Patents by Inventor Oliver Hoffman

Oliver Hoffman 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).

  • Publication number: 20110272204
    Abstract: In a hydraulic power steering system with a steering gear and a hydraulic actuator for supporting a steering wheel actuation by the driver of a vehicle including a device for actively applying an additional steering torque, is disclosed. The device for actively applying an additional steering torque includes at least one additional torque actuator and a detector for detecting the steering torque, and the detector detects a hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Joachim Nell, Ronald Bayer, Steffen Linkenbach, Jürgen Böhm, Oliver Hoffman, Andreas Schirling, Norman Muth
  • Patent number: 7971941
    Abstract: In a dual-circuit hydraulic motorcycle brake system with two hand or foot-operated master cylinders, at the commencement of the pump operation in one of the brake circuits, the change-over valve (20) and/or the separating valve (19) of that brake circuit assume a switching position in which the pressure which can be generated by the pump (9) is prevented from causing a reactive effect on the associated hand-operated or foot-operated master brake cylinder (7, 13). To this end, the separating valve (19) in the brake line may be switched to a closed or throttling position, while the change-over valve (20) in the suction path is closed. Alternatively, both the change-over valve (20) and the separating valve (19) can be opened at the same time so that the pump conveys brake fluid in a circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Alfred Eckert, Oliver Hoffman