Patents by Inventor Andreas Orlamunder

Andreas Orlamunder 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: 20230417304
    Abstract: A torque transmission device including a speed-adaptive vibration absorber having an absorber mass that is arranged inside a housing, which is at least partially filled with a working medium. The vibration absorber is designed to compensate for vibration angle-independent and vibration angle-dependent damping effects by the working medium in the operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias KRAM, Mathias KOPP, Armin STÜRMER, Andreas ORLAMÜNDER
  • Publication number: 20210276408
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement for a transmission of a vehicle or the like includes a dividing housing element configured to divide the transmission arrangement into at least one wet space and at least one dry space, at least one torsional damper for damping torsional vibrations, at least one disconnecting device for disconnecting the torque flow of a drive from a transmission input shaft of the transmission, and a mass damper device. The mass damper device is arranged in the torque flow between the secondary side of the at least one torsional damper and the primary side of the disconnecting device. At least one torsional damper is arranged in the dry space, and at least one disconnecting device is arranged in the wet space, and a connection device for an electric machine is arranged in radial direction above at least one of the devices in the same axial plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Steffen MATSCHAS, Michael ROSKE, Bernd UNSELD, Thomas DÖGEL, Andreas ORLAMÜNDER, Thomas ROSEMEIER
  • Patent number: 11047461
    Abstract: A torque transmission assembly (20) for a drive system of a vehicle, includes a housing (26), an input-side friction surface arrangement which is coupled to the housing (26) for corotation around a rotational axis (A), an output-side friction surface arrangement which is coupled to a drive member (36) for corotation around the rotational axis (A) and a deflection mass arrangement (50) with a deflection mass carrier (52) and at least one deflection mass (54) supported at the deflection mass carrier (52) and which can be deflected from a basic relative position with respect to the deflection mass carrier (52). The torque transmission assembly (20) does not comprise a torsional vibration damper arrangement, and/or the deflection mass carrier (52) is connected to the housing (26) so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to the housing for corotation around the rotational axis (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Michael Wirachowski, Sebastian Neugebauer, Andreas Orlamünder, Christoph Sasse, Christoph Fauss, Stefan Herzog
  • Patent number: 10844929
    Abstract: A mass damper system has a damper mass carrier and a damper mass movably received at the damper mass carrier a lubricant supply, a lubricant collector, and a lubricant distributor radially offset to one another with the damper mass carrier, the lubricant supply arranged at a shorter radial distance from a central axis than the lubricant collector, and the lubricant distributor arranged at a greater radial distance from the central axis than the lubricant collector to collect lubricant supplied by the lubricant supply and to guide the lubricant through the lubricant distributor to the damper mass. A stop arrangement limits a deflection path of the damper mass relative to the damper mass carrier, and the lubricant distributor has a lubricant feed that leads from the lubricant collector to a constructional unit requiring intensive lubrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Kyrill Siemens, Andreas Orlamünder, Paul Weber, Peter Hammer, Daniel Pittner
  • Publication number: 20200309232
    Abstract: A torque transmission arrangement for a powertrain of a motor vehicle includes an input and an output. A torque path runs from the input to the output. A torsional vibration damping unit is positioned first, followed by a gear unit, along the torque path between the input and the output. A first slip arrangement and/or a second slip arrangement for generating a speed slip are/is provided in the torque path between the input and the output for vibration damping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias HÖCHE, Tobias DIECKHOFF, Daniel LORENZ, Andreas ORLAMÜNDER, Ingrid HOFFELNER, Wolfgang GROSSPIETSCH, Steffen MATSCHAS, Johannes FRIESS, Christofer EBERT, Matthias KRAM, Dennis EGLER, Axel ROHM, Erwin WACK, Bernd UNSELD, Thomas DOGEL, Matthias REISCH
  • Patent number: 10704621
