Patents by Inventor Thomas Weinitschke

Thomas Weinitschke 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).

  • Axial bearing
    Patent number: 7401980
    Abstract: A thrust bearing, in particular for a turbo charger, has an essentially disc shaped bearing body (10) with a central through opening (12) for a shaft, at least one bearing surface (14) surrounding the through opening (12) for a collar which is placed on the shaft, and at least one oil supply channel which leads from a radially outer region of the bearing body to the through opening (12). In order to realize a cost effective manufacture of the thrust bearing it is proposed according to the invention that the at least one oil supply channel is designed to be a groove (16?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Krauss, Thomas Weinitschke, Helmut Eggert, Klaus Schappert, Norbert Stoll
  • Axial bearing
    Publication number: 20060018578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thrust bearing, in particularl for a turbo charger, having an essentially disc shaped bearing body (10) with a central through opening (12) for a shaft, having at least one bearing surface (14) surrounding the through opening (12) for a collar which is placed on the shaft, and having at least one oil supply channel which leads from a radially outer region of the bearing body to the through opening (12). In order to realize a cost effective manufacture of the thrust bearing it is proposed according to the invention that the at least one oil supply channel is designed to be a groove (16?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Krauss, Thomas Weinitschke, Helmut Eggert, Klaus Schappert, Norbert Stoll