Patents by Inventor Ralf RIDDER
Ralf RIDDER 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).
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Patent number: 12187253Abstract: A pedal sensor is provided with a carrier that can be mounted to a motor vehicle. A housing is formed at the carrier, and a pedal arm is mounted on the carrier so as to be pivotable. A mechanism to transmit movements of the pedal arm relative to the carrier is arranged in the housing, and a sensor for measuring the movements is provided. A damping element is fixed to the carrier in a groove in such a way that any contact between the pedal arm and the carrier is dampened. The damping element is securely held on the carrier. This is achieved by the damping element being secured on both sides against slipping out of the groove.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Heinrich-Reinhold (Heinz) Brües, Kristin Gees, Ali Kemal Kücükyavuz, Sascha Kuhlmann, Ahmet Özcapci, Ruben Pella, Lothar Rehage, Ralf Ridder, Claus Viethen
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Patent number: 12043112Abstract: A pedal for a motor vehicle is provided, having a pedal arm with at least one first resetting spring and with a friction system comprising a separate friction element and a friction surface of the base part corresponding to the separate friction element. The friction system features a rocker arranged in a rotatable manner on the base part and the at least one first resetting spring is arranged between the separate friction element and the rocker. The separate friction element is connected in a pressure-transmitting manner with the pedal arm by the at least one first resetting spring and at least one connection element. At least one second resetting spring is arranged between one bearing part connected in a pressure-transmitting manner with the pedal arm by the at least one connection element and the base part or the rocker.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Werner Austermeier, Kerim Florian Huge, Andreas Mueller, Ralf Ridder, David Schliwa, Claus Viethen, Bernd Schmitt, Robert Schuermann
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Publication number: 20240241536Abstract: A pedal emulator for a vehicle, having a rotational axis, a pedal lever that can be rotated about the rotational axis, and a force generation unit for exerting a counterforce on the pedal lever via at least one coupling element of the force generation unit that is mechanically coupled to the pedal lever. The counterforce acting in the opposite direction to an actuation force exerted on the pedal lever. The force generation unit can be designed such that a curve of the counterforce along a pedal path of the pedal lever is in the form of a non-linear curve in a pedal path-counterforce diagram.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Werner AUSTERMEIER, Kerim Florian HUGE, Andreas MUELLER, Ralf RIDDER, Claus VIETHEN
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Publication number: 20240227748Abstract: A pedal emulator for a vehicle, having a rotational axis, a pedal lever that can be rotated about the rotational axis, and a force generation unit for exerting a counterforce on the pedal lever via at least one coupling element of the force generation unit that is mechanically coupled to the pedal lever. Whereby the counterforce acts in the opposite direction to an actuation force exerted on the pedal lever. The force generation unit is designed such that a curve of the counterforce along a pedal path of the pedal lever is in the form of a non-linear curve in a pedal path-counterforce diagram.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Werner AUSTERMEIER, Kerim Florian HUGE, Andreas MUELLER, Ralf RIDDER, Claus VIETHEN
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Patent number: 11999337Abstract: A pedal emulator for a vehicle is provided comprising a base part for mounting the pedal emulator to a structure of the vehicle. A pedal lever is pivotable around a rotary axis of the base part. A force generation unit exerts a counterforce on the pedal lever by means of at least one coupling element for mechanically coupling the force generation unit with the pedal lever. The counterforce works counter to an actuating force exerted on the pedal lever. The force generation unit and the coupling element are designed and arranged in such a way that a progression of the counterforce along a pedal travel of the pedal lever (6) takes the form of a non-linear progression in a pedal travel-counterforce diagram.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Werner Austermeier, Dennis Mark Burke, Kerim Florian Huge, Andreas Mueller, Ralf Ridder, Claus Viethen
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Publication number: 20220348170Abstract: A pedal sensor is provided with a carrier that can be mounted to a motor vehicle. A housing is formed at the carrier, and a pedal arm is mounted on the carrier so as to be pivotable. A mechanism to transmit movements of the pedal arm relative to the carrier is arranged in the housing, and a sensor for measuring the movements is provided. A damping element is fixed to the carrier in a groove in such a way that any contact between the pedal arm and the carrier is dampened. The damping element is securely held on the carrier. This is achieved by the damping element being secured on both sides against slipping out of the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Heinrich-Reinhold (Heinz) Brües, Kristin Gees, Ali Kemal Kücükyavuz, Sascha Kuhlmann, Ahmet Özcapci, Ruben Pella, Lothar Rehage, Ralf Ridder, Claus Viethen
