Patents Assigned to Getrag Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
  • Patent number: 9188224
    Abstract: A gear shift arrangement for a motor vehicle gear mechanism comprises at least one clutch arrangement by means of which a gear of the gear mechanism can be engaged and disengaged. An actuator arrangement is coupled with the clutch arrangement via a first force transmission device. A parking block arrangement is coupled with the actuator arrangement via a second force transmission device. The actuator arrangement can be moved into a parking block position in which the parking block arrangement is activated. The actuator arrangement is configured to engage the gear on its travel to the parking block position and/or in the parking block position via the first force transmission device. The first force transmission device has a decoupling device which is configured to move or to let move the actuator arrangement into the parking block position even when the clutch arrangement is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Stefan Kapp, Georg Burgardt
  • Patent number: 9120481
    Abstract: Method for controlling a hybrid drivetrain which has a drive engine and a dual-clutch gearbox which, to establish two power transmission paths, has a first and a second friction clutch and a first and a second component gearbox. An electric machine is connected to the second power transmission path downstream of the second friction clutch in the power flow direction. Purely electric driving operation can be realized by means of the second component gearbox assigned to the second friction clutch. In the event of a gear change in the second component gearbox during purely electric driving operation, a fill-in torque is provided. The fill-in torque is provided from inertial energy of the previously cranked, non-fired drive engine, wherein the drivetrain also has an electric starter motor, and wherein the starter motor is used to crank the drive engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Uli Christian Blessing, Thomas Hoffmeister, Ingo Matusche, Thorsten Stepper, Philipp Knopfle
  • Patent number: 9005070
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement has a rotary element which is mounted on a housing so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis and which defines a cavity. A clutch has a first clutch element and a second clutch element which can be coupled thereto, which clutch is arranged in the cavity. The first clutch element or the second clutch element is coupled to the rotary element. A fluidic actuator arrangement has a first and a second actuator element which can move relative to one another in order to activate the clutch. At least the first actuator element can be secured in a rotationally fixed fashion to the housing and extends from outside the rotary element into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Werner Hoffmann, Bernd Oberhausen
  • Patent number: 9003907
    Abstract: Dual coupling gear mechanism for a motor vehicle, having a first input shaft and a second input shaft and having a first and a second countershaft, the input shafts and the countershafts being connected to each other by means of a plurality of shiftable wheel sets in order to establish at least seven forward gear stages and at least one reverse gear stage. At least one wheel set has a fixed wheel which is connected to one of the input shafts and two loose wheels which are rotatably supported on the first and on the second countershaft, respectively, and which are in engagement with the fixed wheel. An electric engine is connected to a loose wheel of one of the wheel sets or can be connected thereto by means of a shift clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Jens Weller, Klaus Kranich
  • Patent number: 8984989
    Abstract: Clutch arrangement for a motor vehicle drive train. The clutch arrangement has a first and a second clutch which are embodied as normally open clutches. The first clutch can be activated from an open position into a closed position by means of a first actuator arrangement. The second clutch can be activated from an open position into a closed position by means of a second actuator arrangement. The clutch arrangement has a locking device for locking a clutch in the closed position. Only the second clutch can be locked in the closed position by means of the locking device, while the first clutch cannot be locked in the closed position. Thus, the first actuator arrangement has to be supplied with energy in order to secure the first clutch in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Uli Christian Blessing, Guenter Ruehle, Martin Seufert
  • Patent number: 8968137
    Abstract: Drive train for a motor vehicle, having an electric machine for providing motive power, and a transmission arrangement. The transmission arrangement has a transmission input shaft and a first and a second gear stage. The transmission input shaft is connected to the electric machine. The drive train has a differential, which is connected to an output of the transmission and is set up to distribute motive power to two drive shafts. The differential is connected to a helically toothed driving gear, which is in engagement with a helically toothed pinion of the transmission output. A pressure pad arrangement absorbs axial forces arising from the helical toothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Jochen Bausch, Guenter Ruehle, Uli Christian Blessing
  • Patent number: 8955412
    Abstract: A hybrid drivetrain for a motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission arrangement for setting at least two different gears. The internal combustion engine and the electric machine are coupled to an input element of the transmission arrangement. A differential is coupled to an output of the transmission arrangement and is adapted to distribute motive power to two drive shafts. The electric machine and the internal combustion engine are coupled to a transmission input shaft of the transmission arrangement by way of a spur gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventor: Uli Christian Blessing
