Patents by Inventor Rainer Ottersbach
Rainer Ottersbach 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).
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Patent number: 11905862Abstract: The invention relates to a gear device for a motor vehicle, as is used, for example, for adjusting a camshaft in a combustion engine in order to influence the phase angle between crankshaft and camshaft. Such gear devices have to be constructed compactly and also have to have high resistance to wear, in particular upon reaching end stops during adjustment of the phase angle. For this purpose, the gear device has hydraulic end stop damping by the drive unit and the output unit having communicating cavities.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KGInventors: Juergen Weber, Rainer Ottersbach, Resat Aras
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Patent number: 11821503Abstract: A harmonic drive, more particularly in an electromechanical camshaft phaser, comprises a drive element (2), a flexible transmission element (26) connected to the drive element (2) and having external teeth (29), and an output element (4) that is designed as a ring gear and has internal teeth (30) that partially mesh with the external teeth (29). The flexible transmission element (26) is pot-shaped, and is coupled in a torque-transmitting manner to the drive element (2) radially inside the outer teeth (29).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Resat Aras, Richard Baier, Harald Hofmann, Rainer Ottersbach
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Publication number: 20230272727Abstract: The invention relates to a gear device (101) for a motor vehicle, as is used, for example, for adjusting a camshaft in a combustion engine in order to influence the phase angle between crankshaft and camshaft. Such gear devices (101) have to be constructed compactly and also have to have high resistance to wear, in particular on reaching end stops during adjustment of the phase angle. For this purpose, the gear device (101) has hydraulic end stop damping by the drive unit (103) and the output unit (105) having communicating cavities (113, 115).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Juergen Weber, Rainer Ottersbach, Resat Aras
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Patent number: 11668383Abstract: A strain wave gear, in particular for an electromechanical camshaft adjuster, comprises a housing element, an internally toothed drive element connected thereto in a rotationally fixed manner, an elastic, externally toothed gear element, and an internally toothed output element. The drive element has positive locking elements with which it is connected to the housing element.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Marco Hildebrand, Rainer Ottersbach, Daniel Heise
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Patent number: 11326681Abstract: An elastic gear wheel for a harmonic drive has a cylinder portion with tooth, and a flange which is integrally designed with the cylinder portion. The flange has recesses for fastening, and through-apertures for fastening.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KGInventors: Tobias Preuss, Rainer Ottersbach
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Publication number: 20220065340Abstract: A harmonic drive, more particularly in an electromechanical camshaft phaser, comprises a drive element (2), a flexible transmission element (26) connected to the drive element (2) and having external teeth (29), and an output element (4) that is designed as a ring gear and has internal teeth (30) that partially mesh with the external teeth (29). The flexible transmission element (26) is pot-shaped, and is coupled in a torque-transmitting manner to the drive element (2) radially inside the outer teeth (29).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Resat Aras, Richard Baier, Harald Hofmann, Rainer Ottersbach
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Publication number: 20210396160Abstract: A camshaft phaser for variably adjusting the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, including: a stator and a rotor which can be rotated relative to the stator, wherein a plurality of hydraulic chambers are formed between the stator and the that are separated by radially inwardly projecting webs of the stator. Radially outwardly projecting vanes are formed on the rotor that divide each of the hydraulic chambers into first and second groups of working chambers with an opposing effective direction. A pressure medium pump is adapted to apply a pressure medium to the working chambers. A central valve controls the oil pressure in the working chambers. The pressure medium pump is directly connected to the working chambers in each ease via a pressure medium channel; the central valve is connected to the working chambers via discharge channels; and the central valve exclusively controls the pressure medium discharge from the working chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Enno SCHMITT, Jürgen WEBER, Rainer OTTERSBACH
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Publication number: 20210317903Abstract: A strain wave gear, in particular for an electromechanical camshaft adjuster, comprises a housing element, an internally toothed drive element connected thereto in a rotationally fixed manner, an elastic, externally toothed gear element, and an internally toothed output element. The drive element has positive locking elements with which it is connected to the housing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Marco Hildebrand, Rainer Ottersbach, Daniel Heise
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Patent number: 11098796Abstract: A harmonic drive is provided that comprises a wave generator, a flexible, externally toothed gear element that can be deformed by said wave generator, and at least one internally toothed gear component which meshes with the flexible, externally toothed gear element. The externally toothed element has, with respect to its mechanically unloaded state, a non-circular shape that deviates from an elliptical shape.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Rainer Ottersbach, Peter Zierer, Tobias Preuß
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Publication number: 20190072172Abstract: A harmonic drive is provided that comprises a wave generator, a flexible, externally toothed gear element that can be deformed by said wave generator, and at least one internally toothed gear component which meshes with the flexible, externally toothed gear element. The externally toothed element has, with respect to its mechanically unloaded state, a non-circular shape that deviates from an elliptical shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Rainer Ottersbach, Peter Zierer, Tobias Preuß
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Publication number: 20180372205Abstract: An elastic gear wheel for a harmonic drive has a cylinder portion with tooth, and a flange which is integrally designed with the cylinder portion. The flange has recesses for fastening, and through-apertures for fastening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Tobias PREUSS, Rainer OTTERSBACH
