Patents by Inventor Manfred Heinisch

Manfred Heinisch 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: 7866452
    Abstract: A vibration damper for vehicles comprises a work cylinder in which a piston is guided axially by a piston rod. The piston divides the work cylinder into two work spaces filled with damping fluid. A tension stop is provided between the piston and a piston rod guide, wherein a tension stop element including a flexible part and a reinforcing ring is arranged between a support fastened to the piston rod and the piston rod guide. The reinforcing ring limits the deformation of the flexible part of tension stop when subjected to force during operation so that permissible shearing stresses of the flexible part are not exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: ZF Sachs AG
    Inventors: Stefan Brehm, Manfred Heinisch, Michael Müller
  • Publication number: 20050109570
    Abstract: Damping element between two masses, consisting of a container tube, a piston mounted slidably therein in a damping medium, a piston rod connected to this piston, and a fastening part for connecting the container tube to the first of the two masses which are to be isolated from each other with respect to vibration, where the piston rod is connected to one of the masses. The fastening part, consisting of a stem and a fork and serving to connect the fastening part to the first mass, is manufactured as a one-piece component, preferably by forging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Muller, Stefan Brehm, Manfred Heinisch
  • Publication number: 20050016805
    Abstract: A vibration damper for vehicles comprises a work cylinder in which a piston is guided axially by a piston rod. The piston divides the work cylinder into two work spaces filled with damping fluid. A tension stop is provided between the piston and a piston rod guide, wherein a chambered tension stop element is arranged between a support fastened to the piston rod and the piston rod guide. The tension stop does radially deflect impermissibly when subjected to force during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Stefan Brehm, Manfred Heinisch, Michael Muller
  • Patent number: 6827342
    Abstract: A shock absorber includes a damping element and an air spring, the damping element having a container tube, a fixing part and a piston rod. The air spring has a spring bellows acting as a rolling bellows, an outer tube connected to a mass to be held with little oscillation, and a rolling tube bearing a rolling profile. The spring bellows bounds a gas chamber provided with a gas filling under pressure, while the rolling tube seals off the gas chamber with respect to the container tube and is fixed to the latter in the axial direction. Between the container tube and the rolling tube there is arranged a compression stop cap having three webs and thickened ends, which serve as a stop on the container tube for the rolling tube and to dissipate the radial force component acting on the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Sachs AG
    Inventors: Bernd Klitsch, Stefan Brehm, Michael Müller, Manfred Heinisch
  • Publication number: 20030160367
    Abstract: A shock absorber includes a damping element and an air spring, the damping element having a container tube, a fixing part and a piston rod. The air spring has a spring bellows acting as a rolling bellows, an outer tube connected to a mass to be held with little oscillation, and a rolling tube bearing a rolling profile. The spring bellows bounds a gas chamber provided with a gas filling under pressure, while the rolling tube seals off the gas chamber with respect to the container tube and is fixed to the latter in the axial direction. Between the container tube and the rolling tube there is arranged a compression stop cap having three webs and thickened ends, which serve as a stop on the container tube for the rolling tube and to dissipate the radial force component acting on the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Bernd Klitsch, Stefan Brehm, Michael Muller, Manfred Heinisch