Patents by Inventor Dirk Runkel

Dirk Runkel 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: 7086229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston having a valve arrangement for a vehicle hydraulic brake system comprising a piston channel penetrating the piston, a valve seat formed around an opening of the piston channel, and a valve element, which is displaceable relative to the piston and which for sealing the piston channel is positionable in a fluid-tight manner against the valve seat, wherein the valve seat takes the form of an annular projection on a sealing component, which comprises an elastic sealing element and a support element, which stabilizes the sealing element, and wherein the support element is designed in a region close to the sealing projection with a corresponding annular recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Mallmann, Dirk Runkel, Kam Chau
  • Patent number: 7021877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-tapping screw, whose threads, in a rear area (facing the head), have a substantially cylindrical external diameter and, in a front area (facing away from the head), extend with an external diameter which decreases towards the end of the screw. Both in the rear area and in the front area, the threads have an asymmetrical cross section with a bisector of the flank angle, measured at the thread tips, which is located obliquly with respect to the axial course of the core and which reverses from the rear area (first cross section) towards the front area (second cross section), the bisector in the front area being inclined towards the screw head. The reversal point of the thread cross section is placed such that the first cross section is substantially present in the rear area, the second cross section substantially in the front area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: EJOT GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Birkelbach, Dirk Runkel, Gerd Weigel
  • Publication number: 20050229774
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston having a valve arrangement for a vehicle hydraulic brake system comprising a piston channel penetrating the piston, a valve seat formed around an opening of the piston channel, and a valve element, which is displaceable relative to the piston and which for sealing the piston channel is positionable in a fluid-tight manner against the valve seat, wherein the valve seat takes the form of an annular projection on a sealing component, which comprises an elastic sealing element and a support element, which stabilizes the sealing element, and wherein the support element is designed in a region close to the sealing projection with a corresponding annular recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Markus Mallmann, Dirk Runkel, Kam Chau
  • Publication number: 20040081535
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-tapping screw, whose threads, in a rear area (facing the head), have a substantially cylindrical external diameter and, in a front area (facing away from the head), extend with an external diameter which decreases towards the end of the screw. Both in the rear area and in the front area, the threads have an asymmetrical cross section with a bisector of the flank angle, measured at the thread tips, which is located obliquly with respect to the axial course of the core and which reverses from the rear area (first cross section) towards the front area (second cross section), the bisector in the front area being inclined towards the screw head. The reversal point of the thread cross section is placed such that the first cross section is substantially present in the rear area, the second cross section substantially in the front area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: EJOT GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Birkelbach, Dirk Runkel, Gerd Weigel