Roller bearing mounted shaft

US9982705B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Flender · Eberdingen, DE
• Michael Kreisig · Gerlingen, DE
• Antonio Menonna · Ditzingen, DE
• Falk Schneider · Neuerburg, DE
• Stefan Steichele · Gerlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2014
• Grant date: May 29, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2101
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A roller-bearing mounted shaft may include a shaft tube having a shaft outer face with at least one rolling body running face. The shaft tube may have at least one functional element joined thermally thereto, wherein the shaft tube is formed as a welded and drawn tube and includes a carbon content of greater than 0.45 percent by mass.