Patents by Inventor Carsten Knechtges

Carsten Knechtges 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: 10703350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrohydraulic braking-force generation device and to a method for operating an electrohydraulic braking-force generation device. The electrohydraulic braking-force generation device comprises: a power transmission assembly that is coupled to a brake pedal; a brake cylinder assembly that is to be actuated by the power transmission assembly, the brake cylinder assembly having a first cylinder-piston assembly and said first cylinder-piston assembly being designed to be fluidically coupled to at least one brake circuit; and a brake booster assembly comprising a second cylinder-piston assembly and at least one electromechanical actuator. The brake booster assembly is configured to apply hydraulic pressure to the brake cylinder assembly in order to boost the braking power and the power transmission assembly is configured to actuate the brake cylinder assembly, in each operating mode of the braking-force generation device, by means of a relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Benedikt Ohlig, Markus Necknig
  • Patent number: 10525959
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system and to a method for operating an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
  • Patent number: 10449938
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic vehicle brake system includes an electromechanical actuator for actuating at least one hydraulic piston to build hydraulic pressure at wheel brakes. The brake system provides a set of electrically activatable valve arrangements having a first valve arrangement between a cylinder accommodating the at least one hydraulic piston and each of the wheel brakes, and at least one second valve arrangement between a receptacle device for hydraulic fluid and at least one of the wheel brakes. The second valve arrangement is provided in parallel with the first valve arrangement which is associated with the same wheel brake as the second valve arrangement. A control device or system activates the first valve arrangements and the electromechanical actuator, in order to build up a hydraulic pressure at at least one of the wheel brakes and via the opened first valve arrangement associated with that wheel brake and to reduce a built-up hydraulic pressure via the opened first valve arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Andreas Passmann
  • Publication number: 20180326960
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic motor vehicle brake system is provided, having a first cylinder-piston device, which can be fluidically coupled to at least one wheel brake of the brake system, for generating hydraulic pressure on the at least one wheel brake, wherein the first cylinder-piston device comprises at least one first piston. The brake system further has a second cylinder-piston device, which comprises at least one second piston, and an electromechanical actuator which acts on the second piston of the second cylinder-piston device. The second cylinder-piston device is or can be fluidically coupled at the output side to the first piston of the first cylinder-piston device in order to provide a hydraulic pressure, which is generated in the second cylinder-piston device upon actuation of the electromechanical actuator, for actuating the at least one first piston of the first cylinder-piston device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
  • Patent number: 10029663
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic motor vehicle brake system is provided, having a first cylinder-piston device, which can be fluidically coupled to at least one wheel brake of the brake system, for generating hydraulic pressure on the at least one wheel brake, wherein the first cylinder-piston device comprises at least one first piston. The brake system further has a second cylinder-piston device, which comprises at least one second piston, and an electromechanical actuator which acts on the second piston of the second cylinder-piston device. The second cylinder-piston device is or can be fluidically coupled at the output side to the first piston of the first cylinder-piston device in order to provide a hydraulic pressure, which is generated in the second cylinder-piston device upon actuation of the electromechanical actuator, for actuating the at least one first piston of the first cylinder-piston device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
  • Publication number: 20180148031
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system and to a method for operating an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
  • Patent number: 9975534
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic brake system includes an electromechanical actuator for actuating at least one hydraulic piston to provide a hydraulic pressure at one or more of a plurality of wheel brakes. The brake system further includes electrically activatable valve arrangements having a first valve arrangement between a cylinder accommodating the at least one hydraulic piston and each of the plurality of wheel brakes, and at least one second valve arrangement. The second valve arrangement is provided between a receptacle device for hydraulic fluid and at least one of the wheel brakes. The second valve arrangement is provided in parallel with the first valve arrangement associated with the same wheel brake as the second valve arrangement. The brake system also includes a control device or system that opens one of the first valve arrangements and the second valve arrangement connected in parallel therewith, in order to release a hydraulic pressure built up in the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Andreas Passmann
  • Publication number: 20180134268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrohydraulic braking-force generation device and to a method for operating an electrohydraulic braking-force generation device. The electrohydraulic braking-force generation device comprises: a power transmission assembly that is coupled to a brake pedal; a brake cylinder assembly that is to be actuated by the power transmission assembly, the brake cylinder assembly having a first cylinder-piston assembly and said first cylinder-piston assembly being designed to be fluidically coupled to at least one brake circuit; and a brake booster assembly comprising a second cylinder-piston assembly and at least one electromechanical actuator. The brake booster assembly is configured to apply hydraulic pressure to the brake cylinder assembly in order to boost the braking power and the power transmission assembly is configured to actuate the brake cylinder assembly, in each operating mode of the braking-force generation device, by means of a relative movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Benedikt Ohlig, Markus Necknig
  • Publication number: 20160304072
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic motor vehicle brake system is provided, having a first cylinder-piston device, which can be fluidically coupled to at least one wheel brake of the brake system, for generating hydraulic pressure on the at least one wheel brake, wherein the first cylinder-piston device comprises at least one first piston. The brake system further has a second cylinder-piston device, which comprises at least one second piston, and an electromechanical actuator which acts on the second piston of the second cylinder-piston device. The second cylinder-piston device is or can be fluidically coupled at the output side to the first piston of the first cylinder-piston device in order to provide a hydraulic pressure, which is generated in the second cylinder-piston device upon actuation of the electromechanical actuator, for actuating the at least one first piston of the first cylinder-piston device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
  • Publication number: 20160221554
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic vehicle brake system includes an electromechanical actuator for actuating at least one hydraulic piston to build hydraulic pressure at wheel brakes. The brake system provides a set of electrically activatable valve arrangements having a first valve arrangement between a cylinder accommodating the at least one hydraulic piston and each of the wheel brakes, and at least one second valve arrangement between a receptacle device for hydraulic fluid and at least one of the wheel brakes. The second valve arrangement is provided in parallel with the first valve arrangement which is associated with the same wheel brake as the second valve arrangement. A control device or system activates the first valve arrangements and the electromechanical actuator, in order to build up a hydraulic pressure at at least one of the wheel brakes and via the opened first valve arrangement associated with that wheel brake and to reduce a built-up hydraulic pressure via the opened first valve arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Andreas Passmann
  • Publication number: 20160207514
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic brake system includes an electromechanical actuator for actuating at least one hydraulic piston to provide a hydraulic pressure at one or more of a plurality of wheel brakes. The brake system further includes electrically activatable valve arrangements having a first valve arrangement between a cylinder accommodating the at least one hydraulic piston and each of the plurality of wheel brakes, and at least one second valve arrangement. The second valve arrangement is provided between a receptacle device for hydraulic fluid and at least one of the wheel brakes. The second valve arrangement is provided in parallel with the first valve arrangement associated with the same wheel brake as the second valve arrangement. The brake system also includes a control device or system that opens one of the first valve arrangements and the second valve arrangement connected in parallel therewith, in order to release a hydraulic pressure built up in the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Andreas Passmann