Patents by Inventor Stefan Weniger

Stefan Weniger 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).

  • Tripod joint
    Patent number: 7018297
    Abstract: Tripod joints have a joint outer part and a joint inner part which are in driving connection to each other with cylindrical rolling bodies being connected in between and axial displacement and pivotability being ensured. The longitudinal axes of adjacent rolling bodies are arranged at an acute angle to one another. This may result in an improved mechanical behavior of the tripod joint particularly during pivoting. The tripod joints may be suitable for the displaceable and pivotable driving connection of two shaft ends, in particular in conjunction with drive trains or side shafts of motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Juergen Henkel, Andreas Kollmann, Peter Muenich, Birgit Neuwirth, Rolf Schroeder, Stefan Weniger, Guenter Woerner
  • Arrangement of a running roller on a coupling journal of a moveable shaft coupling
    Publication number: 20050003896
    Abstract: In an arrangement of a running roller on a coupling journal of a coupling half of a moveable shaft coupling, a radial rolling bearing, the inner ring of which is connected to the coupling journal by a ball joint, is inserted into the running roller. In order to maintain an additional degree of freedom for the relative movements of the coupling journal in relation to the complementary coupling half in the directions perpendicular to the central axis of the latter, either the running face of the running roller is configured cylindrically or the rolling bearing is configured as a loose bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Jurgen Henkel, Andreas Kollmann, Peter Munich, Wolfgang Niechoj, Olaf Rindfleisch, Rolf Schroder, Stefan Weniger, Gunter Worner
  • Arrangement of a running roller on a coupling journal of a moveable shaft coupling
    Patent number: 6682433
    Abstract: In an arrangement of a running roller on a coupling journal of a coupling half of a moveable shaft coupling, a radial rolling bearing, the inner ring of which is connected to the coupling journal by a ball joint, is inserted into the running roller. In order to maintain an additional degree of freedom for the relative movements of the coupling journal in relation to the complementary coupling half in the directions perpendicular to the central axis of the latter, either the running face of the running roller is configured cylindrically or the rolling bearing is configured as a loose bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Henkel, Andreas Kollmann, Peter Münich, Wolfgang Niechoj, Olaf Rindfleisch, Rolf Schröder, Stefan Weniger, Günter Wörner
  • Tripod joint
    Publication number: 20030040365
    Abstract: Tripod joints have a joint outer part and a joint inner part which are in driving connection to each other with cylindrical rolling bodies being connected in between and axial displacement and pivotability being ensured. The longitudinal axes of adjacent rolling bodies are arranged at an acute angle to one another. This may result in an improved mechanical behavior of the tripod joint particularly during pivoting. The tripod joints may be suitable for the displaceable and pivotable driving connection of two shaft ends, in particular in conjunction with drive trains or side shafts of motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Juergen Henkel, Andreas Kollmann, Peter Muenich, Birgit Neuwirth, Rolf Schroeder, Stefan Weniger, Guenter Woerner
  • Arrangement of a running roller on a coupling journal of a moveable shaft coupling
    Publication number: 20010044341
    Abstract: In an arrangement of a running roller on a coupling journal of a coupling half of a moveable shaft coupling, a radial rolling bearing, the inner ring of which is connected to the coupling journal by a ball joint, is inserted into the running roller. In order to maintain an additional degree of freedom for the relative movements of the coupling journal in relation to the complementary coupling half in the directions perpendicular to the central axis of the latter, either the running face of the running roller is configured cylindrically or the rolling bearing is configured as a loose bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Jurgen Henkel, Andreas Kollmann, Peter Munich, Wolfgang Niechoj, Olaf Rindfleisch, Rolf Schroder, Stefan Weniger, Gunter Worner