Patents by Inventor Hans-Georg Keferstein

Hans-Georg Keferstein 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: 6264010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc brake with hydraulically operable brake pads and a mechanical actuating which includes an actuating shaft that is rotatably and sealedly mounted in a bore of a brake housing and acts upon at least one of the brake pads. The present invention focuses on that at least in the area of a shaft duct, a sealing element is provided which is fixed to the actuating shaft so as to rotate along with it and cooperates with at least one associated sealing element and/or mating sealing surfaces in a radial direction. The sealing element bridges a portion of the actuating shaft which is different from the shape of a circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Continential Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Andreas Döll, Hans-Georg Keferstein, Holger Kranlich, Rudolf Thiel, Jürgen Bauer
  • Patent number: 6053289
    Abstract: In a disc brake with automatic adjusting device, a nut (12) is screwed to an axially slidable, unrotatable spindle (11). Nut (12) is connected to a coupling element (13). An auxiliary piston (32) is slidably mounted in a bore (31) of the brake piston (4) and is connected to the nut (12) by an axially lockable snap-in connection (35, 37, 38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Jurgen Bauer, Andreas Doll, Hans-Georg Keferstein, Rudolf Thiel