    Abstract: A method for the transmission and damping of a mean torque with a superposed alternating torque having an input and an output. The mean and superposed alternating torque is transmitted along a torque path from the input to the output area. An input speed is a mean speed and a superposed alternating component. A slip arrangement is provided in the torque path between the input and the output for transmitting the mean and superposed alternating torque and generating a speed slip between an input speed and an output speed. The slip arrangement provides a maximum of an external activation of the speed slip in a area of the maxima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component and provides a minimum of an external activation of the speed slip in an area of the minima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Tobias Höche, Tobias Dieckhoff, Daniel Lorenz, Andreas Orlamünder, Ingrid Hoffelner, Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Steffen Matschas, Johannes Friess, Christofer Ebert, Matthias Kram, Dennis Egler, Axel Rohm, Erwin Wack, Bernd Unseld, Thomas Dögel, Matthias Reisch, Lukas Spath, Angelika Ebert
  • Patent number: 10704620
    Abstract: A method for transmission of and damping of a mean torque with a superposed alternating torque in a torque transmission arrangement for a powertrain of a motor vehicle having an input and an output. The mean torque with the superposed alternating torque is transmitted along a torque path from the input the output. The input rotates at an input speed and the output rotates at an output speed. A slip arrangement is provided in the torque path between the input and the output for generating a speed slip. The slip arrangement provides a maximum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of a maxima of at least one periodic oscillation component of an alternating component and provides a minimum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of a minima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component (new).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Tobias Höche, Tobias Dieckhoff, Daniel Lorenz, Andreas Orlamünder, Ingrid Hoffelner, Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Steffen Matschas, Johannes Friess, Christofer Ebert, Matthias Kram, Dennis Egler, Axel Rohm, Erwin Wack, Bernd Unseld, Thomas Dögel, Matthias Reisch, Lukas Spath, Angelika Ebert
  • Patent number: 10704619
    Abstract: A method for the transmission and damping of a mean torque with a superposed alternating torque in an arrangement having an input and an output. The mean torque and superposed alternating torque are transmitted along a path from the input to the output. A slip arrangement is provided in the torque path between the input and the output for transmitting mean torque and superposed alternating torque and for generating a speed slip between an input speed and an output speed in the path. The slip arrangement provides a maximum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of the maxima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component and provides a minimum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of the minima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Tobias Höche, Tobias Dieckhoff, Daniel Lorenz, Andreas Orlamünder, Ingrid Hoffelner, Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Steffen Matschas, Johannes Friess, Christofer Ebert, Matthias Kram, Dennis Egler, Axel Rohm, Erwin Wack, Bernd Unseld, Thomas Dögel, Matthias Reisch, Christoph Sasse, Mathais Kopp
  • Patent number: 10690218
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damping arrangement for a drivetrain of a vehicle comprises a rotational mass arrangement which is rotatable around a rotational axis A and a damping arrangement fixed with respect to rotation relative to the rotational axis A. A displacer unit is operatively connected to the primary inertia element on the one side and to the secondary inertia element on the other side. The damping arrangement includes a slave cylinder with a working chamber having a volume V2, and the working chamber of the slave cylinder is operatively connected to the working chamber of the displacer unit. The damping arrangement includes a stiffness arrangement and a damper mass, and the slave cylinder of the damping arrangement is operatively connected to the damper mass by a stiffness arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Orlamünder, Daniel Lorenz, Thomas Dögel, Kyrill Siemens, Erwin Wack, Tobias Dieckhoff, Markus Terwart, Matthias Reisch, Matthias Arzner
  • Publication number: 20200116227
    Abstract: A mass damper system has a damper mass carrier and a damper mass movably received at the damper mass carrier a lubricant supply, a lubricant collector, and a lubricant distributor radially offset to one another with the damper mass carrier, the lubricant supply arranged at a shorter radial distance from a central axis than the lubricant collector, and the lubricant distributor arranged at a greater radial distance from the central axis than the lubricant collector to collect lubricant supplied by the lubricant supply and to guide the lubricant through the lubricant distributor to the damper mass. A stop arrangement limits a deflection path of the damper mass relative to the damper mass carrier, and the lubricant distributor has a lubricant feed that leads from the lubricant collector to a constructional unit requiring intensive lubrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kyrill Siemens, Andreas Orlamünder, Paul Weber, Peter Hammerk, Daniel Pittner
  • Publication number: 20190359049
