Patents by Inventor Helmut Baalmann

Helmut Baalmann 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: 8113324
    Abstract: A damping valve for a vibration damper includes a guide sleeve which slides on the piston rod of a vibration damper. An annular damping valve body which is provided with at least one through-opening is fixed axially by positive engagement on the guide sleeve, and the through-opening is covered at least partly by at least one valve disk which is biased by at least one closing spring which is supported at its end at a spring plate connected to the guide sleeve. The damping valve body and a spring plate which is constructed separate from the guide sleeve form a compression chain between two axially spaced stops of the guide sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: ZF Freidrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Helmut Baalmann, Steffen Heyn, Thomas Thein, Michael Hegmann
  • Publication number: 20080296526
    Abstract: A damping valve for a vibration damper includes a guide sleeve which slides on the piston rod of a vibration damper. An annular damping valve body which is provided with at least one through-opening is fixed axially by positive engagement on the guide sleeve, and the through-opening is covered at least partly by at least one valve disk which is biased by at least one closing spring which is supported at its end at a spring plate connected to the guide sleeve. The damping valve body and a spring plate which is constructed separate from the guide sleeve form a compression chain between two axially spaced stops of the guide sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Helmut Baalmann, Steffen Heyn, Thomas Thein, Michael Hegmann
  • Patent number: 7156214
    Abstract: Vibration damper includes a cylinder filled with a damping medium in which a piston rod with a piston is guided in an axially movable manner, wherein the piston divides the cylinder into a work space on the piston rod side and a work space remote of the piston rod. A bypass connects at least one of the two work spaces with a first work chamber in a housing in which an axially movable separating piston separates the first work chamber from a second work chamber, the bypass being controlled by a switchable valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Sacha AG
    Inventors: Robert Pradel, Helmut Baalmann
  • Publication number: 20040200946
    Abstract: Vibration damper includes a cylinder filled with a damping medium in which a piston rod with a piston is guided in an axially movable manner, wherein the piston divides the cylinder into a work space on the piston rod side and a work space remote of the piston rod. A bypass connects at least one of the two work spaces with a first work chamber in a housing in which an axially movable separating piston separates the first work chamber from a second work chamber, the bypass being controlled by a switchable valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: ZF Sachs AG
    Inventors: Robert Pradel, Helmut Baalmann
  • Patent number: 5353898
    Abstract: In a vibration damper for a motor vehicle a flow path connecting a working chamber of the cylinder with a damping behavior control unit is confined by a flow path tube surrounding the cylinder. The flow path tube is provided adjacent its axial end portions with bead-shaped grooves accommodating respective sealing rings. These sealing rings are according to an illustrated example of the invention in engagement with an external surface of the cylinder. The bead-shaped grooves are obtained by non-cutting machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Gunther Handke, Rolf Wengenroth, Gunther Braun, Helmut Baalmann
  • Patent number: 5301412
    Abstract: A casing tube of a vibration damper is provided with a connecting sleeve extending substantially radially from the radially outer circumferential surface of the casing tube. At the location where the connecting sleeve is fastened to the casing tube, the casing tube is provided with a planar face area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Albin Hahn, Gunther Braun, Helmut Baalmann, Horst Muller, Klaus Kupfer