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Mahnkopf

Dirk Mahnkopf, Eglosheim DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110040439METHOD FOR DETECTING CHANGES IN THE RIGIDITY OF A HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM - In a method for detecting air in the brake circuit of a motor vehicle having a hydraulic brake system that has a vacuum brake booster, the pressure prevailing in the vacuum chamber of the vacuum brake booster in the operated and the non-operated states of the brake is measured, and a parameter characteristic of the brake performance is determined as a function of the measured pressure, and the characteristic parameter is compared to a reference value.02-17-2011
20120062024BRAKE BOOSTER SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a brake booster system for a vehicle brake system, comprising a control device (03-15-2012
20120168265Hydraulic Accumulator System and Method for Operating a Hydraulic Accumulator System - A method and a device are disclosed which, as part of an overall brake system i.e. a brake system consisting of a conventional part and a further, for example recuperative part, can cause volume displacements in a brake circuit or in a piston-cylinder unit on a brake pedal. This is used in order to compensate for a change in the pressure conditions through the controllable servobrake in the hydraulic part of the brake system owing to an additional braking action of the further part of the brake system and thereby to blend braking actions of different brake systems to form an overall braking action without the driver realizing this at the brake pedal by changing the position of the pedal. The method can be used, for example, in vehicles in which a braking deceleration is caused by operating an electric machine as a generator to produce current and which additionally have a conventional, hydraulic brake system as a further brake system or backup brake system.07-05-2012
20120179345CONTROL DEVICES FOR A BOOSTER BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BOOSTER BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a control device (07-12-2012
20120205967Main Brake Cylinder and Method for Operating a Main Brake Cylinder - The disclosure relates to a method and a device as part of a complete brake system, that is, a brake system comprising a conventional part and a further part, such as a recuperative part, by means of which volume displacements of brake fluid are possible. The method according to the disclosure and the device according to the disclosure are used particularly if the pressure conditions in the hydraulic part of the brake system are adapted by the controllable braking force amplifier to a change in the additional braking effect of the further part of the brake system. A blending of the braking effects of the different brake systems into a constant total braking effect is thus accomplished, even if the proportion of the individual brake systems in the total braking effect change.08-16-2012
20120256480Method for Actuating a Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System - A method for actuating a hydraulic vehicle brake system, includes a master brake cylinder with a preferably electromechanical brake booster and a wheel slip control device. The master brake cylinder is actuated simultaneously with the brake booster, and hydraulic pumps of the wheel slip control device are driven by an electric motor. Pressure builds more quickly in the wheel brakes of the vehicle brake system for safety and assistance functions that require high pressure build-up dynamic. The method also increases the wheel brake pressure using the pressure that can be generated by actuating the master brake cylinder with the brake booster.10-11-2012
20120265417METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE-BOOSTED BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BRAKE-BOOSTED BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for operating a brake-boosted brake system of a vehicle, comprising the following steps: determining braking force information (10-18-2012
20130140877BRAKE BOOSTER AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - A regulatable brake booster and to a method and a control unit for operating same. Using the method for operating the brake booster, as well as the embodiment of the brake booster, a reaction on a driver may be avoided or reduced by an offset of the brake pedal or by a changed operating force in response to a change in the supporting force. The change in the supporting force is particularly an adjustment of the braking effect of an hydraulic braking system to the braking effect of a regenerative braking system.06-06-2013
20130269337BRAKE BOOSTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE BOOSTER - A brake booster includes an input element actuatable by a driver, an actuator for generating a support force, an output element to which an input or support force may be applied and via which an actuating force may be applied to a piston of a brake master cylinder, and a force transmission unit having elastic properties, situated between the input element and the actuator, and the output element, and transmitting the input and/or support forces to the output element. An air gap, which in idle mode is smaller or larger than a desired air gap, is provided between the input element and the force transmission unit. A method for operating the brake booster includes generating a support force prior to a braking intent to be anticipated or immediately after detection of a braking intent, in a time span before or immediately after detection of an actuation of the input element.10-17-2013
20130305706BRAKE BOOSTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE BOOSTER - A brake booster includes an input element actuatable by a driver, an actuator for generating a support force, an output element to which an input or support force may be applied and through which an actuating force may be applied to a piston of a brake master cylinder, a force transmission unit having elastic properties, situated between the input element and the actuator, and the output element, and transmitting the input and/or support forces to the output element, and a preload unit acting on the force transmission unit to apply a force couple to the force transmission unit when the brake booster is in idle mode. A method for operating the brake booster includes generating a support force prior to a braking intent to be anticipated or immediately after detection of a braking intent, in a time span before or immediately after detection of an actuation of the input element.11-21-2013
20140214297METHOD FOR BRAKING INTENTION DETECTION, DEVICE FOR BRAKING INTENTION DETECTION FOR A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, AND SENSORS FOR A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - A method for detecting a braking intention in a vehicle includes: establishing at least one setpoint braking power for the braking intention specified by a driver and/or an automatic vehicle control system; and taking at least one ascertained sensor variable into consideration. The sensor variable includes: a variable regarding a position and/or an adjustment travel of an output rod of the braking system, a position and/or an adjustment travel of a booster body of the braking system, a position and/or an adjustment travel of a timing case of the braking system, a position, an adjustment travel and/or a rotation angle of a component of a motor of an electromechanical brake booster, a position, an adjustment travel and/or a rotation angle of a component of a thread of the brake booster, and/or a shape and/or a deformation of a reaction disk of the braking system.07-31-2014

