Patents by Inventor Axel Hinz

Axel Hinz 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).

  • Publication number: 20240125362
    Abstract: A pulsation damper for damping pressure medium vibrations in a hydraulic system, has a membrane within a bore of a housing, which membrane is exposed to the pressure medium on its one side and faces a gas-filled cavity inside the housing on its other side, the bore of which is closed by means of a plug. The membrane, in conjunction with the plug and a hollow-cylindrical support body, forms an independently handleable, functionally pre-testable assembly, for which purpose the membrane is substantially cup-shaped, and the support body extends into it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Uwe Greiff, Volker Grings, Axel Hinz, Christoph Wagner, Stefan Schmitt, Petra Fischbach-Borazio
  • Patent number: 9821786
    Abstract: A drive assembly having a motor accommodating bore for an electric motor, the bore being directed perpendicularly into an end face of a block-like accommodating body, and having a motor housing for accommodating a bearing provided for a motor shaft of the electric motor the bearing being fixed in an end-side motor housing section which extends into the motor accommodating bore. The invention provides for the electric motor to be frictionally fixed and centered in the motor accommodating bore by a motor holder that is fastened to the end-side motor housing section and projects into the motor accommodating bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Günther Vogel, Renè Lenz, Axel Hinz
  • Publication number: 20150336554
    Abstract: A drive assembly having a motor accommodating bore for an electric motor, the bore being directed perpendicularly into an end face of a block-like accommodating body, and having a motor housing for accommodating a bearing provided for a motor shaft of the electric motor the bearing being fixed in an end-side motor housing section which extends into the motor accommodating bore. The invention provides for the electric motor to be frictionally fixed and centred in the motor accommodating bore by a motor holder that is fastened to the end-side motor housing section and projects into the motor accommodating bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Günther Vogel, Renè Lenz, Axel Hinz
  • Patent number: 8702182
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip-controlled braking system includes a housing body provided with a flange surface into which at least one additional bore joins. The bore, in addition to a cable through bore arranged in the housing body, is covered by an electromotor and/or a control device. The additional bore is either a leakage receiving bore or a noise reducing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Petra Fischbach-Borazio, Heiko Gastauer, Axel Hinz, Uwe Greiff
  • Patent number: 8500215
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for slip-controlled braking systems has a plurality of receiving holes for transport devices associated with a plurality of hydraulic circuits bundled into groups, wherein the receiving holes are disposed at a distance from each in parallel with the upper side and a drive shaft having eccentrics located at the plane spacing for driving the transport devices. In order to provide a compromise optimized for manufacturing a small, convenient hydraulic unit, it is proposed that three theoretical planes (E1, E2, E3) are arranged in parallel to the upper side, each receiving two V-shaped receiving holes for transport devices disposed at an angle to each other, and that the drive shaft includes three separate eccentrics for driving the transport devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Heiko Gastauer, Petra Fischbach-Borazio, Axel Hinz, Uwe Greiff
  • Patent number: 8500218
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a slip-regulated dual circuit braking system includes two separating valve receiving holes disposed between a plurality of wheel brake connections which open up into the receiving body and the valve receiving holes of a first valve series include a plurality of inlet valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Petra Fischbach-Borazio, Heiko Gastauer, Axel Hinz, Uwe Greiff
  • Patent number: 8480184
    Abstract: A hydraulic motorcycle braking system is disclosed. In the hydraulic motorcycle braking system a pump suction valve, which is situated in a braking circuit that does not contain an isolating valve or a change-over valve, has a higher opening pressure than a pump suction valve which is situated in a braking circuit provided with an isolating valve and a change-over valve. Accordingly, pressure oscillations initiated during the start-up of the pump cannot have a retroactive effect or only have a slight retroactive effect on the actuated brake master cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel
  • Patent number: 8371833
    Abstract: A supply device for the supply of pressure fluid into at least one vehicle brake or into a pressure fluid accumulator, wherein a piston is movably arranged in an accommodating member, a carrier bears a non-return valve arranged coaxially to the piston for the purpose of ventilating a working chamber into which the piston plunges, and wherein a resetting spring is arranged between the carrier and the piston. A multi-piece cage facilitating inserting the resetting spring into the cage parts, the cage parts comprise a fastener that locks the cage due to relative displacement of the cage parts, and the resetting spring is caged and simultaneously elastically preloaded under the relative displacement of the cage parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Albrecht Otto, Hans-Georg Zentgraf, Daniela Zuk
  • Patent number: 8240778
    Abstract: A trailer device for driving stabilization of vehicle combinations is provided. In order to design a device for driving stabilization of passenger vehicle trailers in a cost-effective and simple manner, a brake system for braking the trailer by an overrun brake and for stability regulation is designed so as to have separating valves, switching valves, inlet and outlet valves and a pressure build-up pump. A stabilizing coupling is also connected by means of a second pressure medium pump to actuators which can vary the clamping force of the stabilizing coupling between the trailer and tractor vehicle if the second pressure medium pump conveys pressure medium from the storage tank into or out of the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Eberhard Domsalla, Heiko Gastauer, Uwe Greiff, Ralf Hartmann, Andreas Heise, Axel Hinz, Jan Hoffmann, Hans-Peter Wolf
  • Patent number: 8235473
    Abstract: A hydraulic motorcycle brake system whose brake circuits are provided with a valve circuit which prevents the pressure which can be generated by the pump from reacting on the manually activated or foot-activated master brake cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel
  • Patent number: 8091931
