Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Waizenegger

Ferdinand Waizenegger 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).

  • Drive train control arrangement
    Patent number: 9222530
    Abstract: A drive train control arrangement for a motor vehicle drive train includes a main drive train, a first drive axle permanently driven by the main drive train, an auxiliary drive train and a second drive axle coupleable to the main drive train via the auxiliary drive train, which has a first clutch unit and a second clutch unit connected downstream in the power train of the first clutch unit for connecting the second drive axle to the main drive train, and a control unit, which in at least one operating mode that closes the at least one second clutch unit of the auxiliary drive train to shift into a standby operating mode when a defined operating condition is present, and with the standby operating mode activated, closes the first clutch unit of the auxiliary drive train to connect the coupleable second drive axle depending on at least one parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Shivkumar Duraiswamy, Ferdinand Waizenegger, Uwe Mueller, George Myers, Daniel Nullmeier
  • Drive Train Control Arrangement
    Publication number: 20130131942
    Abstract: A drive train control arrangement for a motor vehicle drive train includes a main drive train, a first drive axle permanently driven by the main drive train, an auxiliary drive train and a second drive axle coupleable to the main drive train via the auxiliary drive train, which has a first clutch unit and a second clutch unit connected downstream in the power train of the first clutch unit for connecting the second drive axle to the main drive train, and a control unit, which in at least one operating mode that closes the at least one second clutch unit of the auxiliary drive train to shift into a standby operating mode when a defined operating condition is present, and with the standby operating mode activated, closes the first clutch unit of the auxiliary drive train to connect the coupleable second drive axle depending on at least one parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Shivkumar Duraiswamy, Ferdinand Waizenegger, Uwe Mueller, George Myers, Daniel Nullmeier