Patents by Inventor Kurt BRÜGGEMANN

Kurt BRÜGGEMANN 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).

  • Brake wear reduction apparatus
    Patent number: 11027718
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing brake wear having a brake de-selection function for selectively disabling at least one brake on a vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive torque information which relates to torque reacted by a brake on the vehicle during a braking event and wheel speed information which relates to a speed of a wheel associated with the brake during the braking event; calculate an energy input into the brake during the braking event, based on the received torque information and the received wheel speed information; determine whether the calculated energy input meets at least one predefined energy input criterion; and activate the brake de-selection function if the calculated energy input meets the at least one predefined energy input criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Kurt Brüggemann, Brice Cheray, Louis Emmanuel Romana
  • Brake wear reduction apparatus
    Patent number: 10953861
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing brake wear having a brake de-selection function for selectively disabling at least one brake on a vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive torque information which relates to torque reacted by a brake on the vehicle during a braking event and wheel speed information which relates to a speed of a wheel associated with the brake during the braking event; calculate an energy input into the brake during the braking event, based on the received torque information and the received wheel speed information; determine whether the calculated energy input meets at least one predefined energy input criterion; and activate the brake de-selection function if the calculated energy input meets the at least one predefined energy input criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Airbus Operations Limited, Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Kurt Brüggemann, Brice Cheray, Louis Emmanuel Romana
  • BRAKE WEAR REDUCTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180079402
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing brake wear having a brake de-selection function for selectively disabling at least one brake on a vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive torque information which relates to torque reacted by a brake on the vehicle during a braking event and wheel speed information which relates to a speed of a wheel associated with the brake during the braking event; calculate an energy input into the brake during the braking event, based on the received torque information and the received wheel speed information; determine whether the calculated energy input meets at least one predefined energy input criterion; and activate the brake de-selection function if the calculated energy input meets the at least one predefined energy input criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Kurt BRÜGGEMANN, Brice CHERAY, Louis Emmanuel ROMANA