Patents by Inventor Ingo Franz

Ingo Franz 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: 20050060685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer device for the generation of executable programs, comprising a user interface for entering a model based on a program with a executable commands, a generator for generating of individual programming code from the model, a state machine for executing the executable program, means for providing predefined programming code which has the form of at least one basic class or other predefined code for providing repeating algorithms. The user interface has input means for inputting executable commands in a graphical form. The entry points into the program are formed by parts of the predefined programming code for the state machine. The model also comprises graphic symbols representing instantiated classes, and the user interface comprises means for defining a direct relation between the input and output of data by a program user and attributes of the instantiated classes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Ingo Franz, Steffen Linke
  • Patent number: 6155129
    Abstract: A positioning device for an output component for automatically shifting gears of a motor vehicle transmission that undergoes two types of movements comprises a plurality of drives. The movement of each drive can be transmitted via a transmission mechanism to the output component. A first drive causes the output component to undergo movement of a first type, and a second drive causes the output component to undergo movement of a second type. The first drive is connected to a sliding element. The sliding element is axially fixed, but movable in the circumferential direction relative to the output component. The second drive is rotatably fixed, but axially movable output component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Jens Dorfschmid, Lutz Leimbach, Thomas Wirth, Erwin Bair, Ingo Franz
  • Patent number: 5984072
    Abstract: An adjusting device for operating a friction clutch is brought into active connection with the friction clutch via an output device driven by a drive. The output device includes a compensation device that compensates for a wear-induced position change of the pressure spring of the friction clutch by permitting a length change of the output device. For this purpose, the compensation device includes a fixing device that secures the relative positions of the components of the output device to each other. The fixing device is releasable in a predetermined operating state of the adjusting device by a control element. When released, the fixing device allows the relative movement between the components of the output device required to implement the length change of the output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Mannesman Sachs AG
    Inventors: Lutz Leimbach, Andreas Ratte, Jens Dorfschmid, Ingo Franz, Thomas Wirth
  • Patent number: 5979261
    Abstract: A positioning device for an output component for automatically shifting gears of a motor vehicle transmission that undergoes two types of movements comprises a plurality of drives. The movement of each drive can be transmitted via a transmission mechanism to the output component. A first drive causes the output component to undergo movement of a first type, and a second drive causes the output component to undergo movement of a second type. The first drive is connected to a sliding element. The sliding element is axially fixed, but movable in the circumferential direction relative to the output component. The second drive is rotatably fixed, but axially movable output component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Jens Dorfschmid, Lutz Leimbach, Thomas Wirth, Erwin Bair, Ingo Franz