Patents by Inventor Gunter Kestler

Gunter Kestler 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: 6766710
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device operates a sliding selector shaft, in particular a gearbox for motor vehicles, with a bore made in a wall of a gearbox housing for accommodating a plastic piston. The piston is actively connected to the sliding selector shaft and delimits a pressure chamber and, under hydraulic pressure, radially guides and axially displaces the sliding selector shaft. The piston has a body and a guide section consisting of plastic. The piston is guided directly at the bore, designed as a non-reinforced and unlined cylinder bore, in the wall of the gearbox housing, consisting of a light metal alloy. This creates control device, which is of a much simpler, and more compact design compared with prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: FTE automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Reul, Roland Stössel, Günter Kestler
  • Publication number: 20020020290
    Abstract: A hydraulic device is disclosed for operating a sliding selecter shaft, in particular a gearbox for motor vehicles, with a bore made in a wall of a gearbox housing for accommodating a plastic piston, which is actively connected to the sliding selecter shaft and which delimits a pressure chamber and, under hydraulic pressure, radially guides and axially displaces the sliding selector shaft. The piston has a body and a guide section consisting of plastic, via which the piston is guided directly at the bore, designed as a non-reinforced and unlined cylinder bore, in the wall of the gearbox housing, consisting of a light metal alloy. This creates control device, which is of a much simpler, and more compact design compared with prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: FTE automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Reul, Roland Stossel, Gunter Kestler