343 patents
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Utility
Electropneumatic trailer control-valve unit for North America
24 May 22
An electropneumatic trailer control-valve unit for a vehicle includes a storage port for coupling a store of compressed air for a trailer, a brake-pressure port, and a brake-pressure pilot-control unit configured to output at least one first control pressure.
Julian van Thiel
Filed: 16 Sep 19
Utility
Piston-cylinder assembly
17 May 22
A piston-cylinder assembly (1) has a cylindrical housing (3), with a main piston (2) and at least one trailing piston (11, 12).
Hauke Karstens, Dennis Reimann
Filed: 24 Sep 18
Utility
Brake valve, compressed-air brake system having the brake valve, and method for producing the brake valve
10 May 22
A brake valve for a compressed air brake system of a utility vehicle includes a compressed air input configured to connect to a system pressure, a compressed air output configured to connect a brake control line, and at least one sensor configured to determine a brake valve actuation travel of an actuating element of the brake valve with a working interconnection to the brake pedal.
Torsten Wallbaum, Malte Berroth, Arnd Gaulke
Filed: 6 Sep 18
Design
Electronic connector
10 May 22
Danny Drasner, Wojciech Grychowicz, Pawel Osinski, Ulrich Overhage
Filed: 5 Feb 19
Design
Electronic connector
10 May 22
Danny Drasner, Wojciech Grychowicz, Pawel Osinski, Ulrich Overhage
Filed: 28 Sep 20
Utility
Estimation of the Trailer Position Relative to Truck Position and Articulation Angle Between Truck and Trailer Using an Electromagnetic or Optical Sensor
5 May 22
A method for estimating a position of a trailer relative to a truck of a road train includes providing or obtaining a kinematic model of the road train, providing or obtaining a length estimation of the trailer, and measuring an articulation angle between the truck and the trailer.
Kaustubh Joshi, Richard Matthaei
Filed: 19 Jun 19
Utility
Electric adjusting device for a disc brake
3 May 22
The invention relates to an electric adjusting device for a disc brake, comprising a brake disc and a brake caliper of a vehicle for adjusting the wear of brake linings.
Paul Henning, Marcel Kalmbach, David Lamla
Filed: 22 Nov 17
Utility
Method for determining a dynamic vehicle distance between a following vehicle and a preceding vehicle of a platoon
3 May 22
A method for determining a dynamic vehicle distance between a following vehicle and a preceding vehicle of a platoon, wherein a V2V signal is configured to be transmitted in a wireless manner between the following vehicle and the preceding vehicle, includes determining a current maximum following vehicle deceleration of the following vehicle, determining a current transmission time for transmitting information from the preceding vehicle to the following vehicle, determining a current maximum preceding vehicle deceleration of the preceding vehicle, and determining the dynamic vehicle distance comprising a transmission distance and a braking distance difference.
Niklas Broll, Thomas Dieckmann, Thomas Wolf
Filed: 22 Aug 17
Utility
Disc brake for utility vehicles
3 May 22
The invention relates to a disc brake (1) for utility vehicles, having a brake caliper, a brake disc (37), an actuating lever (4) arranged axially to a disc brake axis (A) of the brake disc (37), an adjusting device (36) comprising an adjusting spindle (12), a pressure collar (13) and an adjusting spindle head (27), wherein the adjusting device (36) is arranged at least partially within an interior (7) of the brake caliper (2), a primary seal (8) for sealing the interior (7) of the brake caliper (2), an annular space (10), which is delimited by an inner wall (6) of a through-opening (19) of the brake caliper (2) and the adjusting device, and a secondary seal (9) for at least partially sealing the interior (7) of the brake caliper (2), characterized in that the primary seal (8) and the secondary seal (9) are designed as a piston protection cap (14).
Bernward Redemann, Marcel Kalmbach
Filed: 19 Dec 18
Utility
Method for monitoring the functions of a friction clutch
3 May 22
A method is disclosed for monitoring the functions of a friction clutch which is arranged in a vehicle between a drive motor and a compressor of a compressed air supply system and which can be disengaged and engaged pneumatically.
