Patents by Inventor Erwin Michels

Erwin Michels 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: 5711204
    Abstract: An electronically controlled brake booster for a road vehicle brake system having a housing comprises a vacuum chamber (16) and a servo chamber (14) separated from said vacuum chamber (16) by a movable wall (18), an electromagnetically operatable control valve device (20) which is coupled to said movable wall (18) for common relative movement with respect to the housing of the brake booster and a sensor (32) which, for an electronic control device (ECU), senses operating conditions of the road vehicle brake system and produces signals characteristic for these operating conditions which signals are evaluated by said control device (ECU) for producing drive signals (S.sub.1a, S.sub.1b) for said control valve device (20), wherein the sensor is formed as a pressure sensor (32) and senses at least the pressure (p.sub.AK) prevailing in said servo chamber (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventor: Erwin Michels
  • Patent number: 5690015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic brake booster comprising a housing (10) which is divided into a vacuum chamber (14) and a working chamber (12), in which a dual valve arrangement (20) having a first valve (24, 26) between the vacuum chamber (14) and the working chamber (12) and a second valve (24', 26') between the ambient atmosphere (A) and the working chamber (12) is arranged at the housing (10), in which the valve arrangement (20), in an inoperative position, allows having pressure levels in the vacuum chamber (14) and in the working chamber (12) which are different from the ambient atmospheric pressure (A), and in an operative position, keeps the vacuum chamber (14) sealed off and allows communication between the ambient atmosphere (A) and the working chamber (12), wherein, in normal operation, the first valve (24, 26) and the second valve (24', 26') are actuatable by a common actuating rod, and, in a controlled operation, an electromagnetic actuator (40, 46) which is independent of the actuating rod
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventors: Erwin Michels, Peter Schluter
  • Patent number: 5658055
    Abstract: The vehicle brake system including an electronically controlled brake booster (10), comprising a first actuator (350) which is connected to a second actuator (360) for transmitting to the same an actuating movement (P) of a brake pedal, wherein the second actuator (360) transmits the movement to a master brake cylinder, a signal generator (365) disposed between first and second actuators (350, 360) for generating a signal to be supplied to the controller of the brake booster (10), wherein the signal generator (365) is triggered by a relative movement between the first actuator and the housing of the brake booster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventors: Werner Dieringer, Jens-Peter Kohrt, Kurt Mohr, Helmut Heibel, Erwin Michels, Hans-Werner Renn
  • Patent number: 5505526
    Abstract: A brake pressure control method in a vehicle brake system equipped with an electronically adjustable brake pressure booster provides that, during a braking operation, a stored design value (p.sub.soll) of the brake pressure constantly is associated with a respective instantaneous actuating speed (v.sub.ped) of a brake pedal. The the actual value (p.sub.Br) of the brake pressure is also measured at this instant and compared with the design value, and as a result, the pressure originating from the brake pressure booster output is adjusted in response to the result of the comparison between the design and actual values, so that the actual value converges to the corresponding design value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventor: Erwin Michels