Patents by Inventor Dieter Grimmer

Dieter Grimmer 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: 7493849
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder has a pressure chamber delimited on one side by a piston accommodated in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a cylinder housing, on the other side by a housing bottom of the cylinder housing, and radially outwards by a circumferential wall of the cylinder housing, wherein the pressure chamber can be acted upon by a pressure medium via a pressure connection provided at the housing bottom in order to displace the piston in the cylinder housing. An insertion part is inserted in the pressure connection and has a channel section which communicates with the pressure connection and, in the installed position of the hydraulic cylinder, extends essentially in the vertical direction and opens into the pressure chamber in the vicinity of the circumferential wall of the cylinder housing. As a result, a hydraulic cylinder is provided which is compact and is designed in a simple manner, and which can be deaerated in a simpler manner compared to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: FTE automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Egid Macht, Hubert Derra, Jürgen Ryba, Dieter Grimmer
  • Patent number: 7287376
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder comprises a piston assembly with a piston and a piston rod, a cylinder housing with a housing bottom, a pressure chamber in the cylinder housing delimited by the piston and housing bottom, a spring element which prestresses the piston assembly away from the housing bottom, and a fixing element which fixes the piston assembly in a predefined stroke position relative to the cylinder housing prior to first actuation of the hydraulic cylinder and is designed to release the piston assembly relative to the cylinder housing upon first actuation of the hydraulic cylinder. The spring element is arranged on the side of the piston which is remote from the pressure chamber, whereas the fixing element is provided in the pressure chamber at the housing bottom and co-operates with a mating element on the piston to releasably fix the piston assembly relative to the cylinder housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: FTE automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Egid Macht, Hubert Derra, Jürgen Ryba, Dieter Grimmer
  • Patent number: 7216752
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder (10) is disclosed comprising a cylinder housing (12) with a housing bore (14), a piston (16) held longitudinally displaceably in the housing bore, a piston rod (18) allocated to the piston and a fixing element (20) which before a first cylinder operation is detachably connected with the piston rod and fixes this in a predetermined stroke position in relation to the cylinder housing and is designed to release the piston rod in relation to the cylinder housing on the first cylinder operation. According to the invention, before the first cylinder operation the fixing element in a first position is detachably connected with a center area (22) of the piston rod and on cylinder first operation can be moved from the first position to a second position area (24), in particular stationary in relation to the piston rod, in which it can be fixed for further cylinder operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: FTE automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Derra, Dieter Grimmer, Wolfgang Schor, Robert Müller
  • Publication number: 20060118375
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder has a pressure chamber delimited on one side by a piston accommodated in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a cylinder housing, on the other side by a housing bottom of the cylinder housing, and radially outwards by a circumferential wall of the cylinder housing, wherein the pressure chamber can be acted upon by a pressure medium via a pressure connection provided at the housing bottom in order to displace the piston in the cylinder housing. An insertion part is inserted in the pressure connection and has a channel section which communicates with the pressure connection and, in the installed position of the hydraulic cylinder, extends essentially in the vertical direction and opens into the pressure chamber in the vicinity of the circumferential wall of the cylinder housing. As a result, a hydraulic cylinder is provided which is compact and is designed in a simple manner, and which can be deaerated in a simpler manner compared to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Egid Macht, Hubert Derra, Jurgen Ryba, Dieter Grimmer
  • Publication number: 20060120907
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder comprises a piston assembly with a piston and a piston rod, a cylinder housing with a housing bottom, a pressure chamber in the cylinder housing delimited by the piston and housing bottom, a spring element which prestresses the piston assembly away from the housing bottom, and a fixing element which fixes the piston assembly in a predefined stroke position relative to the cylinder housing prior to first actuation of the hydraulic cylinder and is designed to release the piston assembly relative to the cylinder housing upon first actuation of the hydraulic cylinder. The spring element is arranged on the side of the piston which is remote from the pressure chamber, whereas the fixing element is provided in the pressure chamber at the housing bottom and co-operates with a mating element on the piston to releasably fix the piston assembly relative to the cylinder housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Egid Macht, Hubert Derra, Jurgen Ryba, Dieter Grimmer
  • Publication number: 20050051407
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder (10) is disclosed comprising a cylinder housing (12) with a housing bore (14), a piston (16) held longitudinally displaceably in the housing bore, a piston rod (18) allocated to the piston and a fixing element (20) which before a first cylinder operation is detachably connected with the piston rod and fixes this in a predetermined stroke position in relation to the cylinder housing and is designed to release the piston rod in relation to the cylinder housing on the first cylinder operation. According to the invention, before the first cylinder operation the fixing element in a first position is detachably connected with a center area (22) of the piston rod and on cylinder first operation can be moved from the first position to a second position area (24), in particular stationary in relation to the piston rod, in which it can be fixed for further cylinder operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Hubert Derra, Dieter Grimmer, Wolfgang Schor, Robert Muller