Patents by Inventor Jens Patzner

Jens Patzner 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: 8403121
    Abstract: A device for sealing a double clutch transmission of a motor vehicle, with a transmission housing, in which are arranged a clutch chamber with clutch oil and a double clutch, a transmission chamber with transmission oil and a double clutch transmission wheel set and two co-axial drive shafts disposed, one inside the other. One drive shaft is an interior central shaft which extends inside the transmission chamber from the end of the second hollow drive shaft. The two drive shafts each have a sealing element to seal the clutch chamber from the transmission chamber. A mounting component is situated inside and fixed to the transmission housing to support two adjacent sealing elements. A first sealing element forms a seal radially on the hollow drive shaft and a second sealing element forms a seal radially on the central drive shaft to provide a reliable seal and offer a simple ventilation and leakage detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Dieter Kraxner, Peter Höbel, Markus Rettenmaier, Jens Patzner
  • Patent number: 8001863
    Abstract: An arrangement of bearings for transmission shafts of a twin-clutch transmission having a first input shaft connected with a first clutch, a hollow second input shaft co-axially supported on the first input shaft and connected with a second clutch and a main shaft, which is parallel to and connected with the input shafts a drive constant via gear stages comprising fixed and loose gear wheels and a shift clutch. The drive constant is connected with an output shaft, which is parallel to the main shaft. The transmission shafts are supported by bearings, which are arranged in bearing planes, one of which is formed by an inner wall of the transmission housing and is axially adjacent the drive constant. This bearing plane includes one bearing supporting the main shaft, one bearing supporting the second input shaft and one bearing supporting the first input shaft within the second input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jens Patzner
  • Publication number: 20100307883
    Abstract: A device for sealing a double clutch transmission of a motor vehicle, with a transmission housing, in which are arranged a clutch chamber with clutch oil and a double clutch, a transmission chamber with transmission oil and a double clutch transmission wheel set and two co-axial drive shafts disposed, one inside the other. One drive shaft is an interior central shaft which extends inside the transmission chamber from the end of the second hollow drive shaft. The two drive shafts each have a sealing element to seal the clutch chamber from the transmission chamber. A mounting component is situated inside and fixed to the transmission housing to support two adjacent sealing elements. A first sealing element forms a seal radially on the hollow drive shaft and a second sealing element forms a seal radially on the central drive shaft to provide a reliable seal and offer a simple ventilation and leakage detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jens Patzner, Markus Rettenmaier, Peter Hobel, Peter Kraxner
  • Publication number: 20100234113
    Abstract: A rotary feed-through is proposed to supply oil to a transmission shaft (1), in an axial extending borehole or oil passage (2), respectively, comprising a stator, positioned at the enclosure, and a rotor, turning with the shaft, in which the bearing cover (4), connected with the enclosure, or the holding plate of the bearing (3), respectively, of the shaft (1) which needs to be supplied with oil, serves as a stator, and the hub (6) of an already present part (5), axial viewed at the side of the bearing (3), facing away from the enclosure and positioned before the bearing (3), and rotationally linked torque-free with the shaft (1), serves as the rotor of the rotary feed-through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Michael Drabek, Uwe Beer, Jens Patzner
  • Publication number: 20080271555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement of the transmission shafts of a twin-clutch transmission (1) which has a central first input shaft (W1) connected at the engine-side with a first clutch (K1) of the twin-clutch arrangement, a shorter second input shaft (W2) designed as a hollow shaft which is co-axially disposed on the first input shaft (W1) and is connected with a second clutch (K2) of the twin-clutch arrangement and a main shaft (W3) arranged parallel to the two input shafts (W1, W2) and can be selectively connected by way of a plurality of gear wheel stages each of which comprises one fixed wheel and one loose wheel, and a shift clutch coordinated with the respective loose wheel can be connected with the first input shaft (W1) and the second input shaft (W2) and the drive constant (K) formed by two fixed wheels is connected with an output shaft (W4) disposed parallel to the main shaft (W3), wherein each of the two input shafts (W1, W2) is coordinated with a plurality of toothed gearwheels, whe
