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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177010 | Device and method for carrying out wheelbase adjustment for utility vehicles An apparatus and method for effecting wheelbase adjustment for utility vehicles having one or more axles with wheels, includes one or more adjustment mechanisms to which compressed air can be applied. The adjustment mechanism(s) adjust at least one of the axles in r... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659614 | Pneumatic clutch actuator | 05/15/2012 |
| 8152243 | Electrically controlled brake system An electrically controlled brake system 10 for a tractor is provided that is equipped with an anti-jackknifing brake that can be actuated by means of a manual operating element and that acts only on the brakes of a trailer coupled to the tractor. The operatin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140237 | Method and system for determining a brake pressure predefined by a vehicle control system A method and system for determining a brake pressure which is predefined by a vehicle control system involve effecting a vehicle braking process initiated by an electronic braking system and/or the vehicle driver, determining a vehicle deceleration a, and a brake pr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135527 | Commercial vehicle trailer and method for avoiding error in the storage of vehicle data therein A commercial vehicle trailer includes an electronically controlled braking system having an electronic control unit that has a parameter memory having one or more memory areas that can store vehicle-specific data. The electronic control unit controls the electronica... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126613 | Vehicle safety system A vehicle safety system comprising a vehicle stability-regulating system, one or more secondary safety components and an electronic interface. The electronic interface communicates with both the vehicle stability-regulating system and the secondary safety components... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8100232 | Actuating device for a brake The invention relates to an actuation device for a brake (40, 41, 42, 43, 50), for applying an output force (FA) to means (40, 41, 42, 43, 50) which generate braking force, depending on an input parameter (FE), comprising a lever ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8087732 | Method and apparatus for detecting a circuit failure in a vehicle brake system In a vehicle brake system including first and second brake circuits, a dual-circuit brake actuator, first and second control lines, the first brake circuit including a first brake pressure regulating valve and a first pressure sensor, the second brake circuit includ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082086 | Trailer vehicle brake-control module A brake-control module for a first trailer of a tractor-trailer combination reduces braking response time for the second trailer and subsequent trailers in the vehicle train. The brake-control module includes a tractor interface. The tractor interface includes a tra... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078377 | Compressed air supply system and method for determining system parameters A vehicle compressed air supply system includes a supply part with compressor, an air drying part and a consumer part including consumer circuits with brake circuits supplied with compressed air via a multi-circuit safety valve. The brake circuits, and optionally at... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075333 | Electric plug connector with guide A plug having a guide, which has a first guiding section and a second guiding section for guiding the plug into a corresponding plug receptacle. The second guiding section is disposed at a greater distance from the plug face than the first guiding section. The first... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8057585 | Compressor unit for a vehicle air suspension system A compressor unit for an air suspension system of a motor vehicle, having a compressor, an air dryer and a compressed-air port for delivering compressed air from the compressor to the air suspension system and for introducing compressed air from the air suspension s... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049492 | Position measuring apparatus A position measuring apparatus includes (a) a sleeve that has an open first end and a second end opposite the first end, (b) a guide pin guided at least partly in the sleeve, (c) a spring, (d) a linear magnetic field sensor and (e) a magnet disposed adjacent to the ... | 11/01/2011 |
| D647015 | Disk brake dust shield | 10/18/2011 |
| D647014 | Shift lever unit | 10/18/2011 |
| D645802 | Disk brake dust shield | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013722 | Vehicle obstruction warning system and method A system and method for warning vehicle operators of obstructions are provided. First clearance data of the vehicle, including vehicle height and width, are obtained and stored in memory. An obstruction in the vehicle's path and the travel surface between the vehicl... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011483 | Ventilation device for a combined spring accumulator and operating brake cylinder A ventilation device provided which includes a valve arranged in a combined spring accumulator and operating brake cylinder. On depressurization of a pressure medium chamber in the spring accumulator brake cylinder, ventilation of a spring accumulator chamber of the... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006801 | Noise damper for a compressed air device A noise damper for a compressed air device includes a tubular housing part provided with an air inlet and an inserted insulating material, in particular, an inserted knitted fabric roll. The air inlet is embodied in the envelope of the tubular housing part such that... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006549 | Device comprising a sensor and a connector A device which comprises a sensor and/or actuator and a connector for electrically and mechanically coupling the sensor and/or actuator. The connector comprises an individual electrical conductor having a core made from a first material and having a jacket made from... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002065 | Tractor-trailer axle center height control method and apparatus A tractor-trailer combination includes a semitrailer tractor having a front axle and at least one drive axle having a predefined nominal axle load, a semitrailer having a first axle and at least one second axle, and an axle load adjusting device, which has an axle c... