Patents by Inventor Günther Vogel

Günther Vogel 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: 9821786
    Abstract: A drive assembly having a motor accommodating bore for an electric motor, the bore being directed perpendicularly into an end face of a block-like accommodating body, and having a motor housing for accommodating a bearing provided for a motor shaft of the electric motor the bearing being fixed in an end-side motor housing section which extends into the motor accommodating bore. The invention provides for the electric motor to be frictionally fixed and centered in the motor accommodating bore by a motor holder that is fastened to the end-side motor housing section and projects into the motor accommodating bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Günther Vogel, Renè Lenz, Axel Hinz
  • Publication number: 20150336554
    Abstract: A drive assembly having a motor accommodating bore for an electric motor, the bore being directed perpendicularly into an end face of a block-like accommodating body, and having a motor housing for accommodating a bearing provided for a motor shaft of the electric motor the bearing being fixed in an end-side motor housing section which extends into the motor accommodating bore. The invention provides for the electric motor to be frictionally fixed and centred in the motor accommodating bore by a motor holder that is fastened to the end-side motor housing section and projects into the motor accommodating bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Günther Vogel, Renè Lenz, Axel Hinz
  • Patent number: 8480184
    Abstract: A hydraulic motorcycle braking system is disclosed. In the hydraulic motorcycle braking system a pump suction valve, which is situated in a braking circuit that does not contain an isolating valve or a change-over valve, has a higher opening pressure than a pump suction valve which is situated in a braking circuit provided with an isolating valve and a change-over valve. Accordingly, pressure oscillations initiated during the start-up of the pump cannot have a retroactive effect or only have a slight retroactive effect on the actuated brake master cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel
  • Patent number: 8235473
    Abstract: A hydraulic motorcycle brake system whose brake circuits are provided with a valve circuit which prevents the pressure which can be generated by the pump from reacting on the manually activated or foot-activated master brake cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel
  • Patent number: 7963619
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip-controlled brake system, comprising an accommodating member accommodating inlet and outlet valves in several valve accommodating bores. The inlet and outlet valves thereof being necessary for brake slip control are arranged in one single valve row (X) in a particularly space-saving fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel, Rene Lénz
  • Patent number: 7766432
    Abstract: A hydraulic motorcycle brake system includes an accommodating member for the hydraulic connection of two master brake cylinders to the front-wheel brake and rear-wheel brake having several pressure channels for the front-wheel circuit and rear-wheel brake circuit, and allowing manufacture in a simplest possible manner, and a pair of wheel brake connections connectable to the rear-wheel brake and front-wheel brake open into a lateral surface of the accommodating member, the wheel brake connections being arranged between a pair of pressure connections that are connectable to the two master brake cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel
  • Patent number: 7648350
    Abstract: A conveying device for a vehicle brake system, to convey pressure fluids into at least one vehicle brake, or to convey pressure fluids into a pressure fluid accumulator, or to convey pressure fluids into a master brake cylinder with at least one moveable piston (2) in a receptacle (4) to displace pressure fluids from a working chamber (5?), has at least one non-return valve (9, 9?) to vent the working chamber (5) and to temporarily separate a hydraulic connection between the working chamber (5) and a hydraulic channel, whereby the non-return valve (9) must have at least one valve seat (11) and one valve body (12). To achieve the simplest possible assembly of the non-return valve (9), the valve seat (11) is assembled from several special valve seat segments (13,14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Uwe Greiff, Günther Vogel, Renè Lenz, Christoph Köhler
  • Publication number: 20090250998
    Abstract: Disclosed are hydraulic/electronic control units (1, 2) for an electronic brake control system. A hydraulic/electronic control unit of current ABS/TCS/ESP systems essentially includes a central hydraulic block (6) and an electronic control unit (1) including control electronics on a control circuit board (4). The circuit board (4) is structured in such a way that it is insulated completely towards the outside on at least one first side (28) and includes an essentially smooth surface. Thus it is possible to use the hydraulic block (6) for cooling the circuit board (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel, Uwe Greiff, Rene Lenz, Christoph Köhler
  • Publication number: 20090184567
    Abstract: A hydraulic motorcycle braking system is disclosed. In the hydraulic motorcycle braking system a pump suction valve, which is situated in a braking circuit that does not contain an isolating valve or a change-over valve, has a higher opening pressure than a pump suction valve which is situated in a braking circuit provided with an isolating valve and a change-over valve. Accordingly, pressure oscillations initiated during the start-up of the pump cannot have a retroactive effect or only have a slight retroactive effect on the actuated brake master cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel
  • Patent number: 6866489
    Abstract: The present invention related to a piston pump, in particular for controllable brake systems such as ABS or ESP, wherein a working chamber of the pump in front of a piston is delimited by a pressure valve, and a resetting spring with its one end is supported on a valve seat carrier of the pressure valve and with its other end resets said piston into its bottom dead center position. An object is to render the assembly of the mass-produced pumps as inexpensive and simple as possible. To achieve this object, the present invention discloses that the resetting spring be adapted to be attached directly or indirectly to the valve seat carrier in addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Peter Volz, Günther Vogel, Uwe Greiff, Matthias Viering
