Patents by Inventor Wilfried Synovzik

Wilfried Synovzik 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: 11867276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spur gear transmission (251), comprising a transmission housing (12), an output gear (14) rotatably mounted in the transmission housing (12) about a first axis of rotation (16), a drive gear (18) that is rotatably mounted in the transmission housing (12) about a second axis of rotation (20), wherein the first axis of rotation (16) and the second axis of rotation (20) run parallel to each other and spaced apart by a fixed center distance (A), and an idler gear (22), which meshes with the output gear (14) and the drive gear (18) and is rotatably mounted in a carrier part (26) about a third axis of rotation (24), wherein the third axis of rotation (24) runs parallel to the first axis of rotation (16) and to the second axis of rotation (20) and the carrier part (26) can be placed in a receptacle (37) of the transmission housing (12) and is designed in such a way that the third axis of rotation (24) can be moved perpendicular to the first axis of rotation (16) and/or to t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: IMS GEAR SE & CO. KGAA, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Lauble, Johann Jungbecker, Wilfried Synovzik
  • Publication number: 20220325796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking actuator (2) for a brake transmission (1), in particular for a brake transmission (1) of an electric parking and/or service brake, having a driving device (5), a housing (10), a transmission (20) with an axis of rotation (R) and an output (24), and a ratchet slide (30), which is movable in an axis (L) between a first position and a second position along a locking path, wherein the output (24) is coupled to the ratchet slide (30) via an eccentric (25) and can move the ratchet slide (30) in the axis (L) when the output (24) is rotated. In addition, the present invention relates to a brake transmission (1) and an operating and/or parking brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes STOEHR, Fabian GRULER, Wilfried SYNOVZIK
  • Patent number: 11371607
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device (1) of a parking brake, comprising a ratchet wheel (10) movable about an axis of rotation (X), at least two pawls (20) which can engage in the ratchet wheel (10) to fix it, an actuating device (50) and a coupling element (30), wherein the coupling element (30) couples the at least two pawls (20) to the actuating device (50), and wherein the coupling element (30) is movable by the actuating device (50) into a first position (A), in which the at least two pawls (20) allow rotation of the ratchet wheel (10) in a first direction of rotation and a second direction of rotation, and a second position (B), in which the at least two pawls (20) can engage in the ratchet wheel (10) and allow rotation in only the first direction of rotation. The present invention also relates to a parking brake with a locking device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: IMS GEAR SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Johannes Stöhr, Fabian Gruler, Wilfried Synovzik
  • Publication number: 20220145979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spur gear transmission (251), comprising a transmission housing (12), an output gear (14) rotatably mounted in the transmission housing (12) about a first axis of rotation (16), a drive gear (18) that is rotatably mounted in the transmission housing (12) about a second axis of rotation (20), wherein the first axis of rotation (16) and the second axis of rotation (20) run parallel to each other and spaced apart by a fixed center distance (A), and an idler gear (22), which meshes with the output gear (14) and the drive gear (18) and is rotatably mounted in a carrier part (26) about a third axis of rotation (24), wherein the third axis of rotation (24) runs parallel to the first axis of rotation (16) and to the second axis of rotation (20) and the carrier part (26) can be placed in a receptacle (37) of the transmission housing (12) and is designed in such a way that the third axis of rotation (24) can be moved perpendicular to the first axis of rotation (16) and/or to t
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Michael LAUBLE, Johann JUNGBECKER, Wilfried SYNOVZIK
  • Publication number: 20210239211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device (1) of a parking brake, comprising a ratchet wheel (10) movable about an axis of rotation (X), at least two pawls (20) which can engage in the ratchet wheel (10) to fix it, an actuating device (50) and a coupling element (30), wherein the coupling element (30) couples the at least two pawls (20) to the actuating device (50), and wherein the coupling element (30) is movable by the actuating device (50) into a first position (A), in which the at least two pawls (20) allow rotation of the ratchet wheel (10) in a first direction of rotation and a second direction of rotation, and a second position (B), in which the at least two pawls (20) can engage in the ratchet wheel (10) and allow rotation in only the first direction of rotation. The present invention also relates to a parking brake with a locking device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Johannes STÖHR, Fabian GRULER, Wilfried SYNOVZIK
  • Patent number: 10906517
