Patents by Inventor Ralf Edl

Ralf Edl 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: 20230069405
    Abstract: A rotary damper device includes a drive component and a rotary damper upstream of the drive component. The drive component has an input gear with an external toothing and axially open cut-outs. The rotary damper has an annular carrier, a spring element arranged in the annular carrier, an output gear with an internal toothing meshed with the external toothing, and a clamping ring with a plurality of axially extending fingers engaged in the axially open cut-outs to clamp the output gear against the input gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Edl, Stefen Prestel
  • Publication number: 20210341021
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper, in particular for a drive train of a motor vehicle having a dual clutch transmission, includes an input part mounted rotatably about a rotation axis, and an output part rotatable in relation to the input part about the rotation axis to a limited extent against the action of a spring device and which has an output hub. A rolling bearing is provided between the input part and the output part, the output hub is divided into a ring part, which contains an output-side bearing seat, and a hub part, which contains internal teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Edl, Artem Kerber