Patents by Inventor Andreas Rekofsky

Andreas Rekofsky 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: 8233268
    Abstract: A housing comprising at least one electrical connection through a housing wall that is particularly inexpensive to produce and allows the electronic components located on the internal face and the external face of the housing to be attached in a particularly variable manner. The electrical connection is directly surrounded by housing material while being additionally sealed by means of sealing material. The inventive housing seal is provided with a profiled seal encompassing at least two sealing lips. The sealing material is additionally used for sealing the cover and/or the bottom relative to the housing wall. The arrangement is also particularly well protected against oil and other aggressive media as a combination of housing material and sealing material is used for surrounding the electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshanfen AG, Continental Automotive GmbH, Walter Soehner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Ingenbleek, Michael Schwab, Marc Abele, Thomas Betz, Rolf Zoeller, Andreas Rekofsky
  • Patent number: 7911051
    Abstract: An electronic circuit arrangement includes a heat sink and a first circuit carrier which is thermally coupled to the heat sink, lies flat on the latter and is intended to wire electronic components of the circuit arrangement. Provided for at least one electronic component is a special arrangement which is associated with a considerably increased heat dissipation capability for the relevant component and, in addition, also affords further advantages in connection with changes in the population and/or line routing which might occur in practice. The important factor for this is that the component is arranged under a second circuit carrier which is held in a recess in the first circuit carrier. The recess passes through to the top side of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Ingenbleek, Erik Jung, Alfred Kolb, Andreas Rekofsky, Roland Schöllhorn, Daniela Wolf
  • Patent number: 7745739
    Abstract: A housing (1) with at least one electrical connection (7) through a housing wall (4) can be manufactured especially economically and can facilitate an especially economical lacing of electronic components (2, 13) present on the interior and on the exterior of the housing (1). The electrical connection (7) is enclosed by a housing material and additionally sealed by a sealing material (6). The sealing material (6) also advantageously serves to seal a top (3) and a bottom (5) to the housing wall (4). Through the combination of the casing of the electrical connection (7) of the housing (1) and the sealing material (6), this arrangement is, moreover, especially impervious to oil or other aggressive media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Continental Automotive GmbH, Walter Sohner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Ingenbleek, Michael Schwab, Hubert Remmlinger, Oskar Schütz, Andreas Rekofsky, Thomas Riepl, Karl Smirra, Günter Lugert
  • Publication number: 20090168309
    Abstract: A housing comprising at least one electrical connection through a housing wall that is particularly inexpensive to produce and allows the electronic components located on the internal face and the external face of the housing to be attached in a particularly variable manner. The electrical connection is directly surrounded by housing material while being additionally sealed by means of sealing material. The inventive housing seal is provided with a profiled seal encompassing at least two sealing lips. The sealing material is additionally used for sealing the cover and/or the bottom relative to the housing wall. The arrangement is also particularly well protected against oil and other aggressive media as a combination of housing material and sealing material is used for surrounding the electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Walter Soehner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Ingenbleek, Michael Schwab, Marc Abele, Thomas Betz, Rolf Zoeller, Andreas Rekofsky
  • Publication number: 20090161319
    Abstract: An electronic circuit arrangement includes a heat sink and a first circuit carrier which is thermally coupled to the heat sink, lies flat on the latter and is intended to wire electronic components of the circuit arrangement. Provided for at least one electronic component is a special arrangement which is associated with a considerably increased heat dissipation capability for the relevant component and, in addition, also affords further advantages in connection with changes in the population and/or line routing which might occur in practice. The important factor for this is that the component is arranged under a second circuit carrier which is held in a recess in the first circuit carrier. The recess passes through to the top side of the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicants: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Robert Ingenbleek, Erik Jung, Alfred Kolb, Andreas Rekofsky, Roland Schollhorn, Daniela Wolf
  • Publication number: 20080087463
    Abstract: A housing (1) with at least one electrical connection (7) through a housing wall (4) can be manufactured especially economically and can facilitate an especially economical lacing of electronic components (2, 13) present on the interior and on the exterior of the housing (1). The electrical connection (7) is enclosed by a housing material and additionally sealed by a sealing material (6). The sealing material (6) also advantageously serves to seal a top (3) and a bottom (5) to the housing wall (4). Through the combination of the casing of the electrical connection (7) of the housing (1) and the sealing material (6), this arrangement is, moreover, especially impervious to oil or other aggressive media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicants: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, SIEMENS AG, WALTER SOHNER PRAZISIONSKUNSTSTOFFTEILE GMBH & CO.
