Patents by Inventor Thomas Ossadnik

Thomas Ossadnik 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: 10865836
    Abstract: A clutch device that includes a first and a second input side, a first and a second output side, wherein the input sides and the output sides can be rotated about a common rotation axis. The clutch device further includes a first clutch between the first input side and the first output side, a second clutch between the first input side and the second output side, a third clutch between the first input side and the second input side, and an actuator device for the third clutch when the second input side rotates faster than the first input side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Elmar Lorenz, Thomas Ossadnik
  • Patent number: 10731711
    Abstract: A friction clutch having at least one clutch part (1; 31) which has at least one friction lining (3; 33) with a friction surface (10; 40) which, when the friction clutch is closed, is connected in frictionally engaging fashion to a counterpart clutch part, wherein the friction lining (3; 33) and/or a carrier element (6) of the friction lining (3; 33) is, in a circumferential direction, of undulating shape with wave troughs (20) and wave crests (18, 19), wherein, when the friction clutch is open, the friction lining (3; 33) comes into contact with the counterpart clutch part not with the entire friction surface (10; 40) but only substantially in punctiform fashion in the area of peaks (15-17) of the wave crests (18, 19). The friction lining (3; 33) has reduced friction values locally in the region of the peaks (15-17) of the wave crests (18, 19) in relation to the friction surface (10; 40) surrounding the peaks (15-17) of the wave crests (18, 19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Ossadnik
  • Publication number: 20180283469
    Abstract: A clutch device that includes a first and a second input side, a first and a second output side, wherein the input sides and the output sides can be rotated about a common rotation axis. The clutch device further includes a first clutch between the first input side and the first output side, a second clutch between the first input side and the second output side, a third clutch between the first input side and the second input side, and an actuator device for the third clutch when the second input side rotates faster than the first input side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Elmar LORENZ, Thomas OSSADNIK
  • Publication number: 20180266494
    Abstract: A friction clutch having at least one clutch part (1; 31) which has at least one friction lining (3; 33) with a friction surface (10; 40) which, when the friction clutch is closed, is connected in frictionally engaging fashion to a counterpart clutch part, wherein the friction lining (3; 33) and/or a carrier element (6) of the friction lining (3; 33) is, in a circumferential direction, of undulating shape with wave troughs (20) and wave crests (18, 19), wherein, when the friction clutch is open, the friction lining (3; 33) comes into contact with the counterpart clutch part not with the entire friction surface (10; 40) but only substantially in punctiform fashion in the area of peaks (15-17) of the wave crests (18, 19). The friction lining (3; 33) has reduced friction values locally in the region of the peaks (15-17) of the wave crests (18, 19) in relation to the friction surface (10; 40) surrounding the peaks (15-17) of the wave crests (18, 19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Ossadnik