Patents by Inventor Peter Tomczak

Peter Tomczak 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: 10386382
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wheel speed sensor comprising a sensor element, which has a rotation detection element for electromagnetic detection of a speed of a wheel, in particular of a motor vehicle, and a sensor housing enclosing the rotation detection element and a fastening element, which has a fastening opening for vehicle-side fastening of the wheel speed sensor. The sensor element is enclosed by a guide sleeve that guides and/or aligns and/or positions the rotation detection element, wherein the guide sleeve is detachably connected to the sensor element and fixable inside a receptacle of the fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Tomczak, Hicham Saleh
  • Publication number: 20190041418
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wheel speed sensor comprising a sensor element, which has a rotation detection element for electromagnetic detection of a speed of a wheel, in particular of a motor vehicle, and a sensor housing enclosing the rotation detection element and a fastening element, which has a fastening opening for vehicle-side fastening of the wheel speed sensor. The sensor element is enclosed by a guide sleeve that guides and/or aligns and/or positions the rotation detection element, wherein the guide sleeve is detachably connected to the sensor element and fixable inside a receptacle of the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Peter TOMCZAK, Hicham SALEH
  • Patent number: 9663074
    Abstract: In the case of a method for operating a brake system in a vehicle, preferably a service brake system, in particular in a motor vehicle, it is first established whether the vehicle is stationary. If it is established that the vehicle is stationary, it is thereafter detected that the actuating member is actuated by the driver in order to leave the vehicle in the stationary condition. If it is established that the actuating member is actuated while the vehicle is stationary, a signal is generated at least to initiate the temporary under-supply of service brake medium to the operating members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Tomczak, Ludwig Fein
  • Patent number: 8985711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a brake device, in particular of a motor vehicle, wherein the brake device comprises a service brake and a mechanical parking brake, wherein the parking brake can be actuated by means of a mechanical actuating element, comprising at least the steps of establishing that the actuating element has been moved from an idle position into a position of use, simultaneously controlling a pressure-increasing element, so that a hydraulic pressure is generated, which hydraulic pressure acts on a brake element that is common with the holding element, blocking the common brake element of the service brake and the parking brake with a mechanical block of the mechanical parking brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Tomczak, Reiner Schmid
  • Publication number: 20140052356
    Abstract: In the case of a method in accordance with the invention for operating a brake system in a vehicle, preferably a service brake system, in particular in a motor vehicle, it is first established whether the vehicle is stationary. If it is established that the vehicle is stationary, it is thereafter detected that the actuating member is actuated by the driver in order to leave the vehicle in the stationary condition. If it is established that the actuating member is actuated while the vehicle is stationary, a signal is generated at least to initiate the temporary under-supply of service brake medium to the operating members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Tomczak, Ludwig Fein