  • Patent number: 6688707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic aggregate for a slip-controlled brake system which includes noise damping chambers integrated in a pump bore, wherein there is a hydraulic connection between the brake pressure generator ports and the noise damping chambers by means of pressure fluid channels that open radially or tangentially into the pump bore and are connected to the valve accommodating bores of the first valve row of an accommodating member in which the inlet valves are received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Continential Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Günther Vogel
  • Patent number: 6644354
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a hydraulic fluid accumulator comprising a housing having an interior subdivided into three chambers, with the first chamber being filled with a gas and separated from the second chamber by a first media separation element, the second chamber being filled with a fluid and separated by a second media separation element from the third chamber that is also filled with a fluid and connected to a hydraulic port. To safeguard an effective separation of media within the hydraulic fluid accumulator and, thus, a significant increase in its functional safety, the present invention arranges for the second media separation element to be embodied by a metal piston delimiting a chamber that can be vented in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Manfred Rüffer, Günther Vogel, Uwe Greiff, René Lenz
  • Patent number: 6622751
    Abstract: A pressure valve, particularly for a reciprocating piston pump for conveying pressure fluid in slip-controlled hydraulic brake systems, wherein the pressure valve has a valve seat body and a valve cover body with a pre-tensioning element and a valve element installed in the space formed between the valve seat body and the cover body, which is particularly economical to manufacture, easy to install and particularly safe because of the valve seat body and the valve cover body being manufactured by non-cutting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Erhard Beck, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Günther Vogel
  • Patent number: 6450787
    Abstract: In a piston pump, in particular, for the pressure fluid conveyance in hydraulic, slip-controlled brake systems, comprising at least one piston, a suction valve and a pressure valve, it will be possible for the suction and pressure valves to be externally checked in that the suction valve and the pressure valve are formed on a structural unit adapted to be separately handled. Preferably, the structural unit comprises a sleeve-type section in which the piston is guided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Stephan Risch, Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Helmut Steffes, Georg Sonnenschein, Marco Müller, Günther Vogel, Uwe Greiff, Christoph Wagner, Joachim Böing
  • Patent number: 5137436
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for the generation of auxiliary pressure, and has control valves (2) arranged in a control housing (1) of a control unit. The control valves (2), depending on their position, actuate several control channels (4) leading into severan control pressure chambers (3) so that, depending on the position of the control valves (2), communication can be established between an energy source (5) and s spring-loaded servo piston (6) which, via an adjoining working cylinder (7) sealed by the servo piston (6), delivers a medium of low pressure level to an energy level of high pressure by means of a pressure piston (8), with the servo piston (6) having elastic means (11) which influences a change-over point of the control valves (2) and which, for the purpose of switching the control valves (2), can be clamped in position between a servo element (9) connected on the servo piston (6) and control rod (10) engaging the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Alfred Teves GmbH
    Inventor: Guenther Vogel
  • Patent number: 5038125
    Abstract: A valve block for a slip-controlled hydraulic brake system, comprising valve domes (10) incorporating magnet coils (7), having insulating casings (6) cast around the magnet coils (7). A conducting-path housing (1) containing several conducting paths (2) are provided wherein the magnet coils (7) are electrically connected to the conducting paths (2) by means of spring contacts (9). To avoid soldering of coil and conducting paths as well as the catch-type securement of the housing cover, an elastic spring contact is fastened between magnet coil and coil jacket which, instead of a soldered joint, provides the electrical connection to the conducting path. The arrangement obviates the need for the complicated mounting of a separate housing cover, since due to the construction and jointing method component parts of the valve block are encapsulated by the external housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Alfred Teves GmbH
    Inventor: Guenther Vogel
  • Patent number: 5031970
    Abstract: A device for the generation of auxiliary pressure for slip-controlled brake systems with a pedal-force-operated brake booster connected to a tandem master cylinder (19). A pressure is transmittable in the brake booster housing (7) of the brake booster to the wheel brakes connected downstream. This pressure is controlled by an electromagnetically operated control valve (5) in that the pressure as a hydraulic pressure is influenced by the pneumatic actuation of a servo piston (2). The servo piston (2) is fastened on an auxiliary pressure control piston (1) within the brake booster housing (7) and the influence is a function of thermodynamic state variables of different energy sources (11). Thus, a device is provided for the generation of auxiliary pressure which, while using simple constructional configuration, provides an operationally reliable and economical use of available thermodynamic state variables such as the atmospheric pressure and of the gas throttling of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Alfred Teves GmbH
    Inventor: Guenther Vogel