Patents by Inventor Stephan Schlicht

Stephan Schlicht 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: 11590948
    Abstract: A fluid container for supplying a consuming device with a working fluid, including at least one connector piece having a shut-off valve arranged therein for preventing undesired escaping of the working fluid from the fluid container. In order to increase safety against undesired emptying of the fluid container, it is provided that the valve closure body, in the closed state of the shut-off valve, is accommodated in the fluid container completely inside a contour formed by an outer edge of the connector piece, and provision is made, for support against the valve closure body, of a support, which, upon insertion of the connector piece into the receiving seat, engages at least regionally into the connecting duct and in this way displaces the valve closure body in the connecting duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Werner Krebs, Horst Krämer, Manfred Rüffer, Stephan Schlicht, Jörg Loke, Zdenek Rozsypal, Jaroslav Masek
  • Publication number: 20230053989
    Abstract: A fluid container for a hydraulic unit comprises a container housing which has at least one connection part, which can be shut off by means of a shut-off device arranged in the fluid container. The container housing has at least one internal chamber and a channel for connecting the internal chamber to the hydraulic unit. The connection part and the shut-off device are combined in a separate module, which is connected to the container housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Vit Nahlovsky, Ales Jakubec, Stephan Schlicht
  • Publication number: 20230021175
    Abstract: A brake device for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system comprises at least one brake device housing which has a front side oriented substantially in the direction of travel and a rear side oriented counter to the direction of travel after being mounted in the vehicle. At least one pressure medium container is arranged on the brake device housing and has a container housing. The pressure medium container has at least one first connection piece for supplying the brake device with a hydraulic pressure medium, which is oriented substantially parallel or at an acute angle to the direction of travel and plugged in a receiving seat formed in the brake device housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Mike Hirsemann, Rüdiger Briesewitz, Joseph Dolmaya, Stephan Schlicht, Dieter Dinkel
  • Publication number: 20210179048
    Abstract: A fluid container for supplying a consuming device with a working fluid, including at least one connector piece having a shut-off valve arranged therein for preventing undesired escaping of the working fluid from the fluid container. In order to increase safety against undesired emptying of the fluid container, it is provided that the valve closure body, in the closed state of the shut-off valve, is accommodated in the fluid container completely inside a contour formed by an outer edge of the connector piece, and provision is made, for support against the valve closure body, of a support, which, upon insertion of the connector piece into the receiving seat, engages at least regionally into the connecting duct and in this way displaces the valve closure body in the connecting duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Werner Krebs, Horst Krämer, Manfred Rüffer, Stephan Schlicht, Jörg Loke, Zdenek Rozsypal, Jaroslav Masek
  • Publication number: 20200292372
    Abstract: A fluid container having a device which is arranged in an interior space within the fluid container and which serves for monitoring the fill level of a fluid, the device comprising a linearly movable position encoder having a magnet element, the position of which correlates with the fill level of the fluid in the fluid container, and comprising a signal unit, which generates at least one electrical signal in a manner dependent on the position of the magnet element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Stephan Schlicht, Horst Krämer, Manfred Rüffer, Werner Krebs, Swen Ottmann
  • Patent number: 10131334
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Werner Krebs, Stephan Krebs, Horst Krämer, Harald König, Stephan Schlicht
  • Patent number: 9797518
    Abstract: A pressure medium container for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system. A pressure medium container is provided including a container casing the interior of which can be filled with a pressure medium via a filler pipe and is closed off by a closure cap fixed to the filler pipe. A sealing element made from an elastomeric material is provided between the filler pipe and a bottom of the closure cap. The sealing element has a valve which rests on a support pedestal arranged on the closure cap is closed in a non-actuated initial state and reaches an opened actuated state under the control of differential pressure, whereby a pressure is equalized between an interior of the pressure medium container and an ambient atmosphere. Direction-dependently, the valve has different valve opening resistances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Swen Ottmann, Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Werner Krebs, Stephan Schlicht, Christoph Schiel
  • Publication number: 20170217414
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Werner Krebs, Stephan Krebs, Horst Krämer, Harald König, Stephan Schlicht
  • Patent number: 9656645
