Patents by Inventor Jefferson Colasanta

Jefferson Colasanta 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: 11370402
    Abstract: In order to offer an improved brake device without vacuum booster, in the case of which brake device the zero point of the cylinder piston remains as far as possible permanently within defined narrow tolerances and at the same time the impact noise is reliably reduced, it is proposed that the stop disk is elastically reversibly compressible in an axial direction over a defined compression travel and has the compression travel delimited, the delimitation being defined in a travel-controlled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Sellinger, Christian Rene Koch, Jefferson Colasanta, Peter Drott
  • Patent number: 11247650
    Abstract: A brake device for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, having a housing, at least one pressure chamber arranged in the housing, filled with a hydraulic pressure medium and bounded by at least one cylinder piston moveable in an axial direction to generate brake pressure. The cylinder piston can be activated mechanically with an activation force by an activation rod unit which is secured to the cylinder piston. In order to provide an improved brake device which is of the generic type mentioned at the beginning and permit a secure connection between the activation rod and the cylinder piston and at the same time mounting which is as easy as possible, it is proposed that the activation rod unit is secured to the cylinder piston by a latching connection, wherein the latching connection is brought about by an axial relative movement between the activation rod unit and the cylinder piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jefferson Colasanta, Thomas Sellinger, Manfred Rüffer, Horst Krämer
  • Patent number: 10864897
    Abstract: A brake device for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system without a vacuum booster, with a housing with at least one pressure chamber arranged therein, with a cylinder piston which can be axially moved in an actuation direction by an actuating rod unit coupled to the cylinder piston in order to generate brake pressure, wherein a rigid stop is provided for the cylinder piston which defines the non-actuated starting position of the cylinder piston. In order to provide an improved brake device of the above-mentioned type, which permits simple and reliable detection of the zero point and simultaneously has reduced noise emission on the return, a damping element is provided which permits a mechanical decoupling of the actuating rod unit from the cylinder piston in a release direction opposite the actuation direction by reversible deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Andreas Bischoff, Jefferson Colasanta, Marc Ibanez, Manfred Rüffer, Thomas Sellinger
  • Publication number: 20200282967
    Abstract: In order to offer an improved brake device without vacuum booster, in the case of which brake device the zero point of the cylinder piston remains as far as possible permanently within defined narrow tolerances and at the same time the impact noise is reliably reduced, it is proposed that the stop disk is elastically reversibly compressible in an axial direction over a defined compression travel and has the compression travel delimited, the delimitation being defined in a travel-controlled manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Sellinger, Christian Rene Koch, Jefferson Colasanta, Peter Drott
  • Publication number: 20200017091
    Abstract: A brake device for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system without a vacuum booster, with a housing with at least one pressure chamber arranged therein, with a cylinder piston which can be axially moved in an actuation direction by an actuating rod unit coupled to the cylinder piston in order to generate brake pressure, wherein a rigid stop is provided for the cylinder piston which defines the non-actuated starting position of the cylinder piston. In order to provide an improved brake device of the above-mentioned type, which permits simple and reliable detection of the zero point and simultaneously has reduced noise emission on the return, a damping element is provided which permits a mechanical decoupling of the actuating rod unit from the cylinder piston in a release direction opposite the actuation direction by reversible deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Bischoff, Jefferson Colasanta, Marc Ibanez, Manfred Rüffer, Thomas Sellinger
  • Publication number: 20190225204
    Abstract: A brake device for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, having a housing, at least one pressure chamber arranged in the housing, filled with a hydraulic pressure medium and bounded by at least one cylinder piston moveable in an axial direction to generate brake pressure. The cylinder piston can be activated mechanically with an activation force by an activation rod unit which is secured to the cylinder piston. In order to provide an improved brake device which is of the generic type mentioned at the beginning and permit a secure connection between the activation rod and the cylinder piston and at the same time mounting which is as easy as possible, it is proposed that the activation rod unit is secured to the cylinder piston by a latching connection, wherein the latching connection is brought about by an axial relative movement between the activation rod unit and the cylinder piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jefferson Colasanta, Thomas Sellinger, Manfred Rüffer, Horst Krämer