Patents by Inventor Falk Petzold

Falk Petzold 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).

  • Publication number: 20240052901
    Abstract: A brake device for a motor vehicle has an actuator with a common housing for a spreading actuator, and an adjusting device. An electric motor for actuating the actuator can be driven in two rotational directions, the spreading actuator being driven in the one rotational direction, and the adjusting device being driven in the other rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Falk Petzold, Christian Vey, Martin Kruse, Martin Gädke, Jens Hoffmann, Uwe Bach
  • Publication number: 20220228635
    Abstract: A drum brake having a brake drum, brake shoes, a carrier plate and a load measurement device in the region of an abutment is mountable on a steering knuckle. The abutment has a cylinder in which two pistons are guided, on the outer end faces of which the abutment ends of the brake shoes rest and the inner end faces of which are each supported by a spring on a step in the cylinder. A hollow peg projects from the outside of the cylinder and penetrates an opening in the carrier plate, such that it can be received in a receiving space in the steering knuckle resting on the carrier plate or in a reinforcement element fixed on the steering knuckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Martin Gädke, Holger von Hayn, Matthias Schulitz, Ahmed Sefo, Uwe Bach, Adrian Messner, Wolfgang Ritter, Jens Hoffmann, Falk Petzold, Martin Kruse, Christian Vey, Ulrike Meyer
  • Publication number: 20220034377
    Abstract: The proposal is for an improved expansion device for a drum brake having an integrated readjustment unit having a readjusting screw which can be locked therein by a spring-loaded latching unit which, for a reliable readjustment function with a reduced level of force, provides for the latching unit to allow a defined idle rotation of the readjusting screw, which is defined structurally by a first stop acting in a first direction of revolution and a second stop acting in the opposite direction of revolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Uwe Bach, Martin Gädke, Holger von Hayn, Ahmed Sefo, Jens Hoffmann, Adrian Messner, Wolfgang Ritter, Falk Petzold, Matthias Schulitz
  • Patent number: 10752226
    Abstract: A brake device having a hydraulic booster stage for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system is provided, which brake device, within normal boosting operation, can be operated both in an autonomous, driver-independent actuation mode with electronic control and in a manual actuation mode controlled by the driver, and outside normal boosting operation, can be operated in an emergency mode with a non-boosted actuation force generated by the driver alone, in the case of which brake device it is proposed that, within normal boosting operation, each actuation mode is assigned a dedicated piston in a booster housing of the booster stage, which piston is acted on directly with the boosting force and transmits this mechanically to components connected functionally downstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Falk Petzold, Adrian Messner, Manfred Rüffer, Michael Jürging
  • Patent number: 10543824
    Abstract: A modular braking device for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, which is optimized for remote actuation, including a hydraulic booster stage with a booster housing, a main brake cylinder mounted thereon, a booster piston which is displaceable therein and delimits a pressure chamber which is supplied directly with pressure medium by a motor pump unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Jose Gonzalez, Heinrich Kreh, Adrian Messner, Manfred Rüffer, Paul Wiebe, Falk Petzold, Michael Jürging, Ricardo Toquero, Lothar Schiel, Stefan Drumm
  • Patent number: 10508649
    Abstract: A simple, compact, and economical motor/pump unit for supplying vacuum to a pneumatic brake booster of a motor-vehicle brake system, wherein the motor/pump unit is designed as a diaphragm pump having a single elastomeric diaphragm, which is moved by an electrically operated motor unit by an eccentric drive, and has a pump housing and a working-space cover and the diaphragm is clamped between the pump housing and the working-space cover at the radial outer edge of the diaphragm in a sealing manner and the working-space cover is designed as a multi-part working-space cover having an upper cover, a lower cover, and an inlet valve and an outlet valve, which are arranged between the upper cover and the lower cover and control the air circulation through the working space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Stephan Krebs, Michael Jürging, Manfred Rüffer, Heinrich Kreh, Jens Bacher, Ricardo Toquero, Jose Gonzalez, Marcel Niepenberg, Lazar Milisic, Falk Petzold, Hans-Michael Koppel, Paul Wiebe, Martina Breitkopf, Thomas Oeffner, Adrian Messner, Ulrike Meyer, Stefan Imhof, Rolf Fellinger
  • Publication number: 20180326958
    Abstract: A brake device having a hydraulic booster stage for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system is provided, which brake device, within normal boosting operation, can be operated both in an autonomous, driver-independent actuation mode with electronic control and in a manual actuation mode controlled by the driver, and outside normal boosting operation, can be operated in an emergency mode with a non-boosted actuation force generated by the driver alone, in the case of which brake device it is proposed that, within normal boosting operation, each actuation mode is assigned a dedicated piston in a booster housing of the booster stage, which piston is acted on directly with the boosting force and transmits this mechanically to components connected functionally downstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Falk Petzold, Adrian Messner, Manfred Rüffer, Michael Jürging
  • Publication number: 20180312150
