Patents by Inventor Ulrich Mueller-Frank

Ulrich Mueller-Frank 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).

  • System comprising a cam and a cam follower element and use of such a system
    Patent number: 7219638
    Abstract: A system (1) comprising a cam (2) with a cam lug (3) and a cam follower element (11) which undergoes an oscillating reciprocating movement in the direction of its longitudinal axis (12) when the cam (2) rotates, in which the central plane (5) of the cam (2), which extends perpendicularly with respect to the rotational axis (4) of the cam (2), is arranged offset with respect to the longitudinal axis (12) of the cam follower element (11) by an eccentricity E1, so that the cam follower element (11) rotates about its longitudinal axis (12) when the cam (2) is in engagement, with its cam outer face (6) along a contact line (10), with the cam follower element (11). The cam (2) has at least one groove (7) in its cam outer face (6) in the circumferential direction at least in the area of the cam lug (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ulrich Mueller-Frank
  • System comprising a cam and a cam follower element and use of such a system
    Publication number: 20050235936
    Abstract: A system (1) comprising a cam (2) with a cam lug (3) and a cam follower element (11) which undergoes an oscillating reciprocating movement in the direction of its longitudinal axis (12) when the cam (2) rotates, in which the central plane (5) of the cam (2), which extends perpendicularly with respect to the rotational axis (4) of the cam (2), is arranged offset with respect to the longitudinal axis (12) of the cam follower element (11) by an eccentricity E1, so that the cam follower element (11) rotates about its longitudinal axis (12) when the cam (2) is in engagement, with its cam outer face (6) along a contact line (10), with the cam follower element (11). The cam (2) has at least one groove (7) in its cam outer face (6) in the circumferential direction at least in the area of the cam lug (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventor: Ulrich Mueller-Frank