Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130049508 | ELECTRIC DAMPER - An electric damper for damping the relative movement between a first and a second mass includes a generator integrated into a gear and driven by the movement of the first and second masses. A first gear element forming a stator is set into rotation by the movement of the masses. A second gear element forming a rotor is rotated by the rotation of the first gear element. The second gear element is directly or indirectly coupled to the first gear element with a gear ratio. Either the first or the second gear element includes means for generating a magnetic field. | 02-28-2013 |
20130154277 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle includes an electric vibration damper which is affixed to the vehicle body and which has a generator that can be driven by translational wheel movements of the vehicle wheel in order to generate an induced voltage. The stator and the rotor of the generator are interconnected via at least one gear stage, wherein a gear element of the gear stage is a drive gear wheel of a rack-and-pinion drive that is drivingly connected to a wheel carrier of the wheel suspension, with the wheel carrier following the wheel movements. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154404 | ELECTRIC DAMPER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An electric damper for a vehicle for damping a relative motion between two components includes an electrical generator, which can be driven by the relative motion, for generating an induced voltage. Said electrical generator has a stator, a rotor, and associated induction windings and field magnets. According to the invention, the rotor is designed as a two-part rotor, comprising an inner, stationary iron core and a radially outer hollow wheel, which carries the induction windings or the field magnets. | 06-20-2013 |
20130320791 | ELECTRIC DAMPER - Electric damper for damping the relative movement between first and second masses, comprising a generator driven by the mass movement and having a fixed stator and a rotor rotatable relative thereto, and a gear mechanism coupled to the generator, wherein at least one first gear element, directly connected to a lifting member ( | 12-05-2013 |
20140217663 | ROTARY DAMPER - Rotary damper ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140217664 | PNEUMATIC SPRING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a pneumatic spring device for a motor vehicle, including a rolling piston ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140256501 | ELECTROMECHANICAL DAMPER - An electromechanical damper for a vehicle for damping between two components mechanical oscillations by which a drive torque is transmittable to an electric generator for generating a damping force includes first and second gearboxes in the form of planetary gear trains, each having a sun wheel, with the sun wheels being connected to end faces of a rotor of the generator, respectively. A stator housing forms a gear element which is integrated in the first and second gearboxes. The sun wheel, ring gear and planet wheels of the first and second gearboxes are each provided with helical teeth in axial direction, with the helical teeth of the sun wheel of one of the first and second gearboxes and the sun wheel of the other one of the first and second gearboxes being directed in opposition to one another. | 09-11-2014 |
20140285043 | ROTATIONAL DAMPER - An electric rotational damper includes a generator which including a stator and a rotor; a damper housing having a housing attachment, wherein the stator is connected with the damper housing, and wherein the housing attachment and the stator in fixed rotative relationship with the damper housing; a transmission connecting a coupling lever with the rotor of the transmission of the rotational damper; a housing part connected with and co-rotating with the transmission, wherein the housing part is in surrounding relationship with the rotor, and wherein the housing attachment is in surrounding relationship with the housing part; and a centrifugal brake arranged between the housing part and the housing attachment. | 09-25-2014 |
20140300072 | WHEEL SUSPENSION WITH ROTATION DAMPER - A motor vehicle has a plurality of vehicle wheels that are or can be mounted on the vehicle body by means of wheel suspensions. A wheel has at least one suspension arm that connects a vehicle wheel to a vehicle body and is pivotable about an axis, and at least one rotation damper having at least one damper element for damping the relative movement between a first mass arranged on the wheel suspension and a second mass arranged on the vehicle body. The rotation damper is integrated directly into the mounting of the suspension arm, wherein pivoting movements of the suspension arm induced by the mass movement can be transferred to a rotatable damper part of the damper element which is motion-coupled to the connecting element. | 10-09-2014 |
20140360825 | ROTARY DAMPER - A rotary damper for a motor vehicle includes at least one damper element for damping the relative movement of a first mass located on the wheel-suspension side and of a second mass located on the vehicle-body side, with at least one vibration absorber ( | 12-11-2014 |
20150054290 | ELECTRIC DAMPER - An electric damper for damping the relative motion between a first and a second mass includes a generator that can be driven by the mass motion. In addition to field generating means in the generator, an additional field winding is provided for producing a secondary magnetic field, the additional field winding being arranged in such a way that the primary and secondary magnetic fields have oppositely oriented field lines. | 02-26-2015 |