Patents by Inventor Stefan Rittmann
Stefan Rittmann 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).
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Patent number: 10066670Abstract: The invention relates to a plain bearing composite material, comprising a supporting layer (12) made of steel, a bearing metal layer (14) made of copper or a copper alloy, which is applied to the supporting layer (12), and a functional layer (16) made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, which is applied to the bearing metal layer (14).Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbHInventors: Stefan Rittmann, Gerd Andler, Maik Wilhelm, Fabio Cosentino, Berndt-Peter Reichl
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Patent number: 9869349Abstract: A plain bearing bushing is formed from a material strip, wherein a first joining end of the material strip has a projection and a second joining end has a recess interacting with the projection, a base side of the projection being oriented towards the first joining end. A bushing is to be provided that is designed to be more advantageous with respect to the production method, in particular during the forming process, and with respect to dimensional tolerance and long-term stability. This is achieved by a bushing with clamping elements in which the joining ends of the material strip are fixed both in axial direction and in circumferential direction of the bushing in a frictionally engaged and/or formfitting manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbHInventors: Stefan Rittmann, Klaus Kirchhof, Mateusz Michalski
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Publication number: 20170074321Abstract: A plain bearing bushing is formed from a material strip, wherein a first joining end of the material strip has a projection and a second joining end has a recess interacting with the projection, a base side of the projection being oriented towards the first joining end. A bushing is to be provided that is designed to be more advantageous with respect to the production method, in particular during the forming process, and with respect to dimensional tolerance and long-term stability. This is achieved by a bushing with clamping elements in which the joining ends of the material strip are fixed both in axial direction and in circumferential direction of the bushing in a frictionally engaged and/or formfitting manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: STEFAN RITTMANN, KLAUS KIRCHHOF, MATEUSZ MICHALSKI
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Publication number: 20170016480Abstract: The invention relates to a plain bearing composite material, comprising a supporting layer (12) made of steel, a bearing metal layer (14) made of copper or a copper alloy, which is applied to the supporting layer (12), and a functional layer (16) made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, which is applied to the bearing metal layer (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2013Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: STEFAN RITTMANN, GERD ANDLER, MAIK WILHELM, FABIO COSENTINO, BERNDT-PETER REICHL
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Patent number: 9341211Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding bearing and to a method for producing a sliding bearing, having at least one groove formed on the sliding surface which extends at least partially in the axial direction of a mounted shaft, ends on at least one end before the edge of the bearing and is deeper than 80 ?m and/or wider than 150 ?m, so that dirt and/or particles can be embedded.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbHInventors: Thomas Aubele, Stefan Rittmann
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Patent number: 9279454Abstract: A slide bearing has a layered structure which is substantially uniform over the circumference thereof and comprises a base (10), a lead-free slide layer (12) having a thickness which is reduced in edge zones (16) as compared to a central zone between the edge zones (16), and a polymer coating (14) which is thicker in the edge zones (16) as compared to the central zone, so that the surface level of the coating (14) is substantially flat as seen in axial cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbHInventors: Stefan Rittmann, Steven Doyle, Mateusz Michalski
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Publication number: 20150226261Abstract: A slide bearing has a layered structure which is substantially uniform over the circumference thereof and comprises a base (10), a lead-free slide layer (12) having a thickness which is reduced in edge zones (16) as compared to a central zone between the edge zones (16), and a polymer coating (14) which is thicker in the edge zones (16) as compared to the central zone, so that the surface level of the coating (14) is substantially flat as seen in axial cross-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Stefan Rittmann, Stefan Doyle, Mateusz Michalski
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Patent number: 9080604Abstract: A plain bearing shell includes a slide face of which, in the region of the apex of the plain bearing shell, is convexly curved in the axial direction at least at the edge regions, wherein the curvature is at its most pronounced at the apex of the plain bearing shell and decreases continuously in the circumferential direction of the plain bearing shell toward the two partial surfaces. A method for producing such a plain bearing shell is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbHInventors: Ralf Rossmanith, Stefan Rittmann
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Patent number: 8821023Abstract: A lubricated plain bearing having at least one dirt guide groove formed on the sliding surface, which dirt guide groove extends at least partially to a greater extent in the circumferential direction of the bearing shell than in the axial direction of a shaft mounted therein, extends as far as an edge of the bearing and is open at the edge, such that dirt particles transported by the dirt guide groove to the edge can be discharged to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbHInventors: Karsten Bresser, Stefan Rittmann
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Patent number: 8783956Abstract: A plain bearing having a depository surface which has at least one depository and which is a sliding surface and/or a surface of an oil supply groove, wherein the depository is a cutout which is open in the direction of the depository surface and which has a depository a wall and which extends away from the depository surface into the bearing, wherein the depository wall, in the direction of extent, forms an acute angle with a reference direction, wherein the reference direction is the tangent to the depository surface at the point at which the depository wall intersects the depository surface in the direction away from the depository.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbHInventors: Stefan Rittmann, Thomas Aubele, Karsten Bresser
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Publication number: 20140177989Abstract: A plain bearing shell includes a slide face of which, in the region of the apex of the plain bearing shell, is convexly curved in the axial direction at least at the edge regions, wherein the curvature is at its most pronounced at the apex of the plain bearing shell and decreases continuously in the circumferential direction of the plain bearing shell toward the two partial surfaces. A method for producing such a plain bearing shell is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbHInventors: Ralf Rossmanith, Stefan Rittmann
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Publication number: 20130230263Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding bearing and to a method for producing a sliding bearing, having at least one groove formed on the sliding surface which extends at least partially in the axial direction of a mounted shaft, ends on at least one end before the edge of the bearing and is deeper than 80 ?m and/or wider than 150 ?m, so that dirt and/or particles can be embedded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: Thomas Aubele, Stefan Rittmann
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Publication number: 20130230264Abstract: A plain bearing having a repository surface which has at least one repository and which is a sliding surface and/or a surface of an oil supply groove, wherein the repository is a cutout which is open in the direction of the repository surface and which has a repository a wall and which extends away from the repository surface into the bearing, wherein the repository wall, in the direction of extent, forms an acute angle with a reference direction, wherein the reference direction is the tangent to the repository surface at the point at which the repository wall intersects the repository surface in the direction away from the repository.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: Stefan Rittmann, Thomas Aubele, Karsten Bresser
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Publication number: 20130223777Abstract: A lubricated plain bearing having at least one dirt guide groove formed on the sliding surface, which dirt guide groove extends at least partially to a greater extent in the circumferential direction of the bearing shell than in the axial direction of a shaft mounted therein, extends as far as an edge of the bearing and is open at the edge, such that dirt particles transported by the dirt guide groove to the edge can be discharged to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbHInventors: Karsten Bresser, Stefan Rittmann
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Publication number: 20130209012Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for machining sliding surfaces of a bearing shell (30), comprising a rotary drive for driving a drilling spindle (20) that can be rotated about a rotational axis and at least one first cutting cartridge that is mounted on the drilling spindle (20) in order to cut the bearing shell (30) to a certain wall thickness by rotating the drilling spindle (20). The tool is characterised in that the first cutting cartridge can be adjusted by an adjustment means in a direction of adjustment that has a component in the radial direction of the drilling spindle, while the drilling spindle (20) is rotated by the rotary drive. The invention further relates to a bearing shell (30) comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface (31) and to a method for producing a bearing shell (30) comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Inventors: Stefan Rittmann, Ralf Rossmanith, Steven Doyle