Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Streinz

Wolfgang Streinz 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: 11698100
    Abstract: A motor vehicle drive shaft has a receptacle tube component with a receptacle internal diameter and a push-fit component with a push-fit external diameter. The push-fit external diameter is smaller than or equal to the receptacle internal diameter. The receptacle tube component and the push-fit component can be rotated about a common drive shaft rotational axis and extend along the latter in a longitudinal direction. The receptacle tube component and the push-fit component are connected to one another for the transmission of torque. A connecting component is provided, wherein the connecting component is connected in a torque-conducting manner to the receptacle tube component by way of a receptacle connection. The connecting component is connected to the push-fit component by way of a push-fit connection. At least one of the two connections is configured as a combined frictionally locking and positively locking shaft/hub connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marek Cina, Anton Mangold, Wolfgang Streinz, Torsten Wingeleit
  • Patent number: 10941815
    Abstract: A connection device for a joint shaft in a motor vehicle includes an axis of rotation, a first connection area for connecting the connection device to a drive train element, a predetermined breaking region, and a tube region which connects directly to the predetermined breaking region. The connection device has an axial extension in the direction of the axis of rotation, and a radial extension orthogonal to the axis of rotation and is designed, at least substantially, as a tubular hollow body. The predetermined breaking region is arranged between the first connection region and the tube region in the axial direction. A connection area is arranged in the axial direction between the first connection region and the predetermined breaking region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Schneider, Erwin Fusseder, Wolfgang Streinz, Josef Hofstetter, Hans Blieninger
  • Publication number: 20200317047
    Abstract: A motor vehicle drive shaft has a receptacle tube component with a receptacle internal diameter and a push-fit component with a push-fit external diameter. The push-fit external diameter is smaller than or equal to the receptacle internal diameter. The receptacle tube component and the push-fit component can be rotated about a common drive shaft rotational axis and extend along the latter in a longitudinal direction. The receptacle tube component and the push-fit component are connected to one another for the transmission of torque. A connecting component is provided, wherein the connecting component is connected in a torque-conducting manner to the receptacle tube component by way of a receptacle connection. The connecting component is connected to the push-fit component by way of a push-fit connection. At least one of the two connections is configured as a combined frictionally locking and positively locking shaft/hub connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Marek CINA, Anton MANGOLD, Wolfgang STREINZ, Torsten WINGELEIT
  • Patent number: 9920786
    Abstract: A hybrid shaft is provided, particularly a hybrid shaft for a vehicle, for transmitting a torque. The hybrid shaft includes a hollow shaft made of metal, wherein the hollow shaft has at least one reinforcement layer made of fiber-reinforced plastic on an outer surface of the hollow shaft in at least one reinforcement section. The hollow shaft has an external diameter varying in a longitudinal direction of the hollow shaft inside the at least one reinforcement section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Schneider, Johannes Mintzlaff, Wolfgang Streinz, Josef Hofstetter
  • Publication number: 20180003244
    Abstract: The invention provides a connection device for a joint shaft in a motor vehicle. The connection device includes an axis of rotation, a first connection area for connecting the connection device to a drive train element, a predetermined breaking region, and a tube region which connects directly to the predetermined breaking region. The connection device has an axial extension in the direction of the axis of rotation, and a radial extension orthogonal to the axis of rotation and is designed, at least substantially, as a tubular hollow body. The predetermined breaking region is arranged between the first connection region and the tube region in the axial direction. A connection area is arranged in the axial direction between the first connection region and the predetermined breaking region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Franz SCHNEIDER, Erwin FUSSEDER, Wolfgang STREINZ, Josef HOFSTETTER, Hans BLIENINGER
  • Patent number: 9631675
    Abstract: A lightweight construction connection device is provided for a shaft, formed from an end section of a pipe segment, over which the shaft can be slid and having a knurling on the radial outside surface thereof. A support ring is arranged in the interior of the end section of the pipe segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Streinz, Armin Zeilner, Johann Reindl, Josef Hofstetter, Heinrich Gruenwald
  • Publication number: 20160003304
    Abstract: A lightweight construction connection device is provided for a shaft, formed from an end section of a pipe segment, over which the shaft can be slid and having a knurling on the radial outside surface thereof. A support ring is arranged in the interior of the end section of the pipe segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang STREINZ, Armin ZEILNER, Johann REINDL, Josef HOFSTETTER, Heinrich GRUENWALD
  • Publication number: 20150105165
    Abstract: A hybrid shaft is provided, particularly a hybrid shaft for a vehicle, for transmitting a torque. The hybrid shaft includes a hollow shaft made of metal, wherein the hollow shaft has at least one reinforcement layer made of fiber-reinforced plastic on an outer surface of the hollow shaft in at least one reinforcement section. The hollow shaft has an external diameter varying in a longitudinal direction of the hollow shaft inside the at least one reinforcement section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Franz SCHNEIDER, Johannes MINTZLAFF, Wolfgang STREINZ, Josef HOFSTETTER
  • Patent number: 4692126
    Abstract: A torque transmitting coupling assembly including a driving member and a power takeoff member, each of which have an equal plurality of claws thereon with movable transmission members interposed between the claws, the claws having lateral surfaces which define therebetween spaces which narrow radially, with the transmission members being held in these spaces by at least one endless flexible traction member which contacts the transmission members on the sides thereof remote from the narrowed portions of the spaces between the claws. The coupling compensates for radial, axial and possibly, also angular offsetting of shafts which are placed in torque transmitting engagement by the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Uni-Cardan Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Ehrlenspiel, Thomas John, Wolfgang Streinz