Patents by Inventor Walter Kuffner

Walter Kuffner 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: 6318510
    Abstract: An electronically controlled ventilation system for a disk brake is provided, particularly in the case of a vehicle, in which a brake disk to be ventilated is arranged in the course of a flow duct. An optimal ventilation of the disk brake is achieved in that a control unit is provided which generates a ventilation signal as a function of input quantities. The signal is emitted to a device for the corresponding change of the flow cross-section of the flow duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Armin Schoenherr, Walter Kuffner
  • Patent number: 5283485
    Abstract: Small-size motors, particularly vehicle step motors in a system used to adjust vehicle parts, are connected directly with a housing in which an assigned electronic control system is housed. A bus supplies each of the motors or its associated electronic control system with adjusting commands and energy. The housings in which the electronic control systems are housed, are closed off tightly with respect to dust and dirt but not with respect to vapor, so that moisture can diffuse out of these housings. This arrangement permits a simple and operationally reliable construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Saia AG
    Inventors: Peter Thoma, Walter Kuffner, Urs Portmann