Patents by Inventor Martin HEINDL

Martin HEINDL 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).

  • Publication number: 20250075761
    Abstract: A disc brake component, includes: a cast-iron bridge having two passage openings, which are connected to one another by a bridge body and are each configured to receive an actuating spindle, wherein a mold parting line delimiting a draft angle is formed at a distance from an outer edge of the bridge body for manufacturing purposes, and the mold parting line runs parallel to a profile of the outer edge associated with the mold parting line of the bridge body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventor: Martin HEINDL
  • Publication number: 20230375050
    Abstract: Disclosed is a brake application mechanism for a disc brake in a utility vehicle, having a pivotable brake lever that is supported on an inner wall of a brake caliper and, indirectly, on a bridge which is movably disposed in the brake caliper and which supports at least one brake pad, wherefor an axially and radially secured antifriction roller is disposed between the brake lever and the bridge. The disclosed brake application mechanism is designed such that the antifriction roller rests on the bridge in such a way as to be prevented from rotating and sliding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Julian DAHLENBURG, Christian STOEGER, Andreas PETSCHKE, Natalie ROTH, Maximilian HAUSER, Michael HIDRINGER, Thomas BECK, Martin HEINDL, Dimitrij HABERMANN, Thomas THALER, Frederic SCHROEPF, Thomas EICHLER
  • Publication number: 20220154619
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device (10) for cooling an exhaust-gas after-treatment apparatus (12). The device (10) has a coolant circuit (16) with a cooling region (18) for heat transfer with the exhaust-gas aftertreatment apparatus (12) and has at least one backflow preventer (20, 22). The at least one backflow preventer (20, 22) is arranged upstream and/or downstream of the cooling region (18) and is configured and/or oriented such that, in the event of a change in volume of the coolant in the cooling region (18) and in a section of the coolant circuit (16) between the cooling region (18) and the at least one backflow preventer (20, 22), said at least one backflow preventer (20, 22) opens, which takes place below a boiling point of the coolant. A natural circulation of the coolant in the coolant circuit (16) below the boiling point of the coolant can thus preferably be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Martin Heindl, Maximilian Püschel, Markus Zippel
  • Patent number: 10794443
    Abstract: A disc brake for a vehicle, particularly for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake caliper which straddles a brake disc and in which an application device is arranged, a single-piece rotary lever which has an eccentric element, and at least one brake plunger which is designed as a power screw arrangement having a rotational axis and with which, when the rotary lever is actuated, at least one brake pad can be pressed against the brake disc. The rotary lever is arranged in the brake caliper such that it can pivot relative thereto, and is supported directly or by way of one or more elements connected therebetween, on said brake caliper, in at least one support region. The rotary lever, which can pivot relative to the brake plunger, has at least one convexly-formed section on the side thereof that lies opposite the support point on the brake caliper, and this section lies against a matching concave end face in the axial extension of the rotational axis of said power screw arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Wolfgang Pritz, Michael Hidringer, Martin Heindl
  • Patent number: 10670091
    Abstract: A disc brake includes a brake caliper that engages over a brake disc, the caliper having a central opening over the brake disc. The disc brake has two brake pads which are located in the brake caliper, can be moved in opposite directions and each of which has a pad backing plate with a friction lining secured thereon. An action-side or application-side brake pad of the two brake pads can be pressed against the brake disc by a brake application device with the aid of at least one brake plunger. The brake also has at least one restoring device, by which the brake caliper can be returned. The restoring device has a spreading device which engages on the brake pads lying opposite one another and which acts with an identical force in opposition to the respective application direction. The spreading device has spring-loaded spreading elements, each engaging on its respective pad backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Fricke, Abdelaziz Rguichi, Thomas Eichler, Oliver Krause, Matthias Klinger, Michael Peschel, Tobias Schoefberger, Philipp Adamczyk, Markus Molnar, Maximilian Hauser, Igor Nesmjanowitsch, Martin Heindl, Christian Brandl, Martin Pleintinger, Natalie Roth, Kerstin Sakel, Franz Gasslbauer, Martin Tropp, Alexander Asen
  • Publication number: 20180187732
    Abstract: A disc brake for a vehicle, particularly for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake caliper which straddles a brake disc and in which an application device is arranged, a single-piece rotary lever which has an eccentric element, and at least one brake plunger which is designed as a power screw arrangement having a rotational axis and with which, when the rotary lever is actuated, at least one brake pad can be pressed against the brake disc. The rotary lever is arranged in the brake caliper such that it can pivot relative thereto, and is supported directly or by way of one or more elements connected therebetween, on said brake caliper, in at least one support region. The rotary lever, which can pivot relative to the brake plunger, has at least one convexly-formed section on the side thereof that lies opposite the support point on the brake caliper, and this section lies against a matching concave end face in the axial extension of the rotational axis of said power screw arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas BECK, Wolfgang PRITZ, Michael HIDRINGER, Martin HEINDL, Josef TREIPL
  • Publication number: 20180106308
    Abstract: A disc brake includes a brake caliper that engages over a brake disc, the caliper having a central opening over the brake disc. The disc brake has two brake pads which are located in the brake caliper, can be moved in opposite directions and each of which has a pad backing plate with a friction lining secured thereon. An action-side or application-side brake pad of the two brake pads can be pressed against the brake disc by a brake application device with the aid of at least one brake plunger. The brake also has at least one restoring device, by which the brake caliper can be returned. The restoring device has a spreading device which engages on the brake pads lying opposite one another and which acts with an identical force in opposition to the respective application direction. The spreading device has spring-loaded spreading elements, each engaging on its respective pad backing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Jens FRICKE, Abdelaziz RGUICHI, Thomas EICHLER, Oliver KRAUSE, Matthias KLINGNER, Michael PESCHEL, Tobias SCHOEFBERGER, Philipp ADAMCZYK, Markus MOLNAR, Maximilian HAUSER, Igor NESMJANOWITSCH, Martin HEINDL, Christian BRANDL, Martin PLEINTINGER, Natalie ROTH, Kerstin SAKEL, Franz GASSLBAUER, Martin TROPP, Alexander ASEN