    Abstract: A torque transmission assembly (20) for a drive system of a vehicle, includes a housing (26), an input-side friction surface arrangement which is coupled to the housing (26) for corotation around a rotational axis (A), an output-side friction surface arrangement which is coupled to a drive member (36) for corotation around the rotational axis (A) and a deflection mass arrangement (50) with a deflection mass carrier (52) and at least one deflection mass (54) supported at the deflection mass carrier (52) and which can be deflected from a basic relative position with respect to the deflection mass carrier (52). The torque transmission assembly (20) does not comprise a torsional vibration damper arrangement, and/or the deflection mass carrier (52) is connected to the housing (26) so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to the housing for corotation around the rotational axis (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Michael WIRACHOWSKI, Sebastian NEUGEBAUER, Andreas ORLAMÜNDER, Christoph SASSE, Christoph FAUSS, Stefan HERZOG
  • Publication number: 20190219111
    Abstract: A method for the transmission and damping of a mean torque with a superposed alternating torque in an arrangement having an input and an output. The mean torque and superposed alternating torque are transmitted along a path from the input to the output. A slip arrangement is provided in the torque path between the input and the output for transmitting mean torque and superposed alternating torque and for generating a speed slip between an input speed and an output speed in the path. The slip arrangement provides a maximum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of the maxima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component and provides a minimum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of the minima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Tobias HÖCHE, Tobias DIECKHOFF, Daniel LORENZ, Andreas ORLAMÜNDER, Ingrid HOFFELNER, Wolfgang GROSSPIETSCH, Steffen MATSCHAS, Johannes FRIESS, Christofer EBERT, Matthias KRAM, Dennis EGLER, Axel ROHM, Erwin WACK, Bernd UNSELD, Thomas Dögel, Matthias REISCH, Christoph SASSE, Mathais KOPP
  • Publication number: 20190195298
    Abstract: A method for transmission of and damping of a mean torque with a superposed alternating torque in a torque transmission arrangement for a powertrain of a motor vehicle having an input and an output. The mean torque with the superposed alternating torque is transmitted along a torque path from the input the output. The input rotates at an input speed and the output rotates at an output speed. A slip arrangement is provided in the torque path between the input and the output for generating a speed slip. The slip arrangement provides a maximum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of a maxima of at least one periodic oscillation component of an alternating component and provides a minimum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of a minima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component (new).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Tobias HÖCHE, Tobias DIECKHOFF, Daniel LORENZ, Andreas ORLAMÜNDER, Ingrid HOFFELNER, Wolfgang GROSSPIETSCH, Steffen MATSCHAS, Johannes FRIESS, Christofer EBERT, Matthias KRAM, Dennis EGLER, Axel ROHM, Erwin WACK, Bernd UNSELD, Thomas DÖGEL, Matthias REISCH, Lukas SPATH, Angelika EBERT
  • Publication number: 20190162255
    Abstract: A method for the transmission and damping of a mean torque with a superposed alternating torque having an input and an output. The mean and superposed alternating torque is transmitted along a torque path from the input to the output area. An input speed is a mean speed and a superposed alternating component. A slip arrangement is provided in the torque path between the input and the output for transmitting the mean and superposed alternating torque and generating a speed slip between an input speed and an output speed. The slip arrangement provides a maximum of an external activation of the speed slip in a area of the maxima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component and provides a minimum of an external activation of the speed slip in an area of the minima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Tobias HÖCHE, Tobias DIECKHOFF, Daniel LORENZ, Andreas ORLAMÜNDER, Ingrid HOFFELNER, Wolfgang GROSSPIETSCH, Steffen MATSCHAS, Johannes FRIESS, Christofer EBERT, Matthias KRAM, Dennis EGLER, Axel ROHM, Erwin WACK, Bernd UNSELD, Thomas DÖGEL, Matthias REISCH, Lukas SPATH, Angelika EBERT
  • Patent number: 10253844
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damping arrangement, in particular mass damper subassembly, having a carrier which can be driven in rotation and a damper mass rotatably deflectable with respect to the carrier against the restoring action of a substantially radially extending damper spring. The damper spring is fixedly clamped in the damper mass and is supported or supportable with respect to the carrier for transmitting circumferential force. The damper spring is clamped between clamping elements arranged at both sides of the damper spring in circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Orlamünder, Thomas Dögel, Uwe Grossgebauer, Christoph Sasse, Uwe Noras, Günter Fahl, Thomas Walter, Armin Stürmer, Thomas Schubert, Michael Greulich, Martin Hertel, Matthias Fischer
