| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39960 |
Automatic transmission for motor vehicles |
December 25, 2007 |
| The invention concerns a transmission (1) with automatic shifting capabilities and with three spider supported planetary sets (2, 3, 4), three brakes (5, 6, 7), and two clutches (8, 9) for the shifting of six forward moving gears and one reverse gear and having an input shaft (10) an |
| 7621840 |
Multi-speed transmission |
November 24, 2009 |
| An eight-gear transmission comprises an input and output shaft, four planetary gearsets, eight shafts and five shifting elements. A ring gear of the gearset (RS4) and the input shaft are coupled as the first shaft. A ring gear of the gearset (RS2), a carrier of the gearset (RS3), and the |
| 7621384 |
Hydrodynamic torque converter |
November 24, 2009 |
| A hydrodynamic torque converter comprises a pump wheel, a turbine wheel, and a stator, which combine to form a hydrodynamic circuit. The stator is centered with respect to an axis of rotation and has a freewheel hub so that it can be mounted on a freewheel, which hub is carried by a radi |
| 7621360 |
Drive unit for a floor trolley |
November 24, 2009 |
| A drive unit for a floor trolley, with at least one steered wheel (1), which is attached to a vehicle chassis (3) so that it can swivel about an essentially vertical swivel axis (2), a drive motor (4) with a drive shaft (5) being arranged coaxially with the swivel axis (2). The motor is |
| 7618048 |
Joint arrangement in a vehicle having a knuckle steering system |
November 17, 2009 |
| A joint arrangement is proposed in a vehicle having a knuckle steering system where the steering linkage comprises one tie rod (2) flexibly connected with the steering cylinder via one joint (9), on lever element (3) flexibly connected with the tie rod (2) and the axle bridge (1) via |
| 7617918 |
Device for the operation of a starter mechanism that can be brought into active connection with |
November 17, 2009 |
| A device for operating a starter mechanism actively connected with a hydraulic supply circuit of a transmission unit. The starter mechanism has a piston chamber subject to hydraulic pressure for activating a frictional shift element and a hydraulic chamber subject to hydraulic pressu |
| 7617907 |
Axle pivot steering device of a vehicle |
November 17, 2009 |
| An axle pivot steering device (4) of a vehicle having first lever elements (8A.sub.--1, 8B.sub.--1), which are respectively operatively connected, via a second lever element (8A.sub.--2, 8B.sub.--2), with a wheel carrier (10A, 10B). The first lever elements (8A.sub.--1, 8B.sub.--1) and t |
| 7614226 |
Hydraulic transmission |
November 10, 2009 |
| A hydraulic transmission system features a first hydrostatic motor (1) and a second hydrostatic motor (4), which are connected to an output shaft (3) by way of a compound transmission, and which, in order to reach a minimum and a maximum rotation speed of the output shaft, are, on the on |
| 7613559 |
Method for automatically actuating longitudinal blocks in four wheel drive vehicles, in particul |
November 3, 2009 |
| A method for automatically actuating longitudinal blocks in four-wheel vehicles, particularly in working machines and service vehicles. The longitudinal blocks are always open when driving situations occur in which the blocking effect is absolutely unnecessary. The longitudinal block |
| 7611002 |
Apparatus for the operation of a hydrodynamic torque converter and a therewith corresponding con |
November 3, 2009 |
| An apparatus for operating a hydrodynamic torque converter and a corresponding converter-bypass clutch of a transmission, having a solenoid valve communicating with a variable pressure control valve. The respective valve stem assembly thereof having surfaces which react to an applica |
| 7610996 |
Modular brake assembly for a drive axle |
November 3, 2009 |
| A modular brake assembly for a drive axle is proposed, comprising a multi-disk brake with a service brake element and a parking brake element, which is disposed in a brake housing (1) with inside diameter between an axle bracket and axle center component. A guide fixed to the housing |
| 7604542 |
Torsional vibration damper |
October 20, 2009 |
| A torsional vibration damper includes a drive-side transmission element connected to a drive and a takeoff-side transmission element, which can deflect rotationally with respect to the drive-side element. A damping device is installed between the two transmission elements and transmits |
| 7601086 |
Vehicle with a drive engine arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle |
