Patents by Inventor Reinhard Zenker

Reinhard Zenker 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: 6305240
    Abstract: A vehicle pedal has a pedal bar (16) and a pedal shaft (18) which is connected to the latter in a rotationally fixed manner and on which bearing locations (28, 32) are arranged. Up until now, the pedal bar (16) has usually been pinned to the pedal shaft (18) with the aid of an aluminum block between the bearing locations. In order to reduce the installation outlay during the production of a gas-pedal module (10), it is proposed that the pedal bar (16) be integrally formed on the pedal shaft (18) to the side of the two bearing locations (28, 32). This simplifies the production of the pedal lever (14) and the installation of the latter in the bearing arrangement (28, 32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hannewald, Reinhard Zenker
  • Patent number: 4530326
    Abstract: A device for the transmission by electrical transmission means 2 of the set-point between an idling position and a full-gas position of an electrical set-point adjuster 1 which is displaceable by the driver of a vehicle by means of a regulating unit, and controls the speed of travel of the vehicle by a control element 4 which is displaceable in corresponding manner between an idling position and a full-gas position. The control element is coupled to a control member 6 which controls the fuel-air mixture of an internal-combustion engine. Between the set-point adjuster 1 and the control element 4 there is arranged a mechanical transmission element 7 which can be coupled with the set-point adjuster 1 and the control element 4 and by which the position of the set-point adjuster 1 can be transmitted to the control element 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Arnold Mann, Gerhard Ruschek, Reinhard Zenker