Patents Assigned to ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH
  • Patent number: 11193553
    Abstract: A vibration damper may comprise a damper tube filled at least partially with damping liquid. A piston rod is movable to and fro in the damper tube, and a working piston is movable with the piston rod. The working piston may divide an interior space of the damper tube into a piston rod-side working space and a working space distal the piston rod. A piston rod attachment may include an attachment element, a bracing element, and a wedge element. On a side that faces away from the working piston, the piston rod may have a wedge element cut-out for partially receiving the wedge element in a braced state. The attachment element may be connected to the bracing element such that the attachment element braces the bracing element with respect to the piston rod via the wedge element arranged in the wedge element cut-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Pitsch, Martin Flick
  • Patent number: 11148497
    Abstract: A stilt part may be utilized for a suspension damper strut of the wheel suspension of a vehicle. The stilt part may comprise a shank portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the stilt part and a connecting portion adjoining an end of the shank portion. The connecting portion may be configured to connect a lower link of the wheel suspension. The shank portion may include a convex region that is bent away from the longitudinal axis. The convex region may provide clearance for a drive shaft of a wheel. The shank portion may be formed from at least two shell elements that are connected, in some cases welded, together along at least one longitudinal seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Klaus Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11098783
    Abstract: A vibration damper may be used in connection with a motor vehicle. The vibration damper may include a hydraulic device for damping vibrations. The vibration damper may also include at least one shut-off valve connected fluidically to the hydraulic device at the vibration damper. The shut-off valve may be capable of being connected fluidically to at least one of a pump or a filling apparatus for filling the vibration damper with hydraulic fluid. The shut-off valve may comprise a valve housing with a first connector for the pump, a second connector for the filling apparatus, and a third connector for the hydraulic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Freddy Woenarta
  • Publication number: 20210254685
    Abstract: A damper device may include a damper tube and a backpack valve arrangement. The damper tube comprises an outer wall with a first passage opening. The backpack valve arrangement may be arranged in a backpack housing, and the backpack housing may have a second passage opening. The first passage opening and the second passage opening may be connected via a first duct of a connecting element. The damper tube may have a main extension axis, and the first and second passage openings may be offset from one another in a direction of the main extension axis. In some cases the connecting element is non-integral with the damper tube, and the connecting element is non-integral with the backpack housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Manuel GROSS
  • Patent number: 11092209
    Abstract: A vibration damper may include a damper tube filled at least partially with damping liquid. A piston rod is movable to and fro in the damper tube. A working piston is movable with the piston rod by way of which working piston an interior space of the damper tube is divided into two spaces. The vibration damper may have a wedge element and a bracing element, and the piston rod may have a wedge element recess for partially receiving the wedge element. The wedge element may be arranged in the at least one wedge element recess in a braced state, and the at least one bracing element may be connected to the working piston such that the bracing element braces the working piston with respect to the piston rod via the wedge element arranged in the element recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Pitsch, Martin Flick
  • Publication number: 20210215221
    Abstract: A closure package for a vibration damper may include a base body that is connectable to a damper tube and comprises a first end and a second end. The first end forms an end side of the damper tube and the second end is disposed in the damper tube. A seal for sealing a piston rod may be disposed in the base body. A seal holder may be disposed between the seal and the base body at the first end. The seal holder for axially fixing the seal may be connected to the base body in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner. The seal holder may be fusible in an emergency. For releasing the connection to the base body, the seal holder may be thermoplastically deformable upon overheating of the vibration damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG, THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN OF AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: Daniel WIENERS, Klaus SCHMIDT, Benjamin MCALVEY, Terrence KANE
  • Patent number: 11059338
    Abstract: A strut bearing may help bear a strut on a vehicle body and set and adjust camber at the strut of a wheel suspension. The strut bearing may include a fixing means, a releasable clamping connection between the strut bearing and the vehicle body, a strut receiver, and an adjustment device. The adjustment device may comprise a sliding block with a guide element, a bearing plate with a guide element receiver forming a linear guide of the sliding block with the guide element together with the guide element receiver, and a clamping plate. The bearing and clamping plates and the sliding block may be arranged such that the sliding block is clamped between the bearing and clamping plates. The strut receiver may be arranged on the sliding block such that a position of the sliding block in the linear guide correlates with the setting of the camber at the strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Jens Priess, Daniel Wieners, Ralf Burdinski
  • Patent number: 11046141
    Abstract: A spring plate for supporting a vehicle suspension spring, with a surface facing toward the vehicle suspension spring and with at least one support point, wherein the spring plate has a region which extends from the surface in the direction of the vehicle suspension spring and forms the support point, and wherein a sheet-metal element acting as a corrosion protection element is fastened to the extended region and is in contact with the vehicle suspension spring in all operating states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Klaus Schmidt, Andreas Mai
  • Patent number: 11015670
    Abstract: A vibration damper may include a damper tube and a damper piston disposed in the damper tube so as to be reciprocatingly movable. The damper tube may be connected to a piston rod extending out of the damper tube, and the damper piston may movably separate a first oil-filled damper chamber on a piston rod side from a second oil-filled damper chamber remote from the piston rod. A bottom element at one end of the damper tube seals the end of the damper tube. The bottom element may protrude into the end of the damper tube and thereby reduce oil volume of the second damper chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Michael Fritz
