Patents by Inventor Ronny Göpfert

Ronny Göpfert 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).

  • Publication number: 20210148597
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exchanger element (1) for use on board a vehicle, in particular for a passenger compartment and/or the engine bay of a vehicle. The exchanger element has an exhaust air flow path (2) and a feed air flow path (3), wherein the exhaust air flow path and the feed air flow path are separated from one another by partition sections that have heat-transmitting wall regions. The exhaust air flow path (2) forms a fluid connection from the interior of the vehicle to the outer surroundings of the vehicle. The feed air flow path (3) forms a fluid connection from the outer surroundings of the vehicle to a location on board the vehicle. According to the invention, the exchanger element (1) is embedded in a package (4), the outer surface area shape of which matches the inner dimensions of an installation space on board the vehicle for the installation of the exchanger element (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Christian HIRSCH, Ronny Göpfert, Mathias Witt, Martino Köhler
  • Patent number: 10145431
    Abstract: A parking brake, particularly for a vehicle, includes a brake piston, supported to be movable along a longitudinal axis between a braking position and an open position, by which a brake disk is immobilizable by applying a braking force, when the brake piston is in the braking position, a drive unit for moving the brake piston along the longitudinal axis, and a toggle lever interacting with the brake piston and having at least first and second legs. The first and second legs are connected rotatably with a joint element and are actuatable by the drive unit, such that the toggle lever provides the braking force and applies it to the brake piston. An immobilizing device having such a parking brake, as well as a vehicle having the immobilizing device, and a method for immobilizing a vehicle by such an immobilizing device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: IMS Gear SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Wolfram Hofschulte, Jens Fechler, Ronny Goepfert, Roland Michel
  • Publication number: 20170191537
    Abstract: A parking brake, particularly for a vehicle, includes a brake piston, supported to be movable along a longitudinal axis between a braking position and an open position, by which a brake disk is immobilizable by applying a braking force, when the brake piston is in the braking position, a drive unit for moving the brake piston along the longitudinal axis, and a toggle lever interacting with the brake piston and having at least first and second legs. The first and second legs are connected rotatably with a joint element and are actuatable by the drive unit, such that the toggle lever provides the braking force and applies it to the brake piston. An immobilizing device having such a parking brake, as well as a vehicle having the immobilizing device, and a method for immobilizing a vehicle by such an immobilizing device are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Wolfram HOFSCHULTE, Jens FECHLER, Ronny GOEPFERT, Roland MICHEL
  • Patent number: 8424978
    Abstract: A method is for closing a solenoid valve in which the solenoid valve is charged with a first current value that results in a first closing of the solenoid valve, and the solenoid valve is subsequently charged with a second current value that results in a renewed partial opening of the solenoid valve, and the solenoid valve is subsequently charged with a third current value that results in a second closing of the solenoid valve, the third current value being selected such that the second closing takes place with a higher closing speed of the solenoid valve than does the first closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Landesfeind, Christian Laier, Carsten Bodmann, Ronny Goepfert, Manfred Maerz
  • Publication number: 20100252769
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plunger for a solenoid valve having a plunger shaft, a closure element, and a sealing element, and a method for labeling plungers for solenoid valves. According to the invention, at least one permanent mark is applied by means of machining, allowing the association of the corresponding plunger to a specific type of plunger from a plurality of various types of plungers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Ronny Goepfert, Sezgin Acar, Isabelle Rey, Thorsten Schelldorf
  • Publication number: 20090289494
    Abstract: A method is for closing a solenoid valve in which the solenoid valve is charged with a first current value that results in a first closing of the solenoid valve, and the solenoid valve is subsequently charged with a second current value that results in a renewed partial opening of the solenoid valve, and the solenoid valve is subsequently charged with a third current value that results in a second closing of the solenoid valve, the third current value being selected such that the second closing takes place with a higher closing speed of the solenoid valve than does the first closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Klaus Landesfeind, Christian Laier, Carsten Bodmann, Ronny Goepfert, Manfred Maerz