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Publication number: 20220169116Abstract: A pedal for a motor vehicle is provided, having a pedal arm with at least one first resetting spring and with a friction system comprising a separate friction element and a friction surface of the base part corresponding to the separate friction element. The friction system features a rocker arranged in a rotatable manner on the base part and the at least one first resetting spring is arranged between the separate friction element and the rocker. The separate friction element is connected in a pressure-transmitting manner with the pedal arm by the at least one first resetting spring and at least one connection element. At least one second resetting spring is arranged between one bearing part connected in a pressure-transmitting manner with the pedal arm by the at least one connection element and the base part or the rocker.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Werner Austermeier, Kerim Florian Huge, Andreas Mueller, Ralf Ridder, David Schliwa, Claus Viethen, Bernd Schmitt, Robert Schuermann
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Publication number: 20220089135Abstract: A pedal emulator for a vehicle is provided comprising a base part for mounting the pedal emulator to a structure of the vehicle. A pedal lever is pivotable around a rotary axis of the base part. A force generation unit exerts a counterforce on the pedal lever by means of at least one coupling element for mechanically coupling the force generation unit with the pedal lever. The counterforce works counter to an actuating force exerted on the pedal lever. The force generation unit and the coupling element are designed and arranged in such a way that a progression of the counterforce along a pedal travel of the pedal lever (6) takes the form of a non-linear progression in a pedal travel-counterforce diagram.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Werner Austermeier, Dennis Mark Burke, Kerim Florian Huge, Andreas Mueller, Ralf Ridder, Claus Viethen
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Patent number: 11225141Abstract: A standing pedal is provided for a vehicle, comprising a support, a pedal arm, a rocker, a return spring for forcing the pedal arm into a direction of an idle position of the pedal arm, and a power transmission element. The return spring is linked to the support and the rocker in a power transmitting manner. The power transmission element is linked to the pedal arm and the rocker in a power transmitting manner. In order to provide a standing pedal for a vehicle, which is robust and shows an enhanced durability, the pivot axis of the pedal arm and the power transmission element are located on a common first side of the rocker with respect to a basic part of the rocker.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Ralf Ridder, Claus Viethen
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Patent number: 11091032Abstract: In order to provide a pedal for a motor vehicle in which restoration of the pedal arm to its rest position is improved, it is proposed that a friction system has a rocker and the first return spring is disposed between the separate friction element and the rocker such that when the pedal arm moves in the direction of its maximum actuation position, the rocker is pressed against a friction surface of the separate friction elements in a friction force-generating manner, wherein the separate friction element is connected to the pedal arm in a compressive force-transmitting manner by means of the at least one first return spring, a bearing part for a second return spring, and a connecting element, and wherein the second return spring is disposed between the bearing part and the base part or the bearing part and the rocker.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Ralf Ridder, Claus Viethen, Werner Austermeier, Kerim Florian Huge, David Schliwa, Bernd Schmitt, Robert Schuermann, Andreas Mueller
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Publication number: 20210237569Abstract: A standing pedal is provided for a vehicle, comprising a support, a pedal arm, a rocker, a return spring for forcing the pedal arm into a direction of an idle position of the pedal arm, and a power transmission element. The return spring is linked to the support and the rocker in a power transmitting manner. The power transmission element is linked to the pedal arm and the rocker in a power transmitting manner. In order to provide a standing pedal for a vehicle, which is robust and shows an enhanced durability, the pivot axis of the pedal arm and the power transmission element are located on a common first side of the rocker with respect to a basic part of the rocker.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Ralf Ridder, Claus Viethen
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Publication number: 20210016660Abstract: In order to provide a pedal for a motor vehicle in which restoration of the pedal arm to its rest position is improved, it is proposed that a friction system has a rocker and the first return spring is disposed between the separate friction element and the rocker such that when the pedal arm moves in the direction of its maximum actuation position, the rocker is pressed against a friction surface of the separate friction elements in a friction force-generating manner, wherein the separate friction element is connected to the pedal arm in a compressive force-transmitting manner by means of the at least one first return spring, a bearing part for a second return spring, and a connecting element, and wherein the second return spring is disposed between the bearing part and the base part or the bearing part and the rocker.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Ralf RIDDER, Claus VIETHEN, Werner AUSTERMEIER, Kerim Florian HUGE, David SCHLIWA, Bernd SCHMITT, Robert SCHUERMANN, Andreas MUELLER