Patents by Inventor Friedbert Röether

Friedbert Röether 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: 20250128686
    Abstract: An electromagnetic pressure-control-valve for controlling an air-pressure, including a housing having a compressed-air (CA) supply-connector (SC) for connecting to a CA-supply, a CA outlet-connector (OC) for connecting to a consumer, and a CA ventilating-connector (VC) for a ventilating means, and an armature supporting one valve-body (VB), first VB and second VB, on its end sides which face away from one another, and displaceable within the housing by magnetic forces counter to a spring-force of a first spring so that it connects the CA-OC selectively to the CA-SC or the CA-VC, and a first valve-seat (VS) connected to the CA-SC, and a second VS connected to the CA-VC, in which the first VB and a first VS form an inlet-valve, and the second VB and second VS form an outlet-valve. A permanent axial CA connection is provided through the first VB, the armature interior and the second VB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Kai Linke, Christoph Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20250054670
    Abstract: An electromagnetic-actuator (EA) assembly includes a first EA having a first coil-arrangement (CA) with a first coil-core (CC) and a first coil and having a first movable-magnetic-armature-body (MMAB) which is movable by a magnetic-field generated by the first CA from a first into a second position in which the first AB is attracted towards a first-surface, which is different from the first CC and arranged opposite the first AB, and contacts the first CC, and a second EA having a second CA with a second CC and a second coil and having a MMAB having a damping-device mounted on the second AB and which is movable by a magnetic-field generated by the second CA from a first into a second position in which the second AB is attracted towards a second-surface and abuts against the second-surface by the damping-device. The first and second surfaces are identical in construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Ralf Woerner, Benjamin Jensen
  • Publication number: 20250035231
    Abstract: An electromagnetic-actuator (EA) including a coil-element (CE) having a coil-core (CC)/coil arranged about the CC-circumference. The CC has a symmetrical first-region (FR) having an axis-of-symmetry (AOS), the CC being surrounded by the coil, and a movable-magnetic-armature-body (MM AB) as a movable-actuator-element (MAE) interacts with the CE to produce an AB activation-movement, and is supported in the actuator by a bearing-device (BD) and movable from a first/second-position by activating the CE. The BD is radially-offset to the CC AOS, and the AB extends from the BD radially over the CC from a first/second-side of the CC, which has a second-region (SR) extending radially beyond the FR and is on second-side (SS) of the CC between the coil/AB in the direction of AOS such that an air-gap between CC/AB in direction of the AOS is smaller on the SS of the CC than on first-side when the AB is in first-position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ralf Woerner, Friedbert Roether, Benjamin Jensen
  • Publication number: 20250027577
    Abstract: A bearing device for fixing and bearing an armature body of an electromagnetic-switching or valve device in a pretensioned manner using a force, including a bearing-force-generating-element (BFGE) for generating a pretensioning-force for bearing the armature-body (AB) and a transmission-element (TE) formed separately from the BFGE and which is pressed in the direction of the AB by the generated pretensioning force when the bearing-device is installed to fix and bear the AB. The TE has a first-side and a second-side lying opposite the first-side, in which the first-side faces the BFGE, and the second-side faces the AB when the bearing-device is installed and contacts the ABy at at least one force-introduction-point (FIP) of the AB such that the force introduction point is mechanically decoupled from the BFGE. A guide device at least partly surrounds the transmission element, and guides and positions the TE on the FIP of the AB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Ralf Woerner, Friedbert Roether
  • Publication number: 20250027576
    Abstract: An electromagnetic-actuator having a coil-assembly (CA) with a coil-core (CC) and a coil arranged about the CC circumference and a movable-magnetic-armature-body (MMAB) as a movable-actuator-element (MAE) which is movable by a magnetic-field generated by the CA, the AB being mounted by a bearing-assembly (BA) and movable from a first/second position. The BA has depressions in a first-bearing-section formed on the AB, the depressions being integrated into the AB and being formed in the shape of depressions mutually spaced in the direction of a bearing-axis (BA) of the AB and have an at least partly cylindrical bowl-like shape, and elevations in a second bearing-section formed on the actuator on the CA side, the elevations being formed in the shape elevations which are mutually spaced in the direction of the BA of the AB and have an at least partly cylindrical shape and each of which engages into one of the depressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Ralf Woerner, Friedbert Roether, Benjamin Jensen
  • Publication number: 20250029763
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device including: a magnetic core with a longitudinal axis, which magnetic core has a first region and a second region; a coil body arranged circumferentially around the second region of the magnetic core and has at least one receiving region for receiving at least one coil winding of a coil; and a housing made of a magnetic material, which housing circumferentially surrounds the magnetic core and the coil body and has at least one contact region in which the housing surrounds/contacts the magnetic core. The first region of the magnetic core has at least one bulge on a surface of the magnetic core facing the contact region of the housing, the bulge being configured such that the magnetic core does not contact the housing in a portion along the longitudinal axis between the bulge and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Ralf Woerner, Friedbert Roether, Benjamin Jensen