Patent applications by Dirk Mahnkopf, Eglosheim DE

Dirk Mahnkopf, Egloshem DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120161507Method for Operating a Hydraulic Vehicle Braking System - A method for operating a hydraulic vehicle braking system having an electromechanical brake booster is disclosed. A shut-off valve that is located between a brake master cylinder and wheel brakes is closed to maintain a wheel-brake pressure and thus a braking force. To maintain a constant braking force, no current must be applied to an electric motor of the brake booster. The vehicle braking system can be used as a parking brake. The shut-off valve is present if the vehicle braking system has an anti-lock control device.06-28-2012

Ralf Mahnkopf, Wasserburg DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140249746METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IN THE EVENT OF A BLOCKED ROADWAY IN A MONITORED REGION - A method and a device for establishing an alternate route in the event of a blocked roadway in a monitored region, in particular in an airport ramp. A vehicle is authorized to bypass the blocked roadway by a control center. Position data are repeatedly ascertained with respect to the vehicle by way of a position determining device. The data of the bypass route are ascertained from the position data by way of a computing device. The bypass route data are stored in a memory associated with the control center. Furthermore, authorization data which apply to the blocked roadway and which are stored in the memory are transmitted to the bypass route.09-04-2014

Reinhard Mahnkopf, Oberhaching DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090084181INTEGRALLY FABRICATED MICROMACHINE AND LOGIC ELEMENTS - Embodiments of the invention are related to micromachine structures. In one embodiment, a micromachine structure comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a sensing element. The sensing element is mechanically movable and is disposed intermediate the first and second electrodes and adapted to oscillate between the first and second electrodes. Further, the sensing element comprises a FinFET structure having a height and a width, the height being greater than the width.04-02-2009
20120061777INTEGRALLY FABRICATED MICROMACHINE AND LOGIC ELEMENTS - Embodiments relate to micromachine structures. In one embodiment, a micromachine structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a sensing element. The sensing element is mechanically movable and is disposed intermediate the first and second electrodes and adapted to oscillate between the first and second electrodes. Further, the sensing element includes a FinFET structure having a height and a width, the height being greater than the width.03-15-2012
20140252632SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip; an extension layer extending laterally from a boundary of the semiconductor chip; a redistribution layer disposed over at least one side of the extension layer and the semiconductor chip, wherein the redistribution layer electrically couples at least one contact of the semiconductor chip to at least one contact of an interface, wherein at least a part of the interface extends laterally beyond the boundary of the semiconductor chip.09-11-2014
20140264832CHIP ARRANGEMENTS - A chip arrangement may include: a first chip including a first contact, a second contact, and a redistribution structure electrically coupling the first contact to the second contact; a second chip including a contact; and a plurality of interconnects electrically coupled to the second contact of the first chip, wherein at least one interconnect of the plurality of interconnects electrically couples the second contact of the first chip to the contact of the second chip.09-18-2014
20140361387CHIP ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CHIP ARRANGEMENT - A chip arrangement may include: a mold compound; and a microelectromechanical systems device at least partially embedded in the mold compound.12-11-2014
20150084165STACKED MICROELECTRONIC DICE EMBEDDED IN A MICROELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE - Embodiments of the present description include stacked microelectronic dice embedded in a microelectronic substrate and methods of fabricating the same. In one embodiment, at least one first microelectronic die is attached to a second microelectronic die, wherein an underfill material is provided between the second microelectronic die and the at least one first microelectronic die. The microelectronic substrate is then formed by laminating the first microelectronic die and the second microelectronic die in a substrate material.03-26-2015
20150084194PACKAGE VIAS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY ANTENNA CONNECTIONS - Via are described for radio frequency antenna connections related to a package. In one example, a package has a package substrate, a die attached to the package substrate, and a conductive via from the package substrate to an external surface of the package to make a radio frequency connection between the antenna and the package substrate.03-26-2015

Patent applications by Reinhard Mahnkopf, Oberhaching DE

Sven Mahnkopf, Reno, NV US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090273779Metal nano-void photonic crystal for enhanced raman spectroscopy - A planar optical platform for generating a Raman signal from a foreign object comprises an input region and an output region, for receiving and extracting optical radiation, optically coupled to a plasmonic band structure region. The plasmonic band structure region comprises a layer of a first material, having a first refractive index, patterned with an array of sub-regions of a second material, having a second refractive index, wherein a side-wall of each sub-region is coated with a metallodielectric layer. The array of sub-regions gives rise to a plasmonic band structure and, in use, each sub-region confines a plasmon resonance excited by optical radiation coupled into the plasmonic band structure region, which gives rise to a Raman signal from a foreign object placed proximate the plasmonic band structure region. The platform may be incorporated into a spectroscopic measurement system and is particularly useful for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of analyte molecules.11-05-2009

Sven Mahnkopf, Horsham, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130064507WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING DEVICE - A technology for wavelength division multiplexing light of a plurality of different wavelengths into one or more optical fibers is disclosed. In a first main embodiment, the light is multiplexed and turned by a designated angle using two lens arrays and a flat surface that functions as a mirror. In a second embodiment, a waveguide-based combiner structure multiplexes and turns a plurality of light beams of different wavelengths.03-14-2013
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