Patents by Inventor Joachim Amtsfeld

Joachim Amtsfeld 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: 11679748
    Abstract: An electronically controlled pneumatic brake system (2) for a vehicle 100, with a supply coupling head (24), a control coupling head (26), and an electronically controlled trailer control module (28) includes a first supply port (28.1), a trailer supply connection (28.2) for providing a trailer supply pressure (pT) to the supply coupling head (24), a trailer control connection (28.3) for providing a trailer control pressure (pB) to the control coupling head (26), an electro-pneumatic trailer control valve arrangement (40) for providing the trailer control pressure (pB), and a tractor protection valve electronic control unit (42). The electro-pneumatic trailer control valve arrangement (40) is configured to only supply a trailer control pressure (pB) to the trailer control connection (28.3) when compressed air is supplied to the trailer supply connection (28.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ZF CV Systems Europe BV
    Inventors: Joachim Amtsfeld, Henning Förster, Thilo Klostermann, Florian Schwagmeyer
  • Publication number: 20220032891
    Abstract: An electronically controlled pneumatic brake system (2) for a vehicle 100, with a supply coupling head (24), a control coupling head (26), and an electronically controlled trailer control module (28) includes a first supply port (28.1), a trailer supply connection (28.2) for providing a trailer supply pressure (pT) to the supply coupling head (24), a trailer control connection (28.3) for providing a trailer control pressure (pB) to the control coupling head (26), an electro-pneumatic trailer control valve arrangement (40) for providing the trailer control pressure (pB), and a tractor protection valve electronic control unit (42). The electro-pneumatic trailer control valve arrangement (40) is configured to only supply a trailer control pressure (pB) to the trailer control connection (28.3) when compressed air is supplied to the trailer supply connection (28.2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Joachim Amtsfeld, Henning Förster, Thilo Klostermann, Florian Schwagmeyer
  • Publication number: 20120109470
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a brake system of a vehicle (10; 92; 132; 238), said vehicle (10; 92; 132; 238) having a supporting structure (222; 240) and a cabin (224; 242) that is supported by the supporting structure (222; 240) and has at least one driver's seat (226). The control device is located outside the cabin (224; 242) on the supporting structure (222; 240) and the control device has additional functionality for controlling an electronic air spring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Joachim Amtsfeld, Christian Cornelius, Johann Lucas, Jens Ohlendorf, Hartmut Rosendahl, Wolfgang Strache, Jörg Wolters
  • Patent number: 5211449
    Abstract: A multi-axle vehicle equipped with an antilock braking system which provides regulated braking operations to prevent locking of the wheels when the vehicle is braked and spinning of the wheels when the vehicle is started up, comprises a front axle, first and second rear axles, the first rear axle being a drive axle and the second rear axle being a liftable following axle, wheels mounted on each of the axles, rotational speed sensors producing signals indicative of the rotational speeds of the wheels associated with each of the wheels mounted on the front axle, on the drive axle, and on the following axle, brake cylinders associated with each of the wheels, a circuit supplying a pressure medium to the brake cylinders so that a braking pressure is applied to the wheels, and at least one electronic control unit which controls the braking pressure applied to each of the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Wabco Standard GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Amtsfeld