Patents by Inventor Michael Scholand

Michael Scholand 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: 11208140
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle is presented, having a steering means to be held by the driver, a bearing device and an electric steering means actuator. The bearing device has a first sleeve element and a second sleeve element, which are connected to one another to be telescopic along an axial direction of the sleeve elements. The bearing device has a fastening element, which is fixedly connectable to a body of the motor vehicle, wherein the second sleeve element is fixedly mounted on the actuating element and wherein the steering means and the steering means actuator are mounted on the first sleeve element such that they are immovable in relation to the first sleeve element in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Scholand
  • Publication number: 20200307672
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle is presented, having a steering means to be held by the driver, a bearing device and an electric steering means actuator. The bearing device has a first sleeve element and a second sleeve element, which are connected to one another to be telescopic along an axial direction of the sleeve elements. The bearing device has a fastening element, which is fixedly connectable to a body of the motor vehicle, wherein the second sleeve element is fixedly mounted on the actuating element and wherein the steering means and the steering means actuator are mounted on the first sleeve element such that they are immovable in relation to the first sleeve element in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Scholand
  • Patent number: 8303282
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear pump, especially for a power steering system, having a housing, a first cover and a second cover, the first cover being integrated into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Olaf Goetschenberg, Martin Jordan, Michael Scholand
  • Publication number: 20090304541
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear pump, especially for a power steering system, having a housing, a first cover and a second cover, the first cover being integrated into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Olaf Goetschenberg, Martin Jordan, Michael Scholand
  • Patent number: 7488160
    Abstract: A motor-pump unit, in particular for a power steering system of a motor vehicle, comprises a housing, a pump, and a drive motor. The pump is constructed as a prefabricated pump module. Both the pump module and the motor are received directly in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Jordan, Guido Liesenfeld, Tim Lloyd, Michael Scholand, Keith Alan Jones, Jochen Gessat, Georg Brinkert
  • Publication number: 20080230676
    Abstract: A rubber mounting, in particular for a motor-driven pump unit of a power steering system, the rubber mounting has a holding flange, a bolt which starts to extend from the holding flange, a rubber element disposed on the bolt, and a fastening eye disposed on the rubber element. The bolt is waisted so that a particularly high flexibility of the rubber mounting in the case of movements in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bolt is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Volker Hansemann, Frank Hofmann, Michael Scholand
  • Patent number: 7096883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combined check and pressure control valve (10), comprising a check valve element (34) which is adjustable between an opened position and a closed position, and a pressure control valve element (42) which on exceeding a predetermined pressure can be lifted off a valve seat (40), so that at least one outflow channel is opened, characterized in that the check valve element (34) is a valve plate which in the closed position lies against at least one annular sealing seat (30, 32), which is impressed in a thin-walled component, preferably a sheet metal part (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: TRW Fahrwerksysteme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Gessat, Michael Scholand, Martin Jordan
  • Publication number: 20060039804
    Abstract: A motor-pump unit, in particular for a power steering system of a motor vehicle, comprises a housing, a pump, and a drive motor. The pump is constructed as a prefabricated pump module. Both the pump module and the motor are received directly in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Martin Jordan, Guido Liesenfeld, Tim Lloyd, Michael Scholand, Keith Jones, Jochen Gessat, Georg Brinkert
  • Publication number: 20040154666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combined check and pressure control valve (10), comprising a check valve element (34) which is adjustable between an opened position and a closed position, and a pressure control valve element (42) which on exceeding a predetermined pressure can be lifted off a valve seat (40), so that at least one outflow channel is opened, characterized in that the check valve element (34) is a valve plate which in the closed position lies against at least one annular sealing seat (30, 32), which is impressed in a thin-walled component, preferably a sheet metal part (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Jochen Gessat, Michael Scholand, Martin Jordan