Patents by Inventor Hans-Dieter Reinartz

Hans-Dieter Reinartz 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: 7478998
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supply device for the supply of pressure fluid into at least one vehicle brake, into a pressure fluid reservoir or into a pressure fluid accumulator, with a pressure fluid inlet and a pressure fluid outlet as well as with the following features: a piston is movably arranged in an accommodating member and has at least two hydraulically active diameters for the supply in the direction of the pressure fluid outlet, at least one non-return valve is used for the ventilation of a working chamber into which the piston is immersed. It is the essence of the invention that the piston has a multi-part design and comprises at least two synchronously movable partial pistons, with the first partial piston exhibiting the first hydraulically active diameter, and the second partial piston exhibiting the second hydraulically active diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz
  • Patent number: 7322658
    Abstract: In order to produce a compact hydraulic unit for use in an electrohydraulic braking system, the invention discloses that a first accommodating bore for a first feeding device of a pump is passed through between valve accommodating bores of a first and second valve row, and in that second and third accommodating bores for the accommodation of second and third feeding devices of the pump ae passed through between valve accommodating bores; of a third valve row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co OhG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Albrecht Otto, Dieter Dinkel
  • Patent number: 7118183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic unit whose ventilation system includes a pressure compensating channel (1) that extends transversely to the motor- and pump accommodating bore (2, 11) from the second housing surface (A2) through the motor accommodating bore (2) in the direction of a third housing surface (A3) in the accommodating member (3) positioned diametrically to the second housing surface (A2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Petra Fischbach-Borazio
  • Publication number: 20060138860
    Abstract: In order to produce a compact hydraulic unit for use in an electrohydraulic braking system, the invention discloses that a first accommodating bore for a first feeding device of a pump is passed through between valve accommodating bores of a first and second valve row, and in that second and third accommodating bores for the accommodation of second and third feeding devices of the pump ae passed through between valve accommodating bores; of a third valve row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Albrecht Otto, Dieter Dinkel
  • Publication number: 20060013702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supply device for the supply of pressure fluid into at least one vehicle brake, into a pressure fluid reservoir or into a pressure fluid accumulator, with a pressure fluid inlet and a pressure fluid outlet as well as with the following features: a piston is movably arranged in an accommodating member and has at least two hydraulically active diameters for the supply in the direction of the pressure fluid outlet, at least one non-return valve is used for the ventilation of a working chamber into which the piston is immersed. It is the essence of the invention that the piston has a multi-part design and comprises at least two synchronously movable partial pistons with the first partial piston exhibiting the first hydraulically active diameter, and the second partial piston exhibiting the second hydraulically active diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz
  • Publication number: 20050146210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic unit whose ventilation system includes a pressure compensating channel that extends transversely to the motor and pump accommodating bore from the second housing surface through the motor accommodating bore in the direction of a third housing surface in the accommodating member positioned diametrically to the second housing surface
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Petra Fischbach-Borazio
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20040250866
    Abstract: A pressure fluid accumulator with a housing having its interior subdivided by a media-separating element into two chambers, the first chamber being filled with a gas and the second chamber being filled with a liquid, and wherein in a hydraulic port a bottom valve is provided which permits filling the second chamber with liquid and prevents complete evacuation of the second chamber, and the valve's closure member is operable by the media-separating element. In order to prevent, especially at low temperatures and high viscosity of the pressure fluid, damage of the media-separating element caused by a high differential pressure, a device is provided between the media-separating element and the bottom valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Thomas Bartsch, Gottfried Dehio, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Marco Muller, Martin Baechle, Uwe Greiff, Ronald Kley, Sven Martin, Hartmut Diether
  • Publication number: 20040241009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor-pump aggregate with a motor and a piston pump, more particularly for electronically controlled brake systems of motor vehicles, wherein pistons of the pump are drivable by way of an eccentric that is connected to a shaft of the motor and are connected by means of a coupling ring, and wherein the motor has a holding plate. According to the present invention, a projection is provided on the holding plate and extends until into the range of motion of the coupling ring. This provides a stop for the coupling ring, on the one hand, and an improved outlet for leakage fluid of the pump, on the other hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Rudiger Briesewitz, Peter Volz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz
  • Patent number: 6796619
