Patents by Inventor Ulf SCHULZ

Ulf SCHULZ 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: 11346415
    Abstract: A brake disc is provided for a disc brake, which consists of a brake disc chamber and at least one friction ring connected to the latter via connecting devices. A jacket of the brake disc chamber is provided with sections of reduced wall thickness and/or apertures. These sections and/or apertures are axially directed material recesses which are located on the outer circumference of the brake disc chamber jacket and serve for placing the connecting devices as close as possible to the brake disc chamber jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Wagner, Thomas Graf, Kordian Kokott, Ulf Schulz, Matthias Stangl, Thomas Bambl, Richard Wagner, Stefan Bergmaier
  • Patent number: 10794441
    Abstract: A brake disc for a disc brake includes a brake disc hub and at least one friction ring which is connected to the brake disc hub via rivets, a jacket of the brake disc hub being provided with sections with a reduced wall thickness and/or apertures which are axially directed material cut-outs situated on the outer circumference of the brake disc hub jacket and serve for at least partial positioning of the axially directed rivets. The friction ring and the brake disc hub are centered with respect to one another exclusively via the rivets, and each rivet, before the deformation thereof, is configured so as to taper conically at least over a part region of the rivet shank thereof in the region of the brake disc hub, starting from a swage head to a rivet closing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kordian Kokott, Josef Hofstetter, Ulf Schulz
  • Patent number: 10794440
    Abstract: An internally ventilated brake disk for a disk brake, includes two friction disks, which are arranged adjacent to each other and which are connected to each other by radially extending, regularly arranged webs. The webs extend from an outer peripheral edge to an inner peripheral edge of the friction disks and the friction disks are connected by the webs in such a way that intermediate spaces thereof form cooling channels of equal size, through which cooling air can flow and which are divided by further, shorter webs in such a way that at least one shorter web is located centrally between the webs in a radial region closer to the inner peripheral edge of the friction disks. Outward from the shorter web in the radial direction, the cooling channels are divided into at least three flow channels in that, in each cooling channel, two first further shorter webs are arranged at an offset to each shorter web radially outwardly and in the peripheral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kordian Kokott, Ulf Schulz, Josef Hofstetter
  • Patent number: 10781876
    Abstract: A brake disk for a disk brake, which consists of a brake disk chamber and at least one friction ring connected to the brake disk chamber by rivets, wherein a jacket of the brake disk chamber is provided with sections having reduced wall thickness and/or through-holes, which are axially directed material cut-outs located on the outer periphery of the brake disk chamber jacket, which material cut-outs are used to at least partially place the axially directed rivets. The friction ring and the brake disk chamber are centered with respect to each other exclusively by the rivets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kordian Kokott, Josef Hofstetter, Ulf Schulz
  • Publication number: 20180306259
    Abstract: A brake disk for a disk brake, which consists of a brake disk chamber and at least one friction ring connected to the brake disk chamber by rivets, wherein a jacket of the brake disk chamber is provided with sections having reduced wall thickness and/or through-holes, which are axially directed material cut-outs located on the outer periphery of the brake disk chamber jacket, which material cut-outs are used to at least partially place the axially directed rivets. The friction ring and the brake disk chamber are centered with respect to each other exclusively by the rivets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kordian KOKOTT, Josef HOFSTETTER, Ulf SCHULZ
  • Publication number: 20180298967
    Abstract: A brake disc for a disc brake includes a brake disc hub and at least one friction ring which is connected to the brake disc hub via rivets, a jacket of the brake disc hub being provided with sections with a reduced wall thickness and/or apertures which are axially directed material cut-outs situated on the outer circumference of the brake disc hub jacket and serve for at least partial positioning of the axially directed rivets. The friction ring and the brake disc hub are centered with respect to one another exclusively via the rivets, and each rivet, before the deformation thereof, is configured so as to taper conically at least over a part region of the rivet shank thereof in the region of the brake disc hub, starting from a swage head to a rivet closing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Kordian KOKOTT, Josef HOFSTETTER, Ulf SCHULZ
  • Publication number: 20180298966
    Abstract: An internally ventilated brake disk for a disk brake, includes two friction disks, which are arranged adjacent to each other and which are connected to each other by radially extending, regularly arranged webs. The webs extend from an outer peripheral edge to an inner peripheral edge of the friction disks and the friction disks are connected by the webs in such a way that intermediate spaces thereof form cooling channels of equal size, through which cooling air can flow and which are divided by further, shorter webs in such a way that at least one shorter web is located centrally between the webs in a radial region closer to the inner peripheral edge of the friction disks. Outward from the shorter web in the radial direction, the cooling channels are divided into at least three flow channels in that, in each cooling channel, two first further shorter webs are arranged at an offset to each shorter web radially outwardly and in the peripheral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Kordian KOKOTT, Ulf SCHULZ, Josef HOFSTETTER
  • Publication number: 20160160948
    Abstract: A brake disc is provided for a disc brake, which consists of a brake disc chamber and at least one friction ring connected to the latter via connecting devices. A jacket of the brake disc chamber is provided with sections of reduced wall thickness and/or apertures. These sections and/or apertures are axially directed material recesses which are located on the outer circumference of the brake disc chamber jacket and serve for placing the connecting devices as close as possible to the brake disc chamber jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Oliver WAGNER, Thomas GRAF, Kordian KOKOTT, Ulf SCHULZ, Matthias STANGL, Thomas BAMBL, Richard WAGNER, Stefan BERGMAIER