Patents Assigned to Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11293431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drain valve for a cooler of a compressor, with a pressure chamber which can be connected to the inner chamber of the cooler by means of a connection opening, and an outlet for removing a condensate. The valve according to the invention comprises a pneumatic switching device and a non-return valve which are operatively connected to the pressure chamber, with an operative connection between the switching device and the non-return valve by means of which the non-return valve can be switched to an open position by the switching device. During the idle operation of the compressor, the non-return valve can be switched by means of the switching device into an open position such that condensate from the connection opening can be removed through the outlet via the non-return valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kipp, Ehsan Afshar, Adrian Fricke
  • Patent number: 11286938
    Abstract: A screw compressor for a utility vehicle includes at least one housing and at least one air-oil separator holder arranged at the housing. The air-oil separator holder is manufactured from a non-corrosive material. A relief valve is provided, which is arranged in the air-oil separator holder and by which the interior of the screw compressor can be relieved of pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Gilles Hebrard, Jean-Baptiste Marescot, Joerg Mellar, Thomas Weinhold
  • Patent number: 11268513
    Abstract: A screw compressor for a utility vehicle has at least one housing with at least one housing cover and with at least one rotor housing, at least one baffle plate and at least one seal. In the assembled state, an oil sump is present in the housing, wherein, with regard to the assembled state, the seal is arranged between housing cover and rotor housing and projects out of the oil sump. The seal at least partially separates the interior of the housing cover from the interior of the rotor housing. With regard to the assembled state, in the case of a substantially horizontal orientation of the screw-type compressor and in the case of a substantially horizontal orientation of the oil sump, the baffle plate is oriented substantially parallel to the upper level of the oil sump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Gilles Hebrard, Jean-Baptiste Marescot, Joerg Mellar, Thomas Weinhold
  • Patent number: 11267447
    Abstract: An electropneumatic parking brake control device controls a parking brake including at least one spring brake actuator. The control device includes a relay valve with a control chamber and a vent. The control chamber can be connected to the vent via at least one second throttle element and/or at least one third throttle element depending on the position of the relay piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Schnittger, Max Michalski
  • Patent number: 11260805
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a vehicle camera system. The vehicle camera system includes at least one camera to capture images of a field of view at a side of the vehicle and a display unit for visualizing the captured images to a driver of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a control unit adapted to control the display unit to display a graphical indicator, the displayed graphical indicator changes sequentially in a default way to allow the driver to visually detect a malfunctioning of the vehicle camera system based on a deviation from the default way of the sequentially changing graphical indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Levente Balogh, Huba Nemeth, Viktor Tihanyi, Adam Szoellosi, Csaba Opoczki
  • Patent number: 11255390
    Abstract: A brake caliper is fastened to a stationary brake carrier by two fastening elements such that the caliper can slide axially relative to the brake disc. The fastening elements each have a guide bar fixedly connected to the brake carrier, of which guide bars, one guide bar is guided as a fixed bearing and the other guide bar is guided in a plain bearing, which is designed as a floating bearing having a floating bearing axis. The floating bearing has a guide bush, which reaches around the guide bar and is retained in a caliper bore such that sliding is prevented. A first tubular, variable-length seal is arranged on the end region of the guide bar far from the brake disc, which seals the guide bar from the environment and is fastened on the guide bar and in the guide bush. The first tubular, variable-length seal is clamped on the guide bar by a cap pressed into the guide bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Fischer, Martin Seidl
  • Patent number: 11220263
    Abstract: A method for open-loop or closed-loop control of a driver assistance system of a vehicle, including: a) using a first sensor device to detect from a roadway at least one lane and a roadway marking that separates the lane from an edge of the roadway; b) using a second sensor device to detect operation of at least one operating device of the vehicle that influences the driving dynamics of the vehicle by virtue of the driver; c) using steering actuators and/or brake actuators to influence the driving dynamics of the vehicle; and d) outputting, if there is a threat of the vehicle leaving the lane, as detected by the first sensor device, a first warning signal. A related driver assistance system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Guecker, Markus Klein, Jan Mayer
  • Patent number: 11221345
