Patents by Inventor Thorsten Averbeck

Thorsten Averbeck 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting a circuit failure in a vehicle brake system
    Patent number: 8087732
    Abstract: In a vehicle brake system including first and second brake circuits, a dual-circuit brake actuator, first and second control lines, the first brake circuit including a first brake pressure regulating valve and a first pressure sensor, the second brake circuit including a second brake pressure regulating valve and a second pressure sensor, the brake actuator connected to the first valve via the first control line to control that valve, and, via the second control line, to the second valve to control that valve, a control unit is communicatively connected to the pressure sensors and brake actuator and is adapted to effect a method for detecting a brake system circuit failure including determining a first pressure difference in the first brake circuit and a second pressure difference in the second brake circuit during actuation of the brake actuator, and determining a first comparison value from the first and second pressure differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Averbeck, Jürgen Eickhoff, Helmut Kortschakowski
  • Method and apparatus for detecting a circuit failure in a vehicle brake system
    Publication number: 20090292415
    Abstract: In a vehicle brake system including first and second brake circuits, a dual-circuit brake actuator, first and second control lines, the first brake circuit including a first brake pressure regulating valve and a first pressure sensor, the second brake circuit including a second brake pressure regulating valve and a second pressure sensor, the brake actuator connected to the first valve via the first control line to control that valve, and, via the second control line, to the second valve to control that valve, a control unit is communicatively connected to the pressure sensors and brake actuator and is adapted to effect a method for detecting a brake system circuit failure including determining a first pressure difference in the first brake circuit and a second pressure difference in the second brake circuit during actuation of the brake actuator, and determining a first comparison value from the first and second pressure differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Thorsten Averbeck, Jurgen Eickhoff, Helmut Kortschakowski