Patents by Inventor Fabian Schrader

Fabian Schrader 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).

  • OPERATING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF AN OPERATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220314801
    Abstract: An operating device may have a moving operating element, a housing a magnetorheological elastomer, and a coil. An end of the operating element may be supported in the housing. The magnetorheological elastomer may result in a first operating characteristic for operating the operating element in a resting state and a second operating characteristic for the operation in an activated state. The coil may generate a magnetic field that transfers the magnetorheological elastomer between the resting state and the activated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Fabian Schrader, Michael Pantke, Martin Ruider, Magnus Sprehe, Rainer Haevescher, Artur Neumann, Thorsten Sander, Georg Tenckhoff, Erwin Biegger
  • CONTROL ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20220230790
    Abstract: A control element comprises a magnetorheological elastomer or a magnetorheological fluid and at least one drive assembly for generating a variable magnetic field. A variable feel for the user can be generated by means of the drive assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Erwin BIEGGER, Fabian SCHRADER, Michael PANTKE, Georg TENCKHOFF, Joachim BILLER
  • CONTROL ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20220223358
    Abstract: A control element comprises an electro-rheological material and at least one driver assembly for generating a variable magnetic field. A variable feel that can be registered by a user can be generated by means of the driver assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Erwin Biegger, Fabian Schrader, Georg Tenckhoff, Michael Pantke, Joachim Biller