Patents by Inventor Hansjorg Kraft

Hansjorg Kraft 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).

  • Publication number: 20240060564
    Abstract: A gearbox actuator unit (14) is configured to be arranged on a gearbox (10) and includes a housing (22), a control device (24), and an actuator (28, 30). The housing (22) is configured to attach to a gearbox housing (12) and to seal the gearbox housing (12). The control device (24) is electrically connected to the actuator (28, 30) and activates the actuator (28, 30). A pinon of the actuator (28, 30) is configured to actuate a rack of a shift fork (18, 20) of the gearbox (10) and can be connected to the shift fork (18, 20) of the gearbox (10). The control device (24) and the actuator (28, 30) are arranged within the housing (22), with the pinion extending through an opening of the housing. A gearbox (10) with a housing (12) having an opening (44) receives the actuator unit (14), which closes and seals the opening (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan Hahn, Holger Kelpe, Michael Günther, Hansjörg Kraft
  • Patent number: 9797508
    Abstract: An assembly for actuating a double-acting shift cylinder of a shift assembly of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle includes a hydraulic fluid reservoir having a motor-driven hydraulic pump and two control valves that are each connected to a pressure supply line of the hydraulic pump and to a return line to the hydraulic fluid reservoir. The shift cylinder has two pressure chambers that are each connected to one of the control valves. The control valves each connect one pressure chamber of the shift cylinder to the pressure supply line of the hydraulic pump or to the return line to the hydraulic fluid reservoir. The actuating assembly includes at least one pressure-limiting valve that connects the pressure supply line to the return line if a hydraulic over-pressure is present. The control valves can be 3/2-directional valves having integrated pressure-limiting valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: WABCO GMBH
    Inventors: Hansjorg Kraft, Reiner Krugener, Ingo Meyer
  • Publication number: 20150008350
    Abstract: An assembly for actuating a double-acting shift cylinder of a shift assembly of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle includes a hydraulic fluid reservoir having a motor-driven hydraulic pump and two control valves that are each connected to a pressure supply line of the hydraulic pump and to a return line to the hydraulic fluid reservoir. The shift cylinder has two pressure chambers that are each connected to one of the control valves. The control valves each connect one pressure chamber of the shift cylinder to the pressure supply line of the hydraulic pump or to the return line to the hydraulic fluid reservoir. The actuating assembly includes at least one pressure-limiting valve that connects the pressure supply line to the return line if a hydraulic over-pressure is present. The control valves can be 3/2-directional valves having integrated pressure-limiting valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Hansjorg Kraft, Reiner Krugener, Ingo Meyer