Patents by Inventor Michael GRADL

Michael GRADL 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: 20260217300
    Abstract: A telescopic steering column for a motor vehicle, with a base element on which a base element spindle is mounted so as to be rotatable about a base element spindle rotation axis, and with a telescopic unit which is guided linearly with respect to the base element and which has a telescopic unit driver which has a telescopic unit driver thread which engages with a base element spindle thread of the base element spindle. The telescopic unit has a telescopic unit spindle which is drivingly connected to a transmission element which is coupled to the base element spindle in a tangential direction with respect to the base element spindle rotation axis and is guided so as to be freely displaceable on it in the axial direction with respect to the base element spindle rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael GRADL, Richard SCHROEDER, Nicolas STEIN
  • Patent number: 11833877
    Abstract: A spring damper apparatus for a vehicle, with a hydropneumatic system, via which a wheel of the vehicle can be braced spring-mounted and damped on a body of the vehicle. The hydropneumatic system includes a first chamber delimited at least partially by a partition element, in which a fluid acting on the partition element is accommodated. In addition, the hydropneumatic system includes a second chamber separated from the first chamber by the partition element and delimited by the partition element, in which a gas forming a gas spring and acting on the partition element is accommodated. In addition, the hydropneumatic system includes a housing in which the fluid is accommodated. In addition, the hydropneumatic system includes a piston shiftably accommodated in the housing and acting on the fluid, via which piston the wheel can be braced on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Walter Schmidt, Michael Gradl
  • Publication number: 20220118814
    Abstract: A spring damper apparatus for a vehicle, with a hydropneumatic system, via which a wheel of the vehicle can be braced spring-mounted and damped on a body of the vehicle. The hydropneumatic system includes a first chamber delimited at least partially by a partition element, in which a fluid acting on the partition element is accommodated. In addition, the hydropneumatic system includes a second chamber separated from the first chamber by the partition element and delimited by the partition element, in which a gas forming a gas spring and acting on the partition element is accommodated. In addition, the hydropneumatic system includes a housing in which the fluid is accommodated. In addition, the hydropneumatic system includes a piston shiftably accommodated in the housing and acting on the fluid, via which piston the wheel can be braced on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Walter SCHMIDT, Michael GRADL
  • Publication number: 20210008939
    Abstract: A suspension for a wheel of an axle of a motor vehicle, comprising a wheel support, which is mounted on the vehicle body via a plurality of links and which has a first supporting element and a second supporting element. A vehicle wheel is mounted rotatably on the first supporting element and the first supporting element is rotatable relative to the second supporting element for transmitting a steering torque by a steering actuator arranged on the wheel support. The first supporting element is attached to the vehicle body by an upper wishbone, and the second supporting element is attached to the vehicle body exclusively by a lower wishbone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Walter SCHMIDT, Michael GRADL, Thomas KLINGER