Patents by Inventor Carsten Hecker

Carsten Hecker 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: 12325389
    Abstract: An actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, may include a connection for an actuation device; a pressure supply device, driven by an electromotor drive, in the form of a piston or double-stroke piston pump; a piston cylinder unit that may be actuated by means of the actuation device; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston cylinder unit and an axis of the pressure supply device may be arranged in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: IPGATE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Thomas Leiber, Carsten Hecker
  • Publication number: 20240149848
    Abstract: An actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, may include a connection for an actuation device; a pressure supply device, driven by an electromotor drive, in the form of a piston or double-stroke piston pump; a piston cylinder unit that may be actuated by means of the actuation device; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston cylinder unit and an axis of the pressure supply device may be arranged in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Heinz LEIBER, Thomas LEIBER, Carsten HECKER
  • Patent number: 11897439
    Abstract: An actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, may include a connection for an actuation device; a pressure supply device, driven by an electromotor drive, in the form of a piston or double-stroke piston pump; a piston cylinder unit that may be actuated by means of the actuation device; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston cylinder unit and an axis of the pressure supply device may be arranged in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: IPGATE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Thomas Leiber, Carsten Hecker
  • Publication number: 20230094770
    Abstract: An actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, may include a connection for an actuation device; a pressure supply device, driven by an electromotor drive, in the form of a piston or double-stroke piston pump; a piston cylinder unit that may be actuated by means of the actuation device; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston cylinder unit and an axis of the pressure supply device may be arranged in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Heinz LEIBER, Thomas LEIBER, Carsten HECKER
  • Patent number: 11554765
    Abstract: An actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, may include a connection for an actuation device; a pressure supply device, driven by an electromotor drive, in the form of a piston or double-stroke piston pump; a piston cylinder unit that may be actuated by means of the actuation device; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston cylinder unit and an axis of the pressure supply device may be arranged in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: IPGATE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Thomas Leiber, Carsten Hecker
  • Publication number: 20210213924
    Abstract: An actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, may include a connection for an actuation device; a pressure supply device, driven by an electromotor drive, in the form of a piston or double-stroke piston pump; a piston cylinder unit that may be actuated by means of the actuation device; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston cylinder unit and an axis of the pressure supply device may be arranged in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Heinz LEIBER, Thomas LEIBER, Carsten HECKER
  • Patent number: 10933853
    Abstract: An actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, may include a connection for an actuation device; a pressure supply device, driven by an electromotor drive, in the form of a piston or double-stroke piston pump; a piston cylinder unit that may be actuated by means of the actuation device; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston cylinder unit and an axis of the pressure supply device may be arranged in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: IPGATE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Thomas Leiber, Carsten Hecker
  • Patent number: 10549737
    Abstract: An actuating device for a motor vehicle brake may include an actuating apparatus, such as a brake pedal; a pressure-supply device, such as a single- or double-stroke piston pump, which may be driven by an electromotive drive; a piston-cylinder unit actuable by the actuating apparatus, hydraulically connected to a pressure medium reservoir, and forming at least two pressure spaces connected to hydraulic brake circuits; a valve arrangement having valves for wheel-specific adjustment of brake pressures and for connecting/disconnecting the wheel brakes to/from the pressure-supply device and/or the piston-cylinder unit; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston-cylinder unit and an axis of the piston pump may be arranged transversely with respect to each other. The piston-cylinder unit and the pressure supply unit may be arranged in a first housing, and the electromotive drive, the first housing, the valve arrangement, and the electronic control unit may be stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: IPGATE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Carsten Hecker, Thomas Leiber
  • Publication number: 20190219154
