Patents by Inventor Stephan Krebs
Stephan Krebs 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: 11787169Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus includes an image acquisition device with at least one camera, the image acquisition device configured to acquire a multi-line section of a recording region and an evaluation device configured to process at least two sub-areas of the multi-line section as one strip image each and compare at least two strip images of a test pattern to each other in a validation mode to check whether deviations of the strip images are detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: ELEXIS AGInventor: Stephan Krebs
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Patent number: 11295428Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting images is disclosed. In an embodiment an apparatus includes a camera for recording a surface of a printed product, the printed product being movable relative to the apparatus, a first illumination unit of a first type for illuminating a first partial region of a region that is capturable by the camera, a second illumination unit of a second type for illuminating a second partial region of the region that is capturable by the camera, and an evaluation unit for processing image information captured by the camera, wherein the first illumination unit differs from the second illumination unit, and wherein the first illumination unit forms a diffuse illumination source and has an internally illuminated tunnel.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: ELEXIS AGInventor: Stephan Krebs
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Publication number: 20210252850Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for inspecting printed images for a printing or finishing machine with continuously moving printed products with an image detection device (3) with at least one camera (7), which is set up to detect a multi-line section of a recording region (5). In accordance with the invention, the device is characterized by an evaluation device (8) which is set up to process at least two partial areas of the multi-line section as one strip image each, and has a validation mode in which at least two strip images of a test image are compared with each other to check whether deviations of the strip images are detected. In a method according to the invention for validating the inspection algorithms, a stencil (20; 40) is placed in a recording region (5) of the device (1) for print image inspection, at least two multi-line strip images are acquired and compared with each other to determine whether deviations between a first and a second pattern are detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventor: Stephan Krebs
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Patent number: 10525960Abstract: A brake unit having a container which serves for accommodating working fluid and which is arranged with at least one connector piece in a receiving bore and which is sealed off by a sealing element which extends radially around the connector piece. In order to offer a simple, inexpensive and pressure-tight interface between connector piece in a receiving bore, it is proposed that a form fit transversely with respect to the direction of the longitudinal axis of the connector piece is formed by a displacement of the material of the sealing element during the installation of the connector piece in the receiving bore.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Sascha Gerber, Stephan Krebs, Horst Krämer, Harald König, Christoph Schiel
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Patent number: 10508649Abstract: A simple, compact, and economical motor/pump unit for supplying vacuum to a pneumatic brake booster of a motor-vehicle brake system, wherein the motor/pump unit is designed as a diaphragm pump having a single elastomeric diaphragm, which is moved by an electrically operated motor unit by an eccentric drive, and has a pump housing and a working-space cover and the diaphragm is clamped between the pump housing and the working-space cover at the radial outer edge of the diaphragm in a sealing manner and the working-space cover is designed as a multi-part working-space cover having an upper cover, a lower cover, and an inlet valve and an outlet valve, which are arranged between the upper cover and the lower cover and control the air circulation through the working space.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Stephan Krebs, Michael Jürging, Manfred Rüffer, Heinrich Kreh, Jens Bacher, Ricardo Toquero, Jose Gonzalez, Marcel Niepenberg, Lazar Milisic, Falk Petzold, Hans-Michael Koppel, Paul Wiebe, Martina Breitkopf, Thomas Oeffner, Adrian Messner, Ulrike Meyer, Stefan Imhof, Rolf Fellinger
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Patent number: 10351116Abstract: A pneumatic brake booster for motor vehicles, comprises a booster housing, the interior of which is separated into a working chamber and a low-pressure chamber by an axially movable wall that can be supplied with a pneumatic differential pressure; a control housing; and a control valve which controls a differential pressure between the working chamber and the low-pressure chamber. The control valve controls an airflow between the working chamber and the low-pressure chamber or a surrounding atmosphere. The control valve has a plate valve and a valve piston, a seal region of which can be sealingly placed on the plate valve and which can be moved in a stroke direction R. A fine and low-noise metering of the brake force is achieved by providing a throttle point between the valve piston and the plate valve for throttling the airflow dependent on the stroke.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Stephan Krebs, Harald König, Alexander Schubert, Ingolf Buchholz, Thorsten Neu
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Publication number: 20190122352Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting images is disclosed. In an embodiment an apparatus includes a camera for recording a surface of a printed product, the printed product being movable relative to the apparatus, a first illumination unit of a first type for illuminating a first partial region of a region that is capturable by the camera, a second illumination unit of a second type for illuminating a second partial region of the region that is capturable by the camera, and an evaluation unit for processing image information captured by the camera, wherein the first illumination unit differs from the second illumination unit, and wherein the first illumination unit forms a diffuse illumination source and has an internally illuminated tunnel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Stephan Krebs
