Patents Assigned to ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH
  • Publication number: 20240077125
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vibration damper with adjustable damping force, comprising an inner cylinder with at least one working chamber which exhibits a flow connection to a damping-valve device, wherein the damper-valve device is arranged outside of an outer cylinder, wherein the flow connection has been realized in a component that is separate from the inner cylinder, wherein the separate component is constituted by a pressure-stage adapter which constitutes a part of the working chamber and which exhibits a coupling to the damping-valve device, wherein a base piece is arranged at the end of the inner cylinder, wherein the pressure-stage adapter and the base piece have been combined to form a pressure-stage adapter device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Hanno LUCZAK, Carsten FOX, Christoph NIGGEMEYER, Tobias BERGMANN, Dennis SPRANGER
  • Publication number: 20240068540
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a vibration damper for a vehicle, comprising an outer tube and an inner tube which is arranged coaxially relative thereto, wherein between the outer tube and the inner tube a compensation chamber for receiving hydraulic fluid is formed, and a working piston which is connected to a piston rod and which is arranged so as to be able to be moved back and forth within the inner tube, wherein the inner space of the inner tube is divided by the working piston into a first working chamber and a second working chamber, wherein in the compensation chamber there is arranged a calming element which is fitted so as to be able to be moved in an axial direction inside the compensation chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Tim NORUSCHAT, Nicolas SUMKOETTER, Klaus SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20240052906
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vibration damper for a vehicle comprising: an external tube and an internal tube which is arranged coaxially relative thereto, wherein a compensation chamber for receiving hydraulic fluid is formed between the external tube and the internal tube, and a working piston which is connected to a piston rod and which is arranged so as to be movable back and forth inside the internal tube, wherein the internal space of the internal tube is subdivided by the working piston into a first working chamber and a second working chamber, a central tube which is arranged inside the compensation chamber and which is attached to the internal tube, wherein the central tube has a tubular element and a helical element which is connected to the tubular element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Tim NORUSCHAT, Nicolas SUMKOETTER, Klaus SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11828346
    Abstract: A vibration damper for a vehicle may include an outer tube, a middle tube, and an inner tube arranged coaxially. A seal receiving element may be arranged between the inner tube and the middle tube on each side of a middle tube opening facing towards tube ends of the middle tube. A radially encircling sealing element may be arranged in the seal receiving element, and the sealing element may seal the middle tube compensation space relative to the outer tube compensation space at least with respect to damping medium. The seal receiving element may be configured at least partially as a coating element. The coating element may be disposed on the inner tube or the middle tube in a substance-to-substance bonded manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Hartig, Freddy Woenarta, Moritz Froese, Andreas Müller, Mike Malburg, Jürgen Schneider
  • Publication number: 20230366444
    Abstract: A controllable vibration damper includes a damping force control system, having a damper housing tube. The damper is at least partially filled with a damping medium. A damping valve for damping force control is arranged on and fluidly connected to the damper housing tube. The damper housing tube has an inner tube, which is inserted into the tubular damper housing via a bottom valve element. The vibration damper has a piston rod, which can be moved longitudinally in the inner tube and has a working piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Juergen SCHNEIDER, Michael STURM
  • Patent number: 11773941
    Abstract: A hydraulic vibration damper may include inner and outer tubes filled with damping liquid, a piston rod projecting axially out of the inner tube and movable in rebound and compression directions, a sealing and guide pack that sealingly closes an end of the outer tube and guides piston rod movement, a working piston for producing damping forces that is fastened to the piston rod and is guided on an inner lateral surface of the inner tube and subdivides the interior of the inner tube into a piston rod-side and piston rod-remote working spaces. The vibration damper has rebound and compression stops. In the piston rod-remote working space, a compression stop, starting from a predetermined retraction travel of the piston rod, may produce a travel- and speed-dependent compression stop force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Georg Meinert, Holger Hennen, Klaus Schmidt, Ole Götz
  • Patent number: 11697316
