Patents by Inventor Reinhard Mohlmann

Reinhard Mohlmann 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: 10920836
    Abstract: In a hydraulic clutch actuation system for controlling in particular a clutch-controlled compensation unit of a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, in which hydraulic clutch actuation system a hydraulic pump is used for generating hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic fluid for the purposes of clutch actuation by means of a hydraulic clutch actuation device, provision is made whereby the hydraulic fluid is supplied as clutch oil to the friction members of the friction clutch which are to be oiled with clutch oil (cooling and/or lubricating oil). In this way, improved and more reliable oiling of the clutch can be made possible even at low vehicle speeds and under heavy clutch load, wherein, despite this, very rapid dry-running of the cutches, and low power losses generated by the clutch oiling, are ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.
    Inventor: Reinhard Möhlmann
  • Patent number: 10598266
    Abstract: For the operation of a gearless clutch-controlled differential unit with a first clutch and a second clutch, without abandoning the possibility of assigning different torques to the clutches, it is provided that a control variable originally generated by a control variable unit is supplied to the first clutch unchanged while the control variable is supplied to the second clutch subject to the intermediate connection of an individual control element. The first and second clutches have clutch characteristics that are distinct from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.
    Inventor: Reinhard Möhlmann
  • Patent number: 10435001
    Abstract: In order to provide a hydraulic actuating system for actuating a parking lock of a motor vehicle, which hydraulic actuating system manages with as few components as possible which are simple, robust, relatively insusceptible to faults and inexpensive, with a simultaneously low installation space requirement, and the hydraulic layout of which hydraulic actuating system makes a simple actuation and a simple movement possible for locking and unlocking the parking lock, it is provided that a pumping device which can operate bidirectionally with a locking delivery direction and with a releasing delivery direction is used as pumping device, and check valves are arranged in the hydraulic circuit in such a way that, by way of actuation of the pumping device in the locking delivery direction, the parking lock moves into the locked position and, upon actuation of the pumping device in the releasing delivery direction, the parking lock moves into the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.
    Inventors: Reinhard Möhlmann, Sascha Miebach
  • Publication number: 20190145470
    Abstract: In a hydraulic clutch actuation system for controlling in particular a clutch-controlled compensation unit of a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, in which hydraulic clutch actuation system a hydraulic pump is used for generating hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic fluid for the purposes of clutch actuation by means of a hydraulic clutch actuation device, provision is made whereby the hydraulic fluid is supplied as clutch oil to the friction members of the friction clutch which are to be oiled with clutch oil (cooling and/or lubricating oil). In this way, improved and more reliable oiling of the clutch can be made possible even at low vehicle speeds and under heavy clutch load, wherein, despite this, very rapid dry-running of the cutches, and low power losses generated by the clutch oiling, are ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Reinhard Möhlmann
  • Publication number: 20180215259
    Abstract: In a drive train for a motor vehicle, which has a permanently driven primary drive train and a secondary drive train which can be connected to the primary drive train when necessary or decoupled therefrom, in order to couple or decouple from the primary drive train, there is provision for actuating a clutch apparatus of a device for power transmission and/or power distribution, in which the disengagement unit when providing the clutch actuation force which is required for the actuation of the clutch apparatus is operationally connected to secondary drive members or in which there is provided a drive clutch which, in order to provide the clutch actuation force required for the actuation of the clutch apparatus, is capable of producing an operational connection between the primary drive members or the secondary drive members and a manipulated variable unit of the disengagement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Reinhard Möhlmann
  • Publication number: 20180056958
    Abstract: In order to provide a hydraulic actuating system for actuating a parking lock of a motor vehicle, which hydraulic actuating system manages with as few components as possible which are simple, robust, relatively insusceptible to faults and inexpensive, with a simultaneously low installation space requirement, and the hydraulic layout of which hydraulic actuating system makes a simple actuation and a simple movement possible for locking and unlocking the parking lock, it is provided that a pumping device which can operate bidirectionally with a locking delivery direction and with a releasing delivery direction is used as pumping device, and check valves are arranged in the hydraulic circuit in such a way that, by way of actuation of the pumping device in the locking delivery direction, the parking lock moves into the locked position and, upon actuation of the pumping device in the releasing delivery direction, the parking lock moves into the released position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Reinhard Möhlmann, Sascha Miebach
  • Publication number: 20180058564
    Abstract: For the operation of a gearless clutch-controlled differential unit with a first clutch and a second clutch, without abandoning the possibility of assigning different torques to the clutches, it is provided that a control variable originally generated by a control variable unit is supplied to the first clutch unchanged while the control variable is supplied to the second clutch subject to the intermediate connection of an individual control element. The first and second clutches have clutch characteristics that are distinct from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Reinhard Möhlmann
