Patents by Inventor Burkhard Bender

Burkhard Bender 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: 9975598
    Abstract: A suspension system includes a spring support for a vehicle support spring. A spring collar supporting the vehicle support spring is selectively adjustable with respect to position by a pressurized-medium supply with the aim of adjusting the level of a vehicle body. The spring support is constructed as a hydropneumatic spring having a hydraulic volume, which can likewise be adjusted relative to a pneumatic storage element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Burkhard Bender, Holger Kirchner, Nobert Ackermann
  • Publication number: 20170057591
    Abstract: A suspension system includes a spring support for a vehicle support spring. A spring collar supporting the vehicle support spring is selectively adjustable with respect to position by a pressurized-medium supply with the aim of adjusting the level of a vehicle body. The spring support is constructed as a hydropneumatic spring having a hydraulic volume, which can likewise be adjusted relative to a pneumatic storage element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Burkhard BENDER, Holger KIRCHNER, Nobert ACKERMANN
  • Publication number: 20130228401
    Abstract: A vibration damper (1) has a sensor device (27), including a cylinder (3) which is filled with damping medium and in which a piston rod (5) is guided so as to be axially movable, wherein the vibration damper has a compensation chamber (13) which receives at least the damping medium volume displaced by the piston rod, wherein the sensor device has a first sensor component (29) which is stationary with respect to the cylinder and has a component (17) which carries out a movement synchronous with the piston rod, wherein a floating body (17) floats on a damping medium surface (19), and the floating body constitutes the sensor component that carries out a movement synchronous with the piston rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Burkhard Bender, Wolfgang Hertz, Guido Holtmann