Patents by Inventor Thorsten Meyerhoefer

Thorsten Meyerhoefer 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: 8613452
    Abstract: An electromechanical actuator, especially for an anti-roll bar of a motor vehicle, that has two actuator elements, which can be rotated relative to each other about a common rotational axis, for which purpose an electric motor and a gearbox coupled therewith are provided. The electric motor is arranged in an actuator element for transmitting a torque, and an output shaft of the gearbox is coupled to the other actuator element. A mechanical overload coupling is provided in the torque-transmitting load path from the electric motor to the gearbox output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Grau, Thorsten Meyerhoefer, Ralf Mayer
  • Publication number: 20110140378
    Abstract: An electromechanical actuator, especially for an anti-roll bar of a motor vehicle, that has two actuator elements, which can be rotated relative to each other about a common rotational axis, for which purpose an electric motor and a gearbox coupled therewith are provided. The electric motor is arranged in an actuator element for transmitting a torque, and an output shaft of the gearbox is coupled to the other actuator element. A mechanical overload coupling is provided in the torque-transmitting load path from the electric motor to the gearbox output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Grau, Thorsten Meyerhoefer, Ralf Mayer