Patents by Inventor Kurt Bessner

Kurt Bessner 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).

  • Motor vehicle switching and control device
    Patent number: 4895054
    Abstract: A switching and control device is provided for a drive assembly used for driving a motor vehicle. This drive assembly is provided with a driving motor having an adjustment element for the power control system and a continuously variable gear change, which is downstream in the power flow. The gear change contains a control device which operates into an adjustment element for the transmission ratio. The drive assembly also includes a reversing gear containing a switching device for switching over between a gear position for forward motion and another gear position for reverse motion. The switching and control device operates with a link between the adjustment element for the power control and the control device and a range selection member which can be switched by a manually operable selection adjustment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG
    Inventors: Josef Rauneker, Josef Blass, Rolland Weller, Kurt Bessner