Patents by Inventor Volker Reiners

Volker Reiners 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: 11703375
    Abstract: A weighing sensor for a scale, includes a mainland body, a load receiver articulated on the mainland body by parallelogram guiding, and a lever mechanism having at least two levers which are supported on the mainland body by supporting joints, a first lever being arranged closer to a load receiver than a second lever, and the at least two levers being connected to each other via coupling rods and load joints, a calibration weight assembly including a calibration weight rest and a calibration weight being arranged on one lever, the calibration weight rest being connected to at least one coupling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Volker Reiners, Wassim Alyassin
  • Patent number: 11174902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a frictional part (2) for a frictionally acting device comprising an annular friction surface (26), which has an inner edge (34) and an outer edge (36), wherein a circumferential groove (42) which extends in a zig-zag or undulating fashion between radially interior and radially exterior deflection points (44, 46), a plurality of outer grooves (64, 70) which each have an outer opening (66, 72) at the outer edge (36) and open into the circumferential groove (42) at opening points (68, 74) between the deflection points (44, 46), and a plurality of inner grooves (56, 60) which each have an inner opening (58, 62) at the inner edge (34) and open into the circumferential groove (42) between the opening points (68, 74), are provided in the friction surface (26). The outer opening (66, 72) of at least one of the outer grooves (64, 70) has a groove cross section which is larger than a groove cross section of the inner opening (58, 62) of at least one of the inner grooves (56, 60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Borg Warner Inc.
    Inventors: Florian Oliver Dannwolf, Volker Reiners, Tim Traeger
  • Patent number: 11053987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a friction disk (2) for a frictionally acting device (78) comprising an annular disk-shaped disk body (18), which has a first edge (30), a second edge (32) facing away from the first edge (30) and with a rotary driving contour (34), and an annular friction surface (26) with a first friction surface edge (36) facing the first edge (30) and a second friction surface edge (38) facing the second edge (32). The first edge (30) and/or the first friction surface edge (36) has a path deviating from a circular path. In addition, the present invention relates to a frictionally acting device (78) with such a friction disk (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Florian Oliver Dannwolf, Volker Reiners, Tim Traeger
  • Publication number: 20190345988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a frictional part (2) for a frictionally acting device comprising an annular friction surface (26), which has an inner edge (34) and an outer edge (36), wherein a circumferential groove (42) which extends in a zig-zag or undulating fashion between radially interior and radially exterior deflection points (44, 46), a plurality of outer grooves (64, 70) which each have an outer opening (66, 72) at the outer edge (36) and open into the circumferential groove (42) at opening points (68, 74) between the deflection points (44, 46), and a plurality of inner grooves (56, 60) which each have an inner opening (58, 62) at the inner edge (34) and open into the circumferential groove (42) between the opening points (68, 74), are provided in the friction surface (26). The outer opening (66, 72) of at least one of the outer grooves (64, 70) has a groove cross section which is larger than a groove cross section of the inner opening (58, 62) of at least one of the inner grooves (56, 60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Florian Oliver Dannwolf, Volker Reiners, Tim Traeger
  • Patent number: 9109640
    Abstract: A friction plate (2) with a friction lining carrier (18) and a paper friction lining (24) arranged on one side of the friction lining carrier (18) to form a friction surface, which comprises at least one first friction lining portion (32) and at least one second friction lining portion (34), the friction surface (36) in the first friction lining portion (32) being raised relative to the friction surface (38) in the second friction lining portion (34). The first friction lining portion (32) exhibits a lower resin absorption than the second friction lining portion (34). The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing such a friction plate (2) and to a wet-running multiplate clutch or brake comprising such a friction plate (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Volker Reiners
  • Patent number: 8474590
    Abstract: A friction part for a frictionally acting device comprising an annular friction surface which has an inner edge and an outer edge, with the friction surface having provided in it an encircling first groove which extends in zig-zag or undulating form between radially inner and radially outer deflection points, a plurality of second grooves which extend from the inner edge to the outer deflection points and a plurality of third grooves which extend from the outer edge into the encircling first groove and which open into the encircling first groove at opening-in points between the deflection points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Emilio Fabricius, Volker Reiners
  • Publication number: 20130032271
    Abstract: A friction plate (2) with a friction lining carrier (18) and a paper friction lining (24) arranged on one side of the friction lining carrier (18) to form a friction surface, which comprises at least one first friction lining portion (32) and at least one second friction lining portion (34), the friction surface (36) in the first friction lining portion (32) being raised relative to the friction surface (38) in the second friction lining portion (34). The first friction lining portion (32) exhibits a lower resin absorption than the second friction lining portion (34). The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing such a friction plate (2) and to a wet-running multiplate clutch or brake comprising such a friction plate (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Volker Reiners
  • Publication number: 20120118696
    Abstract: A friction part for a frictionally acting device comprising an annular friction surface which has an inner edge and an outer edge, with the friction surface having provided in it an encircling first groove which extends in zig-zag or undulating form between radially inner and radially outer deflection points, a plurality of second grooves which extend from the inner edge to the outer deflection points and a plurality of third grooves which extend from the outer edge into the encircling first groove and which open into the encircling first groove at opening-in points between the deflection points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Emilio Fabricius, Volker Reiners