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vibration damper for a motor vehicle comprising an inner tube, an outer tube and at least one compensating chamber, which is formed between the inner tube and the outer tube and comprises at least one gas bag, which is arranged in the compensating chamber, wherein the compensating chamber is fluidically connected to at least one working area of the inner tube filled with a hydraulic fluid, wherein at least one guide element is provided, which deflects a flow of the hydraulic fluid during a rebound stage or a compression stage in such a way that the gas bag is indirectly subjected to flow. Furthermore, the invention relates to a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp AG, ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH
    Inventors: Freddy Woenarta, Stefan Cytrynski, Matthias Römer, Peter Fritz
  • Patent number: 11655874
    Abstract: A vibration damper for a motor vehicle includes an outer tube and an inner tube arranged coaxially within the outer tube. A guide unit closes the outer tube and the inner tube in each case at a first end. A bottom unit has a bottom valve. The bottom unit is arranged at a second end of the inner tube. The outer tube and the inner tube are deformed plastically, such that the guide unit is connected in a positively locking manner to the outer tube and the inner tube, and the inner tube being deformed plastically, such that the bottom unit is connected in a positively locking manner to the inner tube, and/or the outer tube and the inner tube is connected in an integrally joined manner to the guide unit, and the inner tube being connected in an integrally joined manner to the bottom unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Thilo Reimann
  • Publication number: 20230010080
    Abstract: A spring seat, in particular a spring plate for a vibration damper, in particular a vehicle vibration damper, in particular a spring plate for a level adjustment device, in particular a vehicle height adjustment device, may include a spring retaining ring with an internal cross section or an internal cross-sectional area. The spring seat may also include a spring element configured to reduce the internal cross section of the spring retaining ring. The spring element may be configured such that a reduction of the internal cross section is configured to occur in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Matthias BECKER
  • Patent number: 11548343
    Abstract: An adapter piece may be employed to connect a damper tube and an air spring piston in a non-positive manner. The adapter piece may comprise a spring region. The adapter piece may also include a first ring region and a second ring region, and the spring region may be positioned between the first ring region and the second ring region. Further, an air spring damper system may utilize the spring region of such an adapter piece to connect a damper tube and an air spring piston in a non-positive connection. The damper tube may include a bulge with a supporting element positioned on the bulge. The adapter piece may lie on the supporting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Lars Fischbach, Manuel Gross
  • Patent number: 11511584
    Abstract: A decoupling bearing for a suspension strut or a pneumatic suspension strut may include a suspension strut cup and a connecting element that can be connected to a vehicle body. A damping element may be arranged between the suspension strut cup and the connecting element. The suspension strut cup may be connected to the connecting element by the damping element. Further, the damping element may be adhesively bonded to the connecting element and the suspension strut cup in a force-transmitting manner, and/or the damping element may be adhesively bonded to the connecting element and an intermediate element in a force-transmitting manner. The intermediate element may be connected to the suspension strut cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Klaus Schmidt, Holger Hennen, Ole Götz
  • Patent number: 11473641
    Abstract: A vibration damper for vehicles includes a damper tube which is at least partially filled with damper medium and which has a longitudinal axis along which a piston rod is movable back and forth. A working piston is movable jointly with the piston rod, by means of which working piston the interior space of the damper tube is divided into a piston-rod-side working space and a piston-rod-remote working space. The vibration damper has a leakage indicator for the damper medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Tim Noruschat, Haris Bajramovic
  • Patent number: 11471809
    Abstract: A filter for use at an airflow opening of bellows of a shock absorber. The filter device includes a filter body through which a gas, in particular air, can flow in in the direction of an air inflow direction and out in the direction of an air outflow direction. The airflow opening is a joint air inlet and air outlet opening. A fastening means is disclosed that is fitted with a filter, in particular a fastening ring fitted therewith, for fastening bellows to a shock absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Klaus Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11473642
