Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Falter

Wolfgang Falter 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: 9933028
    Abstract: A caliper disc brake of a vehicle has a brake disc with an axis of rotation, a brake caliper, a brake anchor plate, a force transmission element, such asa lining support and/or a pressure plate, a holding-down spring for holding down the force transmission element, and a holding-down device (36) which is held and supported on the caliper by a holding device, which pretensions the holding-down spring adially against the force transmission device and tangentially in the direction of rotation against the force transmission device during forwards travel. The holding device has a center line parallel to the axis of rotation. The tangential pre-tensioning is at least partially due to the dimensions (V1, V2) of the holding-down device in the tangential direction from the center line (M) being larger on the disc exit side than on the disc entry side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: WABCO Europe BVBA
    Inventors: Wolfgang Falter, Oliver Friebus, Hellmut Jäger, Hans-Christian Jungmann
  • Patent number: 9816575
    Abstract: A caliper disk brake of a vehicle with a brake disk, a brake caliper, a brake anchor plate, a force transmission element guided and supported in a shaft of the brake caliper or of the brake anchor plate, a holding-down spring for holding down the force transmission element, and a holding-down device held and supported on the caliper by a holding device, pretensions the holding-down spring radially against the force transmission device and pretensions the holding-down spring tangentially in the direction of rotation against the force transmission device during forwards travel. The holding device has a center line parallel to the axis of rotation of the brake disk. The tangential pre-tensioning is at least partially attributed to the dimensions of the holding-down device, as measured in the tangential direction from the center line, being larger at least in sections on the disk exit side than on the disk entry side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
    Inventors: Wolfgang Falter, Oliver Friebus, Hellmut Jager, Hans-Christian Jungmann
  • Patent number: 9695894
    Abstract: A caliper disc brake of a vehicle, in particular of a commercial vehicle, a brake disc, a brake caliper, a brake support plate, a force transmission element, such as, for example, a pad support and/or a pressure plate, which is guided and supported in a well of the brake caliper or of the brake anchor plate, a holding-down spring (32) for holding down the force transmission element, and a holding-down device (36). The holding-down device is held by a holding device, pretensions the holding-down spring radially against the force transmission element and pretensions the holding-down spring tangentially in the direction of rotation against the force transmission element during forwards travel. The holding-down spring has two identical spring legs that enclose an angle of more than 95° with the base in the relaxed state and an angle of less than 85° with the respectively adjacent spring leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: WABCO Europe BVBA
    Inventors: Wolfgang Falter, Oliver Friebus, Hellmut Jäger, Hans-Christian Jungmann
  • Publication number: 20160169307
    Abstract: A caliper disc brake of a vehicle, in particular of a commercial vehicle, with a brake disc having an axis of rotation, a brake caliper (20), a brake anchor plate (22), a force transmission element, such as, for example, a lining support (26) and/or a pressure plate, which is guided and supported in a shall of the brake caliper or of the brake anchor plate, a holding-down spring (32) for holding down the force transmission element, and a holding-down device (36) which is held and supported on the caliper by a holding device, pretensions the holding-down spring radially against the force transmission device and pretensions the holding-down spring tangentially in the direction of rotation against the force transmission device during forwards travel, wherein the holding device has a centre line lying parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang Falter, Oliver Friebus, Hellmut Jager, Hans-Christian Jungmann
  • Publication number: 20160116009
    Abstract: A caliper disc brake of a vehicle has a brake disc with an axis of rotation, a brake caliper, a brake anchor plate, a force transmission element, such asa lining support and/or a pressure plate, a holding-down spring for holding down the force transmission element, and a holding-down device (36) which is held and supported on the caliper by a holding device, which pretensions the holding-down spring adially against the force transmission device and tangentially in the direction of rotation against the force transmission device during forwards travel. The holding device has a center line parallel to the axis of rotation. The tangential pre-tensioning is at least partially due to the dimensions (V1, V2) of the holding-down device in the tangential direction from the center line (M) being larger on the disc exit side than on the disc entry side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang Falter, Oliver Friebus, Hellmut Jäger, Hans-Christian Jungmann
  • Publication number: 20160108979
    Abstract: A caliper disc brake of a vehicle, in particular of a commercial vehicle, a brake disc, a brake caliper, a brake support plate, a force transmission element, such as, for example, a pad support and/or a pressure plate, which is guided and supported in a well of the brake caliper or of the brake anchor plate, a holding-down spring (32) for holding down the force transmission element, and a holding-down device (36). The holding-down device is held by a holding device, pretensions the holding-down spring radially against the force transmission element and pretensions the holding-down spring tangentially in the direction of rotation against the force transmission element during forwards travel. The holding-down spring has two identical spring legs that enclose an angle of more than 95° with the base in the relaxed state and an angle of less than 85° with the respectively adjacent spring leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang Falter, Oliver Friebus, Hellmut Jåger, Hans-Christian Jungmann
  • Patent number: 9074647
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for indicating wear on the friction lining of a brake shoe of a disc brake, having an electrically conductive unit which comes into electrical contact with the brake disc when a first predetermined wear limit is reached during braking, wherein the electrically conductive unit is elongate and a section adjacent to the section lying closest to the brake disc in the installed state forms an angle between 0° and 90°, preferably between 2° and 20°, more preferably between 8° and 16° with the plane of the brake disc. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Stumpf, Wolfgang Falter