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jens Patzner
  • Patent number: 7421919
    Abstract: A double clutch transmission with a double clutch, the input side of which can be driven and the output sides each communicate with one of two transmission input shafts that are arranged coaxially relative to one another, with an intermediate shaft and with fixed or idler gears that are mounted or rotatably supported on the shafts, and with shifting units that are allocated to the idler gears, with which the idler gears can be non-rotatably connected to the properly allocated shaft for the purpose of realizing gear ratio. To allow a more cost-effective production of this type of transmission, the fixed gears for the reverse gear and first gear are arranged axially directly in front each other on the same transmission input shaft, or that the fixed gears for the reverse gear and for the first gear are designed as a single common fixed gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Gumpoltsberger, Jens Patzner
  • Publication number: 20080210035
    Abstract: The invention concerns a transmission (2) with a transmission housing (1) and at least one idler gear (4) mounted by means of an idler gear shaft or idler gear axle (3), which meshes with a gear wheel (6) of a first transmission shaft (5) and a gear wheel (7) of a second transmission shaft (8), such that the idler gear shaft or idler gear axle (3) is supported at one end in or on a wall section of the transmission housing (1) by means of at least one bearing with a wrap-around contact angle of 360° and at the other end in a half-shell (11) fixed on a sidewall (9) of the transmission housing (1), or at both ends in respective half-shells (11) fixed on sidewalls (9) of the transmission housing (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jens Patzner, Frank Linke, Norbert Bork
  • Patent number: 7272985
    Abstract: A countershaft-type transmission device has an input central shaft and an input hollow shaft and two powershift elements. One first half of the powershift elements is in connection with one drive unit and a second half of the powershift elements is connected with the input central shaft or the input hollow shaft. The input central shaft, the input hollow shaft and countershafts are supported in one housing and connected with gear wheels, which are engaged with each other by pairs and can be connected and disconnected to produce a transmission total ratio in the power flow. The input central shaft is supported in the housing via a first bearing device and the drive unit is supported via a second bearing device on a shaft connected with a drive unit, the input hollow shaft being supported on the input central shaft via a third bearing device and a fourth bearing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Gumpoltsberger, Jens Patzner
  • Patent number: 7267022
    Abstract: A multi-speed transmission of countershaft design having a main countershaft and a hollow countershaft arranged concentrically and having likewise two load-shift elements. A first half of the shift elements is connected with a drive unit and a second half of the shift elements is connected to a gearbox input shaft. The gearbox input shafts and countershafts are mounted in a housing and connected to gear wheels, which intermesh in pairs as gear wheel pairs and can be connected or disconnected in order to reduce the overall gear ratio in the power flow. The main countershaft is mounted directly on the housing in the area of its first end and in the hollow countershaft in the area of its second end. The hollow countershaft is mounted in the housing in the area of its end that faces toward the end of the main countershaft that is mounted in the hollow countershaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Gumpoltsberger, Jens Patzner
  • Patent number: 7225700
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear shifting device (2) comprising a single-rod gear shifting system in a housing of a motor vehicle manual gearbox. Said device comprises a central gearshift shaft (32) and fork-type gear shifting elements in the form of gear shifting swinging forks or gear shifting forks (4, 6, 8, 10) which are optionally and individually engaged with the gearshift shaft (32) by rotating the same (32), and which carry out a gear shift of the selected gear shifting element by means of displacement of the gearshift shaft (32) along a rotational axis (34) of said gearshift shaft (32). Said gear shifting device (2) comprises a first element (58, 60) which is connected to the gearshift shaft (32) and which co-operates with a second element (62) fixed in the housing, in order to define the rotation of the gearshift shaft (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Uwe Beer, Jens Patzner
  • Publication number: 20060169076
