Patents by Inventor Florian Finkl

Florian Finkl 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: 20220340111
    Abstract: A brake system for a trailer has first and second pneumatic circuits for supplying air pressure to the wheel ends on the trailer. The air pressure to brake devices at the wheel ends is controllable via a first brake ECU. First and second pressure control valves control pressure from the pneumatic circuits to the respective wheel ends. The system further has a second ECU adapted to electrically control the actuation of the pressure control valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew FRY, Martin MEDERER, Stefan PAHL, Florian FINKL, Thomas STEER, Christian STAAHL
  • Publication number: 20220219663
    Abstract: A brake system is provided for a trailer vehicle having a plurality of axles, each of which has a wheel end on a respective side of the vehicle, the brake system including first and second pneumatic circuits for supplying air pressure to brake devices at the wheel ends. The system includes a spring brake modulator valve arrangement adapted to control pressure to spring brakes on the vehicle, which modulator valve arrangement receives an input from at least one of the pneumatic circuits and a control pressure from the trailer brake module. Flow of air to the brakes is controllable either by the trailer brake module or by the spring brake modulator valve arrangement to provide redundancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew FRY, Martin MEDERER, Stefan PAHL, Florian FINKL, Thomas STEER, Christian STAAHL
  • Patent number: 10766482
    Abstract: A method and device for stabilizing a tractor vehicle-trailer combination during travel, in which tractor vehicle and trailer are connected via at least one pivot joint, including: ascertaining a setpoint buckling angle for a driving-stable setpoint movement of the combination, and/or a setpoint buckling angle velocity for a driving-stable setpoint movement of the combination, between the combination or between two trailers; ascertaining an actual buckling angle for the effective actual movement of the combination, and/or an actual buckling angle velocity for the effective actual movement of the combination, between the tractor vehicle and trailer or between multiple trailers; ascertaining a deviation between the setpoint and actual buckling angles and/or between the setpoint and actual buckling angle velocities, and if the deviation exceeds a threshold value, generating a control signal to activate at least one vehicle component to control movement of the combination in a direction toward a driving-stable mo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Buchner, Florian Finkl, Martin Mederer
  • Patent number: 10272889
    Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle includes a first brake device for braking a first wheel of the vehicle, a second brake device for braking a second wheel of the vehicle, a first brake pedal which is paired with the first wheel, a second brake pedal which is paired with the second wheel, a brake control valve which is designed to act on the first brake device and/or the second brake device, a first control valve for controlling a brake pressure in the first brake device, and a second control valve for controlling a brake pressure in the second brake device. The brake system further has an electromechanical switching module in order to block or at least reduce a braking effect of the second brake device while the first brake pedal is being actuated, and the switching module is designed to block or at least reduce a braking effect of the first brake device while the second brake pedal is being actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Finkl, Andreas Buch, Michael Herges
  • Patent number: 10029660
    Abstract: A method/device for controlling a traction vehicle-trailer brake device, a trailer with an unactivated service brake is detected, and when a predetermined pushing effect is reached/exceeded a trailer brake system is activated to generate a braking force when the service brake is unactivated, in which the first parameter is a) consumption of an operating medium, and/or b) torque generated by a drive machine/driven wheel, and/or c) signal representing the traction vehicle/trailer's longitudinal deceleration, and/or d) the speed/acceleration at which an activation element is activated toward lower velocities, and/or e) a difference/quotient of a target traction vehicle speed, and an actual traction vehicle speed is used if the traction vehicle having an infinitely variable transmission, and provides infinitely variable adjustment of the transmission ratio, and f) the control device detects that the predetermined pushing effect of the trailer is reached/exceeded if a first parameter predetermined limiting value i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Buchner, Wolfgang Alter, Florian Finkl, Kai Arens
  • Publication number: 20180154888
    Abstract: A method and device for stabilizing a tractor vehicle-trailer combination during travel, in which tractor vehicle and trailer are connected via at least one pivot joint, including: ascertaining a setpoint buckling angle for a driving-stable setpoint movement of the combination, and/or a setpoint buckling angle velocity for a driving-stable setpoint movement of the combination, between the combination or between two trailers; ascertaining an actual buckling angle for the effective actual movement of the combination, and/or an actual buckling angle velocity for the effective actual movement of the combination, between the tractor vehicle and trailer or between multiple trailers; ascertaining a deviation between the setpoint and actual buckling angles and/or between the setpoint and actual buckling angle velocities, and if the deviation exceeds a threshold value, generating a control signal to activate at least one vehicle component to control movement of the combination in a direction toward a driving-stable mo
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Hermann Buchner, Florian Finkl, Martin Mederer
  • Publication number: 20170313290
    Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle includes a first brake device for braking a first wheel of the vehicle, a second brake device for braking a second wheel of the vehicle, a first brake pedal which is paired with the first wheel, a second brake pedal which is paired with the second wheel, a brake control valve which is designed to act on the first brake device and/or the second brake device, a first control valve for controlling a brake pressure in the first brake device, and a second control valve for controlling a brake pressure in the second brake device. The brake system further has an electromechanical switching module in order to block or at least reduce a braking effect of the second brake device while the first brake pedal is being actuated, and the switching module is designed to block or at least reduce a braking effect of the first brake device while the second brake pedal is being actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Florian FINKL, Andreas BUCH, Michael HERGES
  • Publication number: 20160332606
    Abstract: A method and device for controlling a brake device in a traction vehicle-trailer, wherein a trailer which pushes onto the traction vehicle is detected by a control device in a driving state with an unactivated service brake, and when a predetermined pushing effect of the trailer is reached or exceeded a brake system of the trailer is automatically activated by the control device to generate a braking force when the service brake of the traction vehicle is not activated, in which the first parameter that the control device uses for detecting the pushing of the trailer onto the traction vehicle or to form this first parameter is a) the consumption of an operating medium for operating a drive machine of the traction vehicle and/or b) the driving torque generated by a drive machine of the traction vehicle and/or the output torque at at least one driven wheel of the traction vehicle, and/or c) a signal representing the longitudinal deceleration of the traction vehicle and/or a signal representing the longitudinal
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Hermann Buchner, Wolfgang Alter, Florian Finkl, Kai Arens