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic unit assembly for a motor vehicle includes a receiving body defining a sealing face and at least two connectors fastened to the receiving body of the unit, oriented substantially parallel one to another and separated by a defined distance from one another. Each connector is configured for connecting a fluid conduit to the unit. Each connector includes a screw fitting for fastening the respective hydraulic connection to the receiving body of the unit such that a sealing face of the screw fitting or a sealing face of the fluid conduit is seated on the sealing face of the receiving body. Each screw fitting is rotatably connected to the body and includes two spanner flat portions having different spanner widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Hans-Jörg Feigel, Uwe Greiff, Petra Fischbach-Borazio
  • Patent number: 7963619
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip-controlled brake system, comprising an accommodating member accommodating inlet and outlet valves in several valve accommodating bores. The inlet and outlet valves thereof being necessary for brake slip control are arranged in one single valve row (X) in a particularly space-saving fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel, Rene Lénz
  • Publication number: 20110062776
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a slip-regulated dual circuit braking system includes two separating valve receiving holes disposed between a plurality of wheel brake connections which open up into the receiving body and the valve receiving holes of a first valve series include a plurality of inlet valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Petra Fischbach-Borazio, Heiko Gastauer, Axel Hinz, Uwe Greiff
  • Publication number: 20110036434
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip-controlled braking system includes a housing body provided with a flange surface into which at least one additional bore joins. The bore, in addition to a cable through bore arranged in the housing body, is covered by an electromotor and/or a control device. The additional bore is either a leakage receiving bore or a noise reducing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Petra Fischbach-Borazio, Heiko Gastauer, Axel Hinz, Uwe Greiff
  • Publication number: 20100231033
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for slip-controlled braking systems has a plurality of receiving holes for transport devices associated with a plurality of hydraulic circuits bundled into groups, wherein the receiving holes are disposed at a distance from each in parallel with the upper side and a drive shaft having eccentrics located at the plane spacing for driving the transport devices. In order to provide a compromise optimized for manufacturing a small, convenient hydraulic unit, it is proposed that three theoretical planes (E1, E2, E3) are arranged in parallel to the upper side, each receiving two V-shaped receiving holes for transport devices disposed at an angle to each other, and that the drive shaft includes three separate eccentrics for driving the transport devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Heiko Gastauer, Petra Fischbach-Borazio, Axel Hinz, Uwe Greiff
  • Patent number: 7785086
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supply device for the supply of pressure fluid into at least one vehicle brake or into a pressure fluid accumulator, wherein a piston is movably arranged in an accommodating member, a carrier bears a non-return valve arranged coaxially to the piston for the purpose of ventilating a working chamber into which the piston plunges , and wherein a resetting spring is arranged between the carrier and the piston. It is the essence of the invention that a multi-piece cage allows inserting the resetting Spring into the cage parts, the cage parts comprise fastening means that lock the cage due to relative displacement of the cage parts, and the resetting spring is caged and simultaneously elastically preloaded under the relative displacement of the cage parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Albrecht Otto, Hans-Georg Zentgraf, Daniel Zuk
  • Publication number: 20100202908
    Abstract: A supply device for the supply of pressure fluid into at least one vehicle brake or into a pressure fluid accumulator, wherein a piston is movably arranged in an accommodating member, a carrier bears a non-return valve arranged coaxially to the piston for the purpose of ventilating a working chamber into which the piston plunges, and wherein a resetting spring is arranged between the carrier and the piston. A multi-piece cage facilitating inserting the resetting spring into the cage parts, the cage parts comprise fastening means that lock the cage due to relative displacement of the cage parts, and the resetting spring is caged and simultaneously elastically preloaded under the relative displacement of the cage parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Albrecht Otto, Hans-Georg Zentgraf, Daniela Zuk
  • Patent number: 7766432
    Abstract: A hydraulic motorcycle brake system includes an accommodating member for the hydraulic connection of two master brake cylinders to the front-wheel brake and rear-wheel brake having several pressure channels for the front-wheel circuit and rear-wheel brake circuit, and allowing manufacture in a simplest possible manner, and a pair of wheel brake connections connectable to the rear-wheel brake and front-wheel brake open into a lateral surface of the accommodating member, the wheel brake connections being arranged between a pair of pressure connections that are connectable to the two master brake cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel
  • Publication number: 20100117448
    Abstract: In order to embody an electrohydraulic brake system of the brake-by-wire type in a way which is optimized in terms of installation space, it is proposed that a booster device for boosting the activation force which is transmitted to a pressure sensor by the brake pedal is composed of a booster module, which is connected upstream of the pressure sensor, and of a hydraulic pressure source, and in that the pressure sensor forms, with the booster module, a first functionally capable assembly which can be handled independently, and a pressure source, an electronic open-loop and closed-loop control unit and a valve block which accommodates the pressure control valves form a second functionally capable assembly which can be handled independently and which is arranged spatially separate from the first assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Hans-Jorg Feigel, Heiko Gastauer, Axel Hinz, Lothar Schiel
  • Patent number: 7648350
    Abstract: A conveying device for a vehicle brake system, to convey pressure fluids into at least one vehicle brake, or to convey pressure fluids into a pressure fluid accumulator, or to convey pressure fluids into a master brake cylinder with at least one moveable piston (2) in a receptacle (4) to displace pressure fluids from a working chamber (5?), has at least one non-return valve (9, 9?) to vent the working chamber (5) and to temporarily separate a hydraulic connection between the working chamber (5) and a hydraulic channel, whereby the non-return valve (9) must have at least one valve seat (11) and one valve body (12). To achieve the simplest possible assembly of the non-return valve (9), the valve seat (11) is assembled from several special valve seat segments (13,14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Uwe Greiff, Günther Vogel, Renè Lenz, Christoph Köhler