Patents by Inventor Alfons Hegemann

Alfons Hegemann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Load-sensing system with at least one ball and socket joint
    Patent number: 7552653
    Abstract: A load-sensing system is provided with at least one ball and socket joint and a ball and socket joint for load sensing is provided. The ball and socket joint of the load-sensing system has a joint housing, in which the joint ball of a ball pivot (1) can be received in a slidingly movable manner. The ball pivot (1) comprises a shaft area and a joint ball, a load-sensing means (3) being arranged in the shaft area of the ball pivot. The load-sensing system is characterized according to the present invention by an evaluating means, which is set up such that the signals of the load-sensing means (3) are output as a vector in a cartesian coordinate system. The load sensing makes it possible to reliably determine the operating or load state not only of individual components but rather of entire assembly units of a motor vehicle and with which the vehicle dynamics can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Uwe Steinkamp, Martin Kornhage, Alfons Hegemann
  • Load-Sensing System with at Least One Ball and Socket Joint
    Publication number: 20070261502
    Abstract: A load-sensing system is provided with at least one ball and socket joint and a ball and socket joint for load sensing is provided. The ball and socket joint of the load-sensing system has a joint housing, in which the joint ball of a ball pivot (1) can be received in a slidingly movable manner. The ball pivot (1) comprises a shaft area and a joint ball, a load-sensing means (3) being arranged in the shaft area of the ball pivot. The load-sensing system is characterized according to the present invention by an evaluating means, which is set up such that the signals of the load-sensing means (3) are output as a vector in a cartesian coordinate system. The load sensing makes it possible to reliably determine the operating or load state not only of individual components but rather of entire assembly units of a motor vehicle and with which the vehicle dynamics can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Uwe Steinkamp, Martin Kornhage, Alfons Hegemann