Patents by Inventor Werner Koch

Werner Koch 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: 11078974
    Abstract: A disc brake and a brake lining for a commercial vehicle are provided. The disc brake includes a brake caliper on a stationary brake carrier and straddling a brake disc. The brake carrier has at least one brake lining space, in particular two brake lining spaces, each of which is delimited by lateral brake carrier lugs and accommodates a brake lining. At least one respective dimensionally stable blocking element is provided as a counter bearing against the insertion direction of the brake pads. The blocking elements are supported on the brake pads and/or or the brake carrier and are held on the brake carrier and/or on the brake pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Fricke, Werner Koch, Robert Theil, Andreas Petschke, Wolfgang Pahle, Tobias Schoefberger, Alexander Werth, Matthias Adelung, Markus Gerhardinger, Julian Dahlenburg
  • Patent number: 10900527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake for a utility vehicle, comprising a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disk and which is slidably held on at least one guide bar, which is connected to a stationary brake bracket by means of a screw, wherein the screw is fed through the guide bar, is designed in such a way that the guide bar has impressing elements, which are formed on the end face of the guide bar that lies against the brake bracket, at least in a circumferential and/or radial partial region, which impressing elements engage into the brake bracket in an impressed manner in such a way that an interlocking connection and/or a frictional connection is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hacklberger, Markus Molnar, Christoph Kaiser, Alexander Asen, Jens Fricke, Dimitrij Habermann, Werner Koch, Igor Nesmjanowitsch, Tobias Schoefberger, Christian Stoeger, Alexander Werth, Philipp Krauss
  • Patent number: 10661774
    Abstract: A method is provided for increasing the operational safety of at least one thermally stressed functional part of at least one vehicle brake, in particular of a commercial vehicle and/or a trailer, and/or for reducing brake wear and/or drive power, wherein the method has the following steps: inputting a temperature signal of the at least one brake, which temperature signal represents at least one temperature of the brake and/or of a functional part of the brake detected by at least one sensor, and inputting a brake request signal and/or brake pressure signal for the at least one brake; determining a thermal error condition by using the temperature signal and the brake requirement signal and/or brake pressure signal; and providing an adapted brake requirement signal and/or adapted brake pressure signal using the determined thermal error condition in order to increase the operational safety of the at least one functional part of the at least one vehicle brake exposed to thermal stress, and/or to reduce the brake
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Falk Hecker, Werner Koch, Mathias Mayr, Robert Theil, Alexander Werth
  • Patent number: 10654462
    Abstract: In a method for avoiding an overheating of a brake of a vehicle, in particular of a commercial vehicle and/or a trailer, a first temperature signal and at least a second temperature signal are read in, with the first temperature signal representing a temperature of the brake and/or of a functional part of the brake, and the at least second temperature signal representing at least one additional temperature of at least one additional brake of the vehicle. An error state of the brake is detected using the first temperature signal and the second temperature signal in order to avoid an overheating of the brake. A control device for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Falk Hecker, Werner Koch, Mathias Mayr, Robert Theil, Alexander Werth
  • Publication number: 20180347651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake for a utility vehicle, comprising a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disk and which is slidably held on at least one guide bar, which is connected to a stationary brake bracket by means of a screw, wherein the screw is fed through the guide bar, is designed in such a way that the guide bar has impressing elements, which are formed on the end face of the guide bar that lies against the brake bracket, at least in a circumferential and/or radial partial region, which impressing elements engage into the brake bracket in an impressed manner in such a way that an interlocking connection and/or a frictional connection is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Michael HACKLBERGER, Markus MOLNAR, Christoph KAISER, Alexander ASEN, Jens FRICKE, Dimitrij HABERMANN, Werner KOCH, Igor NESMJANOWITSCH, Tobias SCHOEFBERGER, Christian STOEGER, Alexander WERTH, Philipp KRAUSS
  • Publication number: 20180223922
    Abstract: A disc brake and a brake lining for a commercial vehicle are provided. The disc brake includes a brake caliper on a stationary brake carrier and straddling a brake disc. The brake carrier has at least one brake lining space, in particular two brake lining spaces, each of which is delimited by lateral brake carrier lugs and accommodates a brake lining. At least one respective dimensionally stable blocking element is provided as a counter bearing against the insertion direction of the brake pads. The blocking elements are supported on the brake pads and/or or the brake carrier and are held on the brake carrier and/or on the brake pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Jens FRICKE, Werner KOCH, Robert THEIL, Andreas PETSCHKE, Wolfgang PAHLE, Tobias SCHOEFBERGER, Alexander WERTH, Matthias ADELUNG, Markus GERHARDINGER, Julian DAHLENBURG
  • Publication number: 20180037210
