Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Steinberger
Wolfgang Steinberger 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: 7607837Abstract: A wheel bearing module in a wheel carrier that has a wheel bearing and a wheel flange. The wheel flange is mounted using the wheel bearing which allows it to rotate relative to the wheel carrier about a rotation axis. The wheel bearing has at least one outer ring. The wheel bearing is supported, at least in areas and via an outer ring, at least radial to the rotation axis in the wheel carrier. The outer ring has, at the axial end of the outer ring, a flange radially pointing away from the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Schaeffler KGInventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Patent number: 7604416Abstract: The invention relates to an outer ring of a wheel bearing and the axial securing element thereof, which comprises a radial flange. Said radial flange extends radially outward from the axial end of the tubularly embodied outer ring. The flange is provided with recesses which penetrate the flange in an axial direction, are radially open towards the outside, and are used for fastening the flange to a wheel support.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Schaeffler KGInventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Patent number: 7600923Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel bearing in a wheel carrier. This wheel bearing has at least one outer race with at least one row of roll bodies, whereby the wheel bearing is supported at least on a cylindrical section of the outer race at least radial to the rotation axis in the wheel carrier, and the outer race has a flange radial pointing away from the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Schaeffler KGInventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Patent number: 7465102Abstract: The invention relates to a cold-formed bearing ring (2) and a wheel bearing unit (1) provided with a bearing ring (2). A radial ring groove (16) is formed on the bearing ring (2).Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2004Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Schaeffler KGInventors: Peter Niebling, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Dlugai, Jens Heim, Roland Langer, Horst Doppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Patent number: 7258646Abstract: Differential gearing for vehicles, having a gearing input and two gearing output shafts which exit on mutually opposite sides of a differential gearing housing from the differential gearing housing, having a differential holder which is arranged in the differential gearing housing in the area between the gearing output shafts, the differential holder being rotatably disposed in the differential gearing housing by means of a ball bearing arrangement which has a bearing prestress. At least one disk spring is provided which generates the bearing prestress of the ball bearing arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschafyInventors: Hans Rastel, Stefan Schinagl, Frank Gielisch, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Publication number: 20070177836Abstract: The Invention relates to an outer ring of a wheel bearing. Said outer ring comprises a hollow cylindrical section and a flange which protrudes radially outward from said hollow cylindrical section. The flange extends into the section at a concave groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2004Publication date: August 2, 2007Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Publication number: 20070160316Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel bearing module in a wheel carrier comprising a wheel bearing and a wheel flange. Said wheel flange is mounted by means of the wheel bearing whereby enabling it to rotate relative to the wheel carrier about a rotation axis. The wheel bearing comprises at least one outer ring. The wheel bearing is supported, at least in areas and via an outer ring, at least radial to the rotation axis in the wheel carrier. The outer ring has, at the axial end of the outer ring, a flange radially pointing away from the rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2004Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Publication number: 20070160317Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel bearing in a wheel carrier. This wheel bearing has at least one outer race with at least one row of roll bodies, whereby the wheel bearing is supported at least on a cylindrical section of the outer race at least radial to the rotation axis in the wheel carrier, and the outer race has a flange radial pointing away from the rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2004Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Publication number: 20070086690Abstract: The invention relates to an outer ring of a wheel bearing and the axial securing element thereof, which comprises a radial flange. Said radial flange extends radially outward from the axial end of the tubularly embodied outer ring. The flange is provided with recesses which penetrate the flange in an axial direction, are radially open towards the outside, and are used for fastening the flange to a wheel support.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2004Publication date: April 19, 2007Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Peter Niebling, Jens Heim, Heinrich Hofmann, Roland Langer, Darius Dlugai, Horst Doeppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Publication number: 20060234824Abstract: Differential gearing for vehicles, having a gearing input and two gearing output shafts which exit on mutually opposite sides of a differential gearing housing from the differential gearing housing, having a differential holder which is arranged in the differential gearing housing in the area between the gearing output shafts, the differential holder being rotatably disposed in the differential gearing housing by means of a ball bearing arrangement which has a bearing prestress. At least one disk spring is provided which generates the bearing prestress of the ball bearing arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rastel, Stefan Schinagl, Frank Gielisch, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Publication number: 20060171624Abstract: The invention relates to a cold-formed bearing ring (2) and a wheel bearing unit (1) provided with a bearing ring (2). A radial ring groove (16) is formed on the bearing ring (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2004Publication date: August 3, 2006Inventors: Peter Niebling, Heinrich Hofmann, Darius Heim, Roland Langer, Horst Doppling, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Patent number: 6658959Abstract: A shifting device (1) for a speed change gearbox with a transmission component that can be shifted in a longitudinal direction and/or about its longitudinal axis in a pivoting manner, which for transmitting the shifting movements is equipped with a damping component (8), which is constructed from at least one ramp-shaped profile (9a), and at least one roller component (12) which is pre-loaded against ramp-shaped profile (9a) by means of spring action.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2001Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: INA Schaeffler KGInventors: Walter Wildeshaus, Boris Landa, Andreas Grieshammer, Wolfgang Steinberger, Manfred Winkler, Rainer Schübel