  • Patent number: 7464618
    Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus and method of controlling it for an automatic dual clutch transmission, which includes a first clutch with a first partial transmission and a second clutch with a second partial transmission, as well as a shifting system for engaging/releasing gears of the two partial transmissions. A first switching valve in a first position AI connects a first pressure regulator to the first clutch and disconnects it from the shifting system and in a second position BI connects the first pressure regulator to the shifting system and disconnects it from the first clutch, and that a second switching valve in a first position AII connects a second pressure regulator to the second clutch and disconnects it from the shifting system and in a second position BII connects the second pressure regulator to the shifting system and disconnects it from the second clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Getrag Ford Transmissions GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Mohlmann, Martin Leibbrandt, Ulrich Eggert
  • Patent number: 7395908
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic system (1) for providing pressures and volumetric flows in a dual clutch transmission, in particular for providing a first volumetric flow for cooling and lubricating a first clutch (2) and for providing a second volumetric flow for cooling and lubricating a second clutch (3). The hydraulic system is distinguished by the fact that at least one switching valve (4), which in a first position guides a lubricating flow onto the first clutch (2) and a cooling flow onto the second clutch (3) and in a second position guides the lubricating flow onto the second clutch (3) and the cooling flow onto the first clutch (2), is connected upstream of the first clutch (2) and the second clutch (3). The cooling flow is preferably variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Getrag Ford Transmissions GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hegerath, Reinhard Möhlmann, Martin Leibbrandt, Ulrich Eggert
  • Patent number: 7275473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic control apparatus (1) for a shifting fork (7) for engaging/releasing at least one gear (G) in a manual transmission, comprising at least one shifting cylinder (2, 3) and a piston unit (6) which can move within the shifting cylinder and is connected to the shifting fork (7), and at least one control valve (8) for generating a modeled pressure which can be applied to the piston unit (6) in order to actuate the shifting fork (7). To prevent jolting when the piston unit is started up, the invention proposes a valve apparatus which provides a counter-pressure which counteracts the movement of the piston unit (6). In a preferred exemplary embodiment, a diaphragm ensures that the counter-pressure drops below the value preset by the valve apparatus at low speeds on the part of the piston unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Getrag Ford Transmissions GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Möhlmann
  • Publication number: 20060054447
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic system (1) for providing pressures and volumetric flows in a dual clutch transmission, in particular for providing a first volumetric flow for cooling and lubricating a first clutch (2) and for providing a second volumetric flow for cooling and lubricating a second clutch (3). The hydraulic system is distinguished by the fact that at least one switching valve (4), which in a first position guides a lubricating flow onto the first clutch (2) and a cooling flow onto the second clutch (3) and in a second position guides the lubricating flow onto the second clutch (3) and the cooling flow onto the first clutch (2), is connected upstream of the first clutch (2) and the second clutch (3). The cooling flow is preferably variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Andreas Hegerath, Reinhard Mohlmann, Martin Leibbrandt, Ulrich Eggert
  • Publication number: 20060048643
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic control apparatus (1) for a shifting fork (7) for engaging/releasing at least one gear (G) in a manual transmission, comprising at least one shifting cylinder (2, 3) and a piston unit (6) which can move within the shifting cylinder and is connected to the shifting fork (7), and at least one control valve (8) for generating a modeled pressure which can be applied to the piston unit (6) in order to actuate the shifting fork (7). To prevent jolting when the piston unit is started up, the invention proposes a valve apparatus which provides a counter-pressure which counteracts the movement of the piston unit (6). In a preferred exemplary embodiment, a diaphragm ensures that the counter-pressure drops below the value preset by the valve apparatus at low speeds on the part of the piston unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventor: Reinhard Mohlmann
  • Publication number: 20060046897
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic control apparatus (1) for an automatic dual clutch transmission, which includes a first clutch (9) with a first partial transmission and a second clutch (13) with a second partial transmission, as well as a shifting system (12) for engaging/releasing gears of the two partial transmissions. The control apparatus (1) is distinguished by the fact that a first switching valve (7) in a position AI connects a first pressure regulator (3) to the first clutch (9) and disconnects it from the shifting system (12) and in a position BI connects the first pressure regulator (3) to the shifting system (12) and disconnects it from the first clutch (9), and that a second switching valve (8) in a position AII connects a second pressure regulator (4) to the second clutch (13) and disconnects it from the shifting system (12) and in a position BII connects the second pressure regulator (4) to the shifting system (12) and disconnects it from the second clutch (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Reinhard Mohlmann, Martin Leibbrandt, Ulrich Eggert