Patents by Inventor Horst Oppitz
Horst Oppitz 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).
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Patent number: 6905004Abstract: An engagement wheel is mounted so that it can rotate relative to the drive shaft of a drive train in a motor vehicle. To allow rotational driving, the engagement wheel is operatively connected with an element that cannot be rotated relative to the drive shaft by at least one elastically deformable element mounted in the torque path between the engagement wheel and the rotationally fixed element. The elastically deformable element can absorb residual rotational energy of the drive train, when the engagement wheel is locked by a locking element, which may be in the form of a pawl.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2002Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: ZF Sachs AGInventors: Horst Oppitz, Wolfgang Purretat, Stephan Benkert
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Patent number: 6707186Abstract: A plurality of stator coils having coil ends are arranged on an annular stator yoke. Concentrically arranged connection conductors which are electrically insulated relative to one another have laterally projecting terminals for connecting to the ends of the stator coils. Receiving chambers arranged about the front side of the stator yoke receive the terminals of the connection conductors and fix the connection conductors in position. The receiving chambers are allocated to the coil ends which form an electric clamping connection by pairs with the terminals of the connection conductors at the receiving chambers.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: ZF Sachs AGInventor: Horst Oppitz
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Patent number: 6655505Abstract: A parking brake actuating device includes a rotary lever arrangement in operative connection with a compensation device providing an idle path and a restoring element for controlling the rotary lever arrangement. The rotary lever arrangement controls the engagement of a blocking member with a counter-blocking member of the parking brake arrangement. The rotary lever arrangement has a rotary lever input part and a rotary lever output part and the idle path of the compensation device can be constructed so as to be in an operative connection between the rotary lever input part and the rotary lever output part.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2002Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AGInventors: Horst Oppitz, Stephan Benkert
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Publication number: 20030173854Abstract: A plurality of stator coils having coil ends are arranged on an annular stator yoke. Concentrically arranged connection conductors which are electrically insulated relative to one another have laterally projecting terminals for connecting to the ends of the stator coils. Receiving chambers arranged about the front side of the stator yoke receive the terminals of the connection conductors and fix the connection conductors in position. The receiving chambers are allocated to the coil ends which form an electric clamping connection by pairs with the terminals of the connection conductors at the receiving chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2002Publication date: September 18, 2003Applicant: ZF Sachs AGInventor: Horst Oppitz
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Publication number: 20030075391Abstract: An engagement wheel is mounted so that it can rotate relative to the drive shaft of a drive train in a motor vehicle. To allow rotational driving, the engagement wheel is operatively connected with an element that cannot be rotated relative to the drive shaft by at least one elastically deformable element mounted in the torque path between the engagement wheel and the rotationally fixed element. The elastically deformable element can absorb residual rotational energy of the drive train, when the engagement wheel is locked by a locking element, which may be in the form of a pawl.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: ZF Sachs AGInventors: Horst Oppitz, Wolfgang Purretat, Stephan Benkert
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Patent number: 6541888Abstract: A winding body has a winding area (31) for a winding (13), which winding area (31) is formed by a winding carrier (32) and two legs (34, 35) which define the winding area (31) in axial direction (L) and are connected with the winding carrier (32). The winding carrier (32) has a locking device (40) for locking the winding body (30) at a winding tooth (24). Further, a temperature sensor (50) for measuring the temperature in a coil (25) can be provided in the winding body (30). The winding body (30) has a receiving area (36) for a connection device (70) for the windings (13), wherein the receiving area (36) is formed by one of the legs (35), an elongation area (33) of the winding carrier (32) extending beyond this leg (35), and a fixing leg (60) at a distance from the leg (35).Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AGInventors: Marcus van Heyden, Horst Oppitz, Jens Baumeister, Edmund Grau
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Publication number: 20020180577Abstract: A winding body has a winding area for receiving a winding, which winding area is formed by a winding carrier and two legs which define the winding area in axial direction and are connected with the winding carrier. A temperature sensor for measuring the temperature in the winding is arranged in the area of the winding carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: Mannesmann Sachs AGInventors: Marcus Van Heyden, Horst Oppitz, Jens Baumeister, Edmund Grau
