Patents Assigned to Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer
  • Patent number: 11433866
    Abstract: The invention relates to electropneumatic equipment (1) of a vehicle comprising an electropneumatic parking brake device (2) having an electropneumatic parking brake control unit (EPB). According to the invention, the electropneumatic parking brake control unit (EPB) is supplied with electric energy by only two electric energy sources 52,54) which are independent of each other, a first electric energy source (52) and a second electric energy source (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Falk Hecker, Oliver Jundt, Michael Herges
  • Patent number: 11420575
    Abstract: A power supply for an energy management and monitoring unit includes a line arrangement with multiple lines representing inputs or outputs, each of which has at least one power line for supplying power. A merging unit combines the power lines of the line arrangement to a total voltage, and a splitting unit is configured to split the total voltage into at least two redundant voltages provided for the energy management and monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Tamas Rapp, Benedek Pour, Huba Nemeth
  • Patent number: 11408989
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a speed of a vehicle, in which the vehicle includes one or more sensors to determine a distance to or a relative speed of an object in an environment of the vehicle, and in which the apparatus includes a data interface and a processing module. The data interface is configured to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, where the sensor data indicates the distance to and/or the relative speed of the object. The processing module is configured to determine (i) a motion state of the object based on the received sensor data, and (ii) the speed of the vehicle based on the determined motion state and the received sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Levente Balogh, Csaba Doczy, Kornel Straub
  • Patent number: 11400861
    Abstract: A camera monitoring system for a side region of a vehicle, includes an image-capturing unit for simultaneously capturing image data relating to a first ground region and relating to a second ground region on at least one side of the vehicle, and an image-analyzing unit, which is designed to separate image data relating to the first ground region from image data relating to the second ground region so as to enable independent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Viktor Tihanyi, Huba Nemeth, Levente Balogh, Adam Szoellosi, Balazs Gal
  • Patent number: 11396281
    Abstract: A utility vehicle control device for a parking brake device of a trailer vehicle includes a pneumatic supply connection, a control connection for controlling a spring brake cylinder, a directly manually actuatable parking valve, a first connection line and a control valve for controlling the parking valve. The parking valve is arranged in the first connection line, and wherein as a result of the parking valve, the supply connection and the control connection can be connected via the first connection line. A control line branches from the first connection line. The control line is connected to a first pneumatic control input of the control valve, wherein the control valve has a second pneumatic control input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Gabor Farkas, Laszlo Koncz
  • Patent number: 11387751
    Abstract: A device for speed-dependent braking torque control for electrical machines excited by permanent magnets includes a switching device deliberately short-circuits the electrical machine. The switching device is controlled as a function of an induced voltage generated by the electrical machine. If the induced voltage falls below a defined value, the switching device reverses the short-circuited state of the electrical machine to cause the braking torque to reduce to zero and the speed to increase again. The speed can thus be controlled within a range by alternately opening and closing the switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Sebastian Schaller
  • Patent number: 11378585
    Abstract: A method for determining a speed between a measurement-sensor, including at least one coil and a ferromagnetic-transmitter-element (FEM), including: changing the inductance of the coil and the voltage induced therein, in a vehicle using an inductive-speed-sensor having at least the coil and FEM; recording the inductance-change of the coil, and determining the speed based on the changed-inductance; in which the inductance-change is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-inductance only until the determined-speed has reached a speed-limit-value (SLV) starting from lower-speeds, in which a voltage-change induced in the coil is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-voltage when the determined-speed has exceeded the SLV starting from lower-speeds, and in which an inductance-change is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-inductance when the determined-speed has reached/dropped below the SLV starting from higher-speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Huber, Andre Kluftinger, Markus Eissner, Michael Herges
  • Patent number: 11378183
