Patents by Inventor Wilhelm-Heinrich Broocks

Wilhelm-Heinrich Broocks 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).

  • Vibration damper and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10245913
    Abstract: A vibration damper with a piston, a piston rod fastened to the piston, a working chamber divided by the piston into a first working chamber and second working chamber, and a generator drivable by movement of the piston rod. The damping force of the vibration damper can be influenced by energization of the generator. An energizable component part is provided that short-circuits the windings of the generator when unenergized and cancels the short circuit when energized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Achim Thomae, Helmut Baalmann, Wilhelm-Heinrich Broocks, Oswald Lichtlein, Steffen Heyn, Andreas Förster, Joachim Gajek, Robert Pradel, Anke Sonnemann
  • Energy-recuperating fluid vibration damper
    Patent number: 9926918
    Abstract: Energy-recuperating vibration damper having a cylinder in which a displacer executes a limited operating movement in a working chamber so that a pressurized fluid is supplied to a fluid motor which drives a generator. A compensation chamber compensates for a change in volume of the pressurized fluid. A pressure accumulator is provided in addition to the compensation chamber, which pressure accumulator communicates with and is parallel-connected to the fluid motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Michael Triebel, Achim Thomae, Helmut Baalmann, Wilhelm-Heinrich Broocks, Oswald Lichtlein, Steffen Heyn, Andreas Förster, Joachim Gajek, Robert Pradel, Anke Sonnemann
  • Vibration Damper And Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20170240016
    Abstract: A vibration damper with a piston, a piston rod fastened to the piston, a working chamber divided by the piston into a first working chamber and second working chamber, and a generator drivable by movement of the piston rod. The damping force of the vibration damper can be influenced by energization of the generator. An energizable component part is provided that short-circuits the windings of the generator when unenergized and cancels the short circuit when energized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Achim THOMAE, Helmut BAALMANN, Wilhelm-Heinrich BROOCKS, Oswald LICHTLEIN, Steffen HEYN, Andreas FÖRSTER, Joachim GAJEK, Robert PRADEL, Anke SONNEMANN
  • Energy-Recuperating Fluid Vibration Damper
    Publication number: 20150192114
    Abstract: Energy-recuperating vibration damper having a cylinder in which a displacer executes a limited operating movement in a working chamber so that a pressurized fluid is supplied to a fluid motor which drives a generator. A compensation chamber compensates for a change in volume of the pressurized fluid. A pressure accumulator is provided in addition to the compensation chamber, which pressure accumulator communicates with and is parallel-connected to the fluid motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Triebel, Achim Thomae, Helmut Baalmann, Wilhelm-Heinrich Broocks, Oswald Lichtlein, Steffen Heyn, Andreas Förster, Joachim Gajek, Robert Pradel, Anke Sonnemann