Patents by Inventor Alex Hessel

Alex Hessel 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: 20180039297
    Abstract: Provision is made for a device for setting a rotational movement or pivoting movement of a control element for a vehicle. To this end, the device comprises a curved latching contour for defining at least a shift position of the control element. The device also comprises a latching element for engaging in the latching contour. Furthermore, the device comprises a power transmitting device, with which the control element can be mechanically connected, in order to absorb mechanical forces exerted on the control element during the rotational movement or pivoting movement of the control element and transmitting said forces to the latching element. The device is characterized in that the latching element can be arranged to be swivel-mounted on the power transmitting device, wherein due to the operating force the latching element can be moved in rolling fashion along the latching contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Alex Hessel
  • Publication number: 20170307067
    Abstract: A coupling device for a shift lever of a motor vehicle shift lever device includes a moving sliding element having a receiver for accommodating a section of a shift lever and a guide for guiding a two-dimensional movement of the sliding element. The guide has at least one guide element with which the sliding element is engaged. The coupling device is distinguished in that the sliding element can move along two different movement axes (A, B) to the at least one guide element when engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Alex Hessel
  • Publication number: 20170175879
    Abstract: A gear selection shift lever device for a vehicle is presented, which comprises a housing and an attachment device connected to the housing, wherein the housing has a cover surface, on which a shift lever can be or is disposed, and wherein the attachment device connected to the housing has a shaft and an eccentric disk coupled to the shaft, wherein a center of the eccentric disk lies outside the shaft axis of the shaft, wherein the attachment device is designed to connect the gear selection shift lever device to a mount for the gear selection shift lever device that can be or is attached to the vehicle, when the eccentric disk is moved about the shaft axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Alex HESSEL
  • Publication number: 20170130819
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a selector lever resetting device for a vehicle transmission. The selector lever resetting device may include a selector lever configured to select a gear position of the vehicle transmission and a lever guide device, the lever guide device having a first sliding element and a locking slide. The first sliding element may be adjustable along a first sliding axis and has a latching contour. The selector lever may be coupled to the first sliding element and configured to be moved along the sliding axis between a latching position and an operating position. The locking slide may be adjustable along a second sliding axis to move at least between a latching position and a release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Alex Hessel