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Patent number: 10131334Abstract: The invention relates to a brake fluid container for a master cylinder in a hydraulic brake system. A safety valve is provided to ensure that the neck of the brake fluid container closes when the brake fluid container is detached from the master cylinder, for example in case of an accident. The safety valve is disposed in a cartridge which can be inserted from outside in a tightly sealing manner into the neck of the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHGInventors: Werner Krebs, Stephan Krebs, Horst Krämer, Harald König, Stephan Schlicht
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Patent number: 9969373Abstract: A tandem master brake cylinder for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, which is impinged upon by a pneumatic brake booster, including at least one piston which is displaceable in a housing and has a plurality of follow-up connections the follow-up connections allowing a hydraulic connection between the pressure chamber and a pressureless follow-up chamber at the start of a braking operation. At least some of the follow-up connections are formed as transverse bores through a wall of at least one piston and are arranged at a same distance relative to the piston edge in a main plane, wherein the overtravel thereof by the sealing collar defines a closure path of the piston. In order to allow a smooth, quiet and yet sufficiently reliable braking initiation, the follow-up connections are arranged in a distributed manner on at least three planes, the planes being arranged at a distance to one another and in parallel to the piston edge.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Harald König, Kai-Michael Graichen, Stephan Krebs, Michael Kollers, Horst Krämer, Andreas Macher
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Publication number: 20180073500Abstract: A simple, compact, and economical motor/pump unit for supplying vacuum to a pneumatic brake booster of a motor-vehicle brake system, wherein the motor/pump unit is designed as a diaphragm pump having a single elastomeric diaphragm, which is moved by an electrically operated motor unit by an eccentric drive, and has a pump housing and a working-space cover and the diaphragm is clamped between the pump housing and the working-space cover at the radial outer edge of the diaphragm in a sealing manner and the working-space cover is designed as a multi-part working-space cover having an upper cover, a lower cover, and an inlet valve and an outlet valve, which are arranged between the upper cover and the lower cover and control the air circulation through the working space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Stephan Krebs, Michael Jürging, Manfred Rüffer, Heinrich Kreh, Jens Bacher, Ricardo Toquero, Jose Gonzalez, Marcel Niepenberg, Lazar Milisic, Falk Petzold, Hans-Michael Koppel, Paul Wiebe, Martina Breitkopf, Thomas Oeffner, Adrian Messner, Ulrike Meyer, Stefan Imhof, Rolf Fellinger
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Publication number: 20180072294Abstract: A brake unit having a container which serves for accommodating working fluid and which is arranged with at least one connector piece in a receiving bore and which is sealed off by a sealing element which extends radially around the connector piece. In order to offer a simple, inexpensive and pressure-tight interface between connector piece in a receiving bore, it is proposed that a form fit transversely with respect to the direction of the longitudinal axis of the connector piece is formed by a displacement of the material of the sealing element during the installation of the connector piece in the receiving bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Sascha Gerber, Stephan Krebs, Horst Krämer, Harald König, Christoph Schiel
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Patent number: 9828981Abstract: The invention relates to a pump unit that can be driven by an electric motor, in particular for providing vacuum for a pneumatic brake booster, including a pump housing that can be closed by a working-chamber cover and at least one elastic displacement element, wherein a working chamber is bounded between the displacement element and the working-chamber cover and wherein inlet valves and outlet valves and inlet channels and outlet channels associated with the valves are associated with the working chamber. According to the invention, in order to reduce noise emissions, devices for reducing a contact surface between the working-chamber cover and the pump housing are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Stephan Krebs, Jens Bacher, Heinrich Kreh, Lazar Milisic, Michael Jürging, Marcel Niepenberg, Jose Gonzalez, Karlheinz Seitz, Hans-Michael Koppel, Falk Petzold, Rolf Fellinger, Stefan Imhof, Thomas Oeffner, Paul Wiebe, Manfred Rüffer
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Patent number: 9784264Abstract: A pump assembly for supplying negative pressure to a pneumatic brake booster, wherein the pump assembly has at least two elastic displacement elements which are moved by connecting rods, the connecting rods each being rotatably mounted on an eccentric element. The eccentric element has a bearing seat element and a force element. At least two eccentric elements are secured next to each other on a drive shaft that rotates about an axis of rotation and an interlocking anti-rotation device is provided that determines a defined angular position of the eccentric elements relative to each other about the axis of rotation. In order to improve the ease of assembly and simplify the manufacturability, the anti-rotation device is designed as shaped elements of the bearing seat element in such a way that they engage in each other in an interlocking manner when the eccentric elements are in a defined angular position relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Stephan Krebs, Jens Bacher, Heinrich Kreh, Lazar Milisic, Michael Jürging, Marcel Niepenberg, Jose Gonzalez, Karlheinz Seitz, Hans-Michael Koppel, Falk Petzold, Rolf Fellinger, Thomas Oeffner, Paul Wiebe, Stefan Imhof, Manfred Rüffer
