Patents by Inventor Lutz-Gunter Hinrichsen

Lutz-Gunter Hinrichsen 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).

  • Method for regulating the brake power on the wheels of a single-track vehicle and brake system for carrying out said method
    Patent number: 7537292
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating the brake power on the wheels (VR, HR) of a single-track vehicle, using a brake system comprising a wheel brake circuit (RBKVR) having a pressure modulator (RGCVR) for regulating the brake pressure pVR on a front wheel brake (54); a wheel brake circuit (RBKHR) having a pressure modulator (RGVHR) for regulating the brake pressure pHR on a rear wheel brake (54?); at least one control circuit (STKHBZ, STKFBZ) for controlling both pressure modulators (RGVVR, RGVHR); and a control unit (94). According to the invention, the brake pressure pHRnominal in the brake circuit (RBKHR) for the rear wheel (HR) is determined according to the brake pressure pVRactual detected in the brake circuit (RBKVR) for the front wheel (VR)—taking an ideal brake power distribution characteristic stored in the control unit (94) as a basis—and is regulated for the rear wheel (HR) by means of the pressure modulator (RGVVR) in the wheel brake circuit (RBKHR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: FTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Heubner, Lutz-Gunter Hinrichsen, Norbert Oberlack, Walter Drescher
  • Method for regulating the brake power on the wheels of a single-track vehicle and brake system for carrying out said method
    Publication number: 20050067892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating the brake power on the wheels (VR, HR) of a single-track vehicle, using a brake system comprising a wheel brake circuit (RBKVR) having a pressure modulator (RGCVR) for regulating the brake pressure pVR on a front wheel brake (54); a wheel brake circuit (RBKHR) having a pressure modulator (RGVHR) for regulating the brake pressure pHR on a rear wheel brake (54?); at least one control circuit (STKHBZ, STKFBZ) for controlling both pressure modulators (RGVVR, RGVHR); and a control unit (94). According to the invention, the brake pressure pHRnominal in the brake circuit (RBKHR) for the rear wheel (HR) is determined according to the brake pressure pVRactual detected in the brake circuit (RBKVR) for the front wheel (VR)—taking an ideal brake power distribution characteristic stored in the control unit (94) as a basis—and is regulated for the rear wheel (HR) by means of the pressure modulator (RGVVR) in the wheel brake circuit (RBKHR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Wilhelm Heubner, Lutz-Gunter Hinrichsen, Norbert Oberlack, Walter Drescher
  • Method for regulating the brake power on the wheels of a single-track vehicle and brake system for carrying out said method
    Publication number: 20040046444
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating the brake power on the wheels (VR, HR) of at single-track vehicle, using a brake system comprising a wheel brake circuit (RBKVR) having a pressure modulator (RGCVR) for regulating the brake pressure pVR on a front wheel brake (54); a wheel brake circuit (RBKHR) having a pressure modulator (RGVHR) for regulating the brake pressure pHR on a rear wheel brake (54′); at least one control circuit (STKHBZ, STKFBZ) for controlling both pressure modulators (RGVVR, RGVHR); and a control unit (94). According to the invention, the brake pressure pHR nominal in the brake circuit (RBKHR) for the rear wheel (HR) is determined according to the brake pressure pVR actual detected in the brake circuit (RBKVR) for the front wheel (VR)—taking an ideal brake power distribution characteristic stored in the control unit (94) as a basis—and is regulated for the rear wheel (HR) by means of the pressure modulator (RGVVR) in the wheel brake circuit (RBKHR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Wilhelm Heubner, Lutz-Gunter Hinrichsen, Norbert Oberlack, Walter Drescher