Patents by Inventor Benjamin THIESSEN

Benjamin THIESSEN 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).

  • Patent number: 10753421
    Abstract: A damping valve device for a vibration damper includes a first damping valve that moves into a through-flow operating position in a first operating range with increasing flow velocity of a damping medium. A second operating range with a progressive damping force characteristic is influenced by a throttle point in connection with a valve body that can be transferred into a throttle position. The valve body moves in closing direction with increasing flow velocity of the damping medium and is arranged in series with the damping valve. The valve body is constructed as a ring element with variable diameter that executes a radial closing movement in direction of a flow guide surface in which a defined minimum passage cross section is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jörg Rösseler, Aleksandar Knezevic, Benjamin Thiessen
  • Publication number: 20190128361
    Abstract: A damping valve device for a vibration damper includes a first damping valve that moves into a through-flow operating position in a first operating range with increasing flow velocity of a damping medium. A second operating range with a progressive damping force characteristic is influenced by a throttle point in connection with a valve body that can be transferred into a throttle position. The valve body moves in closing direction with increasing flow velocity of the damping medium and is arranged in series with the damping valve. The valve body is constructed as a ring element with variable diameter that executes a radial closing movement in direction of a flow guide surface in which a defined minimum passage cross section is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jörg RÖSSELER, Aleksandar KNEZEVIC, Benjamin THIESSEN