Patents by Inventor Thomas Scharmacher

Thomas Scharmacher 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).

  • End plate for a plate assembly, frictionally operating device having an end plate of this kind, and method for the production of an end plate of this kind
    Patent number: 8567581
    Abstract: One embodiment includes an annular end plate for a plate assembly of a frictionally operating device, having a friction section, extending in the radial direction, to form a flat front side, which can be turned toward the plate assembly in a first axial direction, and having a rotary driving section, which integrally adjoins the friction section in the first radial direction. The end plate may have a reinforcing section, which integrally adjoins the friction section in the opposite, second, radial direction, the reinforcing section or the first section of the reinforcing section, that adjoining the friction section, being at least partially and preferably completely bent through more than 90° in the opposite, second, axial direction relative to the friction section. The present invention furthermore relates to a frictionally operating device having an end plate of this kind and to a method for the production of an end plate of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Juergen Hauck, Thomas Scharmacher
  • END PLATE FOR A PLATE ASSEMBLY, FRICTIONALLY OPERATING DEVICE HAVING AN END PLATE OF THIS KIND, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN END PLATE OF THIS KIND
    Publication number: 20110139567
    Abstract: One embodiment includes an annular end plate for a plate assembly of a frictionally operating device, having a friction section, extending in the radial direction, to form a flat front side, which can be turned toward the plate assembly in a first axial direction, and having a rotary driving section, which integrally adjoins the friction section in the first radial direction. The end plate may have a reinforcing section, which integrally adjoins the friction section in the opposite, second, radial direction, the reinforcing section or the first section of the reinforcing section, that adjoining the friction section, being at least partially and preferably completely bent through more than 90° in the opposite, second, axial direction relative to the friction section. The present invention furthermore relates to a frictionally operating device having an end plate of this kind and to a method for the production of an end plate of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Hans Juergen Hauck, Thomas Scharmacher