Patents by Inventor Thomas Mennerat

Thomas Mennerat 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: 9464698
    Abstract: An idler pulley (1) of a traction mechanism drive, on which a traction mechanism (24), such as a belt or chain, is guided, and which idler pulley is adjustable via an adjusting eccentric (5) and can be fastened to a machine part (2) in conjunction with a fastening means (8). The adjusting eccentric (5) and the fastening means (8) together form a fixing device (17) with which at least one end position of the adjusting eccentric (5) and consequently of the idler pulley (1) can be defined. For this purpose, the fixing device (17) comprises at least one lug (15) which is oriented radially or axially and interacts with at least one stop (16) of the associated further component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Mennerat, Susanne Sporl
  • Patent number: 8562467
    Abstract: A tensioning device for a belt or chain drive with a tensioning lever (2) which is provided with a rotatable tension roller (6) mounted rotatably a drag bearing (3) constructed as a plain bearing on a base housing (4), and radially at a distance from the axis of rotation (5) of the drag bearing (3); with a pretensioned torsion spring (11), which is constructed as a helical spring (12, 12?), disposed coaxially with the drag bearing (3) and connected at the spring ends (13, 14) thereof at the housing side to the base housing (4), and at the lever side to the tensioning lever (2); and with a brakeshoe (16, 16? 29) which is disposed at one spring end (13, 14) and which can be pressed by the spring end against a component which can rotate about the axis of rotation (5) of the drag bearing (3) relative to the spring end (13, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Mennerat, Johann Singer
  • Publication number: 20130165284
    Abstract: An idler pulley (1) of a traction mechanism drive, on which a traction mechanism (24), such as a belt or chain, is guided, and which idler pulley is adjustable via an adjusting eccentric (5) and can be fastened to a machine part (2) in conjunction with a fastening means (8). The adjusting eccentric (5) and the fastening means (8) together form a fixing device (17) with which at least one end position of the adjusting eccentric (5) and consequently of the idler pulley (1) can be defined. For this purpose, the fixing device (17) comprises at least one lug (15) which is oriented radially or axially and interacts with at least one stop (16) of the associated further component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Mennerat, Susanne Sporl
  • Patent number: 7993226
    Abstract: A clamping device with mechanical damping for a traction mechanism drive is provided. The device includes a clamping arm which carries a tension roller on one end thereof and is rotatably mounted in a housing at the other end thereof via a shaft connected thereto in a rotationally fixed manner, and is elastically supported on the housing by a torsion spring. A free end of the shaft is connected to a friction disk in a rotationally fixed manner, and a friction lining is arranged between the friction disk and an axial abutment surface of the housing. The invention reduces the friction lining wear and increases the damping capacity thereof. To accomplish this, a separate friction disk (7??) is connected to a separate friction lining (8??) in a positively locked manner without play, and the separate friction lining ((8??) is in frictional contact with the axial abutment surface (10) of the housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Mack, Bernd Hartmann, Thomas Mennerat, Jorg Kaiser, Manfred Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20100105508
    Abstract: A tensioning device for a belt or chain drive with a tensioning lever (2) which is provided with a rotatable tension roller (6) mounted rotatably a drag bearing (3) constructed as a plain bearing on a base housing (4), and radially at a distance from the axis of rotation (5) of the drag bearing (3); with a pretensioned torsion spring (11), which is constructed as a helical spring (12, 12?), disposed coaxially with the drag bearing (3) and connected at the spring ends (13, 14) thereof at the housing side to the base housing (4), and at the lever side to the tensioning lever (2); and with a brakeshoe (16, 16? 29) which is disposed at one spring end (13, 14) and which can be pressed by the spring end against a component which can rotate about the axis of rotation (5) of the drag bearing (3) relative to the spring end (13, 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Thomas Mennerat, Johann Singer
  • Publication number: 20090321211
    Abstract: A clamping device with mechanical damping for a traction mechanism drive is provided. The device includes a clamping arm which carries a tension roller on one end thereof and is rotatably mounted in a housing at the other end thereof via a shaft connected thereto in a rotationally fixed manner, and is elastically supported on the housing by a torsion spring. A free end of the shaft is connected to a friction disk in a rotationally fixed manner, and a friction lining is arranged between the friction disk and an axial abutment surface of the housing. The invention reduces the friction lining wear and increases the damping capacity thereof. To accomplish this, a separate friction disk (7??) is connected to a separate friction lining (8??) in a positively locked manner without play, and the separate friction lining ((8??) is in frictional contact with the axial abutment surface (10) of the housing (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Stefan Mack, Bernd Hartmann, Thomas Mennerat, Jorg Kaiser, Manfred Wilhelm