    Abstract: The return pumps of brake systems with a precharging device are greatly stressed by the precharging pressure and subjected to premature wear. Significant leakage occurs in the long run which will damage the pump motors in the worst case. This is prevented by controlling the pressure fluid supply from the precharging source to the suction side of the return pump as a function of the pressure gradient in this connecting line. To this end, an electromagnetically operated on-off valve (23) with a hydraulically insertable throttle is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Erhard Beck, Michael Jung, Hans Dieter Reinartz
  • Patent number: 6773078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brake pressure control device, more particularly, for anti-lock pressure control and for automatic brake intervention for the purpose of traction slip control and/or driving dynamics control in automotive vehicle brake systems, including accommodating bores for pressure modulation valves arranged in a housing, pressure sensor connecting ports which lead into the housing and into which there are inserted pressure sensors that sense the pressure in a housing-side pressure fluid conduit respectively connected to a brake pressure generator. The pressure sensor connecting port either opens into the pressure fluid conduit between two accommodating bores that are directed into the housing, or is part of the pressure modulation valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz
  • Patent number: 6745667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor-pump aggregate with a motor and a piston pump , more particularly for electronically controlled brake systems of motor vehicles, wherein pistons of the pump are drivable by way of an eccentric that is connected to a shaft of the motor and are connected by means of a coupling ring, and wherein the motor has a holding plate. According to the present invention, a projection is provided on the holding plate and extends until into the range of motion of the coupling ring. This provides a stop for the coupling ring, on the one hand, and an improved outlet for leakage fluid of the pump, on the other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Rüdiger Briesewitz, Peter Volz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz
  • 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: 6648614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a piston pump, which is in particular appropriate for the pressure fluid delivery in electronically controlled brake systems, including a housing, a suction valve, a pressure valve, and a pump piston that is designed as a stepped piston having a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion. According to the present invention, the stepped piston at its large-diameter portion is guided in a pump cartridge. Preferably, the pressure valve is designed additionally at the cartridge in a radial direction relative to the direction of movement of the stepped piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz
  • 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: 6617745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor-driven pump unit, in particular for antilock systems of motor vehicles, with an electric motor that is arranged on one side of a pump unit and an electronic unit that is arranged on another side of the pump unit and fastened thereto. The main aspect of the invention is that means are provided for an axially movable attachment and contacting of carbon brushes in connection with an axial installation of the unit. In this way, the individual components of the unit can be assembled axially in a simple manner and at low cost. In addition, the unit requires very little space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co.OHG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Dieter Dinkel, Jochen Burgdorf, Günter Kiehnle
  • Patent number: 6579073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor-and-pump assembly including an electric motor and a piston pump, in particular for slip-controlled brake systems of automotive vehicles, wherein pistons of the pump are adapted to be driven by way of an eccentric, and the drive shaft of the electric motor and a support axle of the piston pump are separately designed, and wherein a three-ring bearing furnished with an eccentric intermediate ring is arranged on the support axle. According to the present invention, at least one counterbalance weight is provided in the proximity of the eccentric for the purpose of noise reduction and enhanced truth of running of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Continental Teves Ag & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Jochen Burgdorf, Dieter Dinkel, Hans-Dieter Reinartz
  • Publication number: 20030107263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brake pressure control device, more particularly, for anti-lock pressure control and for automatic brake intervention for the purpose of traction slip control and/or driving dynamics control in automotive vehicle brake systems, including accommodating bores (3) for pressure modulation valves (4) arranged in a housing (2), pressure sensor connecting ports (1) which lead into the housing (3) and into which there are inserted pressure sensors (7) that sense the pressure in a housing-side pressure fluid conduit (5) respectively connected to a brake pressure generator. The pressure sensor connecting port (1) either opens into the pressure fluid conduit (5) between two accommodating bores (3) that are directed into the housing (2), or is part of the pressure modulation valve (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz
  • Patent number: 6554375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brake pressure control device, more particularly, for anti-lock pressure control and for automatic brake intervention for the purpose of traction slip control and/or driving dynamics control in automotive vehicle brake systems, including accommodating bores for pressure modulation valves arranged in a housing, pressure sensor connecting ports which lead into the housing and into which there are inserted pressure sensors that sense the pressure in a housing-side pressure fluid conduit respectively connected to a brake pressure generator. The pressure sensor connecting port either opens into the pressure fluid conduit between two accommodating bores that are directed into the housing, or is part of the pressure modulation valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Dieter Dinkel, Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz