Patents by Inventor José Manuel Calvo Martinez
José Manuel Calvo Martinez 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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Publication number: 20240208478Abstract: A method for producing a gear shaft for an electromechanical brake booster having an electric motor and having a rotation/translation conversion gear, which converts a rotating drive movement of the electric motor into a linear movement for actuating a piston-cylinder unit for generating a hydraulic brake pressure, is provided, according to which a force transmission element is provided. A rotationally-symmetrical gearing is integrally formed on a drive-side end of the force transmission element. A positioning and fastening device is formed on the force transmission element at the output side, and a gearwheel is anchored on the force transmission element in a rotationally fixed manner by the positioning and fastening device. A gear shaft and a brake booster are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Karl-Josef Adams, Abdallah Ibrahim, José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Martin Hofmann, Kurt Wingender
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Patent number: 11970147Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an assembly (100) for an electromechanical brake booster (200) of a vehicle braking system (1000). The assembly (100) comprises a housing (160) which has a longitudinal axis (L) and can be loaded with an electromechanically generated actuating force, and an output element (150) which extends away from the housing (160) and is configured for transmitting the actuating force to a brake cylinder (300) of the vehicle braking system (1000). The assembly (100) furthermore comprises an elastic element (190) which is supported on the housing (160) and configured to move the housing (160) away from the brake cylinder (300) into a starting position, and a guide (180) which is arranged on the housing (160) for the output element (150) and is configured to guide an angular deflection of the output element (150) with respect to the longitudinal axis (L) of the housing (160).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Jennifer Klein
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Patent number: 11801820Abstract: An electrically actuatable operating unit (106) for a motor vehicle brake comprises a housing body (122) which is arranged so as to be displaceable in a braking direction for operation of the motor vehicle brake, a recess (150) formed in the housing body (122), wherein the recess (150) is delimited at one longitudinal end by a contact shoulder (172), a through-opening (158) delimited by the contact shoulder (172), an operating member (124) which is arranged in the recess (150) so as to be displaceable for operation of the motor vehicle brake and projects through the through-opening (158) of the contact shoulder (172), wherein the operating member (124) can be arranged in a force-transmitting manner between a brake pedal and the motor vehicle brake (400).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Kurt Wingender, Martin Hofmann, José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Martin Sakalla, Iosu Oloriz del Rosario, Jennifer Klein
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Patent number: 11787380Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanical brake booster for a vehicle brake system, comprising an actuating unit that can be coupled to a brake cylinder. The actuating unit comprises at least one actuating element that can be coupled to an electric motor by means of a transmission. The actuating unit also comprises an actuating member that can be coupled to a force input member. The brake booster comprises at least one housing in which at least sections of the actuating unit are received. At least one damping element is arranged between the at least one housing and at least the at least one actuating element.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: ZF ACTIVE SAFETY GMBHInventors: José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Martin Struschka, Abdallah Ibrahim, Fabian Kern
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Publication number: 20230053518Abstract: An assembly for a brake booster, for example, an electromechanical brake booster, comprises a motor output shaft of an electric motor, a transmission input shaft of a transmission which can be coupled to the electric motor, and a coupling element for power-transmitting coupling of the motor output shaft to the transmission input shaft. The coupling element has internal toothing which can be operatively connected or is operatively connected to the motor output shaft and to the transmission input shaft, as well as a brake booster with an assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Abdallah Ibrahim, Paul Warkentin, José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Iosu Oloriz del Rosario, Jorge Trobajo, Carlos Erviti
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Publication number: 20230055996Abstract: An electromechanical brake booster for a vehicle brake system is disclosed. The electromechanical brake booster has an actuating element which is couplable to an electric motor via a transmission, a housing in which the actuating element is displaceably received, and at least one sliding element which is arranged between the housing and the actuating element. A vehicle brake system, subassembly therefor and sliding element is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Kurt Wingender, Stefan Kammers, José Manuel Calvo Martinez
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Patent number: 11215225Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bearing arrangement for supporting a shaft, in particular a shaft of a gearing mechanism for an electromechanical brake booster, having: at least one bearing, a shaft, which is at least section-wise accommodated in the at least one bearing and has a protruding, rounded region on at least one of its axial end surfaces, at least one spring element, that engages the protruding, rounded region in order to prestress the shaft in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Stefan Kammers, Karl-Josef Adams, Martin Hofmann, Oliver Schell
