Patents by Inventor Heiko Leptich

Heiko Leptich 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).

  • Master cylinder in particular for a controlled motor vehicle brake system
    Patent number: 9180851
    Abstract: The invention relates to a master cylinder, in particular for a controlled motor vehicle brake system, including a first and a second piston which is displaceable in a housing and has a captive spring, a first end of the spring bearing at least indirectly against the piston and a second end thereof against a sleeve which is displaceable with respect to the piston and the movement of which with respect to the piston is limited by a pin provided on the piston and by a stop washer, the stop washer being arranged on a free end of the pin. In order to avoid impact noise upon rapid release of the brake, the stop washer of the first piston has a device for the damped abutment of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Jörg Loke, Peter Drott, Thanh-Quyen Tran, Heiko Leptich, Harald König
  • MASTER CYLINDER IN PARTICULAR FOR A CONTROLLED MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120186246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a master cylinder, in particular for a controlled motor vehicle brake system, including a first and a second piston which is displaceable in a housing and has a captive spring, a first end of the spring bearing at least indirectly against the piston and a second end thereof against a sleeve which is displaceable with respect to the piston and the movement of which with respect to the piston is limited by a pin provided on the piston and by a stop washer, the stop washer being arranged on a free end of the pin. In order to avoid impact noise upon rapid release of the brake, the stop washer of the first piston has a device for the damped abutment of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. CHG
    Inventors: Jörg Loke, Peter Drott, Thanh-Quyen Tran, Heiko Leptich, Harald König