Patents by Inventor Rainer Altmann

Rainer Altmann 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: 5501514
    Abstract: A vehicle hydraulic brake system having an anti-lock protection device and an automatic braking system, particularly when driving around bends. During automatic braking, an auxiliary pressure source supplies a pressure instead of the main brake cylinder and this pressure can be individually set by pressure reduction in the wheel brakes by means of the anti-lock protection device. For this purpose, cylinders with separating pistons are located between the auxiliary pressure source and the anti-lock protection device. The auxiliary pressure source supplies substantially lower auxiliary pressures than known systems by supplying pressure to the inlets of feed-back pumps by arranging valves which permit temporary pressure increases to the extent necessary for automatic braking by means of these feed-back pumps. The system requires less energy and less noise is caused in automatic braking operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Mercedes Benz AG
    Inventors: Reinhard Resch, Anton van Zanten, Rainer Lauer, deceased, Regina Schroff-Lauer, heir, Joscha Lauer, heir, Rainer Altmann, Ju/ rgen Binder, Michael-Raymond Meyer
  • Patent number: 5403076
    Abstract: A hydraulic motor vehicle brake system with dual brake circuits having an anti-skid system and is also further developed to improve vehicle tracking by ways of automatic braking, especially during cornering. During automatic braking, an auxiliary pressure source delivers a pressure medium to an anti-skid system to supply the wheel brakes. For this purpose a separating piston for each brake circuit is located between the auxiliary pressure source and the anti-skid system. For the purpose of keeping costs low, the two separating pistons are accommodated in an integral cylinder with a blind bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Altmann, Rainer Lauer, Anton Van Zanten, Juergen Binder, Michael-Raymond Meyer
  • Patent number: 5401083
    Abstract: A hydraulic motor vehicle brake system having anti-skid system and further developed to improve vehicle tracking, especially during cornering by means of automatic braking. With automatic braking an auxiliary pressure source delivers a pressure medium to an anti-skid system, by means of which braking pressures can be individually adjusted in the wheel brakes. For this purpose a cylinder with separating piston sections is located between the auxiliary pressure source and the anti-skid system, wherein the separating piston is installed into 2/2-way valves including lip sealing rings. The embodiment in accordance with the invention include cylinders, with valve openings in cooperation with the lip sealing rings, which results in economical 2/2-way valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Altmann, Rainer Lauer, Anton Van Zanten, Juergen Binder, Michael-Raymond Meyer
  • Patent number: 5255963
    Abstract: A known hydraulic vehicle brake system has an anti-skid valve assembly. By this assembly, the at least one wheel brake can be temporarily disconnected from the master brake cylinder and connected to one inlet of a return pump, which furnishes the quantities of pressure fluid flowing out of the wheel brakes both to a damper chamber and, via a damper throttle, to the master brake cylinder and/or the at least one wheel brake. The disadvantage is that all of the pressure fluid pumped by the return pump can sometimes reach the master brake cylinder, disagreeably moving the brake pedal in the direction of its outset position. This can annoy a driver and should be avoided. The improved vehicle brake system has a valve, which in anti-skid operation can be blocked, located between the damper throttle and the master brake cylinder and also has a bypass throttle bypassing the valve. As a result, during anti-skid operation, the brake pedal is not displaced to such an annoying extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Altmann, Rainer Lauer, Guenther Schmidt, Kasimir Stromski, Anton V. Zanten, Alfred Sigl, Harald Hellmann, Karl Veil, Hans-Joerg Fees, Wolf-Dieter Jonner, Reinhard Gutzeit
  • Patent number: 5112117
    Abstract: A vehicle brake system comprising a hydraulically controllable 2/2-way valve, which has a first control inlet and a second control inlet. The first control inlet receives its control pressure from a first brake pressure source, while the second control inlet contrarily receives its control pressure from a second brake pressure source, such as a so-called return pump apparatus. The vehicle brake system can be used in passenger cars, vans, small buses, and small trucks as well as motor cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Altmann, Rainer Lauer, Guenther Schmidt, Kasimir Stromski, Anton van Zanten, Harald Hellmann, Karl Veil, Hans-Joerg Fees, Wolf-Dieter Jonner, Reinhard Gutzeit