Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Lorz

Wolfgang Lorz 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: 9856955
    Abstract: A generator belt drive of an internal combustion engine, having a generator arrangement with a generator (1) having a belt pulley (6) and a belt tensioner (2). The generator arrangement includes the following: —a first tensioning lever (8) with a first tensioning roller (4), —a second tensioning lever (9) with a second tensioning roller, these tensioning rollers being arranged in front of and behind the belt pulley in a circulating direction of the belt (3) and applying a pretensioning force onto the belt, —a spring (7) arranged between the tensioning levers and which moves the tensioning rollers towards each other, thereby generating the pretensioning force, —and a locking arrangement (11), by which the tensioning levers can be locked relative to each other in a position in which the tensioning rollers are moved away from each other, thereby reducing or canceling the pretensioning force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Wolf, Wolfgang Lorz
  • Patent number: 9625013
    Abstract: A generator arrangement for an auxiliary-assembly belt drive of an internal combustion engine, having a starter generator (1) with a belt pulley (6) and a belt tensioner (2) which includes the following:—a first tensioning lever (8) with a first tensioning roller (4),—a second tensioning lever (9) with a second tensioning roller, these tensioning rollers being arranged in front of and behind the belt pulley in a circulating direction of the belt (3) and applying a pretensioning force onto the belt,—a spring means (7) which is arranged between the tensioning levers and which moves the tensioning rollers towards each other, thereby generating the pretensioning force,—and a locking arrangement (11), by which the tensioning levers can be locked relative to each other in a position in which the tensioning rollers are moved away from each other, thereby reducing or canceling the pretensioning force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Wolf, Wolfgang Lorz
  • Publication number: 20160363197
    Abstract: A generator belt drive of an internal combustion engine, having a generator arrangement with a generator (1) having a belt pulley (6) and a belt tensioner (2). The generator arrangement includes the following: —a first tensioning lever (8) with a first tensioning roller (4), —a second tensioning lever (9) with a second tensioning roller, these tensioning rollers being arranged in front of and behind the belt pulley in a circulating direction of the belt (3) and applying a pretensioning force onto the belt, —a spring (7) arranged between the tensioning levers and which moves the tensioning rollers towards each other, thereby generating the pretensioning force, —and a locking arrangement (11), by which the tensioning levers can be locked relative to each other in a position in which the tensioning rollers are moved away from each other, thereby reducing or canceling the pretensioning force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Wolf, Wolfgang Lorz
  • Publication number: 20150369347
    Abstract: A generator arrangement for an auxiliary-assembly belt drive of an internal combustion engine, having a starter generator (1) with a belt pulley (6) and a belt tensioner (2) which includes the following:—a first tensioning lever (8) with a first tensioning roller (4),—a second tensioning lever (9) with a second tensioning roller, these tensioning rollers being arranged in front of and behind the belt pulley in a circulating direction of the belt (3) and applying a pretensioning force onto the belt,—a spring means (7) which is arranged between the tensioning levers and which moves the tensioning rollers towards each other, thereby generating the pretensioning force,—and a locking arrangement (11), by which the tensioning levers can be locked relative to each other in a position in which the tensioning rollers are moved away from each other, thereby reducing or canceling the pretensioning force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Wolf, Wolfgang Lorz
  • Patent number: 8308588
    Abstract: The rubber element is positioned in the drive end of the chain guide and provides dampening and noise reduction for the guide, thereby reducing the overall noise from the meshing of the chain and the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jeffrey Hewitt, Lucian Botez, Wolfgang Lorz
  • Publication number: 20100273590
    Abstract: The rubber element is positioned in the drive end of the chain guide and provides dampening and noise reduction for the guide, thereby reducing the overall noise from the meshing of the chain and the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jeffrey HEWITT, Lucian BOTEZ, Wolfgang LORZ