    Abstract: A gearshift actuator configured to be driven by an eccentric electric motor has a rotating nut configured to be driven by the electric motor, an actuation member, and a converter adapted to convert a torque of the rotating nut into a translational force and to provide the translational force as an actuating force for a gear shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Huba Nemeth, Csaba Mlinarcsek, Peter Kovacsik, Tamas Rapp, Janos Toth, Csaba Kokrehel
  • Patent number: 11359684
    Abstract: A disc brake for a commercial vehicle is provided. The disc brake includes a brake caliper, preferably in the form of a sliding caliper, straddling a brake disc, being arranged on a fixed backing plate, and having an application device for applying the brake. The disk brake also includes two brake pads, each having a pad carrier and an affixed friction pad, and each being inserted into a pad shaft of the backing plate. The brake caliper has a central caliper opening over the disc brake. A hold-down bar is provided, designed in such a way that, of the two brake pads, it radially secures only the reaction-side brake pad in its lining shaft in the backing plate. The hold-down bar is held on the brake caliper by its end facing away from the brake pad. Additionally, the application-side brake pad is radially interlockingly secured in its pad shaft in the backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Fischl, Wolfgang Pritz, Andreas Petschke, Josef Schropp, Julian Cato Dahlenburg, Markus Bartel
  • Patent number: 11358573
    Abstract: A method for controlling a parking brake of a vehicle, including: receiving an activation signal which represents a manual operating unit of a parking brake being activated by a driver; reading a speed decrease signal which represents a value of a speed decrease of the vehicle upon receiving the activation signal; and emitting a delay signal as a function of the value of the speed decrease, wherein the delay signal is configured for delaying a complete engagement of the parking brake. Also described are a related apparatus/device, and a computer readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Udvardy, Peter Kerner
  • Patent number: 11359630
    Abstract: A screw compressor for a utility vehicle includes at least one housing, at least one housing cover and at least one rotor housing. At least one seal is provided, wherein, when assembled, there is an oil sump in the housing, and the seal is arranged between the housing cover and the rotor housing and projects out of the oil sump with respect to the assembled state. The seal is formed as a sealing plate and has multiple passage openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Gilles Hebrard, Jean-Baptiste Marescot, Joerg Mellar, Thomas Weinhold
  • Patent number: 11332158
    Abstract: A system for controlling at least partially autonomous operation of a motor-vehicle, including: a sensor-device with which environment-data characterizing the environment of the motor vehicle is generated; an electronic-main-control-unit, which receives the environment-data from the sensor-device, and, depending on the data, inputs adjusting-commands into at least one device/actuator, which device/actuator is used in the at least partially autonomous operation of the motor-vehicle; a first electronic-backup-control-unit, which, for a fault/failure of the electronic-main-control-unit, receives the data from the sensor-device, and, depending on the data, inputs adjusting-commands into the at least one device/actuator, which device/actuator is used in the at least partially autonomous operation of the motor-vehicle; and a second electronic-backup-control-unit, which, for a fault/failure of the electronic-main-control-unit and the first electronic-backup-control-unit, receives the data from the sensor-device, and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Falk Hecker, Adnan Mustapha, Oliver Jundt, Ulrich Guecker
  • Patent number: 11318922
    Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle, the vehicle including a service brake control module and a parking brake with at least one spring brake chamber, the service brake control module controlling at least a first pressure module to brake a first set of wheels. The brake system comprises a parking brake control module configured to control the spring brake chamber to brake a second set of wheels and to control the first pressure module to brake the first set of wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Huba Nemeth, Ferenc Zeman, Tamas Adler
  • Patent number: 11313427
    Abstract: A securing device secures at least one signal cable to a pad retainer bracket of a disc brake, wherein the disc brake has a pad retainer bracket that is secured to a brake caliper of the disc brake spanning a brake disc. The securing device has a retainer that can be arranged on the pad retainer bracket. The signal cable is retained in the retainer, wherein the retainer is also interlockingly and/or frictionally retained on one side in a lateral region of the pad retainer bracket. The signal cable is guided between the retainer and the associated side of the pad retainer bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Krause, Matthias Klingner, Manfred Schoenauer
  • Patent number: 11313397