October 13, 2009 |
| A vehicle is described, with a drive engine arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle, with vehicle cross-shafts of a vehicle axle that can be driven by the drive engine and with a transmission unit for the variable distribution of the drive torque from the drive engine in |
| 7598637 |
Stator for an electrical machine |
October 6, 2009 |
| A stator for an electrical machine includes a ring-shaped stator yoke with a number of stator coils arranged thereon. The conductor ends of the coils are designed to be connected to a wiring arrangement, where the wiring arrangement has linking conductors, which are arranged concentr |
| 7597646 |
Multi-speed transmission |
October 6, 2009 |
| The transmission has an input and output shaft, planetary gearsets, rotatable shafts, and shifting elements. A carrier of the gearset (RS4) and the input shaft are coupled to form the shaft (1). A ring gear of the gearset (RS2), a carrier of the gearset (RS3), and the output shaft are |
| 7597645 |
Multi-speed transmission |
October 6, 2009 |
| The transmission with one reverse and seven forward gears has input and output shafts, three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), six shafts, and six shifting elements. The input shaft couples the ring gear of set (P1) and detachably couples shaft (5), which couples the spider of set (P3) |
| 7597335 |
Control arm for the wheel suspension of a motor vehicle |
October 6, 2009 |
| A control arm for the wheel suspension of a motor vehicle with an arm body 1 made of at least one sheet metal part and at least one pivotal point for connection to a fixing point on the vehicle body side is introduced, whereby the pivotal point is designed as a circular mounting bushing |
| 7591753 |
Multi-speed transmission |
September 22, 2009 |
| The multi-speed transmission with one reverse and six forward gears has input and output shafts, planetary gear sets, six shafts, and five control elements. The input shaft couples the sun gear of gear set (P2) and detachably connected to shaft (3) or to shaft (6) and via clutch (14) |
| 7591752 |
Multi-speed transmission |
September 22, 2009 |
| The multi-speed transmission with one reverse and seven forward gears has input and output shafts, three planetary gear sets, six shafts and six shifting elements. The input shaft couples the sun gear of gear set (P2) and detachably couples shaft (5), which couples the carrier of gear se |
| 7591340 |
Steering and driving system for an industrial truck |
September 22, 2009 |
| A steering and driving system (1, 53, 54) for an industrial truck with a driving engine (2), a driving transmission (21), a steering engine (4) and a steering transmission (5, 32, 32'), through that one rotor (23) arranged on a wheel hub (22) could be driven and is swivelable at a ve |
| 7588130 |
Hydrodynamic clutch device |
September 15, 2009 |
| A hydrodynamic clutch device includes a pump wheel, a housing connecting the pump wheel to a drive, a turbine wheel connected to a takeoff, the turbine wheel being located in the housing and cooperating with the pump wheel to form a hydrodynamic circuit, and a bridging clutch located in |
| 7588113 |
Wheel drive |
September 15, 2009 |
| A wheel drive has one first prime mover (1), one brake (19) and one second prime mover (8) which are co-axially disposed. Via a reduction gear (4), the first prime mover (1) drives a drive wheel (7) for the traction gear, the second prime mover (8), via a planetary transmission (11), dri |
| 7584832 |
Apparatus for the adjustment capability of two frictional shifting components |
September 8, 2009 |
| An apparatus for adjusting the power transfer capabilities of two, shifting elements, by way of which output torque of a transmission of a vehicle can be conducted in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle to driving wheels of a drivable vehicle axle with the |
| 7584039 |
Method and device for the control of starting driving or switching processes on a motor vehicle |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method and a device for controlling starting, driving and shifting processes of a motor vehicle with a drive motor (2) and a gearshift (6), which can be brought into effective drive connection with one another using a starting and shifting clutch (4), with a clutch actuation device |
| 7582040 |
Multi-speed gearbox |
September 1, 2009 |
| An eight-gear gearbox comprises an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets, eight rotatable shafts and five shifting elements. |
| 7575533 |
Multi-speed transmission |
