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).
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Patent number: 10703350Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Benedikt Ohlig, Markus Necknig
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Patent number: 10525959Abstract: The invention relates to an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system and to a method for operating an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
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Patent number: 10449938Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Andreas Passmann
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Publication number: 20180326960Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
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Patent number: 10029663Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
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Publication number: 20180148031Abstract: The invention relates to an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system and to a method for operating an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
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Patent number: 9975534Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Andreas Passmann
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Publication number: 20180134268Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Benedikt Ohlig, Markus Necknig
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Publication number: 20160304072Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
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Publication number: 20160221554Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Andreas Passmann
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Publication number: 20160207514Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges, Andreas Passmann