    Abstract: A method is provided for increasing the operational safety of at least one thermally stressed functional part of at least one vehicle brake, in particular of a commercial vehicle and/or a trailer, and/or for reducing brake wear and/or drive power, wherein the method has the following steps: inputting a temperature signal of the at least one brake, which temperature signal represents at least one temperature of the brake and/or of a functional part of the brake detected by at least one sensor, and inputting a brake request signal and/or brake pressure signal for the at least one brake; determining a thermal error condition by using the temperature signal and the brake requirement signal and/or brake pressure signal; and providing an adapted brake requirement signal and/or adapted brake pressure signal using the determined thermal error condition in order to increase the operational safety of the at least one functional part of the at least one vehicle brake exposed to thermal stress, and/or to reduce the brake
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Falk HECKER, Werner KOCH, Mathias MAYR, Robert THEIL, Alexander WERTH
  • Publication number: 20180037209
    Abstract: In a method for avoiding an overheating of a brake of a vehicle, in particular of a commercial vehicle and/or a trailer, a first temperature signal and at least a second temperature signal are read in, with the first temperature signal representing a temperature of the brake and/or of a functional part of the brake, and the at least second temperature signal representing at least one additional temperature of at least one additional brake of the vehicle. An error state of the brake is detected using the first temperature signal and the second temperature signal in order to avoid an overheating of the brake. A control device for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Falk HECKER, Werner KOCH, Mathias MAYR, Robert THEIL, Alexander WERTH
  • Patent number: 9340189
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydrodynamic retarder having a rotor which can be brought into rotation via a drive unit and a fixed stator or a stator rotating in opposite direction to the rotor, whereas the rotor and the stator comprise bladed wheels, which form together a working chamber which can be filled with working medium; the drive unit is provided with a separating clutch, by means of which the rotor can be disconnected for its immobilisation, comprising a driven primary side and a secondary side associated with the rotor; having a control device which controls the opening and closing of the separating clutch for switching the retarder (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Menne, Tilman Huth, Dieter Laukemann, Werner Koch, Werner Klement, Martin Becke
  • Patent number: 9291220
    Abstract: A motor vehicle drive train including a hydrodynamic retarder (1) that comprises a revolving bladed impeller (10) and a stationary or counter-rotating bladed turbine (11) which jointly form a working chamber (12) that can be filled with a working medium to switch on the retarder (1) is disclosed. The hydrodynamic retarder (1) can be mechanically disengaged from the drive train by a disconnect clutch (2). A fill level monitoring device (14) can detect the current fill level of the working medium in the working chamber (12), while a disconnect clutch-blocking device (9) is effectively connected in a communicating or mechanical manner to the fill level monitoring device (14) and prevents the disconnect clutch (2) from engaging in accordance with the detected fill level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Menne, Tilman Huth, Dieter Laukemann, Werner Koch, Werner Klement, Martin Becke
  • Publication number: 20150184733
    Abstract: The invention concerns a motor vehicle drive train, having a drive motor and drive wheels, whereas the drive wheels are driven by the drive motor via a main branch; having a hydrodynamic retarder, comprising a rotating rotor and a stator or a rotating rotor and a counter-rotor rotating in opposite direction to the rotor, which together form a working chamber which is filled or can be filled with a working medium; having a separating clutch, by means of which the rotor of the hydrodynamic retarder can be disengaged from a driving power flow in the drive train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Achim Menne, Tilman Huth, Dieter Laukemann, Werner Koch, Werner Klement, Martin Becke
  • Patent number: 9016450
    Abstract: There is provided a method for controlling a hydrodynamic retarder. The method includes determining a presence of a retarder switch-off request, and keeping a separating clutch closed, after the determining, for a preset time span and emptying a working chamber of the hydrodynamic retarder of a working medium by continuous actuation of a rotating bladed rotor and interruption of infeed of the working medium into the working chamber. The method further included varying the preset time span according to at least one of the following parameters or at least one parameter correlated with one of the following parameters: a rotational speed of the rotating bladed rotor, an output pressure, against which the working medium is emptied from the working chamber, a filling level of the working chamber with the working medium, a temperature of the working medium, and a braking torque of the hydrodynamic retarder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Menne, Tilman Huth, Dieter Laukemann, Werner Koch, Werner Klement, Martin Becke
  • Publication number: 20140330495
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle drive train including a hydrodynamic retarder that comprises a revolving bladed impeller and a stationary or counter-rotating bladed turbine which jointly form a working chamber that can be filled with a working medium to switch on the retarder. The hydrodynamic retarder can be mechanically disengaged from the drive train by a disconnect clutch. The invention is characterized in that a fill level monitoring device detects the current fill level of the working medium in the working chamber, while a disconnect clutch-blocking device is effectively connected in a communicating or mechanical manner to the fill level monitoring device and prevents the disconnect clutch from engaging in accordance with the detected fill level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Achim Menne, Tilman Huth, Dieter Laukemann, Werner Koch, Werner Klement, Martin Becke
