Patents by Inventor Christian Lankes

Christian Lankes 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: 11209056
    Abstract: A friction lining assembly having a backing plate and a sheet metal restoring spring fixed thereto, for a partially lined sliding-caliper type disk brake having a brake holder fixed with respect to the vehicle, on which friction lining assemblies arranged on both sides of a brake disk are slidably guided. A housing, which extends over the brake disk and the friction lining assemblies, is slidably mounted on the brake holder. The restoring spring is clamped axially between the brake holder and the friction lining assembly by at least one spring leg and applies a release clearance to the friction lining assembly. The spring leg extends over a hammer-head-shaped claw of the backing plate. The spring leg is plastically deformable in a defined manner under braking actuation as a result of a reduction in the friction-material thickness in order to impose a constantly dimensioned release clearance on the friction lining assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Sebastian Salzmann, Ralph Petri, Norman Langer, Werner Denhard, Thorsten Adam, Christian Lankes, Jens Bauer, Christoph Keil, Dietrich Golz, Mathias Haag, Christoph Kalff
  • Patent number: 10619684
    Abstract: A partially lined motor-vehicle disk brake of the first caliper type, with a housing including an actuator system as a normal force generator mounted in a slidably guided fashion on a holder, with at least one friction lining which is configured in a hammerhead shape with claws and which is accommodated in a guided fashion with pull-support in holder arms with receptacle recesses in the holder. In order to avoid reversing clicks, the holder is embodied as a closed frame in that holder webs connect the holder arms to one another, and the holder webs are positioned tangentially in front of the housing limbs of the housing. Accordingly, the force flux in the holder is closed, and in the case of pull suspension all the holder arms are nevertheless included in the force flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Thorsten Adam, Jens Bauer, Dietrich Golz, Mathias Haag, Valentin Hummel, Christoph Kalff, Norman Langer, Christian Lankes, Ralph Petri, Dirk Simon
  • Publication number: 20190024736
    Abstract: A friction lining assembly having a backing plate and a sheet metal restoring spring fixed thereto, for a partially lined sliding-caliper type disk brake having a brake holder fixed with respect to the vehicle, on which friction lining assemblies arranged on both sides of a brake disk are slidably guided. A housing, which extends over the brake disk and the friction lining assemblies, is slidably mounted on the brake holder. The restoring spring is clamped axially between the brake holder and the friction lining assembly by at least one spring leg and applies a release clearance to the friction lining assembly. The spring leg extends over a hammer-head- shaped claw of the backing plate. The spring leg is plastically deformable in a defined manner under braking actuation as a result of a reduction in the friction-material thickness in order to impose a constantly dimensioned release clearance on the friction lining assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Salzmann, Ralph Petri, Norman Langer, Werner Denhard, Thorsten Adam, Christian Lankes, Jens Bauer, Christoph Keil, Dietrich Golz, Mathias Haag, Christoph Kalff
  • Publication number: 20190010999
    Abstract: A partially lined motor-vehicle disk brake of the first caliper type, with a housing including an actuator system as a normal force generator mounted in a slidably guided fashion on a holder, with at least one friction lining which is configured in a hammerhead shape with claws and which is accommodated in a guided fashion with pull-support in holder arms with receptacle recesses in the holder. In order to avoid reversing clicks, the holder is embodied as a closed frame in that holder webs connect the holder arms to one another, and the holder webs are positioned tangentially in front of the housing limbs of the housing. Accordingly, the force flux in the holder is closed, and in the case of pull suspension all the holder arms are nevertheless included in the force flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Thorsten Adam, Jens Bauer, Dietrich Golz, Mathias Haag, Valentin Hummel, Christoph Kalff, Norman Langer, Christian Lankes, Ralph Petri, Dirk Simon
  • Patent number: 9064619
    Abstract: A cable which has at least two strands which each have a conductor surrounded by an insulation, where the strands are surrounded by an inner casing composed of a first polymer mixture and by an outer casing of a second polymer mixture resting on the inner casing, where the polymer components of the first and second polymer mixtures include a thermoplastic elastomer, and where the inner casing is foamed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Alfred Gemmel, Christian Lankes, Alfred Mehl
  • Publication number: 20130264094
    Abstract: A cable which has at least two strands which each have a conductor surrounded by an insulation, where the strands are surrounded by an inner casing composed of a first polymer mixture and by an outer casing of a second polymer mixture resting on the inner casing, where the polymer components of the first and second polymer mixtures include a thermoplastic elastomer, and where the inner casing is foamed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: ALFRED GEMMEL, CHRISTIAN LANKES, ALFRED MEHL
  • Patent number: 8013030
    Abstract: A process for the production of a moulding composed of foamed polytetrafluoroethylene by means of an extruder, includes introducing a foaming agent, which brings about foaming, into the polytetrafluoro-ethylene, where the extruder used includes a commercially available extruder, to which a thermoplastically processable, fusible polytetrafluoroethylene is fed, the polytetrafluoroethylene is fed to the extruder together with a foaming agent which has chemical action and which has a decomposition temperature of at least 320° C., and after its discharge from the extruder, the moulding is drawn off in the direction of production without any further measures relating to the foaming procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Susanne Brix, Friedrich Müller, Christian Lankes, Alfred Gemmel, Olivier Pinto, Mikael Abeguile, Jérôme Alric, Thierry Auvray, Paul Kroushl
  • Publication number: 20100256247
    Abstract: A foaming composition comprising a melt processible fluoropolymer, and a chemical foaming agent, where the chemical foaming agent is ammonium polyphosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Susanne Brix, Friedrich Müller, Christian Lankes, Alfred Gemmel, Olivier Pinto, Mikael Abeguile, Jérôme Alric, Thierry Auvray, Paul Kroushl
  • Publication number: 20100252947
    Abstract: A foaming composition comprising a melt processible fluoropolymer, and a chemical foaming agent, where the chemical foaming agent is ammonium polyphosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Susanne Brix, Friedrich Müller, Christian Lankes, Alfred Gemmel, Olivier Pinto, Mikael Abeguile, Jérôme Alric, Thierry Auvray, Paul Kroushl
  • Patent number: 7767725
    Abstract: A foaming composition comprising a melt processible fluoropolymer, and a chemical foaming agent, where the chemical foaming agent is ammonium polyphosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Susanne Brix, Friedrich Müller, Christian Lankes, Alfred Gemmel, Olivier Pinto, Mikael Abeguile, Jérôme Alric, Thierry Auvray, Paul Kroushl
  • Publication number: 20090206502
    Abstract: A foaming composition comprising a melt processible fluoropolymer, and a chemical foaming agent, where the chemical foaming agent is ammonium polyphosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Susanne Brix, Friedrich Muller, Christian Lankes, Alfred Gemmel, Olivier Pinto, Mikael Abeguile, Jerome Alric, Thierry Auvray, Paul Kroushl
  • Publication number: 20090176901
    Abstract: A process for the production of a moulding composed of foamed polytetrafluoroethylene by means of an extruder, includes introducing a foaming agent, which brings about foaming, into the polytetrafluoro-ethylene, where the extruder used includes a commercially available extruder, to which a thermoplastically processable, fusible polytetrafluoroethylene is fed, the polytetrafluoroethylene is fed to the extruder together with a foaming agent which has chemical action and which has a decomposition temperature of at least 320° C., and after its discharge from the extruder, the moulding is drawn off in the direction of production without any further measures relating to the foaming procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Susanne Brix, Friedrich Muller, Christian Lankes, Alfred Gemmel, Olivier Pinto, Mikael Abeguile, Jerome Alric, Thierry Auvray, Paul Kroushl