Patents by Inventor Viktor PFARHERR

Viktor PFARHERR 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).

  • Publication number: 20230258227
    Abstract: A radial foil bearing for supporting a shaft includes a sleeve-like bearing housing with an inner circumference and at least three foil packs distributed over the inner circumference and covering a portion of the inner circumference. Each of the at least three foil packs has an elastic corrugated foil resting against the inner circumference and a top foil. The elastic corrugated foil includes axially opposite side edges running in a circumferential direction and a narrowed portion disposed on at least one of the axially opposite side edges to reduce an axial width and a radial spring rigidity of the elastic corrugated foil at the narrowed portion. The top foil has an underside resting on the elastic corrugated foil and a top side forming a bearing surface for the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Jakob, Michael Plogmann, Wolfgang Braun, Hermann Geyer, Christoph Neufeld, Viktor Pfarherr
  • Patent number: 11339826
    Abstract: A roller bearing (2) having a sleeve (5), by which a rolling element raceway is formed, and a lid (1) held to the sleeve by a snap-on connection, wherein the lid has securing projections (17), which are directed outward, which protrude beyond the sleeve (5) in the radial direction and are provided for axially fixing the lid in a housing (4) surrounding the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Mueller, Viktor Pfarherr, Eugen Hess, Georg Draser, Patrick Huebschmann
  • Publication number: 20210254662
    Abstract: A roller bearing (2) having a sleeve (5), by which a rolling element raceway is formed, and a lid (1) held to the sleeve by a snap-on connection, wherein the lid has securing projections (17), which are directed outward, which protrude beyond the sleeve (5) in the radial direction and are provided for axially fixing the lid in a housing (4) surrounding the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph MUELLER, Viktor PFARHERR, Eugen HESS, Georg DRASER, Patrick HUEBSCHMANN