Patents by Inventor Hilrich KARDOES

Hilrich KARDOES 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).

  • Publication number: 20240060534
    Abstract: The invention involves a bearing bush for supporting a vehicle part on a vehicle body. In embodiments, a bearing bush includes a core, which extends along a central longitudinal axis of the bearing bush, and an outer sleeve, which surrounds the core circumferentially. In embodiments, an elastomer body is arranged between the core and the outer sleeve; the elastomer body comprises at least four webs, each having a centerline; and/or longitudinal centerlines of the at least four webs are not directed toward the central longitudinal axis of the bearing bush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: David Rose, Hilrich Kardoes, Jakob Friess, Philipp Werner
  • Publication number: 20230375038
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for mounting a device, such as batteries or battery cases, includes a bearing and a receiving structure having a receiving opening that extends along a longitudinal axis. The bearing may have an elastomer body having a core that comprises a through-opening extending along the longitudinal axis for a connecting element. The bearing may further have a bearing element and an outer surface in the shape of a cylinder jacket extending about the longitudinal axis. In embodiments, the elastomer body bears against a contact surface of the bearing element, the receiving opening has an inner surface in the shape of a cylinder jacket, and the bearing is connected by an interference fit to the inner surface and the elastomer body having a conical area of effect. The invention provides, inter alia, a bearing assembly that can be premounted without a large degree of effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hilrich Kardoes, Philipp Werner, David Rose
  • Publication number: 20230287931
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement includes a bearing receiver which has at least one receiver region. In embodiments a first resilient shaped body and a second resilient shaped body are inserted into the receiver region. The first and second resilient shaped bodies may be held so as to be pretensioned by a pretensioning device. In embodiments the at least one receiver region includes a first receiver and a second receiver, a base is configured with a through-hole between the first and the second receiver, and/or the base may form an axial limit for the first shaped body and for the second shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hilrich Kardoes, Ralf Steinhardt, David Rose, Philipp Werner
  • Patent number: 11644064
    Abstract: A bearing bush for supporting a motor vehicle part includes an inner tube made of a metal, a sliding sleeve made of a first plastic material and mounted rotatably on the inner tube, and an elastomer bearing which surrounds the sliding sleeve and has at least a first elastomer body and an outer sleeve. A sliding layer made of a second plastic material is applied to an outer circumferential surface of the inner tube, the first plastic material and the second plastic material forming a tribological pairing either of two different polymers from the groups of polyamides, polyoxymethylenes, polyketones, fluoropolymers, polyethylene terephthalates or polybutylene terephthalates, or the tribological pairing being formed from polyketone against polyketone, wherein the polymers of the tribological pairings each are present in a continuous thermoplastic polymer phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Vibracoustic SE
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes, Bartolomeo Firszt, Oliver Helmke
  • Publication number: 20220373025
    Abstract: A bearing structure component for a vehicle bearing, having at least one through-opening for receiving a connecting element or a bearing which is made of foamed synthetic material, and the foamed synthetic material forms an integral foam structure. In an embodiment, at least one first local section of the integral foam structure has a wall thickness of greater than 4 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes
  • Patent number: 11448285
    Abstract: A membrane for a hydraulically damping mount includes a first leg, a second leg and a base interconnecting the two legs. In embodiments, in an average thickness of one of the two legs is at least twice as thick as that of the other leg. A hydraulically damping mount with such a membrane is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Vibracoustic SE
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes, Oliver Breiden
  • Patent number: 11339825
    Abstract: A bearing includes a first housing part and a second housing part. A housing gap is formed between the first housing part and the second housing part, and a bearing unit is arranged in the housing gap. In embodiments, a sealing system is provided that seals the housing gap. The sealing system may include at least one first sealing lip that is designed such that it can pivot. In embodiments, a first sealing lip is at a distance from the first housing part and/or the second housing part in the non-sealing state, and for sealing the housing gap, the first sealing lip may pivot and come into contact with the first housing part and/or the second housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Vibracoustic SE
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes
  • Patent number: 11279193
    Abstract: A mounting system for the elastic mounting of a strut or a vibration damper on a vehicle body includes a unit insertable into a receiving cup and a fixing device. The unit includes a mounting unit and a piston rod of a strut or vibration damper. In embodiments, the mounting unit has an elastomer mount for mounting the piston rod; the elastomer mount has a core for receiving the piston rod and an elastomer body, and a ring element that is a separate part or is non-positively, positively and/or materially connected to the body; the unit and fixing device may be inserted into the receiving cup from a side facing away from the body; the fixing device engages behind an undercut formed on the receiving cup; the ring element is supported on the fixing device; and/or the elastomer body is prestressed and presses the ring element against the fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Vibracoustic SE
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes, Michael Mess, Antoine Geslain
  • Patent number: 11022195
    Abstract: An elastic mount for absorbing static and dynamic loads includes an inner part, an outer part, and at least one elastomer mount that elastically connects the parts. The elastomer mount transfers from a first position to a second position when absorbing a static load acting in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the mount, and may have a first elastomer body, second elastomer body, and an intermediate element arranged between the two elastomer bodies. The intermediate element may have a first connection surface aligned with the longitudinal axis such that in the second position the first elastomer body is soft in shear in the Z-direction, and rigid in the X-direction and/or the Y-direction; and a second connection surface aligned with the longitudinal axis such that in the second position the second elastomer body is soft in shear in the X-direction and/or in the Y-direction and rigid in the Z-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Vibracoustic AG
