Patents by Inventor Andreas Luiken

Andreas Luiken 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).

  • Gear selector parking ratchet for automatic transmissions
    Patent number: 5170869
    Abstract: A toothed wheel, driveably connected to an output element of the transmission, has a spring loaded parking pawl engaged between the teeth of the wheel. The pawl carries a roller contacted in top-dead-center position by a surface of a locking cam biased by a spring into contact with the roller. The locking cam is connected to a gear selector position lever positively in one rotary direction and non-positively in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Eugen Svab, Andreas Luiken