Patents by Inventor Ralf Steinhardt

Ralf Steinhardt 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: 20260210400
    Abstract: An elastomeric bush bearing includes a metallic core extending axially along a central longitudinal axis; an outer sleeve concentrical with the core; an elastomeric bearing body between the core and outer sleeve, and connected to them by vulcanization, with two longitudinal recesses extending the length of the bearing body and situated opposite in a first radial direction are formed in the bearing body; and two intermediate plates vulcanized into the bearing body, each comprises at least one circular portion extending over at least 135° in the circumferential direction in a circular shape around a partial-circle centre in a section plane perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis. The bearing body may comprise outer and inner elastomer tracks for each intermediate plate. The intermediate plates may each have two portions angled in the direction of a second radial direction perpendicular to the first radial direction and that extend into the longitudinal recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: David Rose, Jakob Frieß, Ralf Steinhardt
  • Publication number: 20230287931
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement includes a bearing receiver which has at least one receiver region. In embodiments a first resilient shaped body and a second resilient shaped body are inserted into the receiver region. The first and second resilient shaped bodies may be held so as to be pretensioned by a pretensioning device. In embodiments the at least one receiver region includes a first receiver and a second receiver, a base is configured with a through-hole between the first and the second receiver, and/or the base may form an axial limit for the first shaped body and for the second shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hilrich Kardoes, Ralf Steinhardt, David Rose, Philipp Werner