  • Patent number: 8905215
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement for connecting two components, which can rotate relative to one another, of a motor vehicle drive train, in particular for connecting two shafts of a transmission or a shaft to an idler gear rotatably mounted on the shaft. The clutch arrangement has a clutch and an actuator arrangement. The clutch is opened in a first actuator position of an actuator section of the actuator arrangement. The clutch arrangement has a locking device for locking the actuator section in a locked position to keep the clutch closed. The locking device has a slotted-link guide with a first guide section and a second guide section for the actuator section, wherein the locked position can be reached from the first actuator position via the first guide section, and wherein the first actuator position can be reached from the locked position via the second guide section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Getrag Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Hansi Gremplini, Guenter Ruehle, Jochen Bausch
  • Patent number: 8897981
    Abstract: Method for determining an adjustment parameter in a hydraulic actuator arrangement for a motor vehicle drivetrain. The actuator arrangement has a pump and a hydraulic cylinder. A pressure port of the pump is connected to a port of the hydraulic cylinder. The adjustment parameter is a function of the volume of the fluid that must be delivered by the pump in order to realize a predetermined operating point of the actuator arrangement. The operating point is defined by a value pair of an operating point rotational speed value of the pump and an operating point control value of the pump. The method has the steps: regulating the pump to the operating point rotational speed value such that the pump delivers a fluid volume flow rate corresponding to the operating point rotational speed value; and integrating the fluid volume flow rate over the time until a termination operating state of the actuator arrangement, in which the control value of the pump is less than or equal to the operating point control value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Jörg Meissner, Hans-Peter Moosmann
  • Patent number: 8831812
    Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid drivetrain for a motor vehicle. Power is provided by an internal combustion engine in a first operating mode. Power is provided by an electric machine in a second operating mode. A change from one operating mode into the other operating mode is carried out according to the state of at least one of the drivetrain and the motor vehicle. The change of operating mode is controlled according to at least one switching variable, which is a function of a requested power target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventor: Uli Christian Blessing
  • Publication number: 20140190309
    Abstract: A drive train for a motor vehicle, having a drive unit which comprises a prime mover, a multi-step transmission and a power-splitting device which distributes the driving power between a first and a second drive shaft of a driven axle. The transmission comprises a transmission input and a first sub-transmission and a second sub-transmission. The prime mover is directly connected to the transmission input, wherein each of the two drive shafts is assigned a first and a second friction clutch. The first friction clutches connect the respective drive shaft to the first sub-transmission. The second friction clutches connect the respective drive shaft to the second sub-transmission. The first friction clutches and the second friction clutches form the power-splitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Moosmann, Klaus-Dieter Wolf
  • Patent number: 8725372
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the point of engagement of a friction clutch of a step-variable transmission for a motor vehicle, in particular a friction clutch of a dual clutch transmission. The friction clutch is controllably actuated by means of a clutch actuator and at least one synchronizer shifting clutch is controllably actuated by means of a shift actuator for the engagement and disengagement of a gear ratio of the spur-gear transmission. A set-point of the clutch actuator for the point of engagement of the friction clutch is adjusted as a function of a speed gradient value, which ensues from a transitional state with the friction clutch actuated and the shifting clutch actuated, once the shifting clutch is opened. The transitional state is established by setting the clutch actuator and the shift actuator to a respective transitional value substantially at the same time or, at least in sections, in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Rinck, Markus Schuerlein, Tobias Soller
  • Publication number: 20140080666
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle. The clutch arrangement has a first clutch, a second clutch, and a hydraulic actuator arrangement. The actuator arrangement has a first hydraulic cylinder for actuating the first clutch and a second hydraulic cylinder for actuating the second clutch. The actuator arrangement has an actuator pump which is driven by means of an electric motor and which can be operated in two directions of rotation. The actuator pump has a first port, which is connected to the first hydraulic cylinder, and a second port, which is connected to the second hydraulic cylinder. The actuator arrangement actuates the first or the second clutch depending on the direction of rotation of the actuator pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Günter Rühle, Mark Schweiher
  • Publication number: 20140073480