    Abstract: A hydraulic fluid container for a hydraulic brake system, includes a hydraulic interface for connecting the hydraulic fluid container to another component. The hydraulic fluid container has a container housing, and the interface includes at least one connector arranged on the container housing, the connector received in a receiving seat of the other component. The connector has a channel which ensures a hydraulic connection between an interior of the container housing and the other component. A blocking device for blocking the hydraulic connection is provided, wherein the blocking device is opened when the connector is received in the receiving seat, the blocking device having a movable valve piston and a sealing element. The aim of the invention is to improve the blocking device and reduce the space requirement and assembly complexity. This is achieved in that the sealing element is designed to secure the position of the valve piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Werner Krebs, Stephan Schlicht, David Sibr
  • Publication number: 20160052497
    Abstract: A hydraulic fluid container for a hydraulic brake system, includes a hydraulic interface for connecting the hydraulic fluid container to another component. The hydraulic fluid container has a container housing, and the interface includes at least one connector arranged on the container housing, the connector received in a receiving seat of the other component. The connector has a channel which ensures a hydraulic connection between an interior of the container housing and the other component. A blocking device for blocking the hydraulic connection is provided, wherein the blocking device is opened when the connector is received in the receiving seat, the blocking device having a movable valve piston and a sealing element. The aim of the invention is to improve the blocking device and reduce the space requirement and assembly complexity. This is achieved in that the sealing element is designed to secure the position of the valve piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Werner Krebs, Stephan Schlicht, David Sibr
  • Patent number: 9199619
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly made of a compensating tank and a master cylinder for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, wherein the compensating tank has two fastening attachments, each with an opening, wherein openings align with an opening in the master cylinder, and the compensating tank is fastened by a detachable connection by a fastening pin that extends through the aligned openings. In order to improve the installation and possible dismantling of the fastening pin, and at the same time to maintain an optimized assembly weight, the invention proposes that the fastening pin be made of plastic and interact in a positive- or force-locking manner with at least one of the openings of the fastening attachments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Peter Tandler, Stephan Schlicht
  • Publication number: 20150330523
    Abstract: A pressure medium container for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system. A pressure medium container is provided including a container casing the interior of which can be filled with a pressure medium via a filler pipe and is closed off by a closure cap fixed to the filler pipe. A sealing element made from an elastomeric material is provided between the filler pipe and a bottom of the closure cap. The sealing element has a valve which rests on a support pedestal arranged on the closure cap is closed in a non-actuated initial state and reaches an opened actuated state under the control of differential pressure, whereby a pressure is equalized between an interior of the pressure medium container and an ambient atmosphere. Direction-dependently, the valve has different valve opening resistances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Swen Ottmann, Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Werner Krebs, Stephan Schlicht, Christoph Schiel
  • Patent number: 9156455
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly including a pressure medium reservoir and a manually actuable master cylinder, in particular for a hydraulic motorcycle brake system, wherein the pressure medium reservoir is connected permanently to the master cylinder by at least one pressure medium connection, wherein the master cylinder has at least one pressure chamber, which can be connected to wheel brakes. According to the invention, provision is made for a protection device to be arranged in the region of the pressure medium connection, the device preventing air from penetrating into the pressure chamber and allowing air to escape in the direction of the pressure medium reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Stefan A. Schmitt, Peter Tandler, Werner Krebs, Stephan Schlicht, Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Christoph Schiel
  • Patent number: 9139182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reservoir, in particular for hydraulic motor vehicle brake systems, having one or more pressure medium chambers, a filler neck for filling the reservoir with pressure medium and a pressure medium passage, which is connected to the filler neck and has an opening facing the pressure medium chamber. In order to provide a reservoir which reliably prevents the pressure medium from leaking when the vehicle is in extreme positions and which, at the same time, can be produced in a simple and inexpensive manner, the proposal according to the invention is that the pressure medium passage be provided as a lateral channel which extends in the longitudinal direction along the reservoir, starting from the filler neck, and be formed by walls of an upper part and of a lower part of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Peter Tandler, Werner Krebs, Stephan Schlicht, Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Christoph Schiel, Yoji Hiraga