    Abstract: A modular braking device for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, which is optimized for remote actuation, including a hydraulic booster stage with a booster housing, a main brake cylinder mounted thereon, a booster piston which is displaceable therein and delimits a pressure chamber which is supplied directly with pressure medium by a motor pump unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jose Gonzalez, Heinrich Kreh, Adrian Messner, Manfred Rüffer, Paul Wiebe, Falk Petzold, Michael Jürging, Ricardo Toquero, Lothar Schiel, Stefan Drumm
  • Publication number: 20180073500
    Abstract: A simple, compact, and economical motor/pump unit for supplying vacuum to a pneumatic brake booster of a motor-vehicle brake system, wherein the motor/pump unit is designed as a diaphragm pump having a single elastomeric diaphragm, which is moved by an electrically operated motor unit by an eccentric drive, and has a pump housing and a working-space cover and the diaphragm is clamped between the pump housing and the working-space cover at the radial outer edge of the diaphragm in a sealing manner and the working-space cover is designed as a multi-part working-space cover having an upper cover, a lower cover, and an inlet valve and an outlet valve, which are arranged between the upper cover and the lower cover and control the air circulation through the working space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Stephan Krebs, Michael Jürging, Manfred Rüffer, Heinrich Kreh, Jens Bacher, Ricardo Toquero, Jose Gonzalez, Marcel Niepenberg, Lazar Milisic, Falk Petzold, Hans-Michael Koppel, Paul Wiebe, Martina Breitkopf, Thomas Oeffner, Adrian Messner, Ulrike Meyer, Stefan Imhof, Rolf Fellinger
  • Patent number: 9828981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump unit that can be driven by an electric motor, in particular for providing vacuum for a pneumatic brake booster, including a pump housing that can be closed by a working-chamber cover and at least one elastic displacement element, wherein a working chamber is bounded between the displacement element and the working-chamber cover and wherein inlet valves and outlet valves and inlet channels and outlet channels associated with the valves are associated with the working chamber. According to the invention, in order to reduce noise emissions, devices for reducing a contact surface between the working-chamber cover and the pump housing are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Stephan Krebs, Jens Bacher, Heinrich Kreh, Lazar Milisic, Michael Jürging, Marcel Niepenberg, Jose Gonzalez, Karlheinz Seitz, Hans-Michael Koppel, Falk Petzold, Rolf Fellinger, Stefan Imhof, Thomas Oeffner, Paul Wiebe, Manfred Rüffer
  • Patent number: 9784264
    Abstract: A pump assembly for supplying negative pressure to a pneumatic brake booster, wherein the pump assembly has at least two elastic displacement elements which are moved by connecting rods, the connecting rods each being rotatably mounted on an eccentric element. The eccentric element has a bearing seat element and a force element. At least two eccentric elements are secured next to each other on a drive shaft that rotates about an axis of rotation and an interlocking anti-rotation device is provided that determines a defined angular position of the eccentric elements relative to each other about the axis of rotation. In order to improve the ease of assembly and simplify the manufacturability, the anti-rotation device is designed as shaped elements of the bearing seat element in such a way that they engage in each other in an interlocking manner when the eccentric elements are in a defined angular position relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Stephan Krebs, Jens Bacher, Heinrich Kreh, Lazar Milisic, Michael Jürging, Marcel Niepenberg, Jose Gonzalez, Karlheinz Seitz, Hans-Michael Koppel, Falk Petzold, Rolf Fellinger, Thomas Oeffner, Paul Wiebe, Stefan Imhof, Manfred Rüffer
  • Publication number: 20160102662
    Abstract: A pump assembly for supplying negative pressure to a pneumatic brake booster, wherein the pump assembly has at least two elastic displacement elements which are moved by connecting rods, the connecting rods each being rotatably mounted on an eccentric element. The eccentric element has a bearing seat element and a force element. At least two eccentric elements are secured next to each other on a drive shaft that rotates about an axis of rotation and an interlocking anti-rotation device is provided that determines a defined angular position of the eccentric elements relative to each other about the axis of rotation. In order to improve the ease of assembly and simplify the manufacturability, the anti-rotation device is designed as shaped elements of the bearing seat element in such a way that they engage in each other in an interlocking manner when the eccentric elements are in a defined angular position relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Stephan Krebs, Jens Bacher, Heinrich Kreh, Lazar Milisic, Michael Jürging, Marcel Niepenberg, Jose Gonzalez, Karlheinz Seitz, Hans-Michael Koopel, Falk Petzold, Rolf Fellinger, Thomas Oeffner, Paul Wiebe, Stefan Imhof, Manfred Rüffer
  • Publication number: 20150030476
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump unit that can be driven by an electric motor, in particular for providing vacuum for a pneumatic brake booster, including a pump housing that can be closed by a working-chamber cover and at least one elastic displacement element, wherein a working chamber is bounded between the displacement element and the working-chamber cover and wherein inlet valves and outlet valves and inlet channels and outlet channels associated with the valves are associated with the working chamber. According to the invention, in order to reduce noise emissions, devices for reducing a contact surface between the working-chamber cover and the pump housing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Stephan Krebs, Jens Bacher, Heinrich Kreh, Lazar Milisic, Michael Jürging, Marcel Niepenberg, Jose Gonzalez, Karlheinz Seitz, Hans-Michael Koppel, Falk Petzold, Rolf Fellinger, Stefan Imhof, Thomas Oeffner, Paul Wiebe, Manfred Rüffer