Patents by Inventor Karlheinz Haupt

Karlheinz Haupt 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: 8123310
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a brake system (1) of a motor vehicle having an electric-regenerative brake, in particular a generator (4), and a number of hydraulic friction brakes (2) driven by at least one brake pressure generating means by way of a braking medium (B). The brake system is controlled so that the total deceleration of the brake system is composed of deceleration components of the friction brakes (2) and the electric-regenerative brake, thus achieving maximum brake comfort. The braking medium (B) is discharged into a pressure accumulator (12) when braking with an electric-regenerative brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Karlheinz Haupt, Alfred Eckert
  • Publication number: 20070296264
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a brake system (1) of a motor vehicle having an electric-regenerative brake, in particular a generator (4), and a number of hydraulic friction brakes (2) driven by at least one brake pressure generating means by way of a braking medium (B). The brake system is controlled so that the total deceleration of the brake system is composed of deceleration components of the friction brakes (2) and the electric-regenerative brake, thus achieving maximum brake comfort. The braking medium (B) is discharged into a pressure accumulator (12) when braking with an electric-regenerative brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Karlheinz Haupt, Alfred Eckert
  • Publication number: 20060158030
    Abstract: The present device relates to a pressure controller, in particular for a slip-controlled brake system in a motor vehicle, which is equipped with a first housing (1) for the accommodation of several pressure control valves and with a second housing (2) arranged on the first housing (1) and accommodating electric and/or electronic components which electrically contact several pressure sensors arranged in a sensor housing (3) when the second housing (2) is placed on the first housing (1), and at least one device is arranged between the sensor housing (3) and the second housing (2) for the compensation of process and assembly tolerances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Erhard Beck, Karlheinz Haupt, Rudiger Briesewitz
  • Patent number: 6318815
    Abstract: A braking pressure boosting device is suggested, in particular for automotive vehicles, which includes a boost sensor for sensing or identifying the point of maximum boosting of the braking pressure boosting device. By using the boost sensor, ad signal is generated reporting the point of maximum boosting. This invention permits the manufacture of high-performance braking force boosting devices requiring minimal space and opens up new potential for economizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Karlheinz Haupt, Hans Jörg Feigel, Horst Krämer
  • Patent number: 6086515
    Abstract: To retain a vehicle on an inclined roadway and when starting uphill, the vehicle speed, the brake pedal application, the drive torque, the operating condition of the vehicle engine, the application of a parking brake, and the activation of the retaining system is determined. When the retaining system is activated and the vehicle speed lies below a limit value, the brake force or the braking pressure is maintained when the brake pedal is applied and no drive torque is sensed; the brake force is increased when the driving engine is switched off and neither the brake pedal nor the parking brake is activated, or when the engine is switched on and neither brake pedal application nor drive torque is sensed. The brake force is reduced when the parking brake is applied, with the engine switched off and the brake pedal not applied, or a drive torque is sensed with the engine switched on. The retaining system is deactivated when the vehicle speed threshold is exceeded and/or when the off-switch is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Gunther Buschmann, Karlheinz Haupt, Thomas Kuzel
  • Patent number: 5547266
    Abstract: A brake pressure controller for a hydraulic vehicle brake system includes a master brake cylinder (1), a wheel brake cylinder (10, 11) connected thereto through a brake conduit (5), and a branch conduit (8, 9) which is provided in the brake conduit (5) between the master brake cylinder (1) and the wheel brake cylinder (10, 11). The brake system includes control valves (12, 14) and a pump (16) returning pressure fluid from a return conduit (15) into the brake conduit (5). At least one valve (6) is provided between the master brake cylinder (1) and the branch conduit (8, 9), which valve, in a first mode of operation, connects the outlet (17) of the pump (16) to the master brake cylinder (1) and, in a second mode of operation, discontinues the connection from the outlet (17) of the pump (16) to the master brake cylinder (1) and connects the inlet (24) of the pump (16) to the master brake cylinder (1) or a reservoir (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: ITT Automotive Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Erhard Beck, Dieter Dinkel, Karlheinz Haupt
  • Patent number: 5350226
    Abstract: An anti-lock hydraulic brake system is described wherein a throttle valve has a restrictive flow condition which becomes effective in the brake line in the event of brake slip control. Pumps for reapply pressure deliver fluid to the wheel brake via this restriction and regulating the pressure in the wheel brake is performed by control of an outlet valve. The throttle valve is operated hydraulically by various arrangements including the application of pump pressure, or by wheel brake pressure applied upon opening of the outlet valve at the start of an anti-lock control cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Alfred Teves GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Burgdorf, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Helmut Steffes, Norbert Ocvirk, Peter Volz, Lutz Weise, Helmut Fennel, Hans Wupper, Hans-Wilhelm Bleckmann, Erhard Beck, Dieter Dinkel, Karlheinz Haupt
  • Patent number: 4772075
    Abstract: A hydraulic servo brake system with slip control. Brake circuits (18, 22, 25) with supply valves (28, 32, 35) and discharge valves (29, 33, 36) for the control of the wheel cylinder pressures during slip control are provided. Throttle points (38) are arranged within the supply valves. Each supply valve is bridged by an auxiliary valve (31, 34, 37) which is switchable into the closed position when the slip control action sets in. In this manner, the pressure gradient for the brake pressure build-up in the wheel cylinders is high before the slip control and low during the slip control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Alfred Teves GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Wupper, Karlheinz Haupt