Patents by Inventor Laurenz Gruter

Laurenz Gruter 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).

  • Apparatus for determining positions and movements of a brake pedal for a vehicle brake system
    Publication number: 20080312801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining a pedal displacement of a brake pedal for a vehicle brake system. In said case, a magnetic element disposed on a piston in the interior of a housing of a brake cylinder is used, which cooperates with a sensor element disposed at the outside of the brake cylinder in order to detect positions and movements of the piston. As positions and movements of the piston connected to the magnetic element correspond directly with positions and movements of a brake pedal connected rigidly and directly thereto or characterize said positions and movements in the case of an indirect connection to the brake pedal, it is possible on the basis of positions and movements, which are determined for the piston, to infer the underlying pedal displacement of the brake pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Jens Hauke Muller, Boris Koeth, Laurenz Gruter, Karlheinz Schaust
  • Apparatus for determining positions and movements of a brake pedal for a vehicle brake system
    Publication number: 20030205931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining a pedal displacement of a brake pedal for a vehicle brake system. In said case, a magnetic element disposed on a piston in the interior of a housing of a brake cylinder is used, which cooperates with a sensor element disposed at the outside of the brake cylinder in order to detect positions and movements of the piston. As positions and movements of the piston connected to the magnetic element correspond directly with positions and movements of a brake pedal connected rigidly and directly thereto or characterize said positions and movements in the case of an indirect connection to the brake pedal, it is possible on the basis of positions and movements, which are determined for the piston, to infer the underlying pedal displacement of the brake pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Jens Hauke Muller, Boris Koeth, Laurenz Gruter, Karlheinz Schaust