Patents by Inventor Volker Stampf

Volker Stampf 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: 11946521
    Abstract: A stop assembly for damper masses of a damper system has a stop device and a stop device carrier which holds the stop device. The stop device has at least one shoulder, which is intended to engage in at least one associated receiving portion of the stop device carrier. In at least one support region, the shoulder is oversized relative to the associated receiving portion to facilitate captive engagement in the receiving portion, and, at a distance from the at least one support region, the shoulder is undersized relative to the associated receiving portion to facilitate assembly-simplifying engagement in the receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jörg Bender, Michael Wirachowski, Matthias Kram, Kyrill Siemens, Volker Stampf, Reinhold Fischer
  • Publication number: 20220186813
    Abstract: A stop assembly for damper masses of a damper system has a stop device and a stop device carrier which holds the stop device. The stop device has at least one shoulder, which is intended to engage in at least one associated receiving portion of the stop device carrier. In at least one support region, the shoulder is oversized relative to the associated receiving portion to facilitate captive engagement in the receiving portion, and, at a distance from the at least one support region, the shoulder is undersized relative to the associated receiving portion to facilitate assembly-simplifying engagement in the receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jörg Bender, Michael Wirachowski, Matthias Kram, Kyrill Siemens, Volker Stampf, Reinhold Fischer
  • Patent number: 10100898
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper has a damper mass carrier at which is received at least one damper mass movable relative to the damper mass carrier and with at least one stop. The at least one damper mass has a stop side with a geometric shaping. At least one stop is associated with the damper mass, and has an axial overlap with the at least one damper mass in extension direction of a central axis and a stop profile at its side facing the stop side of the damper mass. At least one stop receiver is associated with the least one stop for the at least one damper mass. The geometric shaping which is provided at the at least one damper mass has a first contact region operative at least substantially in radial direction and a second contact region operative at least substantially in tangential direction. The first contact region can be brought into operative connection with the stop, and the second contact region can be brought into operative connection with the stop receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Matthias Kram, Volker Stampf, Jörg Sudau, Christoph Sasse, Armin Stürmer, Michael Wirachowski, Ying Dong, Friedrich Kokott, Daniel Pittner, Oliver Andres, Simone Vierneusel, Dennis Egler
  • Patent number: 9797471
    Abstract: A mass damper system includes a damper mass carrier having movable damper mass and a stop. The damper mass moves within a predetermined movement region during an operating state. A first movement region portion bounded by an initial position in which the damper mass is free from a deflection in circumferential direction and by a limit position in which the damper mass has undergone a deflection, and a second movement region portion defined by the limit position and a stop position in which the damper mass has come in contact with the stop. At a side facing the stop, the damper mass has a proximity profile that correspond to a stop profile such that in the first movement region portion the damper mass remains within a residual distance region relative to the stop in one extension portion of the proximity profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Matthias Kram, Jörg Sudau, Dennis Egler, Volker Stampf, Kyrill Siemens
  • Patent number: 9638283
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper is provided with a damper mass carrier at which is received at least one damper mass that is movable relative to the damper mass carrier and at least one stop. The at least one stop is associated with each stop side of the at least one damper mass. The at least one damper mass and the stop have an extension in extension direction of a central axis. The at least one damper mass has a plurality of damper mass elements in extension direction of the central axis, while the stop has in extension direction of the central axis a stop profile at its side facing the stop sides of the damper mass elements. The stop profile has different radial distances from the central axis in association with the damper mass elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Michael Wirachowski, Matthias Kram, Ying Dong, Volker Stampf, Jörg Sudau, Armin Stürmer, Friedrich Kokott, Christoph Sasse, Daniel Pittner, Oliver Andres, Simone Vierneusel, Dennis Egler, Kyrill Siemens
  • Publication number: 20160208887
    Abstract: A mass damper system includes a damper mass carrier having movable damper mass and a stop. The damper mass moves within a predetermined movement region during an operating state. A first movement region portion bounded by an initial position in which the damper mass is free from a deflection in circumferential direction and by a limit position in which the damper mass has undergone a deflection, and a second movement region portion defined by the limit position and a stop position in which the damper mass has come in contact with the stop. At a side facing the stop, the damper mass has a proximity profile that correspond to a stop profile such that in the first movement region portion the damper mass remains within a residual distance region relative to the stop in one extension portion of the proximity profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Matthias KRAM, Jörg SUDAU, Dennis EGLER, Volker STAMPF, Kyrill SIEMENS