August 18, 2009 |
| A multi-speed transmission with nine forward gears and one reverse gear, four planetary gear sets, seven shafts and six shifting elements. The input shaft is coupled to gear sets (P2, P3); shaft (3) is coupled to the carrier of gear set (P2) and the ring of gear set (P1) and is coupleabl |
| 7575528 |
Continuously variable transmission |
August 18, 2009 |
| A continuously variable transmission having an input cone pulley pair and an output cone pulley pair linked by and an encircling mechanism. One pulley of each pair is axially fixed and one pulley is axially displaceable to control the transmission ratio of the transmission. A recoil |
| 7571795 |
Coupling device of a motor vehicle |
August 11, 2009 |
| A coupling device of a motor vehicle with a clutch arranged in the force flow between a drive motor and a transmission and a dedicated servo-assisted control mechanism. The clutch is designed by way of a pressing spring as a passively lockable and via a clutch release sleeve disengag |
| 7568993 |
Planetary gear train |
August 4, 2009 |
| A planetary gear train having planetary gears (8) which are rotatably mounted on a planet carrier (18) and are in toothed contact with an internally toothed ring gear (14) and a sun gear (4). For a simplified, process-safe and inexpensive backlash of the planetary gears (8) without a |
| 7568562 |
Self-pumping hydropneumatic spring strut |
August 4, 2009 |
| A self-pumping hydropneumatic spring strut includes an oil-filled working cylinder which is divided into two working spaces by a working piston carried by a hollow piston rod. Two high-pressure chambers connectable to the cylinder in such that the piston rod is selectively supported in b |
| 7566284 |
Multi-speed transmission |
July 28, 2009 |
| A multi-speed transmission with forward and reverse gears having input and output shafts, planetary gearsets, rotatable shafts and control elements. The input shaft can be detachably connected to shaft (6) by clutch (16); clutch (13) to shaft (3), and clutch (14) to shaft (4). The shaft |
| 7566283 |
Multi-speed transmission |
July 28, 2009 |
| An input shaft is connected to a carrier of first set (P1) and a sun gear of second set (P2) and is connectable to a fifth shaft, which couples a carrier of third set (P3) and is connectable to the housing. The sun gear of the first set (P1) is coupled the housing. The fourth shaft coupl |
| 7565847 |
Device for preventing wobbling of the pick-up gears in a gearbox with two layshafts |
July 28, 2009 |
| A device to prevent wobbling of cog wheels (3) arranged on a main shaft (6) in a transmission train with two countershafts (1, 2), which has at the minimum, a disk (7) for one of the cog wheels that is connected with the respective cog wheel (3) and/or is supported on the face side of a |
| 7563193 |
Method for actuating the transmission of a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive mechanism and act |
July 21, 2009 |
| A method for actuating the transmission of a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive mechanism, especially for the case when an electric accumulator is loaded via the internal combustion engine and the selector lever (1) is locked electronically or via a mechanical selector lever locking dev |
| 7562884 |
Vehicle having at least one axle steerable via a knuckle steering gear |
July 21, 2009 |
| A vehicle having at least one axle (1) steerable via a knuckle steering system (4) which is designed with one main steering cylinder device (6) flexibly connected with track rods (8A, 8B). The track rods are in operative connection with wheel carriers (10A, 10B). A steering kinematic |
| 7560652 |
Electrical contact with redundant paths |
July 14, 2009 |
| Angled spring contacts and switches made with contactors containing angled spring contacts are disclosed. The housing for the angled spring contacts has a generally cylindrical shape. The contacts are contained within the housing with their ends extending from the housing on either side. |
| 7559875 |
Method for controlling the shift sequence of a multispeed automatic transmission in a motor vehi |
July 14, 2009 |
| A method for controlling the shift sequence of a multispeed automatic gearbox in which, to reach a target gear called for, multiple shifts through one gear-step can be carried out. A target gear from a currently engaged gear is proposed and, which is several gear-steps away from this |
| 7557477 |
Electric machine with integrated power electronics and method for producing the bond of the DC b |
July 7, 2009 |