    Abstract: A planetary gear assembly, in particular for an electromechanical service or parking brake for a motor vehicle. The planetary gear assembly can include a central sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears rotatably mounted on a planetary carrier, and a ring gear enclosing the planetary gears. The planetary gears can be mounted by the planetary carrier, such that the planetary gears roll off both the sun gear and the ring gear, whereby the sun gear, the planetary carrier or the ring gear is non-rotatably held by a holding unit with a holding torque. A force-sensing device can be arranged between the holding unit and the non-rotatably held element, or between the holding unit and an intermediate component non-rotatably connected to the held component. The force-sensing device can measure the force acting between the held component and the holding unit as a result of the holding torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: IMS Gear SE & Co. KGaA, Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Wolfram Hofschulte, Wilfried Synovzik, Johannes Stöhr, Johann Jungbecker, Paul Linhoff, Jürgen Böhm
  • Patent number: 10873236
    Abstract: A motor transmission connection arrangement, in particular for use in vehicles, can comprise a motor pot, a brush holder, and a transmission housing. The motor pot, the brush holder and the transmission housing are pluggable to connect with one another, and the motor pot can include a number of centering surfaces, whereby the motor pot with respectively one of the centering surfaces comes into contact both with the brush holder as well as with the transmission housing, when the motor pot, the brush holder and the transmission housing are plugged into one another. The brush holder and the transmission housing can be concentrically oriented to the motor pot. In addition, the present disclosure refers to a sunroof for a vehicle with a motor transmission connection arrangement of this type as well as a vehicle with such a motor transmission connection arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: IMS Gear SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jens Fechler, Marius Suess, Wilfried Synovzik
  • Publication number: 20180354481
    Abstract: A planetary gear assembly, in particular for an electromechanical service or parking brake for a motor vehicle. The planetary gear assembly can include a central sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears rotatably mounted on a planetary carrier, and a ring gear enclosing the planetary gears. The planetary gears can be mounted by the planetary carrier, such that the planetary gears roll off both the sun gear and the ring gear, whereby the sun gear, the planetary carrier or the ring gear is non-rotatably held by a holding unit with a holding torque. A force-sensing device can be arranged between the holding unit and the non-rotatably held element, or between the holding unit and an intermediate component non-rotatably connected to the held component. The force-sensing device can measure the force acting between the held component and the holding unit as a result of the holding torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicants: IMS Gear SE & Co. KGaA, Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Wolfram Hofschulte, Wilfried Synovzik, Johannes Stöhr, Johann Jungbecker, Paul Lindhoff, Jürgen Böhm
  • Publication number: 20180342924
    Abstract: A motor transmission connection arrangement, in particular for use in vehicles, can comprise a motor pot, a brush holder, and a transmission housing. The motor pot, the brush holder and the transmission housing are pluggable to connect with one another, and the motor pot can include a number of centering surfaces, whereby the motor pot with respectively one of the centering surfaces comes into contact both with the brush holder as well as with the transmission housing, when the motor pot, the brush holder and the transmission housing are plugged into one another. The brush holder and the transmission housing can be concentrically oriented to the motor pot. In addition, the present disclosure refers to a sunroof for a vehicle with a motor transmission connection arrangement of this type as well as a vehicle with such a motor transmission connection arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: IMS Gear SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jens Fechler, Marius Suess, Wilfried Synovzik
  • Publication number: 20180215287
    Abstract: An adjusting device for adjusting a vehicle seat along a sliding axis, having a first and a second lower rail, both of which are fixedly connected with the vehicle, a first upper rail, which is slidably supported in the first lower rail in parallel to the sliding axis and a second upper rail, which is slidably supported in the second lower rail in parallel to the sliding axis. The first lower rail and the first upper rail can enclose a first cavity and the second lower rail and the second upper rail enclose a second cavity. A first spindle can be arranged in the first cavity and non-rotatably connected to the first lower rail and a second spindle can be arranged in the second cavity and non-rotatably connected to the second lower rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: IMS Gear SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Matthias Koop, Wilfried Synovzik, Manuel Hengstler, Jens Fechler, Christian Geiges
  • Patent number: 8870286
