Patents by Inventor Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher

Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher 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: 11213880
    Abstract: A method of producing a piston blank, comprising producing an intermediate blank of a piston for an axial piston machine by extrusion wherein the intermediate blank includes a shaft portion, a ball head portion, and a sealing portion, wherein the shaft portion connects the ball head portion to the sealing portion. The method also includes producing a piston blank of the piston from the intermediate blank and machining a through-opening in the intermediate blank, wherein the through-opening extends within the piston blank in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher, Lukas Kuhn, Horst Hartmann
  • Patent number: 11105373
    Abstract: A method of creating a roller bearing, comprising re-shaping a bearing ring blank utilizing cold impact intrusion, wherein the bearing ring blank includes a surface profile that forms at least one contour section within a contact side of the bearing ring upon the re-shaping, and wherein the contact side is configured to contact a support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Kick-Rodenbuecher, Rainer Eidloth, Markus Mantau
  • Publication number: 20200346278
    Abstract: A method of producing a piston blank, comprising producing an intermediate blank of a piston for an axial piston machine by extrusion wherein the intermediate blank includes a shaft portion, a ball head portion, and a sealing portion, wherein the shaft portion connects the ball head portion to the sealing portion. The method also includes producing a piston blank of the piston from the intermediate blank and machining a through-opening in the intermediate blank, wherein the through-opening extends within the piston blank in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard KICK-RODENBÜCHER, Lukas KUHN, Horst HARTMANN
  • Publication number: 20200088237
    Abstract: A method of creating a roller bearing, comprising re-shaping a bearing ring blank utilizing cold impact intrusion, wherein the bearing ring blank includes a surface profile that forms at least one contour section within a contact side of the bearing ring upon the re-shaping, and wherein the contact side is configured to contact a support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard KICK-RODENBUECHER, Rainer EIDLOTH, Markus MANTAU
  • Patent number: 10502260
    Abstract: Tapered roller bearings and methods of producing the same are disclosed. One method is for producing an inner ring for a tapered roller bearing in which the inner ring comprises a raceway portion and a fixed edge portion. The method may include providing an inner ring blank and an unfinished fixed edge portion. The inner ring blank may include an unfinished raceway portion and the unfinished fixed edge portion may have a larger outside diameter than the unfinished raceway portion. The inner ring blank may have a through-opening. The inner ring blank may be formed into the inner ring by extrusion in a main forming step, the unfinished fixed edge portion being transformed into the fixed edge portion and the unfinished raceway portion being transformed into the raceway portion. The inner ring may be formed in its final contour without any cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher, Rainer Eidloth, Markus Mantau
  • Patent number: 10465744
    Abstract: Bearing assemblies, such as angular contact bearing assemblies, and methods of producing the same are disclosed. One angular contact ball bearing may include an inner ring and an outer ring, the inner ring having an outer raceway and the outer ring having an inner raceway. A plurality rolling elements may be arranged between the outer raceway and the inner raceway. The outer raceway may be formed by an extrusion of the inner ring and/or the inner raceway may be formed by an extrusion of the outer ring. The raceways may be extruded in their final contour, without any cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Scjaeffer Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Eidloth, Markus Mantau, Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher
  • Publication number: 20190024710
    Abstract: Bearing assemblies, such as angular contact bearing assemblies, and methods of producing the same are disclosed. One angular contact ball bearing may include an inner ring and an outer ring, the inner ring having an outer raceway and the outer ring having an inner raceway. A plurality rolling elements may be arranged between the outer raceway and the inner raceway. The outer raceway may be formed by an extrusion of the inner ring and/or the inner raceway may be formed by an extrusion of the outer ring. The raceways may be extruded in their final contour, without any cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Eidloth, Markus Mantau, Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher
  • Publication number: 20180363700
    Abstract: Cylindrical roller bearings and methods for the production thereof are disclosed, wherein the cylindrical roller bearings can be manufactured inexpensively and with adequately high quality. The cylindrical roller bearing may have an inner ring, an outer ring, and a multiplicity of cylindrical rollers, wherein the cylindrical rollers are arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring. The outer ring has an internal raceway for the cylindrical rollers, a fixed-rim portion, and a flanged-rim portion. The inner ring has an external raceway for the cylindrical rollers, and the internal raceway and/or the external raceway are/is formed into a final contour by extrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher, Markus Mantau, Rainer Eidloth
  • Publication number: 20180238390
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a tapered roller assembly which can be mounted in a particularly simple manner. For this purpose, a method for producing a tapered roller assembly having an inner ring and a roller ring is proposed, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) providing the inner ring , wherein the inner ring has a flanged mounting rim which is produced within a preliminary flanging stage by flanging over an edge region of the inner ring; b) mounting the roller ring on the inner ring, wherein the roller ring is pushed over the flanged mounting rim onto the inner ring; c) flanging over the flanged mounting rim into a flanged rim wherein the flanged rim, as a retaining rim, captively retains the roller ring; and d) heat treating the flanged mounting rim before step b) or step c), wherein a hardness of the flanged mounting rim is reduced by comparison with a hardness of a raceway of the inner ring. Also proposed is a tapered roller bearing formed with such a tapered roller assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Schaffler Technologies AG & Co., KG
    Inventors: Reinhard KICK-RODENBÜCHER, Markus MANTAU, Andre SCHADE
  • Publication number: 20180172068
    Abstract: Tapered roller bearings and methods of producing the same are disclosed. One method is for producing an inner ring for a tapered roller bearing in which the inner ring comprises a raceway portion and a fixed edge portion. The method may include providing an inner ring blank and an unfinished fixed edge portion. The inner ring blank may include an unfinished raceway portion and the unfinished fixed edge portion may have a larger outside diameter than the unfinished raceway portion. The inner ring blank may have a through-opening. The inner ring blank may be formed into the inner ring by extrusion in a main forming step, the unfinished fixed edge portion being transformed into the fixed edge portion and the unfinished raceway portion being transformed into the raceway portion. The inner ring may be formed in its final contour without any cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher, Rainer Eidloth, Markus Mantau
  • Publication number: 20180058553
    Abstract: A threaded drive shaft is provided that has a threaded spindle, a spindle nut, and a spindle disk. The threaded spindle has two different sections with two different outer diameters. The spindle nut is about the larger-diameter portion, such that rotation of the threaded spindle within the spindle nut is allowed. The spindle disk is connected about the smaller-diameter portion of the threaded spindle, and is fixed thereto in a rotationally-fixed manner. The spindle disk has a tapered surface contacting a corresponding tapered surface of the threaded spindle to inhibit rotation. The spindle disk further includes a flange extending from an outer surface thereof that defines a first limit stop surface configured to contact a second limit stop surface of the spindle nut to limit rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard KICK-RODENBUECHER, Mario KREUTZER
  • Publication number: 20140068947
    Abstract: A method for producing a bearing ring (20, 29), in particular a tapered roller bearing ring, including the following steps: making available an annular disc (8; 9), and forming the disc (8; 9) to provide a substantially cylindrical bearing ring and producing a raceway (19; 28) of the bearing ring in a single operation by extrusion. According to the invention, the method achieves the object of providing a simple method for producing bearing rings, in particular for tapered roller bearings, which delivers high unit numbers and in which it is possible to dispense with a finishing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Mantau, Erich Lunz, Reinhard Kick-Rodenbücher, Peter Schuster, Klaus Geissdörfer, Harald Vornehm, Alexander Reimchen