Patents by Inventor Uwe SCHATZBERGER

Uwe SCHATZBERGER 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: 11524544
    Abstract: A spring-absorber system for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle includes a suspension spring with a spring constant kT and an absorber filled with a fluid and mounted in parallel to the suspension spring. The spring-absorber system also includes at least two additional spring modules via which a total spring constant kG of the spring-absorber system can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Dietrich, Uwe Schatzberger, Johannes Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11325439
    Abstract: A height-adjustable spring arrangement for a vehicle includes a bearing spring, a first limiting cylinder with a first limiting cylinder pot and a first limiting piston, a second limiting cylinder with a second limiting cylinder pot and a second limiting piston, and a guide cylinder with a guide cylinder pot, a displaceable guide piston in the guide cylinder pot and a guide piston rod fixed on the guide piston and extending out of the guide cylinder pot along a longitudinal axis of a bearing spring and through the bearing spring. The guide piston rod is displaceable by the first and second limiting cylinders such that a spring preload acting on the bearing spring and a negative spring path of the bearing spring remain constant as a result of a height adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Dietrich, Martin Riediger, Uwe Schatzberger
  • Publication number: 20210323370
    Abstract: A height-adjustable spring-damper system for a vehicle for setting a ride position and payload compensation of the vehicle separately from one another includes a damper cylinder, a supporting spring, a first ring cylinder which has a first ring piston disposed displaceably in the first ring cylinder and which defines a first working chamber with a first working volume, and a second ring cylinder which has a second ring piston disposed displaceably in the second ring cylinder and which defines a second working chamber with a second working volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Siegfried BRANDSTETTER, Gerhard FORSTER, Uwe SCHATZBERGER
  • Publication number: 20210268859
    Abstract: A height-adjustable spring arrangement for a vehicle includes a bearing spring, a first limiting cylinder with a first limiting cylinder pot and a first limiting piston, a second limiting cylinder with a second limiting cylinder pot and a second limiting piston, and a guide cylinder with a guide cylinder pot, a displaceable guide piston in the guide cylinder pot and a guide piston rod fixed on the guide piston and extending out of the guide cylinder pot along a longitudinal axis of a bearing spring and through the bearing spring. The guide piston rod is displaceable by the first and second limiting cylinders such that a spring preload acting on the bearing spring and a negative spring path of the bearing spring remain constant as a result of a height adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Maximilian DIETRICH, Martin RIEDIGER, Uwe SCHATZBERGER
  • Publication number: 20200247209
    Abstract: A spring-absorber system for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle includes a suspension spring with a spring constant kT and an absorber filled with a fluid and mounted in parallel to the suspension spring. The spring-absorber system also includes at least two additional spring modules via which a total spring constant kG of the spring-absorber system can be varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Maximilian DIETRICH, Uwe SCHATZBERGER, Johannes SCHROEDER
  • Patent number: 10682893
    Abstract: A spring and damping arrangement for adjusting the spring rate and the driving position of a motorcycle includes a series circuit having at least one helical spring, an air spring unit, and a hydraulic actuating element. The spring rate of the air spring unit is changeable as a function of a force acting from the outside on the spring and damping arrangement, such that the driving position change resulting from the applied force is compensated by the hydraulic loading of the hydraulic actuating element, such that a defined driving position can be adjusted or maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Uwe Schatzberger
  • Publication number: 20190143781
    Abstract: A spring and damping arrangement for adjusting the spring rate and the driving position of a motorcycle includes a series circuit having at least one helical spring, an air spring unit, and a hydraulic actuating element. The spring rate of the air spring unit is changeable as a function of a force acting from the outside on the spring and damping arrangement, such that the driving position change resulting from the applied force is compensated by the hydraulic loading of the hydraulic actuating element, such that a defined driving position can be adjusted or maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Uwe SCHATZBERGER