    Abstract: A shift gearbox, a control unit, and at least one electric motor-driven driven piston-cylinder unit with a piston, which delimits at least one working chamber, which is connected via hydraulic lines to multiple shift gearbox units of the shift gearbox and shifts these, wherein the shift gearbox units comprise at least one gear selector unit and at least one clutch units, characterised in that the control unit for shifting at least one of the shift gearbox units rotates the electric motor drive by a predetermined angle and the piston of the piston-cylinder unit is adjusted by a predetermined path (?s) (path control) and the piston thereby conveys a required hydraulic volume to or from at least one shift gearbox unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas LEIBER, Valentin UNTERFRAUNER, Rainer WINZER, Carsten HECKER
  • Publication number: 20190100182
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, in particular a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, comprising the following components: a connection for an actuation device, in particular in the form of a brake pedal or a clutch actuation device, a pressure supply device (11) driven by an electromotor drive (M) in the form of a piston or a double stroke piston pump, wherein the drive (M), directly or via a transmission gear, in particular a circulating ball gear, adjusts the piston of the piston or double stroke piston pump, a piston cylinder unit (10, main cylinder) actuatable by means of the actuation device which is hydraulically connected to a pressure medium reservoir (VB), an electronic control and regulating unit (ECU), characterised in that the axis (H) of the piston cylinder unit (10, main cylinder) and the axis (H1) of the pressure supply device (11) are arranged parallel to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Heinz LEIBER, Thomas LEIBER, Carsten HECKER
  • Publication number: 20180065605
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating device for a motor vehicle brake, comprising the following components: an actuating apparatus, in particular in the form of a brake pedal, a pressure-supply device (11) which is driven by an electromotive drive (M) and is in the form of a piston pump or a double-stroke piston pump, a piston-cylinder unit (10, master cylinder) which can be actuated by the actuating apparatus and is hydraulically connected to the pressure medium reservoir vessel (VB) and which forms at least two pressure spaces which are connected to hydraulic brake circuits a valve arrangement (HCU) having valves for the wheel-specific adjustment of brake pressures and for disconnecting or connecting the wheel brakes to the pressure supply device (11) and/or the piston-cylinder unit (10), an electronic control unit (ECU), wherein the axis (A1) of the piston-cylinder unit (10, master cylinder) and the axis (A2) of the piston pump or double-stroke piston pump of the pressure supply unit (11) are arranged
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Heinz LEIBER, Carsten HECKER, Thomas LEIBER
  • Publication number: 20130291535
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating device, in particular for a vehicle brake, wherein hydraulic fluid is supplied to an actuator, in particular a wheel brake, from a piston-cylinder unit via a first hydraulic connection and a solenoid valve. According to the invention, it is provided that a further hydraulic connection connects the piston-cylinder unit to a hydraulic liquid container, and in that a solenoid valve device is arranged in this connection, which solenoid valve has at least two valves which are effective in different flow directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: IPGATE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Carsten Hecker
  • Publication number: 20120198959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a travel simulator arrangement, in particular for motor vehicle braking systems, having a travel simulator which has a means, in particular a resilient or elastic one, to represent an actuating travel as a function of an actuating force, characterised in that the travel simulator (8) has assigned to it an adaptive means which produces a variable opposing force to the travel simulator force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: IPGATE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Christian Koglsperger, Carsten Hecker, Rainer Winzer
  • Patent number: 7552644
    Abstract: In an apparatus for determining loads on fiber composite components (1), especially of vehicle and aircraft parts, strain gages (3) are integrated in the components (1) for determining strains. The strain gages (3) are connected with an evaluating apparatus (4), for monitoring and determining loads that tend to cause damage. The strain gages (3) are preferably integrated into the fiber composite component (1) such that the measuring grids (5) thereof are laid between individual fiber layers (2) and are guided out of the component (1) ready for connection via special connecting pins (8) to the associated evaluating apparatus (4) via loose cable connections (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Haase, Carsten Hecker, Sebastian Klein, Sigmund Glaser
  • Publication number: 20080034881
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the determination of loadings on fiber composite components (1), especially of vehicle and aircraft parts, whereby the components (1) are provided with a prescribed number of sensor elements (3), for the determination of strains. The sensor elements (3) are connected with an evaluating apparatus (4), which is especially embodied for the monitoring and also for the determination of loadings that tend to cause damage. The apparatus is characterized in that the sensor elements are embodied as strain gages (3). In that regard, the strain gages (3) are preferably integrated into the fiber composite component (1) in such a manner so that the measuring grids (5) thereof are laid between the individual fiber layers (2) and are guided out of the fiber composite component (1) ready for connection via special connecting pins (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Haase, Carsten Hecker, Sebastian Klein, Sigmund Glaser