Patents by Inventor Dirk Lautenschlager

Dirk Lautenschlager has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7285070
    Abstract: What is proposed is a variator disk for a toroidal variator, in particular for a motor vehicle toroidal transmission. The variator disk has a curved running surface which is oriented coaxially with respect to a variator axis and on which rollers of the toroidal variator can roll. The variator disk having furthermore at least two partial disks which are designed as a traction disk, on which the running surface is formed, and as a supporting disk, respectively. The supporting disk is designed for supporting axial forces applied to the running surface. The traction disk is supported on the supporting disk in the radial direction to the variator axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignees: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengeselllschaft
    Inventors: Guenter Ruehle, Markus Kirchner, Markus Trefz, Dirk Lautenschlager, Lothar Wolf, Ulrich Ohnemus, Ekkehard Rieder
  • Patent number: 7241248
    Abstract: A variator arrangement is provided for a continuously variable transmission, having a shaft, a variator disk connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shaft and a support disk which is concentric with said variator disk and which is rigidly connected to the shaft, the variator disk having a traction area on the side facing away from the support disk. For a rotationally fixed connection between the variator disk and the shaft, the variator disk and the support disk each have at least one recess which in cross section are each of approximately concave design and together hold a positive connection element which in cross section is of approximately convex lens-shaped design (FIG. 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Getrag Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventor: Dirk Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20060194669
    Abstract: What is proposed is a variator disk for a toroidal variator, in particular for a motor vehicle toroidal transmission. The variator disk has a curved running surface which is oriented coaxially with respect to a variator axis and on which rollers of the toroidal variator can roll. The variator disk having furthermore at least two partial disks which are designed as a traction disk, on which the running surface is formed, and as a supporting disk, respectively. The supporting disk is designed for supporting axial forces applied to the running surface. The traction disk is supported on the supporting disk in the radial direction to the variator axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Guenter Ruehle, Markus Kirchner, Markus Trefz, Dirk Lautenschlager, Lothar Wolf, Ulrich Ohnemus, Ekkehard Rieder
  • Publication number: 20060122029
    Abstract: A variator arrangement is proposed for a continuously variable transmission, having a shaft, a variator disk connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shaft and a support disk which is concentric with said variator disk and which is rigidly connected to the shaft, the variator disk having a traction area on the side facing away from the support disk. In this case, for a rotationally fixed connection between the variator disk and the shaft, the variator disk and the support disk each have at least one recess which in cross section are each of approximately concave design and together hold a positive connection element which in cross section is of approximately convex lens-shaped design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventor: Dirk Lautenschlager