Patents by Inventor Helmut Zehaczek

Helmut Zehaczek 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: 4971360
    Abstract: A height adjustment system for a vehicle including a solenoid valve arrangement that controls air flow to and from an air spring of an air suspension arranged between a vehicle body and a wheel axle, a sensor unit for determining a height between the vehicle body and the wheel axle and a velocity of vertical movement of the vehicle body relative to the wheel axle, and a control unit that controls operation of the solenoid valve arrangement in accordance with the velocity of vertical movement of the vehicle body relative to the wheel axle as well as a comparison between threshold height values and the distance between the vehicle body and the wheel axle. The air suspension may also be provided with an oscillating damper of substantially constant damping characteristics, such as a shock absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Pischke, Engelbert Tillhon, Matthias Fahrnschon, Helmut Zehaczek