  • Publication number: 20130306410
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for indicating wear on the friction lining of a brake shoe of a disc brake, having an electrically conductive unit which comes into electrical contact with the brake disc when a first predetermined wear limit is reached during braking, wherein the electrically conductive unit is elongate and a section adjacent to the section lying closest to the brake disc in the installed state forms an angle between 0° and 90°, preferably between 2° and 20°, more preferably between 8° and 16° with the plane of the brake disc. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: WABCO Radbremsen GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Stumpf, Wolfgang Falter
  • Patent number: 8403114
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatically and/or electromechanically actuable commercial vehicle disc brake having a brake disc, a brake caliper, a brake application shaft which can be actuated by a pivoting lever and lies transversely with respect to a rotational axis of the brake disc, an adjusting device which is arranged at least partially within an inner space of the brake caliper, and a first sealing device for sealing an annular space which is delimited by the inner wall of a through opening of the brake caliper and a device which extends through the through opening. According to the invention, a holding device, which holds a second sealing device for sealing the annular space at least partially, and a third sealing device are provided, which sealing device bears against the holding device for sealing the annular space at least partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Wabco Radbremsen GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Falter, Christian Jungmann, Gunter Stingl, Denny Moller
  • Publication number: 20100314205
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatically and/or electromechanically actuable commercial vehicle disc brake having a brake disc, a brake calliper, a brake application shaft which can be actuated by means of a pivoting lever and lies transversely with respect to a rotational axis of the brake disc, an adjusting device which is arranged at least partially within an inner space of the brake calliper, and a first sealing device for sealing an annular space which is delimited by the inner wall of a through opening of the brake calliper and a device which extends through the through opening. According to the invention, a holding device, which holds a second sealing device for sealing the annular space at least partially, and a third sealing device are provided, which sealing device bears against the holding device for sealing the annular space at least partially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Falter, Christian Jungmann, Gunter Stingl, Denny Moller
  • Patent number: 6619440
    Abstract: A brake includes a rotating element and a magnet wheel mounted on the rotating element so as to rotate with the rotating element about an axis of rotation. The magnet wheel has a first side extending transversely of the axis of rotation and facing the rotating element and a second side extending transversely of the axis of rotation and facing away from the rotating element. A first axial stop interacts with a first stop section located on the first side of the magnet wheel and a second axial stop interacts with a second stop section located on the second side of the magnet wheel for limiting an axial movement of the magnet wheel relative to the rotating element to a first predetermined amount. Along each line extending parallel to the axis of rotation and extending through the first or the second axial stop, the distance between the first stop section and the second stop section is smaller than the distance between the first axial stop and the second axial stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Wabco Perrot Bremsen GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Antony, Gerhard Berger, Wolfgang Falter, Hellmut Jäger, Marcus Keller, Roland Keller
  • Publication number: 20030052562
    Abstract: A brake includes a rotating element and a magnet wheel mounted on the rotating element so as to rotate with the rotating element about an axis of rotation. The magnet wheel has a first side extending transversely of the axis of rotation and facing the rotating element and a second side extending transversely of the axis of rotation and facing away from the rotating element. A first axial stop interacts with a first stop section located on the first side of the magnet wheel and a second axial stop interacts with a second stop section located on the second side of the magnet wheel for limiting an axial movement of the magnet wheel relative to the rotating element to a first predetermined amount. Along each line extending parallel to the axis of rotation and extending through the first or the second axial stop, the distance between the first stop section and the second stop section is smaller than the distance between the first axial stop and the second axial stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: WABCO Perrot Bremsen GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Antony, Gerhard Berger, Wolfgang Falter, Hellmut Jager, Marcus Keller, Roland Keller
  • Patent number: 5467847
    Abstract: A sliding-caliper disc brake is described. To avoid inclined nonuniform tangential wear of the brake pads, each of the two brake shoes is "de-coupled" from the brake caliper and/or from a pressure plate disposed on the actuation-side ("B-side"), of the brake disc. The brake shoes are braced against a brake bracket only on the outgoing side ("A side") of the brake disc, whereas the caliper is braced against the brake bracket only on the incoming side ("E side") of the brake disc. Therefore the caliper counters deformation of the brake and thereby reduces inclined nonuniform tangential wear of the brake pad associated with such deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Perrot Bremsen GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Antony, Wolfgang Falter, Andreas Kiessig, Matthias Berg
  • Patent number: 5324477
    Abstract: Method for disinfecting hard surfaces by treating the hard surfaces with an aqueous composition containing from 2 to 40% by weight of a sodium chlorite and from 1 to 60% by weight of at least one nitrogen-free acidic scale inhibiting agent. The composition generates chlorine dioxide in situ and also acts as a water hardness stabilizer and corrosion inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Henkel Komnmanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schroeder, Wolfgang Falter, Walter Grosse-Boewing