Patents by Inventor Armin Gottschaller

Armin Gottschaller 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: 6189396
    Abstract: The invention concerns a control arrangement for an automatic electrohydraulically controlled transmission. In order to reduce expenditure on parts and assembly, the hydraulic control system and electronic control system are mounted directly adjacent each other and plug-in connections are provided between the solenoid valves of the hydraulic control system and the electronic control system. The hydraulic control system (20) substantially comprises two duct panels (28,30) in which control ducts, piston slides and solenoid valves (not shown) are disposed for controlling the conical plates and couplings of the transmission. The pressurized hydraulic fluid is fed directly into these duct panels from the pump (29). The electronic control system (22) has a single central connection (36) which is secured in the transmission housing cover (42) by an annular seal. Rotational speed sensors for the transmission shafts and temperature and pressure sensors are integrated into the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Karl Barnreiter, Hans-Peter Fleischmann, Johann Markl, Hans-Jurgen Rudolph, Michael Genzel, Roger Pohlmann, Armin Gottschaller, Thomas Schmid, Werner Flierl
  • Patent number: 5737188
    Abstract: A motor vehicle control module is described comprising a control unit with a carrier body, a circuit arrangement applied on the carrier body, a housing body that at least partially encloses the carrier body, at least one stamped grid with several stamped grid connections integrated in the housing body, and also the sensors and/or actuators with sensor elements and sensor connections and respectively actuator elements and actuator connections associated to the control unit. To reduce the space requirement and the costs and to improve the susceptibility to faults in the signal transmission from the sensors/actuators to the control unit, at least some of the sensors/actuators are situated in the control unit or in the immediate proximity of the control unit and are contacted by directly joining their respective sensor connections or actuator connections with stamped grid connections of the stamped grid of the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: TEMIC TELEFUNKEN microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Flierl, Michael Genzel, Armin Gottschaller, Gerhard Hettich, Thomas Schmid