Patents by Inventor Thomas Wiesneth

Thomas Wiesneth 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: 8905211
    Abstract: A multiple clutch device, particularly a double clutch device, that has a reduced axial installation space and/or inexpensive production. The multiple clutch device has at least two friction clutch arrangements, torque-transferring friction element carriers, each of which is rotationally fixedly connected to a frictional element of the frictional clutch arrangements, and at least one roller bearing. The roller bearing is designed to support at least one of the frictional element carriers. The supported frictional element carrier is designed as a race of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Wiesneth
  • Publication number: 20100243395
    Abstract: A multiple clutch device, particularly a double clutch device, that has a reduced axial installation space and/or inexpensive production. The multiple clutch device has at least two friction clutch arrangements, torque-transferring friction element carriers, each of which is rotationally fixedly connected to a frictional element of the frictional clutch arrangements, and at least one roller bearing. The roller bearing is designed to support at least one of the frictional element carriers. The supported frictional element carrier is designed as a race of the roller bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Wiesneth
  • Patent number: 6659877
    Abstract: In an adjustable-length shaft (1) for transmitting torques comprising a circular inner shaft component (2) that is mounted coaxially through a linear ball bearing for sliding telescopically in axial direction in a hollow outer shaft component (3), the inner shaft component (29 is mounted by two spaced-apart pre-stressed linear ball bearings (4) that are arranged on opposite end sections (6) of the inner shaft component (2) and are received in a reception bore (19) of the outer shaft component (3), a transmission of torque being achieved by a positive engagement of the inner and the outer shaft components (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler OHG
    Inventors: Thomas Wiesneth, Rudolf Folk
  • Patent number: 6402382
    Abstract: The inner casing (1) of a rollerbearing permitting longitudinal movement over a limited travel path and designed for longitudinally displaceable mounting or guiding of a rod (8) is provided with an inwardly directed projection (9) on each of at least two opposing lateral surfaces (1a, 1c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler oHG
    Inventors: Peter Schnapp, Thomas Wiesneth
  • Publication number: 20020064418
    Abstract: In an adjustable-length shaft (1) for transmitting torques comprising a circular inner shaft component (2) that is mounted coaxially through a linear ball bearing for sliding telescopically in axial direction in a hollow outer shaft component (3), the inner shaft component (29 is mounted by two spaceed-apart pre-stressed linear ball bearings (4) that are arranged on opposite end sections (6) of the inner shaft component (2) and are received in a reception bore (19) of the outer shaft component (3), a transmission of torque being achieved by a positive engagement of the inner and the outer shaft components (2, 3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Wiesneth, Rudolf Folk