Patents by Inventor Niclas Görrissen

Niclas Görrissen 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).

  • Methods and devices for releasing an electric actuator in a reliable manner using a quasi-elastic release end stop
    Patent number: 11648925
    Abstract: Methods and corresponding control devices for releasing an electric actuator in a reliable manner, such as an electric parking brake in particular, in a motor vehicle brake system. The aim of the invention is to provide an improved function and architecture which helps prevent the disadvantages of open-loop control systems when using a rationalized sensor system, thereby obviating closed-loop control systems. This is achieved by a release method and a corresponding electronic control unit which obtains an especially modulated change in the power requirement during the release process upon impacting the quasi-elastic release end stop of the electric actuating unit such that the change is fed back, the change being detected in order to be used as information for a power interruption or a termination of the power supply to the electric actuating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christof Maron, Heniz-Anton Schneider, Christian Breiten, Ralf Scheib, Lionel Pöffel, Marco Froschauer, Alessandro Giusto, Giulio Brezza, Luca Boscolo, Thomas Merker, Luigi Tessitore, Thomas Winkler, Philipp Merkel, Niclas Görrissen, Pejman Bijanzadeh, Jürgen Bauer, Jürgen Balz
  • Drum brake which can be operated by an electric motor
    Patent number: 11248672
    Abstract: A drum brake module for motor vehicles, the drum brake module being driven by an electric motor and having at least one parking brake function, includes an electromechanical cable pull actuator which is fastened on the anchor plate with the aid of an adapter. The adapter is designed as a one-piece, thin walled frame having at least one fastening flange for receiving the cable pull actuator and is held in place on the anchor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Uwe Bach, Jens Hoffmann, Niclas Görrissen, Wolfgang Ritter, Ahmed Sefo, Holger von Hayn
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RELEASING AN ELECTRIC ACTUATOR IN A RELIABLE MANNER USING A QUASI-ELASTIC RELEASE END STOP
    Publication number: 20180345936
    Abstract: Methods and corresponding control devices for releasing an electric actuator in a reliable manner, such as an electric parking brake in particular, in a motor vehicle brake system. The aim of the invention is to provide an improved function and architecture which helps prevent the disadvantages of open-loop control systems when using a rationalized sensor system, thereby obviating closed-loop control systems. This is achieved by a release method and a corresponding electronic control unit which obtains an especially modulated change in the power requirement during the release process upon impacting the quasi-elastic release end stop of the electric actuating unit such that the change is fed back, the change being detected in order to be used as information for a power interruption or a termination of the power supply to the electric actuating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Christof Maron, Heniz-Anton Schneider, Christian Breiten, Ralf Scheib, Lionel Pöffel, Marco Froschauer, Alessandro Giusto, Giulio Brezza, Luca Boscolo, Thomas Merker, Luigi Tessitore, Thomas Winkler, Philipp Merkel, Niclas Görrissen, Pejman Bijanzadeh, Jürgen Bauer, Jürgen Balz
  • DRUM BRAKE WHICH CAN BE OPERATED BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
    Publication number: 20170307034
    Abstract: A drum brake module for motor vehicles, the drum brake module being driven by an electric motor and having at least one parking brake function, includes an electromechanical cable pull actuator which is fastened on the anchor plate with the aid of an adapter. The adapter is designed as a one-piece, thin walled frame having at least one fastening flange for receiving the cable pull actuator and is held in place on the anchor plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Uwe Bach, Jens Hoffmann, Niclas Görrissen, Wolfgang Ritter, Ahmed Sefo, Holger von Hayn
  • DRUM BRAKE WHICH CAN BE OPERATED BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
    Publication number: 20160102720
    Abstract: A drum brake module for motor vehicles, the drum brake module being driven by an electric motor and having at least one parking brake function, includes an electromechanical cable pull actuator which is fastened on the anchor plate with the aid of an adapter. The adapter is designed as a one-piece, thin walled frame having at least one fastening flange for receiving the cable pull actuator and is held in place on the anchor plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Uwe Bach, Jens Hoffmann, Niclas Görrissen, Wolfgang Ritter, Ahmed Sefo, Holger von Hayn