Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Moser

Wilhelm Moser 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: 20240167563
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating an interlocking shifting element of a transmission of a vehicle, the interlocking shifting element having shifting element halves which can be moved relative to one another when opening and closing the interlocking shifting element. An electric actuator is arranged to about the relative movement between the shifting element halves when the interlocking shifting element is opened and/or closed. After recognizing a tooth-on-tooth position in the interlocking shifting element, a target torque to be applied at the transmission input is determined as a function of an electric current strength through the electric actuator of the interlocking shifting element, where the target torque is sufficient to resolve the tooth-on-tooth position in the interlocking shifting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Moser, Alain Tierry Chamaken Kamde
  • Publication number: 20240167564
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating an interlocking shifting element of a transmission of a vehicle, where the interlocking shifting element has shifting element halves which can be moved relative to one another when opening and closing the interlocking shifting element. An electric actuator is arranged to bring about the relative movement between the shifting element halves when opening and/or closing the interlocking shifting element. An electric current strength through the electric actuator is determined and, depending on the electric current strength through the electric actuator, a conclusion is reached about the shifting position of the interlocking shifting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Moser, Alain Tierry Chamaken Kamde
  • Publication number: 20230047435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for resolving a tooth-on-tooth position of a positive-locking shifting element of an automated manual transmission, in which gear steps of the automated manual transmission are changed by means of a pressure-medium-actuated shift actuator. If, during a change of a gear step of the automated manual transmission, a tooth-on-tooth position occurs at the interlocking shifting element, then the control of the pressure-medium-actuated shift actuator is varied in such manner as to resolve the tooth-on-tooth position. A control unit for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Alain Tierry Chamaken Kamde, Wilhelm Moser, Markus Eisele, Rupert Kramer, Mario Steinborn
  • Patent number: 10794477
    Abstract: A method for operating a pneumatic actuating system of a transmission. The actuating system has an air reservoir at a first pressure. The reservoir couples an actuating space of the actuating system which is at a second pressure, and the actuating space couples, via control valves, shifting cylinders. When conducting a transmission gearshift, an air mass delivered to the active shifting cylinders via corresponding control valves, and an air mass sum including a nominal air mass in the active cylinders required for accomplishing the gearshift and an actual basic leakage from the activated shifting cylinder are determined. A defect leak in the pneumatic actuating system is recognized, if the air mass delivered to the active shifting cylinders is larger than the air mass sum. If a defect leak is recognized, the control valves coupling the actuating space and the shifting cylinders are shut off for a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Alain Tierry Chamaken Kamde, Wilhelm Moser
  • Publication number: 20190309842
    Abstract: A method for operating a pneumatic actuating system of a transmission. The actuating system has an air reservoir at a first pressure. The reservoir couples an actuating space of the actuating system which is at a second pressure, and the actuating space couples, via control valves, shifting cylinders. When conducting a transmission gearshift, an air mass delivered to the active shifting cylinders via corresponding control valves, and an air mass sum including a nominal air mass in the active cylinders required for accomplishing the gearshift and an actual basic leakage from the activated shifting cylinder are determined. A defect leak in the pneumatic actuating system is recognized, if the air mass delivered to the active shifting cylinders is larger than the air mass sum. If a defect leak is recognized, the control valves coupling the actuating space and the shifting cylinders are shut off for a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Alain Tierry CHAMAKEN KAMDE, Wilhelm MOSER
  • Patent number: 9964129
    Abstract: A method for determining an operating force (Fp) of a positioning actuator (3), whose adjustment movements are produced by virtue of an appropriate supply of a working medium via actuating at least one valve (4 to 7) associated with the positioning actuator (3). The operating force (Fp) is determined by computational determination. To be able to carry out the computational determination of the operating force (Fp) with little effort, by the at least one valve (4 to 7) in each case, a respective, essentially constant mass flow ({dot over (m)}iv, {dot over (m)}ov) of working medium is maintained either into the positioning actuator (3) and/or out of the positioning actuator (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Alain Tierry Chamaken Kamde, Wilhelm Moser
  • Publication number: 20160091001
    Abstract: A method for determining an operating force (Fp) of a positioning actuator (3), whose adjustment movements are produced by virtue of an appropriate supply of a working medium via actuating at least one valve (4 to 7) associated with the positioning actuator (3). The operating force (Fp) is determined by computational determination. To be able to carry out the computational determination of the operating force (Fp) with little effort, by the at least one valve (4 to 7) in each case, a respective, essentially constant mass flow ({dot over (m)}iv, {dot over (m)}ov) of working medium is maintained either into the positioning actuator (3) and/or out of the positioning actuator (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Alain Tierry CHAMAKEN KAMDE, Wilhelm MOSER
  • Patent number: 8060276
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle with an automated gearbox (1), which can be connected, via a clutch (2), to a prime mover (3). The output rotational speed of the gearbox (1) is detected by sensors and evaluated for plausibility by comparison with an arithmetic mean value of sensor-detected rotational speeds of the rear wheels (7, 8) of the motor vehicle. It is also possible to determine plausibility, using the arithmetic mean of the sensor-detected rotational speeds of the front wheels (9, 10), in case of a failure of at least one of both generated signals (20, 21) of the rotational speed sensors (18, 19) of the rear wheels (7, 8) for checking the plausibility of the output rotational speed of the gearbox (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Oliver Buchhold, Wilhelm Moser
  • Publication number: 20100076645
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle with an automated gearbox (1), which can be connected, via a clutch (2), to a prime mover (3). The output rotational speed of the gearbox (1) is detected by sensors and evaluated for plausibility by comparison with an arithmetic mean value of sensor-detected rotational speeds of the rear wheels (7, 8) of the motor vehicle. It is also possible to determine plausibility, using the arithmetic mean of the sensor-detected rotational speeds of the front wheels (9, 10), in case of a failure of at least one of both generated signals (20, 21) of the rotational speed sensors (18, 19) of the rear wheels (7, 8) for checking the plausibility of the output rotational speed of the gearbox (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Oliver Buchhold, Wilhelm Moser
  • Patent number: 4117087
    Abstract: Stabilized crystalline sodium percarbonate is prepared by reacting a soda solution or suspension, which has a pH value of between 10 and 11 and contains an amount of a soluble silicate, e.g., sodium waterglass, which is equivalent to from about 0.2 to about 0.9% of SiO.sub.2 relative to the sodium percarbonate, with a hydrogen peroxide solution which contains a heavy metal complexing agent, allowing to crystallize at least 50% of the sodium percarbonate and then adding to the resulting suspension a second amount of a water soluble silicate which is equivalent to from about 0.2 to about 0.8% of SiO.sub.2 relative to the sodium percarbonate and is sufficient to provide a silicate content in the final product equivalent to 0.5 to 1.5% of SiO.sub.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: Peroxid-Chemie GmbH.
    Inventors: Helmut Dillenburg, Wilhelm Moser, Robert Jones