    Inventors: Robert Ingenbleek, Michael Schwab, Hubert Remmlinger, Oskar Schutz, Andreas Rekofsky, Thomas Riepl, Karl Smirra, Gunter Lugert
  • Patent number: 6805146
    Abstract: The electronic-hydraulic transmission control module has a hydraulic plate, an electronic control unit, and a sensor. The sensor is caulked into a wall of an opening in the hydraulic plate forming a plastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Albert, Christian Fritzsche, Andreas Rekofsky, Ulf Scheuerer
  • Publication number: 20040140115
    Abstract: A contacting component for manufacturing an electrically conductive connection includes a conductor device (2) onto which at least one first plastic component (3) and separately a second plastic component (4, 5, 6) are molded in which case the conductor device (2) can be bent in such a way that the first plastic component (3) can engage in the second plastic component (4, 5, 6) to provide an integral contacting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Georg Fischer, Harald Holzer, Andreas Rekofsky, Karl Smirra
  • Publication number: 20040141295
    Abstract: A circuit module for the automobile field has contact wires (7) which are brought out through a wall (3) of the housing and which are made tight by a seal (9) made of a duroplastic or elastomeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Georg Fischer, Andreas Rekofsky
  • Publication number: 20040035245
    Abstract: A plastic control plate for a gearbox control device of a hydraulic motor vehicle is disclosed, which comprises at least one channel (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 2′) extending in the plastic control plate (1) and is used to guide a cooling medium and a heat conducting body (3) which is at least partially integrated into the plastic control plate (1) and is arranged directly adjacent to the channel (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 2′).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Roland Albert, Christian Fritzsche, Andreas Rekofsky, Ulf Scheuerer
  • Patent number: 6612202
    Abstract: A mechatronics control module (14) includes an electronic control unit (16) having a flex foil circuit (34) with a multiple of mounted electronic components including sensors (24) which sense the hydraulic state of the transmission clutch or other frictional engagement elements within the transmission system (10.) Multiple mounting arrangements are provided which increase the mounting area to provide for the mounting of the mechatronics control module (14) within the transmission case (12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Thorum, Helmut Gander, Andreas Rekofsky
  • Publication number: 20020157502
    Abstract: The electronic-hydraulic transmission control module has a hydraulic plate, an electronic control unit, and a sensor. The sensor is caulked into a wall of an opening in the hydraulic plate forming a plastic deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Roland Albert, Christian Fritzsche, Andreas Rekofsky, Ulf Scheuerer
  • Publication number: 20020088304
    Abstract: A mechatronics control module (14) includes an electronic control unit (16) having a flex foil circuit (34) with a multiple of mounted electronic components including sensors (24) which sense the hydraulic state of the transmission clutch or other frictional engagement elements within the transmission system (10.) Multiple mounting arrangements are provided which increase the mounting area to provide for the mounting of the mechatronics control module (14) within the transmission case (12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: Siemens Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Thorum, Helmut Gander, Andreas Rekofsky
  • Patent number: 5993179
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing block into which a piston pump is inserted. For sealing off and fixing a cylinder of the piston pump in the housing block, the cylinder is provided with a radially outward-protruding annular shoulder, which when the cylinder is press-fitted in the housing block displaces material of the housing block and deforms the housing block plastically radially inward until material rests sealingly on the cylinder and fixes the cylinder in the housing block. The invention makes it possible to accomplish securing and sealing in one operation in an economical way, without requiring additional securing means and economizing on one high-pressure-proof sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Baur, Andreas Rekofsky