Patents by Inventor Bernd Stöter

Bernd Stöter 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: 7226044
    Abstract: An air spring includes a flexible member, a roll-off piston and a cover plate. The piston includes a slot at its upper end for receiving the end of the flexible member applied with the aid of a clamp ring. The piston includes a flange for deflecting the flexible member. The outer diameter of the flange corresponds approximately to the outer diameter of the clamp ring and the roll-off diameter of the piston. The flexible member is tapered at its lower region to avoid an uncontrollable collapse in the pressureless state of the air spring or a sharp snap-in of the flexible member exiting from the attachment. The flexible member exits at approximately 90° in the radial direction from the attachment. The peripheral slot and the flange are so configured that, in the pressureless state, a clear diameter jump is present between clamping diameter and diameter of the remainder of the flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: ContiTech Luftfedersysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Stöter, Sven Klement