Patents by Inventor Dirk Hees

Dirk Hees 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: 9291219
    Abstract: A bolt guiding device for a floating caliper disc brake, having at least one guide bolt that is supported in a brake carrier and mounted on a brake caliper, wherein the brake caliper is movably guided over the guide bolt in the axial direction thereof. The bolt guiding device comprises a slide bush, wherein one surface of the inner circumferential surface and outer circumferential surface acts as a retaining surface on which the slide bush is retained, and wherein the other surface of the inner circumferential surface and outer circumferential surface acts as a sliding surface on which the slide bush slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Becker, Guido Zenzen, Nong Dang, Dirk Hees, Georg Brand, Dirk Debus
  • Patent number: 8905201
    Abstract: Vehicle disk brake designed as a service brake and as a parking- or immobilizing brake, having a brake anchor plate, which is to be fastened to the chassis of a motor vehicle by at least one screw bolt and in which two guide bolts are accommodated in order to guide a brake caliper displaceably relative to the brake anchor plate, and having a hydraulic chamber, in which a brake piston is accommodated in order to bring friction linings into and out of frictional engagement with a brake disk. A separately manipulable assembly is built onto the vehicle disk brake and has an electric motor as well as an electronic control and power device in order, independently of a hydraulic actuation of the brake piston, to actuate the brake piston via a rotary-to-linear motion converter in the sense of bringing the friction linings into and out of engagement with the brake disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Laubenthal, Dirk Hees, Guido Zenzen
  • Publication number: 20140110198
    Abstract: A bolt guiding device for a floating caliper disc brake, having at least one guide bolt that is supported in a brake carrier and mounted on a brake caliper, wherein the brake caliper is movably guided over the guide bolt in the axial direction thereof. The bolt guiding device comprises a slide bush, wherein one surface of the inner circumferential surface and outer circumferential surface acts as a retaining surface on which the slide bush is retained, and wherein the other surface of the inner circumferential surface and outer circumferential surface acts as a sliding surface on which the slide bush slides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Becker, Guido Zenzen, Nong Dang, Dirk Hees
  • Publication number: 20110127121
    Abstract: Vehicle disk brake designed as a service brake and as a parking- or immobilizing brake, having a brake anchor plate, which is to be fastened to the chassis of a motor vehicle by means of at least one screw bolt and in which two guide bolts are accommodated in order to guide a brake caliper displaceably relative to the brake anchor plate, and having a hydraulic chamber, in which a brake piston is accommodated in order to bring friction linings into and out of frictional engagement with a brake disk. A separately manipulable assembly is built onto the vehicle disk brake and has an electric motor as well as an electronic control and power device in order, independently of a hydraulic actuation of the brake piston, to actuate the brake piston via a rotary-to-linear motion converter in the sense of bringing the friction linings into and out of engagement with the brake disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Frank Laubenthal, Dirk Hees, Guido Zenzen
  • Publication number: 20110056778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brake lining arrangement for disc brakes having at least one spring journal arranged on the back of the brake lining and a spring element that may be coupled to the spring journal, wherein the spring element has a fastening section with a receiving opening for receiving the spring journal, wherein on the surface of the fastening section of the spring element remote from the brake lining a profiling is configured, which during a plastic deformation of the spring journal to fix the spring element comes into engagement therewith and fixes the spring element in a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Klaus Roth, Dirk Hees
  • Patent number: 7731002
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disc brake having a brake carrier which is fastenable to a vehicle frame and provided with studs for guiding at least one brake lining axially with respect to a brake disc, wherein the brake lining includes U-shaped recesses for the studs into which the studs engage, and wherein during braking tensile forces and/or compressive forces are exerted upon inner surfaces of the recesses. The invention is characterized in that an inner surface of at least one of the U-shaped recesses, which surface bears against a respective stud during a brake actuation, is angled with respect to a central plane of the brake lining such that a force that arises between the said surface and the respective stud during braking presses the brake lining into a stable position with respect to the studs. The invention also relates to a brake lining for use in such a disc brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Haupt, Michael Schog, Dirk Hees
  • Patent number: 7431132
    Abstract: A disc brake comprises a brake carrier, which is fastenable to the vehicle and is provided with bolts at the leading side and at the trailing side of the brake, which during braking take up the forces acting upon the brake linings. The relative dimensions and arrangements of the bolts and of the brake lining are such that, upon introduction of a brake force that is capable of decelerating the vehicle up to a maximum value in the region of 0.1 g, only tensile forces act upon the brake lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schog, Karl-Heinz Wollenweber, Christian Schroeter, Dirk Hees, Guido Zenzen
  • Patent number: 7377368
    Abstract: A disc brake has a brake carrier (10) with at least two bolts (16a, 16b, 18a, 18b) which stand axially to the brake disc for guiding a brake lining (32a, 32b). The plane (P) spanned by the bolt axes has a smaller radial distance (D) from the disc axis (A) than the centroid of the friction lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schog, Karl-Heinz Wollenweber, Christian Schroeter, Dirk Hees, Guido Zenzen
  • Patent number: 7201258
    Abstract: A disc brake having a brake carrier (10) which may be fastened to the vehicle and to which bolts are fastened, comprises brake pads (32a, 32b), in the supporting plates of which U-shaped recesses (40, 40?) are formed, which are placed onto the bolts, such that the brake pads are axially movably guided relative to the brake disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schog, Karl-Heinz Wollenweber, Christian Schroeter, Dirk Hees, Guido Zenzen
  • Publication number: 20070056812
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disc brake having a brake carrier which is fastenable to a vehicle frame and provided with studs for guiding at least one brake lining axially with respect to a brake disc, wherein the brake lining includes U-shaped recesses for the studs into which the studs engage, and wherein during braking tensile forces and/or compressive forces are exerted upon inner surfaces of the recesses. The invention is characterised in that an inner surface of at least one of the U-shaped recesses, which surface bears against a respective stud during a brake actuation, is angled with respect to a central plane of the brake lining such that a force that arises between the said surface and the respective stud during braking presses the brake lining into a stable position with respect to the studs. The invention also relates to a brake lining for use in such a disc brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Manfred Haupt, Michael Schog, Dirk Hees
  • Publication number: 20060060432
    Abstract: A disc brake comprises a brake carrier, which is fastenable to the vehicle and is provided with bolts at the leading side and at the trailing side of the brake, which during braking take up the forces acting upon the brake linings. The relative dimensions and arrangements of the bolts (16a, 16b) and of the brake lining are such that, upon introduction of a brake force that is capable of decelerating the vehicle up to a maximum value in the region of 0.1 g, only tensile forces act upon the brake lining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Schog, Karl-Heinz Wollenweber, Christian Schroeter, Dirk Hees, Guido Zenzen
  • Publication number: 20060060430
    Abstract: A disc brake has a brake carrier (10) with at least two bolts (16a, 16b, 18a, 18b) which stand axially to the brake disc for guiding a brake lining (32a, 32b). The plane (P) spanned by the bolt axes has a smaller radial distance (D) from the disc axis (A) than the centroid of the friction lining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Schog, Karl-Heinz Wollenweber, Christian Schroeter, Dirk Hees, Guido Zenzen
  • Publication number: 20060060431
    Abstract: A disc brake having a brake carrier (10) which may be fastened to the vehicle and to which bolts are fastened, comprises brake pads (32a, 32b), in the supporting plates of which U-shaped recesses (40, 40?) are formed, which are placed onto the bolts, such that the brake pads are axially movably guided relative to the brake disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Schog, Karl-Heinz Wollenweber, Christian Schroeter, Dirk Hees, Guido Zenzen