Patents by Inventor Thomas Dittenhoefer

Thomas Dittenhoefer 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: 5009524
    Abstract: Two-row, self-aligning roller bearing comprising an outer ring with a spherical bore defining an outer raceway, an inner ring having raceways, and rollers between the rings rolling on the inner and outer raceways, these rollers having a convex lateral surface, a cage for guiding the rollers, the cage being split into two halves, each half holding one row of rollers and each half of the cage being guided in a sliding manner in the bore of the outer ring, a loose guide ring on the inner ring between the rows of rollers, a lubricant supply hole in the outer ring, the cage halves (6, 7) being located at a distance (A) from each other which is equal to or greater than the diameter of the oil supply hole (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Dittenhoefer