Patents by Inventor Markus Schaefer

Markus Schaefer 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: 7124871
    Abstract: A lever system for actuating a clutch or a brake for a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle. The actuating force for the clutch or transmission brake is changeable by displacing a fulcrum with respect to a lever. An energy storage mechanism may act at one end portion of the lever and a pressure plate of a clutch or a transmission brake may act, directly or indirectly, on the other end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Oswald Friedmann, Wolfgang Reik, Dirk Burkhart, Wolfgang Haas, Christian Scheufler, Laszlo Man, Christoph Raber, Dirk Reimnitz, Markus Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20040173429
    Abstract: A lever system for actuating a clutch or a brake for a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle. The actuating force for the clutch or transmission brake is changeable by displacing a fulcrum with respect to a lever. An energy storage mechanism may act at one end portion of the lever and a pressure plate of a clutch or a transmission brake may act, directly or indirectly, on the other end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
    Inventors: Oswald Friedmann, Wolfgang Reik, Dirk Burkhart, Wolfgang Haas, Christian Scheufler, Laszlo Man, Christoph Raber, Dirk Reimnitz, Markus Schaefer
  • Patent number: D473726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: TK Canada, Limited
    Inventors: Markus Schaefer, Armin Sander