Patents by Inventor Bjoern Karnat

Bjoern Karnat 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: 10180168
    Abstract: An actuator arrangement for a brake, particularly an electric parking brake or an electro-mechanic operating brake with a brake pad-adjustment unit that can be driven by an actuator arrangement. The actuator arrangement comprises: an electric motor, a transmission unit located in a housing, which is coupled to the electric motor and is effectively connected at the output side with the brake pad, adjustment unit, a mechanism for fastening the actuator arrangement at the caliper or at the brake pad, adjustment unit, a plug accept for a connection plug of an electric connection unit, which is electrically connected to the electric motor, the electric motor is encompassed at least partially by an encasement, at which the plug accept is formed in one piece, and/or the fastening mechanism are embodied as a separate exchange part, with fastening openings, and fixed at the actuator arrangement in a torque-proof fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: IMS Gear SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Marcel Ambs, Jens Fechler, Bjoern Karnat
  • Publication number: 20150308528
    Abstract: An actuator arrangement for a brake, particularly an electric parking brake or an electro-mechanic operating brake with a brake pad-adjustment unit that can be driven by an actuator arrangement. The actuator arrangement comprises: an electric motor, a transmission unit located in a housing, which is coupled to the electric motor and is effectively connected at the output side with the brake pad, adjustment unit, means for fastening the actuator arrangement at the caliper or at the brake pad, adjustment unit, a plug accept for a connection plug of an electric connection unit, which is electrically connected to the electric motor, the electric motor is encompassed at least partially by an encasement, at which the plug accept is formed in one piece, and/or the fastening means are embodied as a separate exchange part, with fastening openings, and fixed at the actuator arrangement in a torque-proof fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Marcel Ambs, Jens Fechler, Bjoern Karnat