-
Patent number: 6450057Abstract: In a gearshift device (38) of a manual transmission comprising at least one transmitting means (2) that is arranged for pivoting and axial displacement relative to the transmission, a low-friction transmission of gearshift movements is achieved by the inclusion of a rolling bearing (47) taking up thrust loads.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2000Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler oHGInventors: Manfred Winkler, Wolfgang Steinberger, Rainer Schubel, Andreas Neudecker, Wilfried Soyka, Reinhart Malik
-
Patent number: 6374692Abstract: A shift device for a change-speed gearbox, includes a shift rocker having sidewalls for axially displacing a shift sleeve positively connected to a gear wheel clutch or synchronizing unit. A shift finger is fixedly mounted on a shift shaft and positively engages a shift slot of the shift rocker to operate the shift rocker. The shift rocker is of single-piece configuration and made through a non-cutting process, with a blank being pre-punched from a steel sheet, before the blank is shaped into a finished product by at least one bending operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Ina Wälzlager Schaeffler oHGInventors: Wolfgang Steinberger, Klaus Krämer, Arnold Trissler
-
Patent number: 6367346Abstract: A gearshift fork (2, 3) for a manual transmission of an automotive vehicle is fixed on a selector rod and engages with its bifurcated section into a peripheral groove of a sliding sleeve. The bifurcated section (6) extends transversely of the central longitudinal axis of the selector rod and comprises a stiffening. To create an economic configuration of the gearshift fork (2, 3) and enable a production in large series, the gearshift fork is manufactured as a complete component by shaping without chip removal.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler oHGInventors: Wolfgang Steinberger, Klaus Kramer, Arnold Trissler
-
Patent number: 6318205Abstract: A shift device for a change-speed gearbox, includes a plurality of shift rockers, each shift rocker being supported in a pivot bearing and rotatable by actuating a shift finger, fixedly mounted on a shift shaft. The shift rockers are provided to axially displace respectively connected shift sleeves, whereby a locking unit is operatively connected via locking levers to the shift rockers to lock those shift rockers that are not activated. Each locking lever has one end of curved configuration which terminates in a cylindrical pin for engagement in a recess of the associated shift rocker, wherein the cylindrical pin is captivated within the recess of the shift rocker by impressing boundary regions of the recess.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Ina Wälzlager Schaeffler oHGInventors: Wolfgang Steinberger, Klaus Krämer, Arnold Trissler
-
Publication number: 20010017063Abstract: A shifting device (1) for a speed change gearbox with a transmission component that can be shifted in a longitudinal direction and/or about its longitudinal axis in a pivoting manner, which for transmitting the shifting movements is equipped with a damping component (8), which is constructed from at least one ramp-shaped profile (9a), and at least one roller component (12) which is pre-loaded against ramp-shaped profile (9a) by means of spring action.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2001Publication date: August 30, 2001Inventors: Walter Wildeshaus, Boris Landa, Andreas Grieshammer, Wolfgang Steinberger, Manfred Winkler, Rainer Schubel
-
Patent number: 6116787Abstract: Two race washers (3 and 4) of a thrust rolling bearing comprise on a peripheral edge two collars (5 and 6) directed towards each other so that an annular gap (7) is formed. The rim (8) of the cage (2) is guided in this annular gap (7).Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1998Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KGInventors: Leo Muntnich, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Patent number: 6109791Abstract: A rolling bearing (5) which is used for the clearance-free and noiseless mounting of a shaft (2) of a converter in an automatic transmission comprises at least one race ring which is composed of two ring elements (11, 12) which define a gap (14) filled with fluid between themselves.According to the invention, the first ring element (11) is configured as a thin-walled bushing whose raceway (10) comprises, in at least one peripheral section, an elastically yielding raceway convexity (13) deviating from its circular shape so that at least one of the rolling elements (6) is pre-stressed between the raceway convexity (13) and a raceway (9) situated opposite thereto.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1999Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Ina Walzlager Schaeffler oHGInventors: Norbert Metton, Wolfgang Steinberger
-
Patent number: 6042275Abstract: The pockets (10) of a cage (5) of a radial rolling bearing comprise retention elements on the inner rolling element holding member or on the outer rolling element holding member which retain the rolling elements (6) in contact with an outer raceway or an inner raceway during the mounting operation. In this way, a sag of the cylinder rollers (6) due to the force of gravity is prevented so that a shaft (4) can be pushed into the bearing without any problem.These retention elements have such a filigree and elastically deformable configuration that they are ineffective during the operation of the bearing after a few rotations so that a normal operational clearance is established between the rolling elements (6) and the cage (5).Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler oHGInventors: Leo Muntnich, Herbert Rost, Wolfgang Steinberger