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Publication number: 20210309202Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an assembly (100) for an electromechanical brake booster (200) of a vehicle braking system (1000). The assembly (100) comprises a housing (160) which has a longitudinal axis (L) and can be loaded with an electromechanically generated actuating force, and an output element (150) which extends away from the housing (160) and is configured for transmitting the actuating force to a brake cylinder (300) of the vehicle braking system (1000). The assembly (100) furthermore comprises an elastic element (190) which is supported on the housing (160) and configured to move the housing (160) away from the brake cylinder (300) into a starting position, and a guide (180) which is arranged on the housing (160) for the output element (150) and is configured to guide an angular deflection of the output element (150) with respect to the longitudinal axis (L) of the housing (160).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Jennifer Klein
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Publication number: 20210309200Abstract: An electrically actuatable operating unit (106) for a motor vehicle brake comprises a housing body (122) which is arranged so as to be displaceable in a braking direction for operation of the motor vehicle brake, a recess (150) formed in the housing body (122), wherein the recess (150) is delimited at one longitudinal end by a contact shoulder (172), a through-opening (158) delimited by the contact shoulder (172), an operating member (124) which is arranged in the recess (150) so as to be displaceable for operation of the motor vehicle brake and projects through the through-opening (158) of the contact shoulder (172), wherein the operating member (124) can be arranged in a force-transmitting manner between a brake pedal and the motor vehicle brake (400).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Kurt Wingender, Martin Hofmann, José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Martin Sakalla, Iosu Oloriz del Rosario, Jennifer Klein
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Patent number: 10946845Abstract: The disclosed electromechanical brake booster for a vehicle brake system comprises a driving arrangement for driving at least one actuation device designed to actuate a brake cylinder. The driving arrangement includes at least one electric motor and a gear mechanism for coupling the electric motor to the at least one actuation device. The gear mechanism comprises at least one first spur gear and at least one second spur gear, the electric motor driving the first spur gear directly and the second gear via at least one intermediate gear.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Kurt Wingender, Martin Hofmann, Boris Koeth, Jose Manuel Calvo Martinez, Jens Sparfeld
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Publication number: 20200384972Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanical brake booster for a vehicle brake system, comprising an actuating unit that can be coupled to a brake cylinder. The actuating unit comprises at least one actuating element that can be coupled to an electric motor by means of a transmission. The actuating unit also comprises an actuating member that can be coupled to a force input member. The brake booster comprises at least one housing in which at least sections of the actuating unit are received. At least one damping element is arranged between the at least one housing and at least the at least one actuating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Martin Struschka, Abdallah Ibrahim, Fabian Kern
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Patent number: 10814854Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a vehicle brake system, which comprises at least one brake cylinder and an electromechanical brake booster, having a drive arrangement for driving at least one actuating device designed for actuating a brake cylinder, wherein the drive arrangement has at least one electric motor and a gear mechanism for coupling the electric motor to the at least one actuating device, wherein at least one fastening device is provided for fastening the assembly to a vehicle, said fastening device defining a fastening plane. According to the invention the rotary shaft of the electric motor is arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the actuating device and at an angle of between 60° and 120° to the fastening plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: ZF Active Safety GmbH, ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Kurt Wingender, Martin Hofmann, Boris Koeth, Jose Manuel Calvo Martinez, Jens Sparfeld, Stefan Kammers, Paul Warkentin, Ingo Decker, Klemens Humm, Detlef Baasch
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Publication number: 20200198610Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter body for a brake application device of a vehicle braking system. The adapter body has a first bearing surface which is designed to bear against a bulkhead of a vehicle, and a second bearing surface which is designed to bear against the brake application device, wherein the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface are at a predetermined distance from one another. A receiving means for a portion of at least one fastening bolt for fastening the brake application device to a vehicle is configured in the adapter body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Klaus Lemke, José Manuel Calvo Martinez
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Patent number: 10682996Abstract: The electromechanical brake force booster for a vehicle brake system comprises a drive arrangement for driving at least one actuating device which is designed for actuating a brake cylinder. The drive arrangement has at least one electric motor and a gearing for coupling the electric motor to the at least one actuating device. The gearing comprises at least one second spur gear and at least one first spur gear. Furthermore, the gearing has an intermediate gearing stage. The intermediate gearing stage couples the electric motor to the second spur gear and to the first spur gear in torque-transmitting fashion. The intermediate gearing stage drives the second spur gear directly and the first spur gear via at least one intermediate gear.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignees: ZF Active Safety GmbH, ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Kurt Wingender, Martin Hofmann, Boris Koeth, Jose Manuel Calvo Martinez, Jens Sparfeld, Stefan Kammers, Paul Warkentin, Ingo Decker, Klemens Humm, Detlef Baasch
