 10625551
    Abstract: An elastic chassis link for a vehicle is disclosed. The elastic chassis link includes a sliding joint having first and second sliding joint rods. The joint rods are movable axially relative to each other in order to change the rigidity of the elastic chassis link. The first sliding joint rod is connected to a piston that is arranged axially and movable axially within a piston space within second sliding joint rod. The piston divides the piston space into two chambers that interact with a damping element, such as fluid, within each chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Rumpel, Hartmut Krehmer
  • Patent number: 10570978
    Abstract: A bearing bush for a vehicle is disclosed. The bearing bush includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and an elastomer element between the inner and outer rings. An actuator is configured to cause an application of a force on the elastomer element in a radial direction against at least one of the inner ring and outer ring to alter the rigidity of the bearing bushing. This provides a system for mechanically altering the rigidity of the bearing bush, making the bearing bush switchable between at least two rigidity states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Rumpel, Hartmut Krehmer
  • Publication number: 20180223937
    Abstract: A bearing bushing for a motor vehicle includes a sleeve, a bolt arranged inside the sleeve, and at least one elastomer element arranged radially between the sleeve and the bolt for supporting the bolt in the sleeve in a damping manner. The bolt has a ball element axially between two distal ends, wherein the ball element interacts with at least two movable ball socket elements in order to change the stiffness of the bearing bushing. This allows the bearing bushing can be switched between at least two stiffness levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter RUMPEL, Hartmut KREHMER
  • Publication number: 20180223936
    Abstract: A bearing bush for a vehicle is disclosed. The bearing bush includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and an elastomer element between the inner and outer rings. An actuator is configured to cause an application of a force on the elastomer element in a radial direction against at least one of the inner ring and outer ring to alter the rigidity of the bearing bushing. This provides a system for mechanically altering the rigidity of the bearing bush, making the bearing bush switchable between at least two rigidity states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter RUMPEL, Hartmut KREHMER
  • Publication number: 20180209478
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a bearing bushing for a motor vehicle. In one example, the bearing bushing has an inner ring and an outer ring and an elastomer element arranged rotationally fixedly radially between the inner ring and the outer ring. The bearing bushing is switchable between at least two stiffness stages. The change in stiffness of the bearing bushing may be provided by at least one auxiliary element disposed radially between the inner ring and the outer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Krehmer, Peter Rumpel
  • Publication number: 20180194184
    Abstract: An elastic chassis link for a vehicle is disclosed. The elastic chassis link includes a sliding joint having first and second sliding joint rods. The joint rods are movable axially relative to each other in order to change the rigidity of the elastic chassis link. The first sliding joint rod is connected to a piston that is arranged axially and movable axially within a piston space within second sliding joint rod. The piston divides the piston space into two chambers that interact with a damping element, such as fluid, within each chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter RUMPEL, Hartmut KREHMER
  • Publication number: 20180163807
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a bearing bushing, for example, for a motor vehicle. The bearing bushing is switchable between a first and a second stiffness stage. The bearing bushing has a first elastomer ring, which is arranged rotationally fixedly on an outer circumferential surface of an inner ring, and a second elastomer ring, which is arranged rotationally fixedly on an inner circumferential surface of an outer ring. Radially between the two elastomer rings, an intermediate ring makes contact in a rotationally fixed manner with the two elastomer rings. To change in stiffness of the bearing bushing, the first elastomer ring can be bridged by the intermediate ring and at least one blocking ring which is arranged on the bearing bushing at an end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Krehmer, Peter Rumpel
  • Patent number: 7773909
    Abstract: In a method and system for handling of an endless belt for an electro-photographic printer or copier, an endless belt is borne with aid of a first, a second, and a third cylindrical body. The first cylindrical body is inserted through a loop of the endless belt. The second cylindrical body is arranged outside of the loop of the endless belt and parallel to the first cylindrical body. The endless belt is wound around the first and the second cylindrical bodies. The third cylindrical body is provided through the loop at a free end of the endless belt. The cylindrical bodies with the wound endless belt are housed in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Oce Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Rumpel, Winfried Topp
  • Publication number: 20070009285
    Abstract: In a method and system for handling of an endless belt for an electro-photographic printer or copier, an endless belt is borne with aid of a first, a second, and a third cylindrical body. The first cylindrical body is inserted through a loop of the endless belt. The second cylindrical body is arranged outside of the loop of the endless belt and parallel to the first cylindrical body. The endless belt is wound around the first and the second cylindrical bodies. The third cylindrical body is provided through the loop at a free end of the endless belt. The cylindrical bodies with the wound endless belt are housed in a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Rumpel, Winfried Topp
  • Patent number: 6787774