    Abstract: A releasable-positively-locking-connection (RPLC) between first/second bodies, including: a) a linear-guide between first/second bodies, so that the linear-guide is engage-able; b) a separate-securing-element, fastened releasably by one end in a first-opening in the first-body and/or in a third-opening in a third-body, so that the securing-element protrudes from the first-opening; and c) a second-body section, which is deformable elastically by the separate-securing-element in the longitudinal-axis-direction of the separate-securing-element and has a stop-face, with which the separate-securing-element is contactable; d) the elastically-deformable-section and separate-securing-element interact, e) to assemble the RPLC, e1) the linear guide is engaged between first/second bodies, and e2) first, the first-body is guided linearly in an assembly-direction along the linear-guide, the elastically-deformable-section being contacted by the separate-securing-element which protrudes out of the first-opening, and deforme
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventor: Hasan-Oezkan Karagoez
  • Patent number: 11310919
    Abstract: A method for producing a connection contact for a sensor or an actuator of a vehicle, the method including: providing a printed circuit board having at least one electronic component arranged thereon and having an opening; inserting a contact bushing into the opening; and combined soldering the at least one component to the printed circuit board and the contact bushing to the printed circuit board in one task. Also described are a related circuit board and a vehicle control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Karin Pohley, Markus Deeg, Julian Soehnlein, Andreas Eisenberger, Maximilian Wenner, Georg Wagner, Mikail Sinemli
  • Publication number: 20220113341
    Abstract: A circuit device for a vehicle, including: a printed circuit board having an operating circuit for operating a unit, a first conductor track for connecting the operating circuit to the unit, and a second conductor track for connecting the operating circuit to the unit; a detection electrode for detecting a leakage current affecting at least one of the conductor tracks; and a detection arrangement to use a signal applied to the detection electrode to provide a detection signal representing the leakage current. Also described are a related method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Prams
  • Patent number: 11300969
    Abstract: A system for operating a driverless utility vehicle in a restricted area, including: a transfer module for transferring control of the utility vehicle at an entrance: from the driver of the utility vehicle to the system, and at an exit: from the system to the driver of the utility vehicle, wherein the restricted area has the entrance, the exit and a predetermined target point; a movement module for autonomously moving the utility vehicle from the entrance to the predetermined target point and from the predetermined target point to the exit; and a performance module for autonomously performing an action on the utility vehicle while the utility vehicle is situated at the predetermined target point, so as to change a state of the utility vehicle by the action. Also described are a related management system, a method, and a computer readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Levente Balogh, Csaba Horvath, Huba Nemeth, Viktor Tihanyi, Peter Frank
  • Patent number: 11300117
    Abstract: An air supply system having a compressor driven by a motor for producing compressed air, an air drier system for extracting moisture from the compressed air produced, an electronic converter for demand-dependent control of the compressor and analog and/or digital sensors for producing electrical signals, the electrical signals being useful for controlling the electronic converter and for monitoring and controlling the compressor. The electrical signals produced by the sensors are converted in the electronic converter to bus signals that can be provided for evaluation at a bus interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Hartl, Martin Linner, Gert Assmann, Thomas Merkel
  • Patent number: 11299134
    Abstract: An electropneumatic brake system (EBS) of a vehicle, which electronically controls a brake-pressure, including: a) a service-brake actuating-element, which is actuatable by a driver, of a service-brake-actuating-device, which has an electrical-channel and at least one pneumatic-channel, wherein, depending on the actuation of the service-brake-actuating-element, an electrical-brake-request-signal, representing a setpoint-brake-pressure, is generated in the electrical-channel and a pneumatic-backup-pressure is generated in the pneumatic-channel; b) a first electronic-control-system, which, depending on a brake-request-signal output by the electrical-channel, outputs an electrical-brake-control-signal; c) at least one electropneumatic-pressure-control-module, which, depending on the electrical-brake-control-signal, outputs an actual-brake-pressure, in the course of a brake-pressure-control adjusts the actual-brake-pressure to the setpoint-brake-pressure and inputs this into at least one pneumatic-brake-actuator;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Herges, Martin Vorreiter, Frank Werner, Matthias Reichert