Patents by Inventor Andreas Soens

Andreas Soens 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).

  • Method of making a brake rotor for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6287500
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a brake rotor which includes a disc-shaped carrier and friction rings arranged on or on top of the carrier, so that the friction rings and carrier form a single piece construction. The carrier and friction ring(s) are separately molded into pre-forms, subsequently joined and finished formed in a press tool. The carrier and friction rings are made from carbon/carbon materials and ceramic materials respectively. The carrier has a hat-shaped cross-sectional shape with a flanged outer edge and the friction rings are attached to each side of the flanged edge of the carrier. The brake rotor may be directly mounted onto the wheel flange via the carrier using bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler AG, SGL Carbon Composites, Inc., Hitco
    Inventors: Dino Militello, Manfred Roessler, Ruediger Lichnofsky, Tilmann Haug, Emil Naeumann, Karl-Heinz Roess, Andreas Soens, Detlef Sokolowsky, Claus-Peter Weidner
  • Measuring device for measuring the braking moment in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6230555
    Abstract: A device for measuring the braking moment in a motor vehicle with disk brakes incorporates a measuring hub mounted on a wheel axle and connected with a wheel rim. Viewed in the radial direction, the hub is divided into an inner part close to the axle and an outer part that forms the marginal area of the measuring hub and surrounds the inner part concentrically. These two sections are connected to one another by ribs which extend radially, with sensors mounted thereon for measuring the bending stress acting on the ribs as a result of the introduction of a torque. In order to determine the braking moments acting on the disk brake without superimposition of other moments acting on the vehicle wheel, the brake disk of a braking device of the motor vehicle surrounds the outer part of the hub concentrically, and is fastened only to the outer part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Dieter Doerrie, Andreas Soens
  • Brake rotor for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6119827
    Abstract: A brake rotor includes a disc-shaped carrier and friction rings arranged on or on top of the carrier, so that the friction rings and carrier form a single piece construction. The carrier and friction rings are made from carbon/carbon materials and ceramic materials respectively. The carrier has a hat-shaped cross-sectional shape with a flanged outer edge and the friction rings are attached to each side of the flanged edge of the carrier. The brake rotor may be directly mounted onto the wheel flange via the carrier using bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler AG, SGL Carbon Composites, Inc., Hitco
    Inventors: Dino Militello, Manfred Roessler, Ruediger Lichnofsky, Tilmann Haug, Emil Naeumann, Karl-Heinz Roess, Andreas Soens, Detlef Sokolowsky, Claus-Peter Weidner