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Publication number: 20200158170Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bearing arrangement for supporting a shaft, in particular a shaft of a gearing mechanism for an electromechanical brake booster, having: at least one bearing, a shaft, which is at least section-wise accommodated in the at least one bearing and has a protruding, rounded region on at least one of its axial end surfaces, at least one spring element, that engages the protruding, rounded region in order to prestress the shaft in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicants: ZF Active Safety GmbH, ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Stefan Kammers, Karl-Josef Adams, Martin Hofmann, Oliver Schell
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Patent number: 10604130Abstract: A vacuum brake booster for a motor vehicle brake system, comprising a housing having axially opposing end wall regions which are connected together via a peripheral region, wherein the end wall regions each comprise at least one receiving opening for receiving components introducing braking force or releasing braking force, wherein at least one reinforcing rib is formed in at least one end wall region. According to the invention, the reinforcing rib extends outside of an inner circle arranged concentric to the receiving opening and spans an inner circle segment which encloses an angle of at least approximately 60° and at most approximately 180°.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Martin Hofmann, Georg Brand, José Manuel Calvo Martinez
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Patent number: 10286888Abstract: A vacuum brake booster for a motor vehicle brake system, comprising a displaceable force input member that is coupled to or can be coupled to a brake pedal, a chamber arrangement arranged in a booster housing having at least one working chamber and at least one vacuum chamber, which are separated from one another via at least one movable wall, a control valve assembly that can be actuated by the force input member, and a force output member for transmitting an operating force to a downstream brake system. The at least one working chamber can be fluidically connected optionally to a negative pressure source or the atmosphere by way of the control valve assembly. The control valve assembly comprises a control valve housing, in which an actuating piston that is coupled with the force input member s displaceably arranged, and a first valve seat, and a second valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: José Manuel Calvo Martinez, Paul Warkentin, Kurt Wingender, Martin Hofmann
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Publication number: 20180273011Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a vehicle brake system, which comprises at least one brake cylinder and an electromechanical brake booster, having a drive arrangement for driving at least one actuating device designed for actuating a brake cylinder, wherein the drive arrangement has at least one electric motor and a gear mechanism for coupling the electric motor to the at least one actuating device, wherein at least one fastening device is provided for fastening the assembly to a vehicle, said fastening device defining a fastening plane. According to the invention the rotary shaft of the electric motor is arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the actuating device and at an angle of between 60° and 120° to the fastening plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicants: Lucas Automotive GmbH, ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Kurt Wingender, Martin Hofmann, Boris Koeth, Jose Manuel Calvo Martinez, Jens Sparfeld, Stefan Kammers, Paul Warkentin, Ingo Decker, Klemens Humm, Detlef Baasch
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Publication number: 20180257618Abstract: The disclosed electromechanical brake booster for a vehicle brake system comprises a driving arrangement for driving at least one actuation device designed to actuate a brake cylinder. The driving arrangement includes at least one electric motor and a gear mechanism for coupling the electric motor to the at least one actuation device. The gear mechanism comprises at least one first spur gear and at least one second spur gear, the electric motor driving the first spur gear directly and the second gear via at least one intermediate gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Kurt Wingender, Martin Hofmann, Boris Koeth, Jose Manuel Calvo Martinez, Jens Sparfeld
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Publication number: 20180257619Abstract: The electromechanical brake force booster for a vehicle brake system comprises a drive arrangement for driving at least one actuating device which is designed for actuating a brake cylinder. The drive arrangement has at least one electric motor and a gearing for coupling the electric motor to the at least one actuating device. The gearing comprises at least one second spur gear and at least one first spur gear. Furthermore, the gearing has an intermediate gearing stage. The intermediate gearing stage couples the electric motor to the second spur gear and to the first spur gear in torque-transmitting fashion. The intermediate gearing stage drives the second spur gear directly and the first spur gear via at least one intermediate gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicants: Lucas Automotive GmbH, ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Kurt Wingender, Martin Hofmann, Boris Koeth, Jose Manuel Calvo Martinez, Jens Sparfeld, Stefan Kammers, Paul Warkentin, Ingo Decker, Klemens Humm, Detlef Baasch