  • Patent number: 9033182
    Abstract: A compensation tank for hydraulic motor vehicle brake systems, including a tank housing having at least one pressure medium chamber which can be filled with pressure medium via a filler neck, and a cap which can be fastened to the filler neck by a threaded connection having a cap thread and a tank thread. The cap and the tank housing each have a respective stop, which stops permit a predetermined positioning of the cap in relation to the tank housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Christoph Schiel, Peter Tandler, Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Swen Ottmann, Werner Krebs, Stephan Schlicht
  • Patent number: 8757417
    Abstract: A pressure medium container for hydraulic motor vehicle braking systems, with at least one chamber which can be filled with a liquid medium via a filler neck, and with a cover which can be fastened to the filler neck and has means for equalizing the pressure between the chamber and the atmosphere, wherein a sealing element is provided to prevent the liquid medium from emerging from the chamber. The sealing element has a space exposed to the atmosphere and has one or more openings facing the chamber, the space being configured such that liquid medium penetrating the space undergoes an increase in surface area, while its volume remains constant, when displaced by means of a further gaseous medium, and, when a threshold surface tension is reached, the liquid medium is forced back into the chamber such that the gaseous medium can flow into the atmosphere via the sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Stephan Schlicht, Christoph Schiel
  • Patent number: 8739526
    Abstract: A compensating tank for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, having a housing including a housing upper part and a housing lower part and having a device for monitoring the tank filling level of the compensating tank, including a switching unit, which is welded to the housing and has a plug connector, and including a sensor or switching element which can be switched by a transducer at a switching point S at which the switching unit generates a signal for an electronic control unit. The housing has a depression for holding the switching unit, with the switching unit having a base body composed of plastic, which base body is welded to the housing in the depression, and with the depression being provided such that the base body of the switching unit forms a planar surface with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Peter Tandler, Stephan Schlicht, Johann Ludwig, Werner Krebs, Hans-Jürgen Neumann
  • Patent number: 8615995
    Abstract: A fluid reservoir for a motor vehicle hydraulic brake system, having a housing with at least one fluid chamber, the housing preferably having a housing upper part and a housing lower part, a reservoir warning device for monitoring the reservoir filling level of the fluid reservoir, a filler neck for filling the fluid reservoir, a cap for fluid-tight closure of the filler neck, provisions for pressure balancing of the fluid reservoir and preferably a canister-shaped filling filter arranged in the area of the filler neck and having a wall and a base. In order to provide a cost-effective and easily assembled fluid reservoir, the filling filter, which reliably prevents the ingress of dirt, extends into the fluid chamber and includes a wall molded onto the housing of the fluid reservoir that adjoins the reservoir filler neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Peter Tandler, Stephan Schlicht
  • Publication number: 20130320016
    Abstract: A compensation tank for hydraulic motor vehicle brake systems, including a tank housing having at least one pressure medium chamber which can be filled with pressure medium via a filler neck, and a cap which can be fastened to the filler neck by a threaded connection having a cap thread and a tank thread. The cap and the tank housing each have a respective stop, which stops permit a predetermined positioning of the cap in relation to the tank housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Christoph Schiel, Peter Tandler, Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Swen Ottmann, Werner Krebs, Stephan Schlicht
  • Publication number: 20130152579
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly made of a compensating tank and a master cylinder for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, wherein the compensating tank has two fastening attachments, each with an opening, wherein openings align with an opening in the master cylinder, and the compensating tank is fastened by a detachable connection by a fastening pin that extends through the aligned openings. In order to improve the installation and possible dismantling of the fastening pin, and at the same time to maintain an optimized assembly weight, the invention proposes that the fastening pin be made of plastic and interact in a positive- or force-locking manner with at least one of the openings of the fastening attachments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Peter Tandler, Stephan Schlicht