  • Patent number: 12202452
    Abstract: An electric-parking-brake for a utility-vehicle, including: a feed-line for brake-pressure air; a discharge-line for brake-pressure air for a pneumatic-brake-device; a first-valve and a second-valve, each being switchable between a stable-state and an activated-state in response to electrical control-signals; and a valve-device which is connected between the feed-line and the discharge-line and exhibits a control-input, the valve device being switchable between a stable-state and an activated-state in response to control signals at the control-input, the feed-line being connected to the discharge-line in the activated-state, in which the first-valve in the stable-state or in the activated-state connects the control-input of the valve-device to the discharge-line, to retain a current-state of the valve-device when the brake-pressure air is applied to the discharge-line, and in the activated or stable state connects the control-input to the second-valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Wieder, Friedbert Roether, Frank Schwab, Falk Hecker, Michael Herges
  • Patent number: 12041741
    Abstract: A housing having an interior, including: a) a pressure-compensation-device (PCD), for compensating a pressure in the interior as to surroundings of the housing, the interior being connected with the PCD, and an overpressure-valve (OV) with a lip-sealing-element (LSE) with a main-part and a flexible-sealing-lip (FSL), protruding radially-outwardly from an outer-circumference of the main-part and interacts with a sealing-surface (SS); b) an annular-channel (AC), between the main-part and SS, the FSL being in sealed contact with the SS with elastic-pretensioning in a sealing-position and sealingly closes the AC to prevent a flow-conducting connection between the interior/surroundings, and is lifted away from the SS in an open-position and opens the AC to provide a flow-conducting connection between the interior/surroundings; c) the FSL position between the sealing/open positions is controlled as a function of a pressure-difference between the pressure in the interior/surroundings, d) the main-part of the LSE has
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Hasan-Oezkan Karagoez, Friedbert Roether, Thilo Franzke
  • Publication number: 20240060799
    Abstract: An electromagnetic stroke measuring system, including: a plunger with a longitudinal axis pointing in the stroke direction, in which the plunger is arranged in a housing in the direction of the longitudinal axis and is movable in the direction of the longitudinal axis in the housing, a magnet holder with a magnet arranged in a magnet portion of the magnet holder, in which the magnet holder is arranged on a radial periphery of the plunger with respect to the longitudinal axis to be moved together with the plunger in the radial direction, and a sensor element which is arranged on a side of the housing facing away from the plunger with respect to the longitudinal axis, in which the housing forms a guide in which the magnet portion is guided in the direction of the longitudinal axis at least in portions. Also described is a related vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Joerg Schneider, Friedbert Roether, Philipp Neubert, David Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11787378
    Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a brake system for a vehicle, including: an actuable control valve for loading at least one brake device of the brake system with a brake pressure; a pressure container connector for connecting the control apparatus to a pressure container to provide a supply pressure; and a pressure limiting valve which is arranged or can be arranged between the control valve and the pressure container connector to limit the supply pressure to the brake pressure. Also described are a related brake system, a method for operating, a method for loading, a control unit, and a computer readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Falk Hecker, Friedbert Roether
  • Patent number: 11738731
    Abstract: A guide sleeve for guiding a collar of a relay valve for an electropneumatic modulator for a brake system for a vehicle, includes: a guide section configured to be couple-able to a counterpart guide section of the collar of the relay valve so as to allow guidance of the collar along the guide section; and a holding section configured to fasten the guide sleeve in a positively locking manner in a housing of the relay valve. Also described are a related guide sleeve device, and a relay valve, and a related method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Martin Krahl
  • Patent number: 11731600
    Abstract: An ABS pressure control valve assembly for controlling the fluid pressure in a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle having brake slip control, by which the brake pressure in pressure-medium-operated brake actuators is adaptively adjusted for a locking tendency of individual wheels of the vehicle. Two membranes of two membrane valves are clamped between two housing parts and an intermediate plate. Also described are a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle with brake-slip control, including at least one such ABS pressure control valve assembly, and to a method for producing such an ABS pressure control valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Kai Werner, Gerhard Wieder, René Jonkmann, Alexander Krumrey, Reiner Maerkle
  • Patent number: 11719356
    Abstract: A plate armature damping device for a tilting armature valve includes at least one damping body which can be fixed to a plate armature, with at least one damping material which, on an impact movement of the plate armature in the direction of a counter-element, is elastically deformable on impact on the counter-element. The at least one damping body has a geometric contour including at least one bulge on a surface of the at least one damping body facing the counter-element, which is configured such that, on the impact movement of the plate armature, the volume of the at least one damping body contributing to the damping increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Deeg, Ralf Woerner, Julian Soehnlein, Friedbert Roether
