Patents by Inventor Hans-Werner Renn

Hans-Werner Renn 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: 6044750
    Abstract: A brake booster (10) for a vehicle brake system comprises a housing (12) which is divided, by means of at least one movable wall (14), into a vacuum chamber (18) and a working chamber (16). A control valve arrangement (20), which is associated to the brake booster (10) and which optionally connects the working chamber (16) to atmospheric pressure or to a vacuum, comprises a control valve housing (21) which is connected to the movable wall (14) for joint relative movement with respect to the housing (12). An electromagnetic actuation unit (26) is received in the control valve housing (21), said actuation unit having a solenoid coil (44), a magnet armature (28) operating against the spring bias and which is rigidly coupled to a first valve seat (32) of the control valve arrangement (20), and an armature counter-element (46). For improving the magnetic flux in the electromagnetic actuation unit (26) while simultaneously reducing the number of parts, an insert (92) made of diamagnetic and preferably lightweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventors: Rudiger Eick, Hans-Werner Renn, Peter Polke, Christoph Beuerle, Ulrich Danne
  • Patent number: 5772290
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the brake pressure in a vehicle brake system equipped with an electronically adjustable brake booster (10), comprising an actuator (22) which transmits the actuating movement of the brake pedal to a master brake cylinder and has assigned a path limiting element (80) which limits the axial actuating movement of the actuator (22) in that it is received between abutments (90, 92), the apparatus being characterized in that a switch is actuated by the path limiting element (80) together with one of the abutments (90), said switch supplying a signal to the brake booster when the path limiting element (80) abuts the one abutment (90).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventors: Helmut Heibel, Hans-Werner Renn, Erwin Michels, Jens-Peter Kohrt, Werner Dieringer, Kurt Mohr
  • Patent number: 5658055
    Abstract: The vehicle brake system including an electronically controlled brake booster (10), comprising a first actuator (350) which is connected to a second actuator (360) for transmitting to the same an actuating movement (P) of a brake pedal, wherein the second actuator (360) transmits the movement to a master brake cylinder, a signal generator (365) disposed between first and second actuators (350, 360) for generating a signal to be supplied to the controller of the brake booster (10), wherein the signal generator (365) is triggered by a relative movement between the first actuator and the housing of the brake booster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventors: Werner Dieringer, Jens-Peter Kohrt, Kurt Mohr, Helmut Heibel, Erwin Michels, Hans-Werner Renn