| The proposed electric machine with integrated power electronics is modularly constructed, it being possibly prefabricated and separately to install the parts stator carrier (2), control (10) for the power semiconductor DC+ (4), DC bars (5), power semiconductor (8), cooling duct (12) |
| 7556582 |
Multi-speed transmission |
July 7, 2009 |
| A multi-speed transmission with reverse and forward gears, planetary gear sets, seven shafts and six shifting elements. The input shaft couples gear sets (P2, P3). Shaft (3) couples the carrier of gear set (P1), the ring gear of gear set (P2), and gear set (P4), and is connectable to the |
| 7552653 |
Load-sensing system with at least one ball and socket joint |
June 30, 2009 |
| A load-sensing system is provided with at least one ball and socket joint and a ball and socket joint for load sensing is provided. The ball and socket joint of the load-sensing system has a joint housing, in which the joint ball of a ball pivot (1) can be received in a slidingly movable |
| 7549943 |
Multi-speed transmission |
June 23, 2009 |
| A multi-speed transmission with reverse and forward gears has input and output shafts, planetary gearsets, six shafts and six shifting elements. The input shaft couples the sun gear of gearset (P2) and detachably couples, via clutches (13, 14), respective shafts (3, 4). Shaft (3) cou |
| 7549942 |
Multi-speed transmission |
June 23, 2009 |
| The multi-speed transmission with nine forward gears and one reverse gear comprises four planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3, P4), seven rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), as well as six control elements (03, 04, 05, 15, 17, 36), wherein the input shaft (1) is connected to the carrier |
| 7541553 |
Actuating device with push buttons |
June 2, 2009 |
| An actuating device is provided for a technical system, especially for selecting gears of a shift-by-wire speed-change gear. This includes a push button arrangement with at least one push button (1) as well as a device (4) generating electrical control signals for transmission to the |
| 7540823 |
Dual-clutch transmission with integrated electric machine and utilization thereof |
June 2, 2009 |
| New alternatives for integration of electric machines (EM1 to EM6) in an extensively integrated dual-clutch transmission (1) having one dual clutch (2), one first input shaft (8) designed as a hollow shaft and one second input shaft (9) co-axially supported in the first input shaft (8), |
| 7537545 |
Method for controlling an automatic transmission and automatic transmission |
May 26, 2009 |
| A method for controlling an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, namely for controlling a static disengagement function, such that if the motor vehicle's speed is lower than a limiting speed value and if, at the same time, at least one further initiation criterion is fulfilled, sta |
| 7530588 |
Mounting assembly for a vibration damper |
May 12, 2009 |
| Mounting assembly for a vibration damper, comprising at least one aligning surface on the vibration damper side, which is in working connection with an opposing surface on the vehicle side at least during the installation of the vibration damper in a receiving opening in the vehicle. The |
| 7530262 |
Method for determining an actuating pressure in an actuating cylinder |
May 12, 2009 |
| A method for determining an actuating pressure of an operating element (1), for example in a motor vehicle, where the element is displaced as a result of the application of the actuating pressure. The actuating pressure of the operating element is determined without the use of a pres |
| 7530223 |
Torsional vibration damper for a hydrodynamic clutch arrangement |
May 12, 2009 |
| The torsional vibration damper includes a drive-side damping element arranged nonrotatably with respect to a flywheel mass element fastened to the drive, and a takeoff-side damping element, which is centered and axially positioned by the flywheel mass element and which is in function |
| 7527576 |
Multi-step transmission |
May 5, 2009 |
| A transmission includes planetary gearsets, shafts and shifting elements. A carrier of gearset (RS4) and the input shaft couple forming shaft (1). A carrier of gearset (RS3) and the output shaft couple forming shaft (2). A sun gear of gearsets (RS1, RS4) couple forming shaft (3). The car |
| 7527575 |
Lockable differential |
May 5, 2009 |
| A lockable differential has one positive-fit clutch (12) actuatable in the opening and closing directions by displacement of a sliding sleeve (4), the sliding sleeve (4) being actuatable by a co-axially disposed piston (15). |