  • Publication number: 20230192059
    Abstract: A housing device for a brake device for a vehicle, including: a piston chamber for accommodating a plunger, which is movable linearly in the piston chamber by an actuation by a driver; and a sensor chamber, which is separated from the piston chamber, and which includes a sensor unit, which is configured to detect a position and/or a movement of the plunger in the piston chamber, to effect a braking operation of the vehicle. Also described are a related plunger, a brake device, a method, an apparatus, and a computer readable medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Thilo Schmauder
  • Patent number: 11661044
    Abstract: A vehicle-electrical-apparatus, including: a service-brake-valve-device (SBVD) having an electropneumatic service-brake-device (ESBVD), which is an electronically-brake-pressure-regulated-brake-system (EBPRBS), having an ESBVD, a first-electronic-brake-control-device (EBCD), electropneumatic-modulators (EM) and pneumatic-wheel-brake actuators (PWBA); a sensor-device; the first-EBCD controls the EMs generating pneumatic brake-control-pressures (PBCP) for the PWBAs, and the ESBVD has a service-brake-actuation-member (SBAM) and an electrical-channel containing an electrical-brake-value-transmitter, actuate-able by the SBAM, and a second-EBCD couples brake-request signals into the first-EBCD depending on the AS, and, within a pneumatic-service-brake-circuit, a pneumatic-channel in which a control-piston of the SBVD is loaded with a first-actuation-force (AF) by actuating the service-brake-actuation-member based on a driver brake-request, and the control-piston controls a double-seat valve of the SBVD to generate
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Falk Hecker, Adnan Mustapha, Frank Schwab, Juergen Steinberger
  • Publication number: 20230108493
    Abstract: An electronically controlled pneumatic operating brake system, having a backup control pressure for a pneumatic fall back level, wherein the backup control pressure is generated from a compressed air supply which is independent from two compressed air supplies for a front axle circuit and a rear axle circuit. This assures additional pneumatic redundancy and facilitates omitting a pneumatic channel in a foot brake module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Falk Hecker, Oliver Jundt, Friedbert Roether
  • Publication number: 20230083111
    Abstract: An electric-parking-brake for a utility-vehicle, including: a feed-line for brake-pressure air; a discharge-line for brake-pressure air for a pneumatic-brake-device; a first-valve and a second-valve, each being switchable between a stable-state and an activated-state in response to electrical control-signals; and a valve-device which is connected between the feed-line and the discharge-line and exhibits a control-input, the valve device being switchable between a stable-state and an activated-state in response to control signals at the control-input, the feed-line being connected to the discharge-line in the activated-state, in which the first-valve in the stable-state or in the activated-state connects the control-input of the valve-device to the discharge-line, to retain a current-state of the valve-device when the brake-pressure air is applied to the discharge-line, and in the activated or stable state connects the control-input to the second-valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Gerhard Wieder, Friedbert Roether, Frank Schwab, Falk Hecker, Michael Herges
  • Publication number: 20230041598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing (105) having a pressure compensation device (100) for compensating a pressure in an interior (200) of the housing (105) in relation to surroundings (300) of the housing (105), said interior being in connection with the pressure compensation device (100). According to the invention, a main part (125) and a flexible sealing lip (120) of a lip sealing element (115) of an overpressure valve are formed in a single piece from an elastomer material and are held directly in the borehole (205) in a housing wall of the housing (105), a sealing surface (140), with which the flexible sealing lip (120) interacts, being formed by the radially inner circumferential surface of the borehole (205).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hasan-Oezkan Karagoez, Friedbert Roether, Thilo Franzke
  • Publication number: 20230001899
    Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle, including: at least one pressure regulating module to set a setpoint brake pressure for at least one brake cylinder of a vehicle wheel; at least one wheel speed sensor to detect the wheel slip of the one vehicle wheel; at least one pressure control valve, assigned to the brake cylinder of a wheel, to control the brake pressure applied at the brake cylinder depending on the wheel slip; and a central processing unit to control the at least one pressure regulating module and the at least one pressure control valve at least starting from a brake signal and the detected data of the at least one wheel speed sensor, which has a direct connection to the central processing unit to transmit data detected by the wheel speed sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gscheidle, Alexander Rammert, Friedbert Roether
  • Publication number: 20220402471
    Abstract: A brake system for a utility vehicle includes: an electronic brake controller unit, a pneumatic parking brake circuit with at least one spring energy cylinder, a parking brake valve to control a parking brake pressure in the parking brake circuit, and at least one 3/3-way valve arranged in a pneumatic line of the parking brake circuit between the parking brake valve and at least one of the spring energy cylinders. The 3/3-way valve is actuable by the electronic brake control unit, and is configured to ventilate the pneumatic line between the 3/3-way valve and at least one of the spring energy cylinders to a predefined pressure, so as to cause the at least one of the spring energy cylinders to allow a brake, which is assigned to the spring energy cylinder, to pass into engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Falk Hecker, Oliver Jundt, Friedbert Roether, Max Michalski, Thomas Weinhold