Patents by Inventor Stefan Freund

Stefan Freund 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: 8490778
    Abstract: An inlet worm (11) for use in a treatment machine (1) for treating bottles or containers (2) of the like, having at least one distributing or inlet worm (11) which is provided to the side of a transport path (3), is driven by a drive device so as to rotate about a worm axis, and forms a conveying path or helix for the containers (2) on at least one worm body which is provided on a worm receptacle, having at least one transport star (12) which is assigned to the inlet worm, can be driven so as to rotate about a transport-star axis and has a multiplicity of container receptacles which are provided distributed about the transport-star axis at uniform angular intervals which correspond to a machine gauge, and having a drive device for the synchronous and angularly accurate drive of the at least one inlet worm (11) and the at least one transport star (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Wolf, Stefan Freund
  • Publication number: 20110220464
    Abstract: An inlet worm (11) for use in a treatment machine (1) for treating bottles or containers (2) of the like, having at least one distributing or inlet worm (11) which is provided to the side of a transport path (3), is driven by a drive device so as to rotate about a worm axis, and forms a conveying path or helix for the containers (2) on at least one worm body which is provided on a worm receptacle, having at least one transport star (12) which is assigned to the inlet worm, can be driven so as to rotate about a transport-star axis and has a multiplicity of container receptacles which are provided distributed about the transport-star axis at uniform angular intervals which correspond to a machine gauge, and having a drive device for the synchronous and angularly accurate drive of the at least one inlet worm (11) and the at least one transport star (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Wolf, Stefan Freund
  • Patent number: 7992465
    Abstract: A drive unit (10) actuates drives in a motor vehicle with a first housing part (12), in particular a pole pot (12), and a second housing part (14), in particular a gear housing or electronic housing (14, 15), which can be connected with connecting elements (40), wherein the first housing part (12) features receptacles (38) for the connecting elements (40), wherein the receptacles (38) are embodied as centering holes (36) for corresponding centering pins (48), which are arranged on the second housing part (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Haussecker, Stefan Freund, Thomas Huck, Markus Ochs
  • Publication number: 20060083583
    Abstract: The invention concerns a drive unit (10) for actuating drives in a motor vehicle with a first housing part (12), in particular a pole pot (12), and a second housing part (14), in particular a gear housing or electronic housing (14, 15), which can be connected by means of connecting elements (40), wherein the first housing part (12) features receptacles (38) for the connecting elements (40), wherein the receptacles (38) are embodied as centering holes (36) for corresponding centering pins (48), which are arranged on the second housing part (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Walter Haussecker, Stefan Freund, Thomas Huck, Markus Ochs
  • Patent number: 6831381
    Abstract: In an electrical drive mechanism, in particular for motor vehicles, having a commutator motor (14) disposed in a housing (10), which commutator motor (14) has a rotor shaft (17) with a commutator (22) non-rotatably supported on it and has a brush holder (30) affixed to the housing (10), and having a bearing (25) disposed in the vicinity of the commutator (22), which bearing has a bearing bush (34) that encloses the rotor shaft (17) with rotary play and a bearing seat (35) that contains the bearing bush (34), in order to achieve a simple embodiment for the bearing (25), a clamping member (37) is formed onto the brush holder (30) of one piece with it, which clamps the bearing bush (34) in a frictionally engaged, axial fashion in the bearing seat (35) formed in the housing (10) (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Ursel, Bruno Droll, Walter Haussecker, Martin Karl, Wolfgang Thomar, Stefan Freund, Thomas Huck
  • Publication number: 20040070296
    Abstract: In an electrical drive mechanism, in particular for motor vehicles, having a commutator motor (14) disposed in a housing (10), which commutator motor (14) has a rotor shaft (17) with a commutator (22) non-rotatably supported on it and has a brush holder (30) affixed to the housing (10), and having a bearing (25) disposed in the vicinity of the commutator (22), which bearing has a bearing bush (34) that encloses the rotor shaft (17) with rotary play and a bearing seat (35) that contains the bearing bush (34), in order to achieve a simple embodiment for the bearing (25), a clamping member (37) is formed onto the brush holder (30) of one piece with it, which clamps the bearing bush (34) in a frictionally engaged, axial fashion in the bearing seat (35) formed in the housing (10) (FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Eckhard Ursel, Bruno Droll, Water Haussecker, Martin Karl, Wolfgang Thomas, Stefan Freund, Thomas Huck
  • Patent number: 6511225
    Abstract: A sliding bearing bushing has a first end side, a second end side, an inwardly cylindrical second longitudinal portion which is calibrated by a material compression and adjoins the second end side, a substantially hollow conical first longitudinal portion which adjoins the first end side, and a third longitudinal portion which is arranged between the first and second longitudinal portions, the third longitudinal portion transferring bend-free from a contour of the second longitudinal portion into a continuous curvature so that, in a contour of the cylindrical portion straight lines located parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sliding bearing bushing are tangents to a curvature, and at least in a region of the tangents at the curvature the material of the sliding bearing bushing is compressed by calibration substantially identically strong as in the cylindrical longitudinal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Tasch, Stefan Freund, Hartmut Buschle
  • Publication number: 20010055431
    Abstract: A sliding bearing bushing has a first end side, a second end side, an inwardly cylindrical second longitudinal portion which is calibrated by a material compression and adjoins the second end side, a substantially hollow conical first longitudinal portion which adjoins the first end side, and a third longitudinal portion which is arranged between the first and second longitudinal portions, the third longitudinal portion transferring band-free from a contour of the second longitudinal portion into a continuous curvature so that, in a contour of the cylindrical portion straight lines located parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sliding bearing bushing are tangents to a curvature, and at least in a region of the tangents at the curvature the material of the sliding bearing bushing is compressed by calibration substantially identically strong as in the cylindrical longitudinal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Franz Tasch, Stefan Freund, Hartmut Buschle
  • Patent number: 6092812
    Abstract: A water-tight plastic component, with a ventilation opening for air exchange between the component interior and the component exterior, and with a gas permeable membrane that covers the ventilation opening to prevent the entry of water into the component interior. The membrane is inserted in a cup-shaped recess disposed in front of the mouth of the ventilation opening, and is clamped at the edge, together with a sealing ring, against the bottom of the recess, in order to achieve a simple assembly. The sealing ring and membrane edge are overlapped by segment tabs that are disposed axially spaced from the bottom of the recess and protrude radially from the cylinder wall of the recess, forming an undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Ursel, Stefan Freund