Patents by Inventor Wolfgang DOEPPLING

Wolfgang DOEPPLING 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: 20110000330
    Abstract: The ball nut of a ball screw at the inner circumference of which a ball groove is provided, wound helically about the longitudinal axis for rolling balls, and at its outer circumference a roller bearing is arranged for rotatably supporting the ball nut, wherein the roller bearing has an inner ring which is supported by means of a support ring arranged on the ball nut in the axial support direction, wherein the support ring is arranged as a result of material deformation in the axial support direction with positive engagement on the ball nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang DOEPPLING, Dieter ADLER, Horst STEINBINDER, Marco MEISBORN
  • Patent number: 6383113
    Abstract: A roller transmission, in particular toroidal transmission, with infinitely variable transmission ratio, includes a friction wheel (6) disposed between a driving disk (2) and driven disk (3) and rotatably mounted to a swingable carrier (7). The friction wheel has a circumferential friction surface (8) for interaction with confronting end faces (4, 5) of both disks (2, 3). The friction wheel (6) is made of two sheet metal parts (9, 10) interconnected outside the friction surface (8) and defining a partition plane which is disposed substantially transversely to the rotation axis of the friction wheel (6), wherein at least one cavity (15) is arranged between both sheet metal parts (9, 10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Ina Wälzlager Schaeffler OHG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Döppling, Manfred Winkler