Patents by Inventor Markus Schommer

Markus Schommer 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: 9677632
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanically actuatable brake (2), comprising an electrically actuatable actuator (30) for applying the brake (2) in an application direction (42), which actuator (30) converts a rotary motion of a spindle (20) into a translational motion of an application element (26), in particular a piston, wherein the spindle (20) is driven by an electric motor (8), wherein a mechanical store for storing energy by twisting is provided, the first end of which store is coupled to the spindle (20) and the second end to a bracing element (80), wherein the store takes up energy during rotation of the spindle (20) in the application direction (42), by which energy the spindle (20) is rotated back against the application direction (42) in the currentless state of the electric motor (8), whereby the brake (2) is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Theo Baukholt, Hendrik Powileit, Markus Schommer
  • Publication number: 20130264153
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanically actuatable brake (2), comprising an electrically actuatable actuator (30) for applying the brake (2) in an application direction (42), which actuator (30) converts a rotary motion of a spindle (20) into a translational motion of an application element (26), in particular a piston, wherein the spindle (20) is driven by an electric motor (8), wherein a mechanical store for storing energy by twisting is provided, the first end of which store is coupled to the spindle (20) and the second end to a bracing element (80), wherein the store takes up energy during rotation of the spindle (20) in the application direction (42), by which energy the spindle (20) is rotated back against the application direction (42) in the currentless state of the electric motor (8), whereby the brake (2) is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Theo Baukholt, Hendrik Powileit, Markus Schommer
  • Patent number: 8523192
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a motor vehicle is described. In one example, spring rates for suspension springs and damping rates for shock absorbers are adjusted in response to vertical acceleration, longitudinal angular acceleration, and lateral angular acceleration of a vehicle body in the absence of accelerometers. The system and method may improve vehicle driving dynamics and lower system cost as compared to other systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yvonne Baeumchen, Michael Seemann, Marc Suermann, Markus Schommer, Uwe Hoffmann, Russ Lee Norton
  • Publication number: 20110233881
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a motor vehicle is described. In one example, spring rates for suspension springs and damping rates for shock absorbers are adjusted in response to vertical acceleration, longitudinal angular acceleration, and lateral angular acceleration of a vehicle body in the absence of accelerometers. The system and method may improve vehicle driving dynamics and lower system cost as compared to other systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yvonne Baeumchen, Michael Seemann, Marc Suermann, Markus Schommer, Uwe Hoffmann, Russ Lee Norton