    Abstract: The corotron wire of a corotron device is introduced with a retainer element, such as in a printer or copier. At least one corotron wire is held by the retainer element and the carrier material for a latent image residing there opposite is conducted past the corotron wire. The carrier material and the corotron wire lie in planes arranged substantially parallel to one another. The retainer element lies on bearings at at least two bearing points, the bearings being rigidly connected to the guide element and pressed onto the bearings with a spring power. A method is also provided for introducing the corotron wire of a corotron device with assistance of the retainer element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Océ Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Rumpel, Hartmut Gack
  • Patent number: 6363231
    Abstract: A printer or copier includes a high speed monochrome or two color printer portion and a slower full color printer portion. Print job signals are divided into monochrome and color printed pages and sent to the corresponding printer portion. The printers, or a paper handling path between the printers, is controlled to assemble the printed pages into a predetermined sequence order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Oce Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Manzer, Bernd Krempel, Manfred Lehmann, Rudolf Seeberger, Hans Hahn, Ruediger Siemens, Wolfgang Schullerus, Andreas Berchtold, Peter Rumpel, Manfred Wiedemer, Gerhard Loedermann
  • Patent number: 6256463
    Abstract: A printer or copier includes a high speed monochrome or two color printer portion and a slower full color printer portion. Print job signals are divided into monochrome and color printed pages and sent to the corresponding printer portion. The printers, or a paper handling path between the printers, is controlled to assemble the printed pages into a predetermined sequence order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Ocè Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Manzer, Bernd Krempel, Manfred Lehmann, Rudolf Seeberger, Hans Hahn, Ruediger Siemens, Wolfgang Schullerus, Andreas Berchtold, Peter Rumpel, Manfred Wiedemer, Gerhard Loedermann
  • Patent number: 5521690
    Abstract: A pneumatic toner transport device for an electrographic printing or copying machine is used for transporting toner and for removing toner and/or dirt particles from units of the machine, such as developer station (10) and cleaning station (28). It contains a vacuum-producing device (31), which is connected via a vacuum duct system to the various units of the machine. Assigned to the duct system is a particle separator (24) in the form of a cyclone filter for separating toner and dirt particles out of an airstream flowing through. The particle mixture is separated in a recycling device into dirt particles and recyclable toner and the recyclable toner is supplied anew to the developer station. The dirt particles are collected in a fine filter (32) of the vacuum-producing device (31). The toner recycling device (25) is designed as an exchangeable constructional unit, which can be exchanged for a catchbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jurgen Taffler, Peter Rumpel
  • Patent number: 5358346
    Abstract: A paper-separating device for prefolded continuous paper (12) which is drawn from a stockpile (11) a paper-transport device (44) and is fed to a printer, in particular a non-mechanical printer or photocopier includes a swivellable first deflecting element (32) is arranged between the paper-transport device (44) and the stockpile (11) and a second deflecting element (34) is arranged in stationary fashion in the swivel area of the first deflecting element (32). In a swivelled position of the first deflecting element (32), the paper web can be inserted into the paper-transport device of the printer. By swivelling the first deflecting element (32) into an operational position, the deflecting element grips the paper web (12) on one side and places it in the area of the second deflecting element (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
    Inventors: Ludwig Schmidt, Peter Rumpel
  • Patent number: 5350100
    Abstract: A paper feed device for feeding continuous stationery (12), provided with lateral perforations, into the transport elements (44) of a transfer station (17) of a non-mechanical printing device, in which paper feed device the transfer station (17) has in the transport direction of the continuous stationery paper transport belts (44) which are motor-driven both on the input and on the output side and engage in the lateral perforation of the continuous stationery (12), and a paper brake (31), which can be actuated when required, is arranged upstream of the input-side transport elements (47) in the transport direction. A switch device (D, C) is provided to feed the continuous stationery accurately after the continuous stationery (12) has been deposited in the output-side paper transport elements (48), which switch device drives the output-side paper transport elements (48) at least for a predeterminable feed time when the paper brake (31) is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
    Inventor: Peter Rumpel
  • Patent number: 5276494
    Abstract: A high-speed printing device is provided with a particle trap (30), arranged in the paper channel in the paper transport direction upstream of the printing area (15, 49), for intercepting particles, i.e. paper clips, entrained with he recording carrier (12). The particle trap has a passage slot (95), which is dimensioned to correspond to the size of the particles to be intercepted, for the recording carrier (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssystem AG
    Inventor: Peter Rumpel
  • Patent number: 4564184
    Abstract: An apparatus with an arrangement for connecting individual fanfolded stacks of prefolded continuous form paper to produce a continuous web to feed to a fast printer characterized by a longitudinally extending transfer plane or table comprising a work region which is adjacent the printer and a supply region spaced from the work region by a transversely extending gap which receives the free edge of the bottom sheet of a stack as the stack is moved across the gap from the supply region to the work region. After movement into the working region, the bottom sheet is in a trailing exposed position that enables connecting to the top sheet of the next following stack by the connecting arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Rumpel