  • Publication number: 20190032748
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damping arrangement for a drivetrain of a vehicle comprises a rotational mass arrangement which is rotatable around a rotational axis A and a damping arrangement fixed with respect to rotation relative to the rotational axis A. A displacer unit is operatively connected to the primary inertia element on the one side and to the secondary inertia element on the other side. The damping arrangement includes a slave cylinder with a working chamber having a volume V2, and the working chamber of the slave cylinder is operatively connected to the working chamber of the displacer unit. The damping arrangement includes a stiffness arrangement and a damper mass, and the slave cylinder of the damping arrangement is operatively connected to the damper mass by a stiffness arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andreas ORLAMÜNDER, Daniel LORENZ, Thomas DÖGEL, Kyrill SIEMENS, Erwin WACK, Tobias DIECKHOFF, Markus TERWART, Matthias REISCH, Matthias ARZNER
  • Publication number: 20190024753
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damping arrangement for a drivetrain of a vehicle includes a rotational mass arrangement which is rotatable around a rotational axis. The rotational mass arrangement includes a primary inertia element which is rotatable around rotational axis A and a secondary inertia element which is rotatable relative to the primary inertia element against the action of an energy storage and further includes a displacer unit with a working chamber. The displacer unit is operatively connected to the primary inertia element or to the secondary inertia element on one side and to a damper mass on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas ORLAMÜNDER, Daniel LORENZ, Thomas DÖGEL, Kyrill SIEMENS, Erwin WACK, Tobias DIECKOFF, Markus TERWART, Matthias REISCH, Matthias ARZNER
  • Patent number: 10125844
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damping arrangement for a drivetrain of a vehicle, having a carrier arrangement which is rotatable around an axis of rotation, a deflection mass movable in circumferential direction relative to the carrier arrangement, carrier arrangement and the deflection mass are coupled to be rotatable relative to one another via restoring elements arranged in circumferential direction that extend from the deflection mass in direction of the carrier arrangement. A restoring element is deformable around a force application point which is movable in radial direction under centrifugal force and which is associated with the restoring element. The movable force application point is acted upon by a preloading force acting radially in direction of the axis of rotation by a preloading spring. A main axis of the preloading spring and a main axis of the restoring element do not extend coaxially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Dögel, Uwe Grossgebauer, Andreas Orlamünder
  • Patent number: 9964176
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damping arrangement particularly for the drivetrain of a vehicle, having a carrier arrangement which is rotatable around an axis of rotation, a deflection mass which is movable in circumferential direction relative to the carrier arrangement. The carrier arrangement and the deflection mass are coupled so as to be rotatable relative to one another via a plurality of radially extending, flexible restoring elements which are arranged in circumferential direction. A restoring element is deformable in each instance around a force application point which is movable in radial direction under centrifugal force and which is associated with the restoring element. A first restoring element is preloaded in a first direction in inactive position of the torsional vibration damping arrangement, and in that a second restoring element is preloaded in a second direction opposite to the first direction in the inactive position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Dögel, Uwe Grossgebauer, Andreas Orlamünder
  • Patent number: 9963140
    Abstract: A hybrid module (2) with a vibration reducing system (4) which is coupled between an output side (8) and an input side (6) of the hybrid module (2). The vibration reducing system (4) is configured to reduce an injected torsional irregularity, wherein the vibration reducing system (4) has a preload that is greater than an assembly-related preload. The hybrid module (2) also includes an electric machine (10) which is coupled to the input side (6) or to the output side (8) of the hybrid module (2). The electric machine (10) is configured to introduce a torque at the input side (6) or at the output side (8) which is directed against a rotational irregularity coming from a drive arrangement (5) in order to reduce the rotational irregularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Andreas Orlamünder