Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Pflugner

Wolfgang Pflugner 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: 6948728
    Abstract: A suspension strut used in a wheel suspension of an automotive vehicle, includes a shock absorber, a suspension strut bearing, and a coil spring at least partially coaxially surrounding the shock absorber and having one spring end supported by the shock absorber. The suspension strut bearing includes two plastic carrier elements, and a roller bearing positioned between the carrier elements. One carrier element is a guide ring connected to a vehicle body of the vehicle, and the other carrier element is a single-piece housing having incorporated therein plural hollow chambers in partial concentric surrounding relationship to the shock absorber and formed with a guide collar and a support surface for supporting the other end of the coil spring. The guide ring has a radially inner collar and a radially outer collar which together receive the roller bearing and extend at least beyond a midsection of the roller bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: INA-Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pflügner, Alexander Zernickel, Herbert Erhardt, Jürgen Weiss
  • Publication number: 20030002764
    Abstract: A suspension strut used in a wheel suspension of an automotive vehicle, includes a shock absorber, a suspension strut bearing, and a coil spring at least partially coaxially surrounding the shock absorber and having one spring end supported by the shock absorber. The suspension strut bearing includes two plastic carrier elements, and a roller bearing positioned between the carrier elements. One carrier element is a guide ring connected to a vehicle body of the vehicle, and the other carrier element is a single-piece housing having incorporated therein plural hollow chambers in partial concentric surrounding relationship to the shock absorber and formed with a guide collar and a support surface for supporting the other end of the coil spring. The guide ring has a radially inner collar and a radially outer collar which together receive the roller bearing and extend at least beyond a midsection of the roller bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: INA-SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pflugner, Alexander Zernickel, Herbert Erhardt, Jurgen Weiss
  • Patent number: 5230275
    Abstract: An eccentric anti-friction drive for fluid power apparatus is disclosed wherein the eccentric element comprises a tubular cup or sleeve made by deep drawing a hardenable steel material. The eccentric element comprises two cylindrical peripheries disposed eccentrically with respect to one another. One of the cylindrical peripheries is fitted to the rotating member of a prime mover and the other cylindrical periphery comprises the inner or outer race of an anti-friction bearing of the anti-friction drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignees: INA Waelzlager Schaffler KG, INA Bearing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Bobby L. Hodge, Wolfgang Pflugner
  • Patent number: 4544212
    Abstract: A rolling bearing for longitudinal movements of limited slide path for guiding a rectangular cross-section bar comprising an outer element, an inner element and rows of balls rolling between said elements, the outer element on whose bore wall the balls roll being insertable into a cylindrical housing bore and the inner element, being provided with straight, axially extending inner ball races and at least partially surrounding the rectangular cross-section bar, bears against the bar by the back of its ball races, characterized in that the outer element is formed as a cylindrical tube section and the inner element is connected to the bar to form a structural unit so that it is retained on the bar in its position required for operation and a cage retaining the balls at the inner element is provided which cage forms a structural unit with the inner element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1985
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Walter Parzefall, Wolfgang Pflugner, Wolfgang Steinberger