  • Publication number: 20140311840
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic retarder comprising a rotor that revolves in a decelerating mode and a counter-rotating twin rotor or a stationary stator which jointly from a working chamber that is or can be filled with a working medium. The rotor can be driven using driving power via a drive train in order to decelerate the drive train. The invention is characterized in that an energy storage device is associated with or integrated into the retarder, said energy storage device comprising a mechanical energy store, pressure accumulator or kinetic energy store as well as an acceleration mechanism that is connected to the rotor, said acceleration mechanism being linked to the energy store and the rotor or being integrated into the rotor in order to convert energy stored in the energy store into an angular acceleration of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Menne, Tilman Huth, Dieter Laukemann, Werner Koch, Werner Klement, Martin Becke
  • Publication number: 20140182983
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydrodynamic retarder having a rotor which can be brought into rotation via a drive unit and a fixed stator or a stator rotating in opposite direction to the rotor, whereas the rotor and the stator comprise bladed wheels, which form together a working chamber which can be filled with working medium; the drive unit is provided with a separating clutch, by means of which the rotor can be disconnected for its immobilisation, comprising a driven primary side and a secondary side associated with the rotor; having a control device which controls the opening and closing of the separating clutch for switching the retarder (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Menne, Tilman Huth, Dieter Laukemann, Werner Koch, Werner Klement, Martin Becke
  • Publication number: 20140151176
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for controlling a hydrodynamic retarder which can be disengaged mechanically via a separating clutch in a motor vehicle, which comprises a rotating bladed rotor and a bladed stator or a rotating bladed rotor and a bladed counter-rotor rotating in opposite direction thereto, which together form a working chamber filled with working medium in braking operation and emptied of working medium in non-braking operation, wherein the rotor is driven in braking operation via a drive train with a closed separating clutch and the working chamber is emptied when passing from the braking operation to the non-braking operation, wherein the transition from the braking operation to the non-braking operation is initiated via a retarder switch-off request of a driver assistance system or via actuation of an input device by the vehicle driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Menne, Tilman Huth, Dieter Laukemann, Werner Koch, Werner Klement, Martin Becke
  • Publication number: 20140113759
    Abstract: The invention concerns a drive train having a hydrodynamic retarder, by means of which the drive train can be braked hydrodynamically; wherein the hydrodynamic retarder comprises a driven rotor and a stator or a driven rotor and a counter-rotor driven in reverse direction with respect to the rotor, which together form a working chamber which can be filled with working medium and which can be drained from said medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Menne, Tilman Huth, Dieter Laukemann, Werner Koch, Werner Klement, Martin Becke, Ravi Schade
  • Patent number: 8573362
    Abstract: An application device and a method of use for the lubrication of a chain drive, more preferably for motorcycle chain drives or the like, includes a rail device. The rail device having a longitudinal side that can be brought to bear against a chain of the chain drive. The rail device includes a contact region formed of a consumable solid lubricant that can be applied to the chain and that can be brought in contact with the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Schunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Nägele, Werner Koch, Mohammad Karimi Tabatabai, Guntram Fleischhauer, Jan Tabellion
  • Publication number: 20120184377
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elastic coupling in disc construction, in particular for damping torsional vibrations of an internal combustion engine, having the following features: a first coupling half, which comprises two side discs, which are connected in a rotationally-fixed manner on the outer circumference; a second coupling half, which is formed by at least one middle disc assigned to a hub, which is arranged between the side discs and enveloped thereby; the two coupling halves are pivotable to a limited extent to one another against the force of at least one elastic coupling element; the side discs delimit a liquid-tight inner space, which receives the middle disc, at least one damping chamber, which is variable in volume during the mutual pivoting of the coupling halves and is filled with a damping medium, is arranged in the radial outer area of the inner space; a floating damping ring, which is pivotable to a limited extent in relation to each of the two coupling halves, is introduced into the inne
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Gregor Polifke, Rolf Brockmann, Franz Brenner, Werner Koch, Achim Menne
  • Patent number: 8104700
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, which can be used to detect the wear of prebeater heads of a prebeater (1) of a beater wheel mill in a simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventors: Manfred Gietz, Werner Koch, Anneliese Koch, legal representative, Volker Schüle, Wolfgang Rieker