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Publication number: 20170107868Abstract: A hydraulic camshaft adjuster (1) having a rotor (2) with at least two parts is provided. The at least two-part rotor (2) is mounted such that it can rotate about an axis (A) and consists of a first rotor element (4) and a second rotor element (6). At least one first, second and/or a third drainage recess (8, 10, 12) is formed in the first and/or second rotor element (4, 6), such that oil can be discharged from a contact surface (14) of the first and second rotor elements (4, 6) of the camshaft adjuster (1) to the outer side (16) of the first and/or second rotor elements (4, 6).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Rainer OTTERSBACH, Juergen WEBER
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Patent number: 8978607Abstract: A device (11) for variably adjusting the control times of gas exchange valves (9, 10) of an internal combustion engine (1), including a drive element (13) that can be brought into driven connection with a crankshaft (2) of the internal combustion engine (1), an output element (14) which can be brought into driving connection with a camshaft (6, 7) of the internal combustion engine (1) and which is arranged in a pivotable manner with respect to the drive element (13), and at least one lateral cover (15) which lies on an axial lateral surface of the output element (14) or of the drive element (13), which is connected to the drive element (13) or to the output element (14) in a rotationally fixed manner and which has a disk-shaped portion (33).Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Jürgen Weber, Rainer Ottersbach
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Publication number: 20150068484Abstract: A rotor (2) for a hydraulic camshaft phaser (1), including a hub (5) that holds a camshaft and including an outer shell (6) with a plurality of vane elements (7), whereby hydraulic-medium channels (24, 26) run from the interior of the hub (5) to the outer shell (6). At least one hydraulic-medium channel (24, 26) is interrupted by an axial recess (16) in the material, whereby a bushing (47) that connects the interrupted hydraulic-medium channel (24, 26) is inserted into the recess (16) in the material. A hydraulic camshaft phaser (1) having such a rotor (2). The recess (16) provided in the material renders the rotor (2) and the camshaft phaser (1) particularly lightweight.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Olaf Boese, Rainer Ottersbach
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Patent number: 8950369Abstract: A device for varying the angular position of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The device has a drive element, which is driven by the crankshaft via a gearwheel and which is supported so that it can rotate in relation to the camshaft. The device also has at least two hydraulic chambers, to which a hydraulic fluid can be admitted in order to set a defined relative rotational position between the drive element and the camshaft, formed between the drive element and the camshaft. In order to produce an optimum axial support of the camshaft in terms of weight and cost, the gearwheel form a bearing face for the axial contact of the camshaft or of a component rotationally fixed to the latter.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rainer Ottersbach, Juergen Weber, Christoph Betz
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Patent number: 8844483Abstract: A clamping disk (1) for the non-positive connection of components in a cam adjusting system, a cam adjusting system (15) having a clamping disk (1) and a method for checking the mounting of the clamping disk (1) are provided. The clamping disk (1) has an essentially circular base body (2) which has at least one friction surface for a contact partner. The base body (2) is axially penetrated by a material recess (10). The mounting of the clamping disk (1) can be controlled in a simple manner by distance measuring.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rainer Ottersbach, Christoph Betz, Rudiger Herzog, Stefan Christel, Stefan Sebald, Uwe Stollberger
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Patent number: 8578899Abstract: A camshaft adjuster (1) having a stator (3) and a rotor (5) located in the stator (3), having vanes (7) that are each located in a chamber (9) formed between the stator (3) and the rotor (5), each of the vanes (7) dividing its respective chamber (9) into two partial chambers, and pressurized oil being adapted to be supplied to each of the partial chambers and conducted out from each of the partial chambers via oil channels (21), so that through the pressurized oil a torque can be exerted on the rotor (5) by which the rotor (5) can be rotated, so that a camshaft adjustment can be set thereby. The rotor (5) is constructed from a metallic base frame (15) that has, axially adjacent, a casing (17) made of plastic in which at least one of the oil channels (21) is formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Rainer Ottersbach, Jürgen Weber
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Publication number: 20130199479Abstract: A rotor for a camshaft phaser includes a hub part having an oil supply passage, at least one vane radially disposed on the hub part, as well as oil channels extending through the hub part and fluidically connected to the oil supply passage. The manufacture of the rotor is considerably simplified because the rotor is made up of a main body and at least one cover element arranged on an end face of the main body. The oil channels are axially closed by the cover element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: Schaeffer Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Rainer Ottersbach, Juergen Weber
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Patent number: 8479695Abstract: A device for varying the relative angular position of a camshaft (2) with respect to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The device has a drive element which is driven by the crankshaft via a gearwheel and which is mounted rotatably with respect to the camshaft. Between the drive element and the camshaft, there is at least two hydraulic chambers which can be acted upon with a pressure fluid in order to set a defined relative rotary position between the drive element and the camshaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Rainer Ottersbach, Jürgen Weber, Christoph Betz
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Publication number: 20130047943Abstract: A device (11) for variably adjusting the control times of gas exchange valves (9, 10) of an internal combustion engine (1), including a drive element (13) that can be brought into driven connection with a crankshaft (2) of the internal combustion engine (1), an output element (14) which can be brought into driving connection with a camshaft (6, 7) of the internal combustion engine (1) and which is arranged in a pivotable manner with respect to the drive element (13), and at least one lateral cover (15) which lies on an axial lateral surface of the output element (14) or of the drive element (13), which is connected to the drive element (13) or to the output element (14) in a rotationally fixed manner and which has a disk-shaped portion (33).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Jürgen Weber, Rainer Ottersbach