Patents by Inventor David Lopéz Larequi
David Lopéz Larequi 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: 9925966Abstract: A brake master cylinder arrangement includes a housing with a cylindrical recess, a pressure piston moveable in the cylindrical recess along a longitudinal axis and guided in a sealing manner, and a reservoir for storing brake fluid that is fluidically connected via a fluid channel to the housing. The pressure piston and the housing enclose a pressure chamber that is connected to a fluid circuit of the brake system. Depending on the position of the associated pressure piston, the pressure chamber is either fluidically connected to the fluid reservoir or disconnected therefrom. In a region that axially spans the sealing arrangement in a starting position of the pressure piston, the outer circumferential surface of the pressure piston has profiling that provides a fluidic connection between the fluid reservoir and the pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: David Lopéz-Larequi, Hans-Martin Giese
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Patent number: 9902383Abstract: A master brake cylinder arrangement (10) for a motor vehicle brake system, comprising a master brake cylinder housing (12) with a cylindrical recess (28), at least one pressure piston (30, 32) which is displaceable and sealingly guided in the cylindrical recess (28) of the master brake cylinder housing (12), a fluid reservoir (14) which is fluidically coupled to the master brake cylinder housing (12) via a connecting region (22) and which serves for storing brake fluid, wherein the at least one pressure piston (30, 32) together with the master brake cylinder housing (12) sealingly encloses a pressure chamber (38, 40) which, as a function of the position of the associated pressure piston (30, 32), is fluidically connected to or separated from the fluid reservoir (14), wherein furthermore the at least one pressure chamber (38, 40) can be or is fluidically coupled to a fluid circuit of the motor vehicle brake system, wherein the fluid reservoir (14) in the connecting region (22) is received, in a manner sealed bType: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: David Lopéz Larequi, Hans-Martin Giese
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Patent number: 9797417Abstract: The invention relates to a master brake cylinder arrangement with actuation detection for a motor vehicle braking system, having at least one piston arrangement with a piston, which is movably guided in a cylinder bore in a cylinder housing, said piston with the cylinder bore defining a pressure chamber which is fluidically coupled to a hydraulic brake circuit. During a forward stroke, the piston can be moved from a start position into a possible actuation piston along a movement axis, which coincides essentially with a longitudinal axis of the cylinder bore, and during a return stroke, said piston is moved from an actuation position into a start position. The piston is associated with a coupling element which is coupled to a position detecting rod for common movement therewith, said position detecting rod being moved essentially parallel to the first cylinder bore, the position of the position detecting rod can be detected by means of a position detecting sensor placed on the cylinder housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Hans-Martin Giese, Torsten Petry, David Lopéz Larequi
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Patent number: 9797416Abstract: A master brake cylinder arrangement includes at least one piston arrangement with a piston movably guided in a receiving bore in a master brake cylinder housing. The piston, together with the receiving bore, delimits a pressure chamber which is in fluid connection with a hydraulic brake circuit and may be moved along a movement axis between an initial position and an actuation position. A position detecting device detects movement of the piston caused by actuation is provided within the receiving bore. The position detecting device has a sensor element, which is movable as a function of a piston movement, and a position detecting sensor, which is arranged fixed on the master brake cylinder housing. The sensor element is received and guided in the master brake cylinder housing independently of the piston and is capable of interacting with the piston for deflection as a function of the piston movement.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Hans-Martin Giese, Torsten Petry, David Lopez-Larequi
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Patent number: 9393943Abstract: A brake booster is provided having a force input element that is or can be connected to a brake pedal, a chamber arrangement with a working chamber and a vacuum chamber, and a control device with a control valve. The working chamber is selectively connected to the vacuum chamber or to the surrounding atmosphere as a result of a displacement of the force input element. The control valve has a valve element that is selectively prestressed into sealed abutment on a first valve seat provided on the control valve housing or into sealed abutment on a second valve seat provided on the control piston of the control valve by a tension spring. In order to reduce the actuating force, a pneumatic function chamber is selectively isolated from the surrounding atmosphere by the valve element or connected to the vacuum chamber or to the surrounding atmosphere by the force input element.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: David Lopez Larequi, Hans Martin Giese