    Abstract: A double clutch transmission with a double clutch, the input side of which can be driven and the output sides each communicate with one of two transmission input shafts that are arranged coaxially relative to one another, with an intermediate shaft and with fixed or idler gears that are mounted or rotatably supported on the shafts, and with shifting units that are allocated to the idler gears, with which the idler gears can be non-rotatably connected to the properly allocated shaft for the purpose of realizing gear ratio. To allow a more cost-effective production of this type of transmission, the fixed gears for the reverse gear and first gear are arranged axially directly in front each other on the same transmission input shaft, or that the fixed gears for the reverse gear and for the first gear are designed as a single common fixed gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Gumpoltsberger, Jens Patzner
  • Publication number: 20060048594
    Abstract: A countershaft-type transmission device has an input central shaft and an input hollow shaft and two powershift elements. One first half of the powershift elements is in connection with one drive unit and a second half of the powershift elements is connected with the input central shaft or the input hollow shaft. The input central shaft, the input hollow shaft and countershafts are supported in one housing and connected with gear wheels, which are engaged with each other by pairs and can be connected and disconnected to produce a transmission total ratio in the power flow. The input central shaft is supported in the housing via a first bearing device and the drive unit is supported via a second bearing device on a shaft connected with a drive unit, the input hollow shaft being supported on the input central shaft via a third bearing device and a fourth bearing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Gumpoltsberger, Jens Patzner
  • Publication number: 20060048593
    Abstract: A multi-speed transmission of countershaft design having a main countershaft and a hollow countershaft arranged concentrically and having likewise two load-shift elements. A first half of the shift elements is connected with a drive unit and a second half of the shift elements is connected to a gearbox input shaft. The gearbox input shafts and countershafts are mounted in a housing and connected to gear wheels, which intermesh in pairs as gear wheel pairs and can be connected or disconnected in order to reduce the overall gear ratio in the power flow. The main countershaft is mounted directly on the housing in the area of its first end and in the hollow countershaft in the area of its second end. The hollow countershaft is mounted in the housing in the area of its end that faces toward the end of the main countershaft that is mounted in the hollow countershaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Gumpoltsberger, Jens Patzner
  • Publication number: 20040221677
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear shifting device (2) comprising a single-rod gear shifting system in a housing of a motor vehicle manual gearbox. Said device comprises a central gearshift shaft (32) and fork-type gear shifting elements in the form of gear shifting swinging forks or gear shifting forks (4, 6, 8, 10) which are optionally and individually engaged with the gearshift shaft (32) by rotating the same (32), and which carry out a gear shift of the selected gear shifting element by means of displacement of the gearshift shaft (32) along a rotational axis (34) of said gearshift shaft (32). Said gear shifting device (2) comprises a first element (58, 60) which is connected to the gearshift shaft (32) and which co-operates with a second element (62) fixed in the housing, in order to define the rotation of the gearshift shaft (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Uwe Beer, Jens Patzner
  • Patent number: 6691590
    Abstract: The single-rod shifting device for a motor vehicle manual transmission, in particular for a six-speed transmission, has a central shifting shaft, fork-shaped shifting elements that engage into sliding bushings, and a locking device. The locking device is equipped with a lever (3, 11) whose rotation point lies on the rotation axis of the axially displaceably mounted central shifting shaft (1) and which is joined to it via a radial entrainment arrangement. Also provided is a blocking part (5) that is arranged immovably in the housing in the shifting direction, as well as a coupling drive that converts the rotation of the lever into a linear motion of the blocking elements (15, 15′ . . . ) on the shifting elements and on the blocking part (5) ensure that upon superposition of the blocking elements in the shifting direction, a shifting of the shifting elements is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jens Patzner, Uwe Beer
  • Publication number: 20020100655
    Abstract: The synchronizing mechanism for shift clutch of mechanical transmissions in motor vehicles has one sliding sleeve with meshing teeth and one clutch with meshing teeth. The half angles a1, a2; b1, b2 of the ridge edges 5, 5′; 6, 6′ and the ridge edges of the meshing teeth of the sliding sleeve and of the clutch are disposed asymmetrically relative to the respective tooth central axes 3, 3′; 4, 4′.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Jens Patzner, Wolfgang Bernau, Dirk Blechschmidt, Kurt Bathe