Patents by Inventor Thomas Rasp

Thomas Rasp 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).

  • Bearing support with additional axially resilient ring
    Patent number: 4966475
    Abstract: A bearing support in the form an aluminum die casting wherein an antifriction bearing ring is cast in the support. Axially adjacent one axial side of the bearing ring is disposed axially resilient ringlike part that is in the form of either a sheet metal ring or a spring washer. The part has a generally L-shaped or the like cross-section. The thickness of the cast bearing materials around the peripheries of the antifriction bearing ring and the resilient element next to it is about 1/3 to 1/5 of the thickness of the antifriction bearing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer (KGaA)
    Inventors: Gerhard Ankenbauer, Oswald Bayer, Jan De Boer, Thomas Rasp