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Publication number: 20020092710Abstract: A parking brake actuating device includes a rotary lever arrangement in operative connection with a compensation device providing an idle path and a restoring element for controlling the rotary lever arrangement. The rotary lever arrangement controls the engagement of a blocking member with a counter-blocking member of the parking brake arrangement. The rotary lever arrangement has a rotary lever input part and a rotary lever output part and the idle path of the compensation device can be constructed so as to be in an operative connection between the rotary lever input part and the rotary lever output part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2002Publication date: July 18, 2002Applicant: Mannesmann Sachs AGInventors: Horst Oppitz, Stephan Benkert
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Patent number: 6369473Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine includes a stator yoke and a plurality of stator coils arranged on the stator yoke. An interconnection arrangement is arranged on one end face of the stator yoke. The interconnection arrangement has connecting conductors which are electrically insulated from one another. The connecting conductors are arranged concentrically with respect to one another and each have a different diameter. The connecting conductors have connections for the ends of the stator coils and for connection to the electrical machine. To minimize the space requirement of the stator and simultaneously allow the stator coils to be automatically interconnected in an automated manner, the interconnection arrangement is arranged inside an area bounded by the stator coils. Furthermore, the connections for the ends of the stator coils include connection projections designed such that they project outward at an angle to the respective connecting conductor to attach the stator coil ends.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AGInventors: Jens Baumeister, Dieter Bauch-Panetzky, Peter Krause, Horst Oppitz, Edmund Grau, Bernhard Schmitt, Markus van Heyden, Reinhard Sonnenburg, Martin Ochs, Alfred Tareilus, Jürgen Weimer
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Patent number: 6361469Abstract: A parking lock for a vehicle having an electrical drive train including an electric machine with a rotor, a stator having a plurality of stator windings, and power electronics for controlling the electric machine, and a transmission prevents the vehicle from rolling away inadvertently. The parking lock has a mechanical component which is mechanically operatively connected to the rotor when the parking lock is operated to stop rotation of this rotor. The mechanical component has a ratchet wheel and a toothed catch. Furthermore, the parking lock has an electrical component designed such that it produces a short-circuit in the stator windings, at least temporarily, when it is intended to operate the parking lock. When the parking lock is operated, the electrical component is thus activated in a specific time interval before operation of the mechanical component. The short-circuit in the stator windings produces a severe braking torque, which brakes the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AGInventors: Manfred Röder, Horst Oppitz
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Patent number: 6308794Abstract: A parallel hybrid drive for a motor vehicle includes a clutch integrated in an electric motor unit of the electrical machine of the parallel hybrid drive for allowing the electric motor unit to be disengaged from the drive train. Therefore, pure internal combustion engine drive is possible, without rotating the rotor of the electrical machine or the electric motor unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1999Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AGInventor: Horst Oppitz
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Publication number: 20010011854Abstract: A winding body has a winding area (31) for a winding (13), which winding area (31) is formed by a winding carrier (32) and two legs (34, 35) which define the winding area (31) in axial direction (L) and are connected with the winding carrier (32). The winding carrier (32) has a locking device (40) for locking the winding body (30) at a winding tooth (24). Further, a temperature sensor (50) for measuring the temperature in a coil (25) can be provided in the winding body (30). The winding body (30) has a receiving area (36) for a connection device (70) for the windings (13), wherein the receiving area (36) is formed by one of the legs (35), an elongation area (33) of the winding carrier (32) extending beyond this leg (35), and a fixing leg (60) at a distance from the leg (35).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2001Publication date: August 9, 2001Applicant: Mannesmann Sachs AGInventors: Marcus van Heyden, Horst Oppitz, Jens Baumeister, Edmund Grau
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Patent number: 5826687Abstract: System for the control of the roll of a motor vehicle, the system including a number of valves and lines for the feed and control of an actuator. The actuator is coupled to a stabilizer by means of connections, whereby the lines and connections have a one-to-one correspondence, in that the coupling points which are relevant for operation are all realized so that they can only be connected in the correct pairings.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1994Date of Patent: October 27, 1998Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AGInventors: Jorg Bungeler, Manfred Berwind, Thomas Goppner, Thomas John, Horst Oppitz, Bernhard Schmitt, Ulrich Walz
