Patents Assigned to Fichtel and Sachs AG
  • Patent number: 4484670
    Abstract: A vibration damper including a vibration damper mechanism composed of a piston-and-cylinder construction located within a pipe jacket wherein fitting elements such as a spring retainer and a steering knuckle support are attached on the pipe jacket by a mounting construction in accordance with the invention. The fitting elements are located on the pipe jacket at their corresponding positions and they are deformed in such a way that radially inwardly directed projections of the fitting elements are shaped in conformity with corresponding indentations of the pipe jacket in order to provide a reliable locking connection between the fitting elements and the pipe jacket in a simple and economical manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Fichtel and Sachs AG
    Inventors: Ludwig Axthammer, Felix Wossner
  • Patent number: 4376472
    Abstract: In a cylinder piston device, a piston unit is fixed to a piston rod member within a cavity defined by a cylinder member. The piston unit is provided with a piston ring supporting face, which is directed substantially in a radially outward direction towards the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder member. A piston ring member with a radially inner circumferential face and a radially outer circumferential face is supported by its radially inner circumferential face on said piston ring supporting face and engages by its radially outer circumferential face the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder member. The piston ring member is provided with at least one radially inward directed projection extending in the radially inward direction beyond the radially inner circumferential face, the projection axially engaging a securing face of the piston unit, and the securing face extending radially inward of the piston ring supporting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1983
    Assignee: Fichtel and Sachs AG
    Inventors: Gunter Heyer, Gunther Handke, Joachim Kopic
  • Patent number: 4343613
    Abstract: A derailler system for a bicycle including a sprocket system having a plurality of drive sprockets and a chain for driving a wheel of the bicycle at different speeds with the chain being shifted onto individual drive sprockets by movement of an idler sprocket. A movable carrier member has the idler sprocket rotatably mounted thereon for selectively shifting the chain and a guide system is provided for guiding movement of the carrier member along the path essentially parallel with the axis of the driven wheel. A shifting mechanism for actuating the guide system includes a shift lever enabling shifting of the movable carrier to a plurality of shifting positions corresponding with the drive sprockets and a cam follower member including a cam follower rotatably mounted on a first part of the guide system is arranged to engage a cam member mounted on a second part of the guide system which is movable relative to the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignee: Fichtel and Sachs AG
    Inventors: Berndt Leiter, Josef Keller, Kurt Schuller, Ewald Eisend