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes
  • Patent number: 11015653
    Abstract: A slide bearing for a support mount of a motor vehicle includes a first housing part, a second housing part, and a slide bearing device arranged between the two housing parts. In embodiments, the slide bearing device includes at least a first slide body and at least a second slide body. With embodiments, at least a section of the first slide body is made of a hybrid material. A method of producing a slide body and a method of producing a slide bearing are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes
  • Publication number: 20210148407
    Abstract: A bearing bush for supporting a motor vehicle part includes an inner tube made of a metal, a sliding sleeve made of a first plastic material and mounted rotatably on the inner tube, and an elastomer bearing which surrounds the sliding sleeve and has at least a first elastomer body and an outer sleeve. A sliding layer made of a second plastic material is applied to an outer circumferential surface of the inner tube, the first plastic material and the second plastic material forming a tribological pairing either of two different polymers from the groups of polyamides, polyoxymethylenes, polyketones, fluoropolymers, polyethylene terephthalates or polybutylene terephthalates, or the tribological pairing being formed from polyketone against polyketone, wherein the polymers of the tribological pairings each are present in a continuous thermoplastic polymer phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes, Bartolomeo Firszt, Oliver Helmke
  • Publication number: 20210131489
    Abstract: A bearing includes a first housing part and a second housing part. A housing gap is formed between the first housing part and the second housing part, and a bearing unit is arranged in the housing gap. In embodiments, a sealing system is provided that seals the housing gap. The sealing system may include at least one first sealing lip that is designed such that it can pivot. In embodiments, a first sealing lip is at a distance from the first housing part and/or the second housing part in the non-sealing state, and for sealing the housing gap, the first sealing lip may pivot and come into contact with the first housing part and/or the second housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes
  • Publication number: 20200376912
    Abstract: A mounting system for the elastic mounting of a strut or a vibration damper on a vehicle body includes a unit insertable into a receiving cup and a fixing device. The unit includes a mounting unit and a piston rod of a strut or vibration damper. In embodiments, the mounting unit has an elastomer mount for mounting the piston rod; the elastomer mount has a core for receiving the piston rod and an elastomer body, and a ring element that is a separate part or is non-positively, positively and/or materially connected to the body; the unit and fixing device may be inserted into the receiving cup from a side facing away from the body; the fixing device engages behind an undercut formed on the receiving cup; the ring element is supported on the fixing device; and/or the elastomer body is prestressed and presses the ring element against the fixing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes, Michael Mess, Antoine Geslain
  • Publication number: 20200325957
    Abstract: An elastic mount for absorbing static and dynamic loads includes an inner part, an outer part, and at least one elastomer mount that elastically connects the parts. The elastomer mount transfers from a first position to a second position when absorbing a static load acting in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the mount, and may have a first elastomer body, second elastomer body, and an intermediate element arranged between the two elastomer bodies. The intermediate element may have a first connection surface aligned with the longitudinal axis such that in the second position the first elastomer body is soft in shear in the Z-direction, and rigid in the X-direction and/or the Y-direction; and a second connection surface aligned with the longitudinal axis such that in the second position the second elastomer body is soft in shear in the X-direction and/or in the Y-direction and rigid in the Z-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes
  • Publication number: 20200182327
    Abstract: A membrane for a hydraulically damping mount includes a first leg, a second leg and a base interconnecting the two legs. In embodiments, in an average thickness of one of the two legs is at least twice as thick as that of the other leg. A hydraulically damping mount with such a membrane is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes, Oliver Breiden
  • Patent number: 10670108
    Abstract: A hydraulically damping mount includes amount core and an outer tube. In an embodiment, the mount core is supported on the outer tube via a mount spring of an elastomeric material, and the mount spring divides the space formed between the mount core and the outer tube into at least two fluid-filled chambers that are in fluid communication with each other via at least one damping channel and at least one decoupling channel. In an embodiment, at least one torsion-resistant decoupling device is movable back and forth by fluid flows and is arranged in the at least one decoupling channel. In an embodiment, the decoupling device is formed so that during a fluid induced movement of the decoupling device its inflow sides always face the fluid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes
  • Publication number: 20200025253
    Abstract: A slide bearing for a support mount of a motor vehicle includes a first housing part, a second housing part, and a slide bearing device arranged between the two housing parts. In embodiments, the slide bearing device includes at least a first slide body and at least a second slide body. With embodiments, at least a section of the first slide body is made of a hybrid material. A method of producing a slide body and a method of producing a slide bearing are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes
  • Publication number: 20190063544
    Abstract: A hydraulically damping mount includes amount core and an outer tube. In an embodiment, the mount core is supported on the outer tube via a mount spring of an elastomeric material, and the mount spring divides the space formed between the mount core and the outer tube into at least two fluid-filled chambers that are in fluid communication with each other via at least one damping channel and at least one decoupling channel. In an embodiment, at least one torsion-resistant decoupling device is movable back and forth by fluid flows and is arranged in the at least one decoupling channel. In an embodiment, the decoupling device is formed so that during a fluid induced movement of the decoupling device its inflow sides always face the fluid flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Vibracoustic GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp WERNER, Hilrich KARDOES