Patents by Inventor Dieter Groger

Dieter Groger 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: 7070355
    Abstract: A ball-and-socket joint has a housing, a ball pivot (3) mounted pivotably in the housing, and a sealing bellows (1), which is fastened to the housing and is mounted on the ball pivot (3) slidably via a sealing ring (4) provided with two legs (5, 6). A first leg (5) of the two legs (5, 6) is in contact with the ball pivot (3) under tension and the second leg (6) meshes with the wall of the sealing bellows (1). The second leg (6) is, furthermore, fastened in an anchoring ring (7) arranged at least partially in the wall of the sealing bellows (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Olaf Abels, Dieter Gröger
  • Publication number: 20030118395
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a ball-and-socket joint, which has a housing, a ball pivot 3 mounted pivotably in the housing, and a sealing bellows 1, which is fastened to the housing and is mounted on the ball pivot 3 slidably via a sealing ring 4 provided with two legs 5, 6. A first leg 5 of the two legs 5, 6 is in contact with the ball pivot 3 under tension and the second leg 6 meshes with the wall of the sealing bellows 1. The second leg 6 is, furthermore, fastened in an anchoring ring 7 arranged at least partially in the wall of the sealing bellows 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Olaf Abels, Dieter Groger
  • Publication number: 20030025389
    Abstract: An actuating device for the brake system of a motor vehicle includes a pedal block (1) with a brake pedal (10) fixed thereon pivotably, with a brake booster (2) with a housing having a housing bottom part (6) and a housing bell (5) and with a master cylinder assembly unit (3) connected thereto for admitting hydraulic power into the individual wheel brakes of the motor vehicle. The pedal block (1) and the housing bottom part (6) are molded in one piece from a plastic. The said housing bell (5) and the master cylinder assembly unit (3) with reservoir (4) with a reservoir bottom (4a) and a piston unit (14) is molded as a one-piece plastic part. A hydraulic tube (15) jacketed by the plastic part for receiving the said individual brake pistons (17) is arranged within the piston unit (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Metin Ersoy, Waldemar Rogowski, Dieter Groger
  • Patent number: 6475380
    Abstract: A hydraulic fluid tank for motor vehicles has a fluid filter (1). The fluid filter (1) is inserted into a filter housing (3) present in the hydraulic fluid tank (2). The filter housing (3) may have a two-part design. The filter housing (3) may have an upper part (4) and a lower part (5), which are connected by a lock-in or snap connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Thomas Fangmann, Dieter Gröger
  • Patent number: 6402262
    Abstract: A motor vehicle brake system actuator has a pedal block with a brake pedal fixed thereon pivotably. A brake power booster with a two-part housing and with a main brake cylinder assembly unit is connected to the brake pedal for the admission of hydraulic power into the individual wheel brakes of the motor vehicle. The pedal block and the brake power booster housing bottom part facing the pedal block are made in one piece from plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Metin Ersoy, Waldemar Rogowski, Dieter Gröger