  • Publication number: 20210148430
    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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Thilo Reimann
  • Patent number: 11002333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vibration damper (1) comprising a damper tube (2) which is at least partially filled with damping fluid and in which a piston rod (3) is movable back and forth, wherein a working piston (4) is movable jointly with the piston rod (3), by means of which working piston the interior space of the damper tube is divided into a piston-rod-side working space (5) and a piston-rod-remote working space (6), a damping module (7) for the frequency-dependent control of a comfort bypass which is formed between the piston-rod-side working space (5) and the piston-rod-remote working space (6) and which comprises a comfort path via which damping fluid can be caused to flow hydraulically in parallel with respect to the flow through the working piston (4), a control piston (8) which is received, such that it can perform stroke movements, in the damping module (7) and which, remote from the piston rod, delimits a pressure chamber (9) arranged in the damping module (7), wherein the pressure ch
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Juergen Schneider, Klaus Schmidt, Ole Goetz
  • Publication number: 20210115998
    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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Georg Meinert, Holger Hennen, Klaus Schmidt, Ole Götz
  • Publication number: 20210062887
    Abstract: A vibration damper with an adjustable damping force may comprise an inner cylinder having at least one working chamber, an outer cylinder that surrounds the inner cylinder, and at least one damping valve element that in terms of flow is connected via a flow connection to the working chamber. An adapter sleeve may guide the flow connection, with the adapter sleeve being inserted in the inner cylinder on an internal circumference of the inner cylinder. The flow connection may be guided into the damping valve element by way of a flow opening that is configured in a wall of the inner cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Klaus Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210033162
    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: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Tim NORUSCHAT, Haris BAJRAMOVIC
  • Patent number: 10883560
    Abstract: A damper tube which is at least partially filled with damping fluid and in which a piston rod is movable back and forth, wherein 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. A damping module for the frequency-dependent control of a comfort bypass is formed between the piston-rod-side working space and the piston-rod-remote working space and which comprises a comfort path via which damping fluid can be caused to flow hydraulically in parallel with respect to the flow through the working piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Juergen Schneider, Klaus Schmidt, Ole Goetz
  • Patent number: 10882371
    Abstract: A single-tube oscillation damper for a motor vehicle may include a damper tube that is at least partially filled with damping fluid and in which a piston rod is movable back and forth, an operating piston that can be moved with the piston rod, and an end remote from the piston rod for bearing in a dome bearing. The end may include a transition region from an outer diameter of the damper tube to an outer diameter of the single-tube end remote from the piston rod. The end may also comprise a support region arranged in the transition region. The single-tube oscillation damper may further include a stop plate and at least one damping element. The stop plate may be arranged on the support region, and the at least one damping element may be arranged on the stop plate at a side facing the end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Matthias Becker, Frank Sprenger, Peter Knueppel
  • Patent number: 10865850
    Abstract: An adjustment wheel arrangement for a shock absorber with a first adjustment wheel which is configured to connect in a torque-proof fashion to an adjustment tube of a piston rod of the shock absorber, and a second adjustment wheel which is configured to connect in a torque-proof fashion to an adjustment rod extending through the adjustment tube. The first adjustment wheel and the second adjustment wheel can be twisted relative to each other by means of a push-twist connection but are or can be connected by form-fit to each other in the axial direction. The push-twist connection is configured in the manner of a key-lock, such that the first adjustment wheel and the second adjustment wheel can be connected to or separated from each other only in a single relative orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Pitsch, Martin Flick
  • Publication number: 20200353400
    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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Klaus SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 10808785
    Abstract: A bellows assembly for a vibration damper includes a bellows with a plurality of pockets with pocket walls and a pocket inner profile, a helical compression spring with windings consisting of a wound spring wire and pressure contact lateral faces. The helical compression spring is arranged in the bellows and the plurality of pockets extend coaxially to the longitudinal axis of the helical compression spring. Under pressure loading of the helical compression spring arranged in the bellows, the bellows folds together with the helical compression spring, wherein the wound spring wire is arranged at least in certain portions in the plurality of pockets, wherein the pocket walls of the plurality of pockets in which the wound spring wire is arranged at least in certain portions cover at least the mutually opposite pressure contact lateral faces of adjacent windings of the helical compression spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventor: Stefan Mages
  • Publication number: 20200317015
    Abstract: A strut bearing may help bear a strut on a vehicle body and set and adjust camber at the strut of a wheel suspension. The strut bearing may include a fixing means, a releasable clamping connection between the strut bearing and the vehicle body, a strut receiver, and an adjustment device. The adjustment device may comprise a sliding block with a guide element, a bearing plate with a guide element receiver forming a linear guide of the sliding block with the guide element together with the guide element receiver, and a clamping plate. The bearing and clamping plates and the sliding block may be arranged such that the sliding block is clamped between the bearing and clamping plates. The strut receiver may be arranged on the sliding block such that a position of the sliding block in the linear guide correlates with the setting of the camber at the strut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Jens PRIESS, Daniel WIENERS, Ralf BURDINSKI