Stefan Brinkmann, Dirk Hillbring, Konrad Feyerabend, Volker Gniesmer, Ralf Stoffels
Filed: 19 Feb 19
Utility
Plug-in connection arrangement and method for preparing a plug-in connection arrangement
26 Apr 22
A plug-in connection arrangement for a component includes a first portion having a first groove contour in a first annular groove arranged in the first portion, and a second portion having a second groove contour in a second annular groove arranged in the second portion.
Klaus Bredbeck, Dieter Frank, Morten Gehrke, Frank Vogelsang, Thorsten Weber
Filed: 19 Feb 16
Utility
Method for operating an electro-pneumatic parking brake facility of a vehicle-trailer combination
5 Apr 22
A method for operating an electropneumatic parking brake system of a vehicle combination, which includes a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, includes activating, after a parking operation and braking of the vehicle combination, a trailer check function in a standstill state.
Uwe Bensch, Axel Gau, Alexander Wendlandt, Torsten Franke
Filed: 27 Apr 18
Utility
Method for controlling a vehicle on a bend and roll stability control system
29 Mar 22
A method for controlling a vehicle when driving on a bend, includes determining bend information, wherein the bend information characterizes a further course of the bend in a direction of travel after a current position of the vehicle, determining predicted lateral acceleration values based on the bend information, wherein each of the predicted lateral acceleration values indicates a lateral acceleration predicted to act on the vehicle at a respective one of a plurality of future positions over the further course of the bend, and determining the probability of overturning at the future positions based on the predicted lateral acceleration values by comparing the predicted lateral acceleration values with a lateral acceleration limit value.
Michael Heise, Tobias Munko, Klaus Plaehn
Filed: 1 Feb 18
Utility
Valve Arrangement of a Towing Vehicle for Controlling a Pneumatic Brake System of a Trailer Vehicle and a Method for Controlling It
17 Mar 22
A valve arrangement (14.2) of a tractor vehicle (2) for controlling a pneumatic brake system of a trailer vehicle (4) includes a trailer control valve (16) with a reservoir pressure input (p11) for the introduction of reservoir compressed air and a reservoir pressure output (p21) for the controlled discharge of reservoir compressed air.
Mirko Brütt, Ivo Laskawy, Jan Spremberg, Lars Volker
Filed: 15 Sep 21
Utility
Method for determining autonomous emergency braking, method for performing the emergency braking, and control device for a driving-dynamics system
15 Mar 22
A method for ascertaining an autonomous emergency braking operation of an ego-vehicle.
Ruediger Meyer
Filed: 13 Apr 18
Utility
End of Travel Relief System for Power Steering System
10 Mar 22
In a power steering system employing an end of travel system including valve actuating rings disposed about a Pitman arm shaft, a device is provided for setting the positions of the rings on the shaft.
Jared Pitzer, Jeffrey Edward Tipton
Filed: 4 Sep 20
Utility
Discharge Cut-off Valve
3 Mar 22
A discharge cut-off valve for an air compressor is provided.
Michael Klatt, Ramesh Pai
Filed: 1 Sep 20
Utility
Parking brake valve device
1 Mar 22
A parking brake valve device for controlling a storage spring parking brake in an electropneumatic brake system includes a compressed air input configured to be connected to a compressed air supply, a parking brake output configured to control a storage spring parking brake, and a trailer-control control output configured to control a trailer control valve (TCV) for a trailer brake system.
Julian van Thiel
Filed: 29 May 18
Utility
Clutch actuator for actuating a vehicle clutch
22 Feb 22
A clutch actuator (1) for actuating a vehicle clutch includes a cylinder (3) filled with pressure medium.
Frank-Peter Klück, Sankar Prasad Mishra, Tobias Schulz
Filed: 10 Sep 18
Utility
Bistable solenoid valve device, and method for monitoring it
22 Feb 22
A bistable solenoid valve device for a fluid system is provided.
Andreas Goers, Andreas Teichmann
Filed: 24 Jan 18