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Patent number: 9234531Abstract: A damping element for attenuating hydraulic pressure pulses is integrated into a hydraulic chamber of a motor vehicle hydraulic system. The damping element includes a end cap support body and a membrane that fits over a portion of the support body. The membrane has a first side facing towards a source of hydraulic fluid and a second side facing away from the hydraulic fluid source. At least one space is provided between the second side of the membrane and the end cap support body to allow for deformation of the membrane under hydraulic pressure. The membrane has a collar with a lip seal provided for fitting into place on the wall of the hydraulic chamber. At least one second space for receiving hydraulic fluid is defined between the lip seal and a region of the membrane opposite the lip seal.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignees: Kelsey-Hayes Company, Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Thomas Wald, David Lopez-Larequi, Georg Kedak, Joseph F. Zeoli, Joseph A. Starr, William P. Caldwell, Richard A. Swarich
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Publication number: 20150316081Abstract: The invention relates to a master brake cylinder arrangement with actuation detection for a motor vehicle braking system, having at least one piston arrangement with a piston, which is movably guided in a cylinder bore in a cylinder housing, said piston with the cylinder bore defining a pressure chamber which is fluidically coupled to a hydraulic brake circuit. During a forward stroke, the piston can be moved from a start position into a possible actuation piston along a movement axis, which coincides essentially with a longitudinal axis of the cylinder bore, and during a return stroke, said piston is moved from an actuation position into a start position. The piston is associated with a coupling element which is coupled to a position detecting rod for common movement therewith, said position detecting rod being moved essentially parallel to the first cylinder bore, the position of the position detecting rod can be detected by means of a position detecting sensor placed on the cylinder housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Hans-Martin Giese, Torsten Petry, David Lopéz Larequi
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Patent number: 9096200Abstract: A vehicle braking system includes a slip control system operable in an electronic stability control (ESC) mode to automatically and selectively apply the brakes in an attempt to stabilize the vehicle when an instability condition has been sensed. The slip control system is further operable in an adaptive cruise control (ACC) mode to automatically apply the brakes to slow the vehicle in response to a control signal. The slip control system includes a variable speed motor drive piston pump for supplying pressurized fluid pressure to the brakes through a valve arrangement. In the ESC mode, the pump motor operates in an ESC speed range, and in the ACC mode, the pump motor operates in an ACC speed range lower than the ESC speed range. The slip control system further includes an attenuator connected to a pump outlet for dampening pump output pressure pulses prior to application to the brakes. The attenuator includes an elastomeric member located in an attenuator chamber of a housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Zeoli, Blaise Ganzel, Thomas Wald, Richard A. Swarich, Joseph A. Starr, David Lopez-Larequi
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Publication number: 20150175142Abstract: A brake master cylinder arrangement includes a housing with a cylindrical recess, a pressure piston moveable in the cylindrical recess along a longitudinal axis and guided in a sealing manner, and a reservoir for storing brake fluid that is fluidically connected via a fluid channel to the housing. The pressure piston and the housing enclose a pressure chamber that is connected to a fluid circuit of the brake system. Depending on the position of the associated pressure piston, the pressure chamber is either fluidically connected to the fluid reservoir or disconnected therefrom. In a region that axially spans the sealing arrangement in a starting position of the pressure piston, the outer circumferential surface of the pressure piston has profiling that provides a fluidic connection between the fluid reservoir and the pressure chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: David Lopéz-Larequi, Hans-Martin Giese