    Abstract: Method for controlling a hybrid drivetrain which has a drive engine and a dual-clutch gearbox which, to establish two power transmission paths, has a first and a second friction clutch and a first and a second component gearbox. An electric machine is connected to the second power transmission path downstream of the second friction clutch in the power flow direction. Purely electric driving operation can be realized by means of the second component gearbox assigned to the second friction clutch. In the event of a gear change in the second component gearbox during purely electric driving operation, a fill-in torque is provided. The fill-in torque is provided from inertial energy of the previously cranked, non-fired drive engine, wherein the drivetrain also has an electric starter motor, and wherein the starter motor is used to crank the drive engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Uli Christian Blessing, Thomas Hoffmeister, Ingo Matusche, Thorsten Stepper, Philipp Knopfle
  • Publication number: 20140060994
    Abstract: Parking lock arrangement, having a parking lock mechanism, which can be moved between a parking lock position and a release position, and having an operating device which is supported so that it can rotate about a first axis and which is designed, through rotation, to operate the parking lock mechanism. The parking lock arrangement further has an actuating mechanism and a coupling device which couples the operating device to the actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism is supported so that it can rotate about a second axis relative to a drum, which by means of a drive is rotatable about the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventor: Georg Burgardt
  • Patent number: 8660764
    Abstract: A method for actuating a friction clutch, in particular for a motor vehicle drivetrain. The friction clutch is acted on with a clutch pressure generated by a hydraulic actuator arrangement which has an electrically actuable fluid source and which has a hydraulic actuator whose state is characterized by an actuator actual value. The actuator actual value is related to the clutch pressure. The method has the steps: forming a regulation-oriented model of the actuator arrangement, which model has at least one fluid source actuating variable as an input and at least the actuator actual value as a flat output and which model can be inverted; forming an inverse model of the actuator arrangement; and inputting an actuator nominal value into the inverse model and using the model actuating variable which emerges therefrom for actuating the fluid source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Thomas Gorius, Joerg Meissner
  • Publication number: 20140050592
    Abstract: Method for determining the temperature of a fluid in a hydraulic arrangement for a motor vehicle. The hydraulic arrangement has a pump arrangement, which is driven by means of a drive motor, and a pressure sensor, which is connected to a discharge port of the pump arrangement and is used to measure the pressure of the fluid. The pump arrangement is connected to a tank via a leakage point. The temperature of the fluid is determined on the basis of a relationship between a state variable of the drive motor and the temperature of the fluid at a predetermined pressure of the fluid, said relationship being specific to the hydraulic arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventor: Alexander Kiehlneker
  • Publication number: 20140041986
    Abstract: Actuator arrangement for a drive train. The actuator arrangement has an actuator pump driven by electric motor, and a clutch actuator, which is designed for actuation of a friction clutch of the drive train and which is connected to a discharge port of the actuator pump. The actuator arrangement has a parking lock actuator, which is designed for actuation of a parking lock arrangement of the drive train. The parking lock actuator has an open position, in which the parking lock arrangement is released, and a closed position, in which the parking lock arrangement is closed. The parking lock actuator is likewise connected to the discharge port of the actuator pump. The parking lock arrangement can be retained in at least one of the open position and the closed position by means of a retaining device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Guenter Ruehle, Stefan Rothvoss, Alexander Kiehlneker, Christian Anzt
  • Publication number: 20140033844
    Abstract: Step-variable transmission for a motor vehicle. The transmission has a gearbox inlet, which can be connected to a drive motor, and has a gearbox outlet, which can be connected to a driven axle of the motor vehicle. The step-variable transmission is designed for establishing at least a first gear and a further gear. Power in the first gear is transmitted from the gearbox inlet to the gearbox outlet by way of a first clutch arrangement. Power in the further gear is transmitted from the gearbox inlet to the gearbox outlet by way of a second clutch arrangement. The second clutch arrangement comprises a powershift clutch. The first clutch arrangement comprises an overrunning clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Stefan Rothvoss, Jochen Bausch, Guenter Ruehle
  • Patent number: 8636113
    Abstract: A shaft arrangement having a shaft and at least one component, which is arranged on the shaft and which is to be lubricated and/or cooled by a fluid. A fluid feed device being designed to feed the fluid to the shaft arrangement radially from outside. The component is a shaft sealing ring, which rests on the shaft and which is fixed to a housing. A baffle plate, which with the shaft sealing ring defines a fluid baffle chamber and which is separated by an annular gap from the outer circumference of the shaft, is arranged axially next to the shaft sealing ring. The fluid feed device is arranged so that fluid is fed into the fluid baffle chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Wolfgang Eichhorn