Patents by Inventor Lothar Meyle

Lothar Meyle 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).

  • Steering column damper
    Patent number: 6634250
    Abstract: A steering column damper for a power-driven vehicle comprises a jacket tube with a central longitudinal axis; a sliding tube displaceably guided in the jacket tube; a steering shaft, which is mounted for pivotability about the central longitudinal axis relative to the sliding tube and/or the jacket tube and guided through the jacket tube and the sliding tube; at least one working area, which is disposed between the jacket tube and the sliding tube and filled with a damping medium; at least one working-area-volume reduction unit, which is connected with the sliding tube, reducing the volume of the at least one working area upon insertion of the sliding tube into the jacket tube; at least one aperture which opens the at least one working area to ambience for discharge of the damping medium from the respective working area; a closing element for blocking the at least one aperture; and a triggering unit for controllable release of the respective closing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignees: Suspa Holding GmbH, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Willi Elbe Gelenkwellen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Schröter, Edgar Prottengeier, Wolfgang Nagl, Jens Scharf, Jörg Hauhoff, Lothar Meyle
  • Steering column damper
    Publication number: 20020088296
    Abstract: A steering column damper for a power-driven vehicle comprises a jacket tube with a central longitudinal axis; a sliding tube displaceably guided in the jacket tube; a steering shaft, which is mounted for pivotability about the central longitudinal axis relative to the sliding tube and/or the jacket tube and guided through the jacket tube and the sliding tube; at least one working area, which is disposed between the jacket tube and the sliding tube and filled with a damping medium; at least one working-area-volume reduction unit, which is connected with the sliding tube, reducing the volume of the at least one working area upon insertion of the sliding tube into the jacket tube; at least one aperture which opens the at least one working area to ambience for discharge of the damping medium from the respective working area; a closing element for blocking the at least one aperture; and a triggering unit for controllable release of the respective closing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: SUSPA Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Schroter, Edgar Prottengeier, Wolfgang Nagl, Jens Scharf, Jorg Hauhoff, Lothar Meyle