    Abstract: An adjusting device (10) is provided for a vehicle subassembly to be adjusted. The adjusting device has an adjusting motor which, via an adjusting mechanism, drives a toothed rocker (12) assigned to the vehicle subassembly to be adjusted. The adjusting mechanism structurally reinforces the vehicle subassembly to be adjusted, and an adjusting worm (20) of the structurally reinforcing adjusting mechanism acts directly on the toothed rocker (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, IMS Gear GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Jungert, Tassilo Gilbert, Thomas Heger, Nino Andricevic, Jens Fechler, Matthias Koop, Wilfried Synovzik, Wolfram Hofschulte, Stephan Oberle
  • Patent number: 8176805
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spindle bearing arrangement for a longitudinal seat adjusting gear, which has a housing which can be attached by an attaching device on a vehicle-side component or on a seat component, whereby a spindle opening for guiding a spindle along a spindle opening axis runs through the housing and whereby an inner thread in the housing in the area of its spindle opening is formed to engage into a spindle run through in this manner, for shifting the housing and the spindle relative to each other along the spindle opening axis. The spindle bearing becomes advantageous in that the inner thread is formed in a spindle nut and the spindle nut is adjustably supported in the housing relative to the spindle opening axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: IMS Gear GmbH
    Inventor: Wilfried Synovzik
  • Publication number: 20120104817
    Abstract: An adjusting device (10) is provided for a vehicle subassembly to be adjusted. The adjusting device has an adjusting motor which, via an adjusting mechanism, drives a toothed rocker (12) assigned to the vehicle subassembly to be adjusted. The adjusting mechanism structurally reinforces the vehicle subassembly to be adjusted, and an adjusting worm (20) of the structurally reinforcing adjusting mechanism acts directly on the toothed rocker (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: IMS GEAR GMBH, DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Dieter Jungert, Tassilo Gilbert, Thomas Heger, Nino Andricevic, Jens Fechler, Matthias Koop, Wilfried Synovzik, Wolfram Hofschulte, Stephan Oberle
  • Publication number: 20090282935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spindle bearing arrangement for a longitudinal seat adjusting gear, which has a housing which can be attached by an attaching device on a vehicle-side component or on a seat component, whereby a spindle opening for guiding a spindle along a spindle opening axis runs through the housing and whereby an inner thread in the housing in the area of its spindle opening is formed to engage into a spindle run through in this manner, for shifting the housing and the spindle relative to each other along the spindle opening axis. The spindle bearing becomes advantageous in that the inner thread is formed in a spindle nut and the spindle nut is adjustably supported in the housing relative to the spindle opening axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: WILFRIED SYNOVZIK
  • Publication number: 20040224814
    Abstract: A two-stage gear mechanism includes a drive shaft having a first gear stage disposed in a fixed housing and containing planetary wheels. The two-stage gear mechanism also includes a second gear stage, driven by the first gear stage and meshing with a drive shaft. Each of the planetary wheels is formed as a stepped double gear wheel with a first gear wheel that engages the drive shaft, and with a second gear wheel that points toward the direction of the output side. The bearing axles of each of the planetary wheels are disposed spatially fixed within the housing. The second gear wheels of the planetary wheels mesh with a hollow wheel of the second gear stage, the hollow wheel being non-rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfram H. Hofschulte, Wilfried Synovzik, Heinrich Dismon, Andreas Koester
  • Patent number: 6692401
    Abstract: A two-stage gear mechanism includes a drive shaft having a first gear stage disposed in a fixed housing and containing planetary wheels. The two-stage gear mechanism also includes a second gear stage, driven by the first gear stage and meshing with a drive shaft. Each of the planetary wheels is formed as a stepped double gear wheel with a first gear wheel that engages the drive shaft, and with a second gear wheel that points toward the direction of the output side. The bearing axles of each of the planetary wheels are disposed spatially fixed within the housing. The second gear wheels of the planetary wheels mesh with a hollow wheel of the second gear stage, the hollow wheel being non-rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Pierburg GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfram H. Hofschulte, Wilfried Synovzik, Heinrich Dismon, Andreas Koester
  • Publication number: 20020077213
    Abstract: A two-stage gear mechanism includes a drive shaft having a first gear stage disposed in a fixed housing and containing planetary wheels. The two-stage gear mechanism also includes a second gear stage, driven by the first gear stage and meshing with a drive shaft. Each of the planetary wheels is formed as a stepped double gear wheel with a first gear wheel that engages the drive shaft, and with a second gear wheel that points toward the direction of the output side. The bearing axles of each of the planetary wheels are disposed spatially fixed within the housing. The second gear wheels of the planetary wheels mesh with a hollow wheel of the second gear stage, the hollow wheel being non-rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Wolfram H. Hofschulte, Wilfried Synovzik, Heinrich Dismon, Andreas Koester