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Patent number: 5632502Abstract: A rotary actuator having a cylinder and a motor shaft as well as end caps which define a working area, a number of ribs on the inside surface of the cylinder and an equal number of vanes on the motor shaft which divide the working area into work chambers, and seals inside grooves in the ribs and the vanes. The work chambers are alternately supplied with hydraulic medium, and the seals hydraulically separate the working chambers from one another. The seals are in the form of one-piece gasket members and there is a space between the seals and the side walls of the groove in the static rest position. The gasket member, via its end surfaces, its surfaces which define the height of the gasket member, and one side wall, perform a sealing function during operation of the rotary actuator.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1994Date of Patent: May 27, 1997Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AGInventors: Horst Oppitz, Bernhard Schmitt
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Patent number: 5601165Abstract: A rotary actuator has a cylinder and a motor shaft as well as end caps which define a working area. A number of ribs extend from the inside wall surface of the cylinder and an equal number of vanes extend from the outside shell surface of the motor shaft. The ribs and vanes divide the working area into working chambers which are alternately supplied with hydraulic medium. Seals are disposed in grooves in the ribs and the vanes, which seals are braced between the inside wall surface of the cylinder or the outside shell surface of the motor shaft and the respective groove base, so that the seals hydraulically separate the working chambers from one another. The outside shell surface of the motor shaft and the inside wall surface of the cylinder are designed with recesses, so that the prestress on the seals is neutralized in at least one installation position of the motor shaft. The rotary actuator can be used in a stabilizer bar of a motor vehicle suspension system.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1994Date of Patent: February 11, 1997Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AGInventors: Horst Oppitz, Stefan Schiffler, Bernhard Schmitt
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Patent number: 5575502Abstract: A rotary actuator for a divided stabilizer on a vehicle axle is taught. The rotary actuator has a cylinder, the ends of which are closed to form a working space. Ribs run axially on the inside diameter of the cylinder. In addition, vanes from a motor shaft have the same axial extension within the cylinder as the ribs of the cylinder. The vanes of the motor shaft and the ribs of the cylinder divide the working space into individual work chambers. The rotary actuator can also have a first and a second hydraulic connection for two separate work chambers, with an additional hydraulic connection system between at least pairs of work chambers. The orientation of the connected work chambers is such that the work chambers corresponding to the first hydraulic connection alternate with those which are connected to the second hydraulic connection.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1994Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AGInventors: Horst Oppitz, Stefan Schiffler, Bernhard Schmitt
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Patent number: 4852419Abstract: The control device for a motor-vehicle friction clutch incorporates an electric motor which drives an output member in a substantially translational motion through a motion conversion crank gear unit designed as a worm gearing. This axis of a worm of the crank gear unit and the resultant drive force exerted on the output member by the assigned worm gearwheel lie in a common plane normal to the axis of rotation of the worm gearwheel. A spring-type energy accumulator supports the drive motion of the electric motor in the release direction of the clutch and is tensioned in the engagement direction by the electric motor. In this way a comparatively small-sized electric motor can also be used for rapid release movements.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1988Date of Patent: August 1, 1989Assignee: Sachs Systemtechnik GmbHInventors: Friedrich Kittel, Dieter Lutz, Franz Nagler, Horst Oppitz, Gerhard Gasper
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Patent number: 4734693Abstract: For controlling a central locking installation and/or theft alarm of a motor vehicle a switch lock installation is provided which comprises at least one lock with mechanical tumblers for the mechanical locking and unlocking of a door or a bonnet of the motor vehicle. The tumblers form a first key secret. The key which blocks the tumblers carries an electrically, magnetically or optically readable information carrier for a second, operationally variable key secret. A reading device detects the information of the second key secret in a position in which the mechanical tumblers of the lock are released. If the key is moved in the opening direction of the lock, a control circuit compares the information read by the reading device with an ideal information stored in a memory circuit and controls the central locking installation and/or theft alarm accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1985Date of Patent: March 29, 1988Assignee: Sachs-Systemtechnik GmbHInventors: Joachim Dluhosch, Hans Fliege, Dieter Lutz, Franz Nagler, Horst Oppitz, Christoph Thielen, Wolfgang Thieler