Patents by Inventor Reiner Becker

Reiner Becker 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: 9394956
    Abstract: A brake disc for a disc brake of a motor vehicle includes a pot-shaped carrier part; a friction ring, and multiple connecting elements distributed in circumferential direction of the disc brake extending in radial direction, and configured as separate components, wherein the carrier part and the friction ring are fixedly interconnected in radial direction via the multiple connecting elements, wherein the connecting elements are form fittingly connected with the carrier part and with the friction ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: AUDI AG, FRITZ WINTER EISENGIESSEREI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Saame, Reiner Becker, Volker Posch
  • Publication number: 20140224602
    Abstract: A brake disc for a disc brake of a motor vehicle includes a pot-shaped carrier part; a friction ring, and multiple connecting elements distributed in circumferential direction of the disc brake extending in radial direction, and configured as separate components, wherein the carrier part and the friction ring are fixedly interconnected in radial direction via the multiple connecting elements, wherein the connecting elements are form fittingly connected with the carrier part and with the friction ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: Fritz Winter Eisengiesserei GmbH & Co. KG, Audi AG
    Inventors: Christoph Saame, Reiner Becker, Volker Posch
  • Publication number: 20100025169
    Abstract: A brake disk for a disk brake includes a friction ring as first connection partner and a carrier part as second connection partner, wherein the connection partners are connected to one another for co-rotation by radially-oriented projections, which are formed as single pieces onto one of the connection partners and engage in positive fit in correspondingly shaped cut-out apertures of the respective other connection partner. The brake disk according to the invention can be manufactured cheaply, guarantees high operational reliability, and at the same time has optimized behavior under the influence of the heat which is unavoidably generated during a braking procedure. This is achieved in that at least one of the projections has a passage channel, and in that at least one ventilation channel is formed in the friction ring for conducting away ambient air or for introducing ambient air into the passage channel of the individual projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Fritz Winter Eisengiesserei GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reiner Becker
  • Patent number: 7096920
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a brake disk (B) that comprises a supporting part (2) and a friction ring (R). The inventive method involves the following working steps: manufacturing, especially by casting, the supporting part (2) with at least one radially protruding projection (10) situated on the periphery of the supporting part; forming a cast core (14), which is made of core sand and which surrounds the projection (10) over a foot section (10a) that is assigned to the supporting part (2), onto the supporting part (2) while sealing a free end section (10b) of the projection (10) so that this end section (10b) is not made wet by the sand of the cast core (14); casting the friction ring (R) onto the supporting part (2), which is provided with the cast core (14), while casting around the free end section (10b) of the projection (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Fritz Winter Eisengiesserei GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Björn Debus, Reiner Becker
  • Publication number: 20040040803
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a brake disk (B) that comprises a supporting part (2) and a friction ring (R). The inventive method involves the following working steps: manufacturing, especially by casting, the supporting part (2) with at least one radially protruding projection (10) situated on the periphery of the supporting part; forming a cast core (14), which is made of core sand and which surrounds the projection (10) over a foot section (10a) that is assigned to the supporting part (2), onto the supporting part (2) while sealing a free end section (10b) of the projection (10) so that this end section (10b) is not made wet by the sand of the cast core (14); casting the friction ring (R) onto the supporting part (2), which is provided with the cast core (14), while casting around the free end section (10b) of the projection (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Bjorn Debus, Reiner Becker