Patents by Inventor Jan Christoph HANSMANN

Jan Christoph HANSMANN 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).

  • Device and method for influencing a dynamic property of at least one movably mounted body and use thereof as a variably adjustable damping element
    Patent number: 10663029
    Abstract: A device and a method for influencing a dynamic property of at least one movably mounted body of two bodies coupled mechanically at least via a variably adjustable stiffness along a first force path. The invention includes a damping element with constant damping properties directly or indirectly coupled in series with the variably adjustable stiffness along the first force path Both bodies are mechanically directly or indirectly coupled via a second force path running parallel to the first force path along which at least one adjustable stiffness is incorporated. The damping property of the damping element and the adjustable stiffnesses are coordinated and configured so that a damping property assigned to the device for mechanical coupling can be varied exclusively by the adjustable stiffnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jan Christoph Hansmann, Stefan Wolter, Bjoern Seipel, William Kaal, Sven Herold
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A DYNAMIC PROPERTY OF AT LEAST ONE MOVABLY MOUNTED BODY AND USE THEREOF AS A VARIABLY ADJUSTABLE DAMPING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20180238415
    Abstract: A device and a method for influencing a dynamic property of at least one movably mounted body of two bodies coupled mechanically at least via a variably adjustable stiffness along a first force path. The invention includes a damping element with constant damping properties directly or indirectly coupled in series with the variably adjustable stiffness along the first force path Both bodies are mechanically directly or indirectly coupled via a second force path running parallel to the first force path along which at least one adjustable stiffness is incorporated. The damping property of the damping element and the adjustable stiffnesses are coordinated and configured so that a damping property assigned to the device for mechanical coupling can be varied exclusively by the adjustable stiffnesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Christoph HANSMANN, Stefan WOLTER, Bjoern SEIPEL, William KAAL, Sven HEROLD