    Abstract: A vibration damper valve assembly may include a valve main body, first and second main stage flow paths, first and second disc valve packs, and first and second main stage bypass flow paths. The first disc valve pack may include a first outer disc valve pack, a first flow path bypass disc, a first loading element, and a first covering element, with the first loading element being arranged on one side of the first covering element such that a loading force is formed on the first covering element. The second disc valve pack may include a second outer disc valve pack, a second flow path bypass disc, a second loading element, and a second covering element, with the second loading element being arranged on one side of the second covering element such that a loading force is formed on the second covering element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Dennis Volkhausen
  • Patent number: 11434967
    Abstract: A pressure buffer stop for a vibration damper that comprises for being at least partially received in a dome bearing housing an outer contour and for coaxial arrangement on a piston rod of the vibration damper a hollow-cylindrical basic structure with an inner contour, wherein the outer contour of the pressure buffer stop comprises in at least one region for being at least partially received in the dome bearing housing a three-dimensionally structured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Alexander Ehinger, Amin Nezami
  • Patent number: 11391337
    Abstract: An adjustable vibration damper for a vehicle may include an outer tube, an intermediate tube, and an inner tube arranged coaxially. A concentric compensation chamber between the outer tube and the intermediate tube may receive a hydraulic fluid and a gas. A piston rod may include a piston disposed movably in the inner tube and dividing an interior of the inner tube into first and second working chambers. The adjustable vibration damper may also include first and second damper valves arranged on an outer wall. The first working chamber may be fluidically connected to the compensation chamber by the first damper valve for adjustment of a pressure stage, and the second working chamber may be fluidically connected to the compensation chamber by the second damper valve for adjustment of a traction stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Freddy Woenarta
  • Publication number: 20220178418
    Abstract: A controllable vibration damper with damping force control may include a damper tube housing that is filled with damping medium. The controllable vibration damper may also include a damping valve element that is structurally and fluidically connected to the damper tube housing for damping force control. The damping valve element may be configured as a pilot-controlled pressure-limiting valve having a pilot valve. Further, a two-stage pre-throttle valve assembly placed in front of the pilot valve. The damping valve element may be arranged internally with respect to the damper tube housing in some cases. In other cases, the tamping valve element may be arranged externally with respect to the damper tube housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Dmitrij SMELJANSKIJ, Benjamin MASLOWSKI
  • Patent number: 11320016
    Abstract: A vibration damper may include an external tube and at least one internal tube. The external and internal tubes may be disposed in a coaxial manner relative to one another. An annular gap may exist between the external tube and the internal tube, and the annular gap may be fluidically connected to the internal tube. The annular gap may form a compensation chamber for receiving damper oil and damper gas for preloading of the damper oil in the compensation chamber. The vibration damper may further include a separating element disposed in the compensation chamber. The separating element may be axially displaceable and may separate the damper oil from the damper gas in a fluid-tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Freddy Woenarta
  • Patent number: 11313430
    Abstract: A vibration damper for a motor vehicle includes a valve block and at least one tube assembly. The tube assembly has at least one inner tube and one outer tube which are arranged coaxially. The valve block is arranged in a fluid-tight manner at one axial end of the tube assembly. At least the outer tube is connected in an integrally joined manner to the valve block, and a ring nut is provided at least on the outer tube. The ring nut transmits a prestressing force, in particular a pressing force, to the at least one inner tube such that the at least one inner tube is connected in a non-positive manner to the valve block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Freddy Woenarta
  • Patent number: 11305604
    Abstract: A vibration damper for a motor vehicle having at least one damper tube, which includes at least one damper fluid, a piston rod having a piston, which is guided axially in the damper tube, and at least one valve unit. The valve unit includes at least three flow paths for the damper fluid. The first flow path includes a first valve for a first damper setting. The second flow path includes a second valve for a second damper setting and a variable throttle. The third flow path includes a check valve, wherein the second damper setting is softer than the first damper setting and the cross section of the second flow path is adjustable at least partially by the variable throttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Freddy Woenarta