    Abstract: An apparatus of a rotary pulse encoder and a sleeve, including: a rod-shaped rotary pulse encoder; and a clamping sleeve; in which the rod-shaped rotary pulse encoder and the clamping sleeve are in a bore of a holder for sensing a rotational speed of a rotor, in which the clamping sleeve is positioned in the bore so as to be secured against rotation, and the rotary pulse encoder is friction-locked in the clamping sleeve with a sensor head so as to be axially displaceable, in which the sensor head has a non-cylindrically symmetrical cross-section at least in sections, and the clamping sleeve has at least one inwardly facing position-setting element, by which the sensor head is arranged in the clamping sleeve so as to be secured against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Blessing, Andre Kluftinger
  • Patent number: 11215248
    Abstract: A floating-caliper disc brake of a utility vehicle includes a brake disc, a brake carrier spanning the brake disc and having lining shafts arranged on both sides of the brake disc, a brake caliper overlapping the brake disc and movable relative to the brake carrier, brake linings arranged on both sides of the brake disc in a lining shaft of the brake carrier, and having a lining carrier plate and a friction lining attached thereto. An application-side brake lining can be pressed against the brake disc by an application device and a reaction-side brake lining can be pressed against the brake disc by a brake caliper back, by moving the brake caliper. The brake caliper can be reset by a resetting device along a wear adjustment path in an axial direction to the axis of rotation of the brake disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Klingner, Michael Peschel, Johann Stich
  • Patent number: 11207970
    Abstract: A drive and deceleration unit has a mechanical brake and an electric drive. The mechanical brake and the electric drive are provided as a unit for acting on a single wheel connection. A method provides for the open-loop and/or closed-loop control of such a drive and deceleration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Geis-Esser, Alexander Koch
  • Patent number: 11196363
    Abstract: An apparatus controls a system of a plurality of motor units, which are operated by way of output-stage units. Fewer output-stage units than motor units are provided. The apparatus has a switching unit, which is configured to switch the one or more output-stage units between the motor units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Geis-Esser, Jochen Retter
  • Patent number: 11187289
    Abstract: A rotationally symmetrical bellows has a first end ring and a second end ring with a smaller diameter, and multiple folds, which in a relaxed position each have two flanks running in opposite directions with respect to one another while forming a bend. The flanks extend approximately parallel to an axis of rotation of the bellows. The rotationally symmetrical bellows is designed such that in a relaxed position of the bellows, the second end ring is arranged at an axial distance to the first end ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Akbar Hassani, Ralf Weber
  • Patent number: 11181565
    Abstract: A method for measuring a coil property, modeled as a parallel-circuit including a capacitance with a series-circuit including a DC-voltage and frequency-dependent resistance, and an inductance and current-voltage converter series connected, by: applying an AC-voltage, having a first-frequency and a DC-voltage component, to the coil and a voltage at the current-voltage converter is captured at a second-frequency, and the impedance and phase-angle at the first-frequency are derived from n-measured values; and applying an AC-voltage, having a third-frequency differing from the first and having a DC-voltage component, to the coil and voltage at the current-voltage converter is captured at the second or fourth-frequencies, in which the impedance and phase-angle at the third-frequency are derived from m-measured values for the DC-voltage resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Eissner
  • Patent number: 11181110
    Abstract: A screw compressor for a utility vehicle includes a housing. The housing is filled with oil. At least one pair of compressor screws are mounted in the housing and serve to compress air supplied to the screw compressor. In the assembled state, a heat exchanger is directly placed onto and installed on the housing, by which heat exchanger the temperature of the oil contained in the housing can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Gilles Hebrard, Jean-Baptiste Marescot, Joerg Mellar, Thomas Weinhold
  • Patent number: 11173883
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement for detecting an object in a surrounding of a trailer when towed by a vehicle, the sensor arrangement including: at least one sensor mountable at a rear side of the vehicle with a field of view underneath the trailer and configured to capture a detection signal from the object; and a control unit configured to receive a sensor signal from the at least one sensor, wherein the sensor signal is indicative of the object and the control unit is configured to confirm a presence of the object behind or at a side of the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Huba Nemeth, Levente Balogh, Viktor Tihanyi, Laszlo Danos
  • Patent number: 11176829
    Abstract: A system for operating an autonomously driving commercial vehicle in a restricted area, including: a vehicle interface module to provide an interface for the vehicle, wherein the restricted area has an entrance, an exit and at least one destination where an action is performable on the commercial vehicle; a driver interface module to provide a communication interface for a driver; and an operator interface module to provide a communication interface for an operator of the restricted area; in which the vehicle interface module, the driver interface module and the operator interface module are configured to exchange information with one another. Also described are a related management system, a method and a computer readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Huba Nemeth, Csaba Horvath, Tamas Rapp, Simon Felipe Duque Velez