Patents by Inventor Peter Reitz

Peter Reitz 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: 8016724
    Abstract: A drive train of a motor vehicle, with a drive engine, a torque converter, an additional brake, a retarder, a manual actuator device for a power control element, a manually operated preselector element for an operating range of the torque converter, a manually operated preselector element for selecting braking resistance of the additional brake, a manual control element for actuating a brake that decelerates the motor vehicle and an electronic control unit for exchanging and processing signals and data of the drive train and/or of the motor vehicle. The preselector element for the additional brake is connected to the electronic control unit such that starting from a zero position “0”, it can be actuated in a direction “I” for signaling the selection of a braking resistance of the additional brake, and also in another direction “II” for signaling the activation of a drive-power-off rolling or coasting operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Uwe Griesmeier, Peter Reitz
  • Patent number: 7829805
    Abstract: A shifting device for a motor vehicle is provided with a bracket (3), with a selector lever (7) mounted at the bracket (3) pivotably via a joint (12) and with an angle-measuring device having a signal transmitter (13) and two sensors (14, 15). The angle-measuring device is arranged in the joint (12) and is electrically connected to a control means (19) connected to a motor vehicle transmission (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Metin Ersoy, Andreas Gaertner, Peter Reitz
  • Patent number: 7731202
    Abstract: A stabilizer is provided for a motor vehicle with two shafts (2, 3), which extend in the transverse direction of the vehicle, can be coupled with one another via a mechanical coupling (40) and are in functional connection with wheels of the motor vehicle with their ends facing away from the coupling (40). A first shaft is connected to a first coupling portion designed as a locking disk and a second shaft is connected to a second coupling portion, which cooperates with the locking disk (7) and is designed as a locking device (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Reitz, Wolfgang Kinzelmann, Ingo Mueller, Hans-Juergen Moesch, Jens Vortmeyer, Lutz Pydde
  • Publication number: 20090166990
    Abstract: A stabilizer is provided for a motor vehicle with two shafts (2, 3), which extend in the transverse direction of the vehicle, can be coupled with one another via a mechanical coupling (40) and are in functional connection with wheels of the motor vehicle with their ends facing away from the coupling (40). A first shaft is connected to a first coupling portion designed as a locking disk and a second shaft is connected to a second coupling portion, which cooperates with the locking disk (7) and is designed as a locking device (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Peter Reitz, Wolfgang Kinzelmann, Ingo Mueller, Hans-Juergen Moesch, Jens Vortmeyer, Lutz Pydde
  • Publication number: 20090000851
    Abstract: A drive train of a motor vehicle, with a drive engine, a torque converter, an additional brake, a retarder, a manual actuator device for a power control element, a manually operated preselector element for an operating range of the torque converter, a manually operated preselector element for selecting braking resistance of the additional brake, a manual control element for actuating a brake that decelerates the motor vehicle and an electronic control unit for exchanging and processing signals and data of the drive train and/or of the motor vehicle. The preselector element for the additional brake is connected to the electronic control unit such that starting from a zero position “0”, it can be actuated in a direction “I” for signaling the selection of a braking resistance of the additional brake, and also in another direction “II” for signaling the activation of a drive-power-off rolling or coasting operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Uwe Griesmeier, Peter Reitz
  • Publication number: 20080183371
    Abstract: A device for a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine which drives a transmission, via an automated clutch. The transmission has one or more continuous or stepped variable ratios and the vehicle has a coasting cutoff signal. While coasting, the coasting cutoff signal can interrupt the supply of fuel to the internal combustion engine and, upon reaching or falling below a previously defined rotational speed, causes the supply of fuel to the internal combustion engine is resumed. The transmission has, In addition to the gear ratios needed for driving, coasting ratios for operating the transmission with a coasting cutoff signal, which enables lower reduction ratios than the ratios for the driving operation in order to reduce the drag torque of the internal combustion engine that acts on the output. The additional ratios are either stepped or continuously variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Werner WOLFGANG, Olrik WEINMANN, Peter REITZ, Uwe GRIESMEIER, Maik WURTHNER
  • Publication number: 20080078604
    Abstract: A shifting device for a motor vehicle is provided with a bracket (3), with a selector lever (7) mounted at the bracket (3) pivotably via a joint (12) and with an angle-measuring device having a signal transmitter (13) and two sensors (14, 15). The angle-measuring device is arranged in the joint (12) and is electrically connected to a control means (19) connected to a motor vehicle transmission (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Metin Ersoy, Andreas Gartner, Peter Reitz
  • Patent number: 5374427
    Abstract: An implantable active substance depot material which contains a glass ionomer cement and one or more chemotherapeutic agents. The active substance depot materials ensure an initially high release rate of the active substance therein and subsequently a discharge of the active substance in small doses until complete depletion of the deposited active substance has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Thera Patent GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stille, Gabriele Gentschew, Peter Reitz, Thomas Erben, Werner Zollner, Klaus-Peter Stefan