Patents by Inventor Ralf Quaas

Ralf Quaas 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: 20090199795
    Abstract: A camshaft and a method for manufacturing the camshaft as described. A gear wheel of the camshaft is mounted on a camshaft tube. A collar that is attached to the gear wheel and a locating bearing element that is mounted on the camshaft tube delimit a locating bearing seat of the camshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Tobias Eberhard, Sebastian Hartmann, Ralf Quaas
  • Publication number: 20060005385
    Abstract: A method and an assembly system for manufacturing an assembled camshaft having a metallic shaft and at least one shrunk-on cam, includes initially heating the at least one cam, threading the at least one cam onto the shaft in a predetermined position in the heated state, and subsequently shrinking the at least one cam onto the shaft due to a cooling down. The shaft is cooled down prior to thread-on of the cams so that the cams are shrunk onto the shaft due to a temperature equalization which includes heating of the shaft and cooling down of the cams. The assembly system includes multiple drums in which the shafts and the cams to be fitted are accommodated and cooled and/or heated. The shafts are cooled preferably with the aid of a cooling lance inserted into a hollow space of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Ralf Quaas