Patents by Inventor Jurgen Eipper

Jurgen Eipper 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).

  • Automatic play compensation in cable operated brakes especially of motor vehicles
    Patent number: 5699884
    Abstract: In an automatic play compensation arrangement for a cable-operated parking brake including a brake operating element and a cable extending between the brake operating element and a vehicle brake for actuating the vehicle brake, a support bracket is mounted for movement with the brake operating element and has a spring-loaded clamping lever supported therein through which a cable end extends and by which the cable end is firmly engaged with the support bracket when the brake operating element is actuated, and a spring is provided for tensioning the cable when the brake operating element is in a brake-releasing rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Norbert Koch, Kurt Bohm, Nikolaus Schefcsik, Jurgen Eipper