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Publication number: 20150113977Abstract: A master brake cylinder arrangement (10) for a motor vehicle brake system, comprising a master brake cylinder housing (12) with a cylindrical recess (28), at least one pressure piston (30, 32) which is displaceable and sealingly guided in the cylindrical recess (28) of the master brake cylinder housing (12), a fluid reservoir (14) which is fluidically coupled to the master brake cylinder housing (12) via a connecting region (22) and which serves for storing brake fluid, wherein the at least one pressure piston (30, 32) together with the master brake cylinder housing (12) sealingly encloses a pressure chamber (38, 40) which, as a function of the position of the associated pressure piston (30, 32), is fluidically connected to or separated from the fluid reservoir (14), wherein furthermore the at least one pressure chamber (38, 40) can be or is fluidically coupled to a fluid circuit of the motor vehicle brake system, wherein the fluid reservoir (14) in the connecting region (22) is received, in a manner sealed bType: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: David Lopéz Larequi, Hans-Martin Giese
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Publication number: 20140137550Abstract: A master brake cylinder arrangement includes at least one piston arrangement with a piston movably guided in a receiving bore in a master brake cylinder housing. The piston together with the receiving bore, delimits a pressure chamber which is in fluid connection with a hydraulic brake circuit and may be moved along a movement axis between an initial position and an actuation position. A position detecting device detects movement of the piston caused by actuation is provided within the receiving bore. The position detecting device has a sensor element, which is movable as a function of a piston movement, and a position detecting sensor, which is arranged fixed on the master brake cylinder housing. The sensor element is received and guided in the master brake cylinder housing independently of the piston and is capable of interacting with the piston for deflection as a function of the piston movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Hans-Martin Giese, Torsten Petry, David Lopez-Larequi
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Publication number: 20140026556Abstract: A brake booster for a motor vehicle brake system, comprises a force input element that is or can be connected to a brake pedal, a chamber arrangement with a working chamber and a vacuum chamber that are separated from one another by a movable wall, and a control device with a control valve, by which the working chamber can be optionally connected to the vacuum chamber or to the surrounding atmosphere as a result of a displacement of the force input element, wherein the control valve has a control valve housing, which is coupled to the movable wall and in which the force input element is guided in a displaceable manner against the action of a return spring together with a control piston, and wherein the control valve further comprises a valve element that is optionally prestressed into sealed abutment on a first valve seat provided on the control valve housing or into sealed abutment on a second valve seat provided on the control piston of the control valve by a tension spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: David Lopez Larequi, Hans Martin Giese
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Publication number: 20130145927Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum brake booster having a chamber arrangement for producing a servo force that supports a brake actuating force, wherein the chamber arrangement comprises a housing, in which a working chamber is separated from a vacuum chamber by a movable wall, wherein the housing has a first housing shell and a second housing shell, which are or can be connected to each other in a sealing manner in a connection area, wherein a flexible section of the movable wall is arranged in a sealing manner in the connection area, and wherein the housing shells of the housing are penetrated by at least two fastening bolts in order to fasten the vacuum brake booster to a vehicle chassis. For easier assembly, at least one of the fastening bolts is provided with an engagement formation, with which one of the housing shells can be brought into engagement during the assembly, and thus said housing shell can be permanently locked in a predetermined position relative to the other housing shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Hans-Martin Giese, David Lopez Larequi
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Publication number: 20120133201Abstract: A vehicle braking system includes a slip control system operable in an electronic stability control (ESC) mode to automatically and selectively apply the brakes in an attempt to stabilize the vehicle when an instability condition has been sensed. The slip control system is further operable in an adaptive cruise control (ACC) mode to automatically apply the brakes to slow the vehicle in response to a control signal. The slip control system includes a variable speed motor drive piston pump for supplying pressurized fluid pressure to the brakes through a valve arrangement. In the ESC mode, the pump motor operates in an ESC speed range, and in the ACC mode, the pump motor operates in an ACC speed range lower than the ESC speed range. The slip control system further includes an attenuator connected to a pump outlet for dampening pump output pressure pulses prior to application to the brakes. The attenuator includes an elastomeric member located in an attenuator chamber of a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: KELSEY-HAYES COMPANYInventors: Joseph F. Zeoli, Blaise Ganzel, Thomas Wald, Richard A. Swarich, Robert I. Girkin, Joseph A. Starr, David Lopez-Larequi