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997842 | Threaded connection An improved threaded connection, in which a first part having a female thread is threadably engageable with a second part having a male thread. The first and second parts have different strengths in at least the area of the thread turns, and the thread turns have cr... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996136 | Brake performance monitoring system and method A system and method for monitoring brake performance, in particular, in motor vehicles, are provided. The braking distances specific to each vehicle wheel are determined and compared using an electronic control unit. If a wheel exhibits a longer than average braking... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996127 | Display system for a trailer vehicle A display system is provided for a trailer equipped with an electronic braking system (EBS) and/or an anti-lock braking system (ABS). A separate display device having a display is provided for indicating at least the mileage on the trailer vehicle. In order to reduc... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971942 | Trailer brake system A trailer brake system constructed and arranged to effect the relay of a brake signal from the tractor and an automatically generated brake signal of an electronic control device of the trailer to one or more additional trailers in an expanded vehicle train. In one ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7948232 | Position measuring apparatus A position measuring apparatus includes at least one bearing, a rod of magnetizable material guided in the at least one bearing, a linear magnetic field sensor, and a magnet disposed next to the linear magnetic field sensor. The rod includes a cutout, and the magnet... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946660 | Electronic compressed-air system An electronic compressed-air system includes a compressed-air supply part having a compressor and a consumer part having load circuits. The load circuits are supplied with compressed-air via solenoid valves. At least one load circuit is provided with a pressure rese... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7907401 | Housing for an electronic unit An electronic unit housing includes (i) a receiving space for receiving a printed circuit board, (ii) at least one foot, which is designed to fasten the electronic unit housing onto a base, and is disposed to the side of the receiving space relative to a projection ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905557 | Brake-pressure modulator pilot unit A valve control unit including three valve units for two brake channels of an electropneumatic brake system is provided. Each valve unit is embodied as a valve modulator device for a braking pressure control circuit including an air inlet valve with a primary soleno... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7895883 | Method and system for identifying a defect or failure of a compressed air load circuit in an electronic compressed air installation for vehicles To detect a defect or failure of a compressed air load circuit in a compressed air system for vehicles, pressure is measured in compressed air load circuits and evaluated in an electronic control unit, which briefly shuts off the compressed air load circuits, measur... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884494 | Pushbutton for actuating an electropneumatic parking brake (EPH) A pushbutton device for actuating an electropneumatic parking brake (EPH) of a vehicle, which is connected to an evaluating electronic unit via connecting cables. In order to detect switching processes and/or faults, the input resistance of the pushbutton device bet... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877186 | Method and system for identifying a malfunctioning compressed air consumer circuit in a vehicle electronic compressed air system To detect a failure of a compressed air consumer circuit in a compressed air system for vehicles, pressure is continuously measured in compressed air consumer circuits and evaluated in an electronic control unit which compares the pressure values and/or determined n... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7870780 | Method for identifying vehicle wheels having low tire pressure A method for identifying low-pressure tires includes determining the number of revolutions of each wheel over a preselected driving distance, and comparing crosswise by summing the number of revolutions of the diagonally opposite front right/rear left and front left... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866760 | Method and system for refilling brake circuits after a large consumption of compressed air A method and system is provided for refilling vehicle operational brake circuits after a large consumption of compressed air. The operational brake circuits are compressed air consumer circuits of a consumer part of a vehicle compressed air system. The operational b... | 01/11/2011 |
| D627694 | Transmission range cylinder | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832813 | Parking brake module for a pressure medium-operated brake system A parking brake module for a pressure medium-operated brake system of a vehicle having a parking brake function enabled by at least one spring brake cylinder includes a first valve device that increases the amount of pressure medium and has an inlet that can be conn... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826949 | Method for determining the steering ratio of a vehicle A method for determining the steering ratio of a vehicle from sensed measured values (e.g., yaw rate, steering wheel angle, vehicle speed) in a manner that takes vehicle parameters (e.g., self-steering gradient, wheelbase and other vehicle dimensions) into considera... | 11/02/2010 |
| D614550 | Brake cylinder | 04/27/2010 |
| 7647145 | Method for error processing in electronic controllers A method for error processing in electronic controllers, particularly, in motor vehicles, is provided whereby errors determined on each vehicle start are permanently written in an error memory. On repeated recognition of similar errors, an error counter, provided fo... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7624636 | Method and system for operating a sensor A method and system for operating a sensor, particularly, a yaw rate sensor, which is housed inside a housing. In order to detect the potentially dangerous influence of mechanical vibrations upon the output of the sensor, the vibrations are sensed at the location of... | 12/01/2009 |
