Patents by Inventor Jürgen Fölkel

Jürgen Fölkel 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).

  • Actuator unit for an electromechanically actuatable disk brake
    Patent number: 7325658
    Abstract: An actuating unit for an electromechanically actuatable disk brake for motor vehicles consists essentially of a drive unit (1), i.e., an electric motor (11); an actuating element (7), by means of which one (4) of two friction linings (4, 5) mounted with limited freedom of movement in a brake caliper can be brought into engagement with a brake disk (6); and a first and a second reducing gear (2, 3). An electronic controller (8), which serves to drive the electric motor (11), is assigned to the actuating unit. To realize an actuating unit of compact axial dimensions which is also optimally designed with respect to packaging, at least part of the electronic controller (8) is mounted between the electric motor (11) and the housing (25) which holds the second reducing gear (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Georg Halasy-Wimmer, Paul Linhoff, Bernhard Schmittner, Jürgen Fölkel, John Miessner