Patents by Inventor Marius-Constantin Costache

Marius-Constantin Costache 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: 11858306
    Abstract: A stabilizer bar has a first connected position and a second disconnected position. One side-bar is fixed to a housing while the other side-bar is fixed to a tulip within the housing. The housing has a plurality of axial grooves. The tulip defines a plurality of slots which are aligned with the grooves when the vehicle is level. A nut has a plurality of pins that extend radially such that the nut is torsionally coupled to the housing. In a first connected position, the pins fit within the slots of the tulip to torsionally couple the nut and the housing to the tulip. To facilitate a second disconnected position, a motor driven actuator moves the nut axially such that the pins no longer engage the slots. When motor power is withdrawn, a spring pushes the nut back to the first connected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Kraus, Florin Dobre, Brian Lee, Adrian Husu, Benjamin Wuebbolt-Gorbatenko, Mihai Achim, Marius-Constantin Costache, Mihaly Kovacs
  • Publication number: 20230182520
    Abstract: A wheel module (14) for a motor vehicle has a wheel rotatable about a center of rotation and serves for the propulsion of the motor vehicle, and having a swing arm attachable to a supporting frame of the motor vehicle so as to be articulated about a pivot axis and by which forces which act on the wheel are supported on the supporting frame. The center of rotation of the wheel and the pivot axis of the swing arm lie on an imaginary radial line beginning at the center of rotation of the wheel. The radial line runs at an angle ? of ?40°???35° with respect to an X-Y plane of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Manfred Kraus, Benjamin Wuebbolt-Gorbatenko, Mihaly Kovacs, Adrian Husu, Marius-Constantin Costache, Mihai Achim
  • Publication number: 20230060076
    Abstract: A stabilizer bar has a first connected position and a second disconnected position. One side-bar is fixed to a housing while the other side-bar is fixed to a tulip within the housing. The housing has a plurality of axial grooves. The tulip defines a plurality of slots which are aligned with the grooves when the vehicle is level. A nut has a plurality of pins that extend radially such that the nut is torsionally coupled to the housing. In a first connected position, the pins fit within the slots of the tulip to torsionally couple the nut and the housing to the tulip. To facilitate a second disconnected position, a motor driven actuator moves the nut axially such that the pins no longer engage the slots. When motor power is withdrawn, a spring pushes the nut back to the first connected position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Kraus, Florin Dobre, Brian Lee, Adrian Husu, Benjamin Wuebbolt-Gorbatenko, Mihai Achim, Marius-Constantin Costache, Mihaly Kovacs