Patents by Inventor Werner Kosak

Werner Kosak 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: 9656689
    Abstract: A sensor device (120) for determining a steering angle (?) of a vehicle. The sensor device (120) is, or can be, fitted separately and/or retrofitted on a steering wheel (102) of the vehicle. The sensor device (120) comprises an accelerometer for the detection of an acceleration relative to at least two axes (gx, gy). The accelerometer is designed to emit a sensor signal that represents the detected acceleration in order to determine the steering angle (?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Michael Klank, Christoph Elbers, Werner Kosak
  • Publication number: 20160046323
    Abstract: A sensor device (120) for determining a steering angle (?) of a vehicle. The sensor device (120) is, or can be, fitted separately and/or retrofitted on a steering wheel (102) of the vehicle. The sensor device (120) comprises an accelerometer for the detection of an acceleration relative to at least two axes (gx, gy). The accelerometer is designed to emit a sensor signal that represents the detected acceleration in order to determine the steering angle (?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Michael KLANK, Christoph ELBERS, Werner KOSAK
  • Patent number: 4471974
    Abstract: An individual wheel suspension for a non-steered wheel of a motor vehicle such as an automobile comprises a trailing arm including a lengthwise arm directed along the length of the vehicle, the trailing arm being articulated to the vehicle body by means of the lengthwise arm as well as two wishbones which are arranged transversely to the length of the vehicle and are located one above the other wherein at least the articulation of the lengthwise arm is an elastic bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
    Inventors: Werner Kosak, Axel Pauly
  • Patent number: 4440419
    Abstract: An individual wheel suspension for a non-steered wheel of a motor vehicle such as an automobile exhibiting a change in camber of the wheel during spring deflection comprises a trailing arm which is connected to the support for the wheel and articulated to the vehicle body by means of a lengthwise arm disposed in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle and in a direction running transversely to the vehicle by means of two wishbones located one above the other. The wishbones form auxiliary tie rods in a transverse plane running vertically through the center of the wheel, the extensions of the tie rods, running toward the center of the vehicle, intersecting at a transverse pole located at a distance from the wheel center plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Kosak, Wolfgang Matschinsky
  • Patent number: 4421332
    Abstract: An individual wheel suspension for a non-steered wheel of a motor vehicle, such as an automobile, is disclosed. The suspension comprises a trailing arm, connected with the vehicle body in an articulated fashion by means of a lengthwise arm disposed in the direction lengthwise of the vehicle and, in the direction transverse to the vehicle, by means of two wishbones, one located above the other, whereby the wishbones form auxiliary tie-rods in a transverse plane running vertically through the wheel center, the extensions of the tie-rods, directed toward the center of the vehicle, intersecting at a transverse pole located at a distance from the wheel center plane. The auxiliary tie-rods, with their articulations at the wheels are provided in the vicinity of the wheel center plane at an auxiliary distance from the transverse pole whereby the wishbones each form an auxiliary tie-rod with a length which is shorter than or approximately equal to half the auxiliary distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke
    Inventors: Werner Kosak, Wolfgang Matschinsky