Patents by Inventor Werner Motzkus

Werner Motzkus 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).

  • Tapered roller bearing with cage
    Patent number: 8783966
    Abstract: A tapered roller bearing (1) with two coaxial bearing rings (2, 3) and a multiplicity of tapered rollers (4) which are arranged between the bearing rings (2, 3), are guided in a cage (10, 11, 12) and roll on raceways (7, 8) on the bearing rings (2, 3), with a rim (9) at the large diameter of the inner bearing ring (3), wherein the cage (10, 11, 12) is formed of side rings (10, 11) and webs (12) which connect them, with the formation of pockets (13) for the tapered rollers (4), and elastic projections (14) are arranged on one side ring (10), which projections (14) interact with the rim (9) and prestress the cage (10, 11, 12) with the tapered rollers (4) axially against the rim (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Schlegel, Armin Necker, Werner Motzkus
  • TAPERED ROLLER BEARING WITH CAGE
    Publication number: 20130322799
    Abstract: A tapered roller bearing (1) with two coaxial bearing rings (2, 3) and a multiplicity of tapered rollers (4) which are arranged between the bearing rings (2, 3), are guided in a cage (10, 11, 12) and roll on raceways (7, 8) on the bearing rings (2, 3), with a rim (9) at the large diameter of the inner bearing ring (3), wherein the cage (10, 11, 12) is formed of side rings (10, 11) and webs (12) which connect them, with the formation of pockets (13) for the tapered rollers (4), and elastic projections (14) are arranged on one side ring (10), which projections (14) interact with the rim (9) and prestress the cage (10, 11, 12) with the tapered rollers (4) axially against the rim (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Schlegel, Armin Necker, Werner Motzkus