Patents by Inventor Tillmann Freudenberg

Tillmann Freudenberg 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: 7338036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switchable assembly bearing that comprises at least one working chamber and one compensation chamber which are separated by a dividing wall. The working chamber and compensation chamber are hydraulically interconnected by means of a damping channel, in addition to at least one other damping channel which can be closed by means of the sealed arrangement of a shut-off body which can be displaced along a displacement path. The other damping channel is formed and arranged in relation to the axis of symmetry of the bearing in such a way that the forces acting on the shut-off body by means of the hydraulic fluid counterbalance each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg, KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Freudenberg, Erhard Moog
  • Patent number: 7318582
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly bearing with hydraulic damping, especially for supporting engines and/or gearboxes in motor vehicles. Said bearing comprises a working chamber (10) and a compensation chamber (20) which respectively have partially elastically deformable walls (30, 40) and are separated by a dividing wall (50), but interconnected by means of a damping channel (60) through which a fluid is guided, in addition to another passage opening (14) which can be variably adjusted from outside. According to the invention, a decoupling device for insulating high-frequency, low-amplitude vibrations is provided in the dividing wall (50), the other passage opening (14) being arranged upstream or downstream of said decoupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Freudenberg, Erhard Moog
  • Publication number: 20050236750
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly bearing with hydraulic damping, especially for supporting engines and/or gearboxes in motor vehicles. Said bearing comprises a working chamber (10) and a compensation chamber (20) which respectively have partially elastically deformable walls (30, 40) and are separated by a dividing wall (50), but interconnected by means of a damping channel (60) through which a fluid is guided, in addition to another passage opening (14) which can be variably adjusted from outside. According to the invention, a decoupling device for insulating high-frequency, low-amplitude vibrations is provided in the dividing wall (50), the other passage opening (14) being arranged upstream or downstream of said decoupling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Tillmann Freudenberg, Erhard Moog
  • Patent number: 6598864
    Abstract: A hydraulic two-chamber bearing for damping vibrations, in particular an engine mount on motor vehicles, having an engine-mount plate, a bearing spring made of rubber-elastic material, a working chamber and a compensation chamber for the liquid which are separated from each other by a partition provided with flow-through openings, and an elastic pressure diaphragm which terminates the compensation chamber, characterized in that the amount of fluid flowing through the openings (6) of the partition (5) is controlled as a function of the amplitude (A) of the vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Tillmann Freudenberg, Erhard Moog
  • Publication number: 20020163112
    Abstract: A hydraulic two-chamber bearing for damping vibrations, in particular an engine mount on motor vehicles, having an engine-mount plate, a bearing spring made of rubber-elastic material, a working chamber and a compensation chamber for the liquid which are separated from each other by a partition provided with flow-through openings, and an elastic pressure diaphragm which terminates the compensation chamber, characterized in that the amount of fluid flowing through the openings (6) of the partition (5) is controlled as a function of the amplitude (A) of the vibrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Tillmann Freudenberg, Erhard Moog
  • Patent number: 4699348
    Abstract: A mount, for example for mounting an engine in a vehicle, has a resilient vibration isolator and, separate therefrom, an electro-magnetically controllable vibration-damping arrangement. In this way, the damping can be controlled independently of the isolation, for example in response to the amplitude of the vibrations only to isolate resiliently small-amplitude vibrations, but damp fully large-amplitude, road-bump vibrations which could damagingly shake the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Inventor: Tillmann Freudenberg
  • Patent number: 4687171
    Abstract: A mount for connecting two relative-vibratable objects has two resilient elements and a signal actuated clutch for connecting the objects. The clutch is in parallel with one of the resilient elements and in parallel with the other. A sensor senses the vibrations applied across the mount and actuates the clutch in response thereto to change the transfer function of the mount. Appropriately controlling the engagement/disengagement actuation of the clutch in this way makes it possible to avoid the resonant frequencies of the mount and thus both isolate and damp the vibrations as desired without structural changes to the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Tillmann Freudenberg
  • Patent number: 4624435
    Abstract: A mount, for example for mounting an engine in a vehicle, has a resilient vibration isolator and, separate therefrom, an electro-magnetically controllable vibration-damping arrangement. In this way, the damping can be controlled independently of the isolation, for example in response to the amplitude of the vibrations only to isolate resiliently small-amplitude vibrations, but damp fully large-amplitude, road-bump vibrations which could damagingly shake the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Inventor: Tillmann Freudenberg