Patents by Inventor Friedbert Roether

Friedbert Roether 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: 12646645
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Woerner, Friedbert Roether, Benjamin Jensen
  • Patent number: 12607261
    Abstract: A pneumatic piston for an electropneumatic modulator in which the modulator includes a piston housing with a chamber for receiving the pneumatic piston. The pneumatic piston includes a sealing element for sealing an intermediate space between the pneumatic piston and the piston housing; a piston body with a recess for receiving the sealing element; and a securing element configured to fix the sealing element in the recess in a form-fitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Deeg, Friedbert Roether, Michael Giannuzzi
  • Patent number: 12594922
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Ralf Woerner, Benjamin Jensen
  • Patent number: 12590644
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Woerner, Friedbert Roether
  • Publication number: 20260048727
    Abstract: An electropneumatic service brake device (1) for a vehicle, comprising: at least one pneumatic service brake cylinder (BZ1), loadable with a first service brake pressure (p1), and at least one second pneumatic service brake cylinder (BZ2), loadable with a second service brake pressure (p2), a foot brake actuation device (5), a pneumatic foot brake valve device (FBV, FBM), provided and configured to generate a first control pressure (Stp1) and a second control pressure (Stp2) as a function of an actuation of the foot brake actuation device (5), an electronic service brake control (EBS-ECU), provided and configured to generate an electrical control signal as a function of an electrical brake request signal, wherein the electrical control signal represents a nominal service brake pressure, a first electropneumatic solenoid valve device (2C-EVO), provided and configured to be electrically controllable by the electrical control signal, or pneumatically controllable by the first control pressure (Stp1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Falk HECKER, Juergen STEINBERGER, Friedbert Roether, Stefan NIEDERMEIER
  • Patent number: 12553536
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Woerner, Friedbert Roether, Benjamin Jensen
  • Patent number: 12515634
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Falk Hecker, Oliver Jundt, Friedbert Roether, Max Michalski, Thomas Weinhold
  • Patent number: 12510379
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg Schneider, Friedbert Roether, Philipp Neubert, David Wimmer
  • Patent number: 12447940
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme for Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Falk Hecker, Oliver Jundt, Friedbert Roether
  • Publication number: 20250277544
    Abstract: A solenoid valve including a first connection, a second connection, an armature and a coil for moving the armature. The solenoid valve comprises: a first closure part which is coupled to the armature and opens or closes the first connection as a result of a movement of the armature; a second closure part which is coupled to the armature and opens or closes the second connection as a result of the movement of the armature; and a damping spring which is arranged between the first closure part and the second closure part and is configured to dampen the closing process of the first connection and/or the second connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Inventors: Christoph Hoffmann, Friedbert Roether, René Jonkmann
  • Publication number: 20250264164
    Abstract: A solenoid valve having a first connection, a second connection, a third connection, and a core, in which the first connection is formed as a through-opening and which has an inner cone. The solenoid valve includes at least one closure part for opening and closing the first connection and the second connection; an armature for moving the at least one closure part; and a coil for moving the armature. The armature extends in a cylindrical manner about the at least one closure part and includes a section which protrudes axially beyond the at least one closure part and includes an end face that tapers in a conical manner and can be inserted into the inner cone of the core to conduct a magnetic flux current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Christoph Hoffmann, Kevin Kunert
  • Publication number: 20250243935
    Abstract: A pneumatic piston for an electropneumatic modulator in which the modulator includes a piston housing with a chamber for receiving the pneumatic piston. The pneumatic piston includes a sealing element for sealing an intermediate space between the pneumatic piston and the piston housing; a piston body with a recess for receiving the sealing element; and a securing element configured to fix the sealing element in the recess in a form-fitting manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Markus Deeg, Friedbert Roether, Michael Giannuzzi
  • Publication number: 20250237238
    Abstract: A relay valve for a compressed air system of a vehicle, the relay valve comprising: a housing including a pressure medium inlet arranged at or in the housing and connectible with a compressed air source, at least one pressure medium outlet connectible with a consumer, at least one control inlet, at least one vent towards an ambient atmosphere, and at least one relay valve piston movably supported in the housing along an axis, wherein the relay valve piston includes a radially outer rim and a center pass through opening, wherein a support tube of the housing protrudes into the center pass through opening, wherein the relay valve piston is movably supported by the radially outer rim at a radially inner wall of the housing and movably supported by a radially inner circumferential surface of the center pass through opening at a radially outer circumferential surface of the support tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Markus Deeg, Michael Giannuzzi, Friedbert Roether
  • Patent number: 12351144
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Thilo Schmauder
  • 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