  • Publication number: 20150316124
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper is provided with a damper mass carrier at which is received at least one damper mass that is movable relative to the damper mass carrier and at least one stop. The at least one stop is associated with each stop side of the at least one damper mass. The at least one damper mass and the stop have an extension in extension direction of a central axis. The at least one damper mass has a plurality of damper mass elements in extension direction of the central axis, while the stop has in extension direction of the central axis a stop profile at its side facing the stop sides of the damper mass elements. The stop profile has different radial distances from the central axis in association with the damper mass elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Michael WIRACHOWSKI, Matthias KRAM, Ying DONG, Volker STAMPF, Jörg SUDAU, Armin STÜRMER, Friedrich KOKOTT, Christoph SASSE, Daniel PITTNER, Oliver ANDRES, Simone VIERNEUSEL, Dennis EGLER, Kyrill SIEMENS
  • Publication number: 20150285332
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper has a damper mass carrier at which is received at least one damper mass movable relative to the damper mass carrier and with at least one stop. The at least one damper mass has a stop side with a geometric shaping. At least one stop is associated with the damper mass, and has an axial overlap with the at least one damper mass in extension direction of a central axis and a stop profile at its side facing the stop side of the damper mass. At least one stop receiver is associated with the least one stop for the at least one damper mass. The geometric shaping which is provided at the at least one damper mass has a first contact region operative at least substantially in radial direction and a second contact region operative at least substantially in tangential direction. The first contact region can be brought into operative connection with the stop, and the second contact region can be brought into operative connection with the stop receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias Kram, Volker Stampf, Jörg Sudau, Christoph Sasse, Armin Stürmer, Michael Wirachowski, Ying Dong, Friedrich Kokott, Daniel Pittner, Oliver Andres, Simone Vierneusel, Dennis Egler
  • Patent number: 7114605
    Abstract: A multiple disk clutch device for arrangement in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive unit and a transmission, includes at least an inner and an outer disk clutch arrangement that are radially staggered and associated with a transmission input shaft of the transmission. Each of the plural clutch disk arrangements includes a set of disks, the set of disks have an outer disk associated with an outer disk carrier and an inner disk associated with an inner disk carrier. The outer disks are operable to mutually engage the inner disks in a driving arrangement. Each of the plural disk sets includes at least one disk having a lining and at least one disk being unlined where one of the inner and outer disks of the inner and the outer disk clutch arrangements of the plural disk clutch arrangements is the lined disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Sachs AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Wolfgang Kundermann, Volker Stampf, Angelika Ebert, Wolfgang Reisser
  • Patent number: 6712362
    Abstract: In a master/slave cylinder system for clutches or brakes, primary seals have bevels which interact with similar bevels of formations on housings of the respective cylinders. Along with the lowest possible friction in the region of the sealing lips, this permits carrying out uncomplicated pressure/negative-pressure filling in the case of the master cylinder. The primary seals slide by the wedge of effects in the direction of the pressure on the bevels of the annular formations and reduce the annular bearing face of the sealing lip in a frictionally optimized manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Klaus Krappmann, André Gemeinhardt, Hai Sui, Dieter Gebauer, Boleslaw Tulaczko, Volker Stampf
  • Publication number: 20040035666
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a dual clutch device or multiple disk clutch device for arrangement in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive unit and a transmission, wherein the clutch device (12a) has a plurality of radially staggered disk clutch arrangements (64a, 72a) which are associated, respectively, with a transmission input shaft (22a and 24a) of the transmission and are constructed, respectively, with a disk set (74a and 76a) having outer disks associated with an outer disk carrier (62a and 70a) and inner disks which can be brought into mutual driving engagement with the outer disks and which are associated with an inner disk carrier (82a and 86a), wherein every disk set has disks with linings and without linings which are constructed either as outer disks or as inner disks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Wolfgang Kundermann, Volker Stampf, Angelika Ebert, Wolfgang Reisser
  • Patent number: 6575471