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Publication number: 20170217414Abstract: The invention relates to a brake fluid container for a master cylinder in a hydraulic brake system. A safety valve is provided to ensure that the neck of the brake fluid container closes when the brake fluid container is detached from the master cylinder, for example in case of an accident. The safety valve is disposed in a cartridge which can be inserted from outside in a tightly sealing manner into the neck of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Werner Krebs, Stephan Krebs, Horst Krämer, Harald König, Stephan Schlicht
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Patent number: 9719939Abstract: An apparatus can be used for inspecting printed images for a printing or finishing machine with continuously moved printed products. An illumination unit with a light source illuminates a recording region and an image capture apparatus with at least one camera, for example a line scanning camera, is set up to capture an image inside the recording region, which extends over the width of the printed product, wherein the image capture apparatus is set up to generate a multi-line partial image.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Stephan Krebs
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Publication number: 20170144641Abstract: A pneumatic brake booster for motor vehicles, comprises a booster housing, the interior of which is separated into a working chamber and a low-pressure chamber by an axially movable wall that can be supplied with a pneumatic differential pressure; a control housing; and a control valve which controls a differential pressure between the working chamber and the low-pressure chamber. The control valve controls an airflow between the working chamber and the low-pressure chamber or a surrounding atmosphere. The control valve has a plate valve and a valve piston, a seal region of which can be sealingly placed on the plate valve and which can be moved in a stroke direction R. A fine and low-noise metering of the brake force is achieved by providing a throttle point between the valve piston and the plate valve for throttling the airflow dependent on the stroke.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Stephan Krebs, Harald König, Alexander Schubert, Ingolf Buchholz, Thorsten Neu
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Publication number: 20160102662Abstract: A pump assembly for supplying negative pressure to a pneumatic brake booster, wherein the pump assembly has at least two elastic displacement elements which are moved by connecting rods, the connecting rods each being rotatably mounted on an eccentric element. The eccentric element has a bearing seat element and a force element. At least two eccentric elements are secured next to each other on a drive shaft that rotates about an axis of rotation and an interlocking anti-rotation device is provided that determines a defined angular position of the eccentric elements relative to each other about the axis of rotation. In order to improve the ease of assembly and simplify the manufacturability, the anti-rotation device is designed as shaped elements of the bearing seat element in such a way that they engage in each other in an interlocking manner when the eccentric elements are in a defined angular position relative to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Stephan Krebs, Jens Bacher, Heinrich Kreh, Lazar Milisic, Michael Jürging, Marcel Niepenberg, Jose Gonzalez, Karlheinz Seitz, Hans-Michael Koopel, Falk Petzold, Rolf Fellinger, Thomas Oeffner, Paul Wiebe, Stefan Imhof, Manfred Rüffer
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Publication number: 20150353066Abstract: A tandem master brake cylinder for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, which is impinged upon by a pneumatic brake booster, including at least one piston which is displaceable in a housing and has a plurality of follow-up connections the follow-up connections allowing a hydraulic connection between the pressure chamber and a pressureless follow-up chamber at the start of a braking operation. At least some of the follow-up connections are formed as transverse bores through a wall of at least one piston and are arranged at a same distance relative to the piston edge in a main plane, wherein the overtravel thereof by the sealing collar defines a closure path of the piston. In order to allow a smooth, quiet and yet sufficiently reliable braking initiation, the follow-up connections are arranged in a distributed manner on at least three planes, the planes being arranged at a distance to one another and in parallel to the piston edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Harald König, Kai-Michael Graichen, Stephan Krebs, Michael Kollers, Horst Krämer, Andreas Macher
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Publication number: 20150077538Abstract: An apparatus can be used for inspecting printed images for a printing or finishing machine with continuously moved printed products. An illumination unit with a light source illuminates a recording region and an image capture apparatus with at least one camera, for example a line scanning camera, is set up to capture an image inside the recording region, which extends over the width of the printed product, wherein the image capture apparatus is set up to generate a multi-line partial image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventor: Stephan KREBS
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Publication number: 20150030476Abstract: The invention relates to a pump unit that can be driven by an electric motor, in particular for providing vacuum for a pneumatic brake booster, including a pump housing that can be closed by a working-chamber cover and at least one elastic displacement element, wherein a working chamber is bounded between the displacement element and the working-chamber cover and wherein inlet valves and outlet valves and inlet channels and outlet channels associated with the valves are associated with the working chamber. According to the invention, in order to reduce noise emissions, devices for reducing a contact surface between the working-chamber cover and the pump housing are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Stephan Krebs, Jens Bacher, Heinrich Kreh, Lazar Milisic, Michael Jürging, Marcel Niepenberg, Jose Gonzalez, Karlheinz Seitz, Hans-Michael Koppel, Falk Petzold, Rolf Fellinger, Stefan Imhof, Thomas Oeffner, Paul Wiebe, Manfred Rüffer