Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .kg

Wolfgang Braun

Jens Heim

Jens Schäfer

Stefan Glück

Arbogast Grunau

Frank Benkert

Rainer Kleber

Serge Kursawe

Sergej Schwarz

Andreas Thölke

Simon Wehner

Christian Vogelgesang

Philipp Wirth

Carsten Duppe

Andreas THÖLKE

Vasilios Bakolas

Jürgen Windrich

A camshaft adjuster for adjusting the phase angle between a crankshaft and a camshaft of an internal combustion engine comprises an actuator, in particular, an electric motor, and an adjustment module, which comprises a drive element, which can be driven by the crankshaft, and an output element, which can be rotated relative to the drive element to a limited extent and which is provided to be securely coupled to the camshaft, wherein a signal generator, which is arranged so as to be fixed in position on the internal combustion engine and which has an inductance, is inductively coupled to a measurement circuit, which is integrated into the adjustment module and which has at least one resonant circuit component having electrical properties that depend on the said phase angle.

Camshaft adjuster and method for determining the setting of a camshaft adjuster

A foil bearing for supporting a shaft includes a sleeve-type baring housing, at least one elastic corrugated foil arranged on the inner circumference of the bearing housing, and a respective top foil covering each corrugated foil and forming a bearing surface. The bearing housing includes insertion grooves defined therein that extend from the inner surface of the bearing housing and outwardly. The fop foil and the corrugated foil each have ends that are inserted into and received by the insertion grooves.

Foil bearing

A slide bearing including a rotating friction partner, a counterpart and a lubrication film between the friction partner and the counterpart, wherein the friction partner or the counterpart is coated with a hard material.

Slide bearing

A cage for rolling elements of a bearing, which has a plastic base body and a metal coating fixed to the base body and at least partially covering the the base body. The cage provides mechanical stability, wear-resistance and corrosion resistance. This is achieved by the metal, at least sections, having a nanocrystalline granular structure.

Cage for rolling bodies of a bearing

A method for producing a roller bearing cage () is provided, including the following steps: a base body () which is close to a net shape is produced by a stereolithography method or by a 3D-printing method, and the provided base body () is coated with a thin, nanocrystalline coating (). A roller bearing cage, including a base body () and a nanocrystalline coating () fixed to the base body () produced by this method is also provided. This method is suitable for producing roller bearing cages in only small quantities in a small series.

Roller bearing cage and method for the production thereof

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Garstadt, Germany

Wolfgang Braun