Patents by Inventor Gerhard Hojak

Gerhard Hojak 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).

  • Method for controlling a pneumatic spring assembly of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9399474
    Abstract: A method for controlling a pneumatic spring assembly of a motor vehicle includes deriving discrete condition parameters from a condition of the motor vehicle, wherein the discrete condition parameters are combined into parameter sets. Each parameter set is furthermore associated with a defined height control behavior, and wherein a height control behavior that is associated with a specific condition of the vehicle is set by activating at least one valve of the pneumatic spring assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens AG Oesterreich
    Inventors: Gerhard Hojak, Klaus Six, Martin Teichmann
  • Bearing arrangement for a torsion bar spring of the roll stabilization system of a rail vehicle
    Patent number: 9180895
    Abstract: A bearing for bearing a torsion bar spring of a roll stabilization system of a track vehicle comprises a split bearing bush for the torsion bar spring and a split bearing shell which comprises said bearing bush and which can be connected to the body/bogie. A pair of seals is mounted at one end of the bearing and consists of an inner, flexible inner seal sitting on the torsion bar spring and an outer, flexible outer seal sitting in the bearing shell. Every seal of the pair of seals comprises at least one peripheral sealing lip and the seals interact with each other via the sealing lips in a sealing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens AG Oesterreich
    Inventor: Gerhard Hojak
  • Method for Controlling a Pneumatic Spring Assembly of a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20120046830
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a pneumatic spring assembly of a motor vehicle, wherein discrete condition parameters are derived from the condition of the motor vehicle and combined into parameter sets, wherein each parameter set is furthermore associated with a defined height control behavior, and wherein a height control behavior that is associated with a specific condition of the vehicle is set by appropriately activating at least one valve of the pneumatic spring assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Gerhard Hojak, Klaus Six, Martin Teichmann
  • Bearing Arrangement For a Torsion Bar Spring of The Roll Stabilization System of a Rail Vehicle
    Publication number: 20100239197
    Abstract: A bearing for bearing a torsion bar spring of a roll stabilization system of a track vehicle comprises a split bearing bush for the torsion bar spring and a split bearing shell which comprises said bearing bush and which can be connected to the body/bogie. A pair of seals is mounted at one end of the bearing and consists of an inner, flexible inner seal sitting on the torsion bar spring and an outer, flexible outer seal sitting in the bearing shell. Every seal of the pair of seals comprises at least one peripheral sealing lip and the seals interact with each other via the sealing lips in a sealing manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS AG OESTERREICH
    Inventor: Gerhard Hojak