    Abstract: In a cylinder for a hydraulic system, a seal has a sealing bead clamped between a housing of the cylinder and a supporting part which holds the sealing bead in a deformed state by pretensioning. The seal is reliably held in its intended position by the supporting part and, therefore, pressure fluctuations in the pressure space do not cause a relative movement of the seal and wear of the sealing bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Dieter Gebauer, Boleslaw Tulaczko, Volker Stampf, André Gemeinhardt, Klaus Krappmann
  • Patent number: 6454314
    Abstract: An elastomeric seal seals a pipe which is held in a push-in part of a plug-in coupling relative to a cylindrical interior surface of a housing of the plug-in coupling, into which the push-in part is pushed together with the pipe. The seal is in prestressed contact with the interior surface of the housing via an outward-facing annular lip and with the pipe via a radially inward-facing annular lip. The elastomeric seal is connectable by positive fitting to the push-in part, this positive fit being lockable by the assembly of the pipe to form a non-releasable connection, the pipe having a cylindrical and uninterrupted exterior circumference in the region of the seal. The joint between the seal and the push-in part is simple to assemble and is lockable by the insertion of the pipe. The connection of the seal to the push-in part may be additionally secured, with certain changes of diameter, by compression of the web-shaped connection between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Olaf Pagels, Martin Otto, Volker Stampf, Thomas Riess, Dieter Gebauer, Angelika Ebert
  • Publication number: 20020050686
    Abstract: In a master/slave cylinder system for clutches or brakes, primary seals have bevels which interact with similar bevels of formations on housings of the respective cylinders. Along with the lowest possible friction in the region of the sealing lips, this permits carrying out uncomplicated pressure/negative-pressure filling in the case of the master cylinder. The primary seals slide by the wedge of effects in the direction of the pressure on the bevels of the annular formations and reduce the annular bearing face of the sealing lip in a frictionally optimized manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Klaus Krappmann, Andre Gemeinhardt, Hai Sui, Dieter Gebauer, Boleslaw Tulaczko, Volker Stampf
  • Patent number: 6237334
    Abstract: A hydraulic actuation device for the adjustment of units in motor vehicles includes a piston-cylinder unit with a housing and a piston displaceably arranged in the cylinder portion of the housing and/or in a guide sleeve in the housing. The piston-cylinder unit may be a slave cylinder or a master cylinder. The cylinder has a connection channel along one of its surface lines with an outer channel wall which is located in a portion of the connection channel located farthest from a center axis of the cylinder. The outer channel wall approximately follows a straight line and has an angle of inclination relative to the center axis which is greater than zero and preferably equal to or greater than a maximum installation angle of the installed position of the housing. The described arrangement of the deaeration bore hole at the highest possible location in the pressure space of the cylinder is advantageous for a deaeration of the hydraulic system for repairs and servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Boleslaw Tulaczko, Volker Stampf
  • Patent number: 6029979
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for providing a seal between a component and a cylinder in which the component is inserted includes a sealing ring supported in the axial direction in a circumferential slot on the component. The sealing ring has at least one static and one dynamic sealing lip. The sealing lips rest radially on corresponding sealing surfaces of the component and the cylinder. To reduce the noise generated during movement of the component in the cylinder, the geometrical shape of at least of one of the sealing lips is asymmetrical in the axial and/or radial direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the component or a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the component, or cavities are distributed around a circumference of a base body portion of the sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Thomas Otto, Gottfried Mader, Olaf Pagels, Thomas Riess, Volker Stampf
  • Patent number: 5937988
    Abstract: A throttle device for the directionally-dependent influencing of the flow velocity of the fluid in hydraulic actuator systems, in particular of friction clutches in motor vehicles, with a throttle located between a master cylinder and a slave cylinder in the hydraulic system. The throttle is formed by a base body with at least one through hole, which through hole can be at least partly closed by a rubber-elastomer disc. The rubber-elastomeric disc is located on the side of the base body facing the slave cylinder, which disc radially overlaps a through hole, which through hole can be at least partly closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Thomas Otto, Volker Stampf, Wolfgang Grosspietsch
  • Patent number: 5860502
    Abstract: A detachable plug-type connector, in particular for the connection of a pressure line to a hydraulic cylinder with a pin-shaped inner part, which pin-shaped inner part can be inserted in a boring of an outer part. Between the outer part and the inner part there is a seal. The seal sits in the boring of the outer part, and in front of the seal there is a securing element which limits the axial travel of the seal in the extraction direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Volker Stampf, Alfred Eusemann, Thomas Riess