Patents by Inventor Axel Schamscha

Axel Schamscha 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: 10989300
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operating method for an automatic transmission, particularly for an automatic variable-speed transmission and/or dual-clutch transmission, for a motor vehicle. The automatic transmission can be operated in a cost-effective manner, particularly with reduced component wear and increased service life, and/or the driving comfort of the vehicle can be improved such that when lifting of at least one driven vehicle wheel off the roadway during braking is detected by the operating method, then for the length of said braking process, in the event of an incomplete gear change into a gear of the transmission, the engagement of a gear is prevented and/or the beginning of a gear change into a gear of the transmission is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rainer Hofmann, Axel Schamscha
  • Publication number: 20200173549
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operating method for an automatic transmission, particularly for an automatic variable-speed transmission and/or dual-clutch transmission, for a motor vehicle. The automatic transmission can be operated in a cost-effective manner, particularly with reduced component wear and increased service life, and/or the driving comfort of the vehicle can be improved such that when lifting of at least one driven vehicle wheel off the roadway during braking is detected by the operating method, then for the length of said braking process, in the event of an incomplete gear change into a gear of the transmission, the engagement of a gear is prevented and/or the beginning of a gear change into a gear of the transmission is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Hofmann, Axel Schamscha
  • Patent number: 7048672
    Abstract: A method for controlling the shifting operation of an automated twin-clutch transmission includes executing a shifting operation between a load gear and a target gear assigned to a first transmission unit by using an intermediate gear assigned to a second transmission unit. The engine speed is adjusted to reach the synchronous speed of the target gear at the end of the shifting operation. At the start of the shifting operation an initial target speed gradient is set such that the engine speed reaches the synchronous speed at the end of the shifting operation based on an estimated total shifting time. The actual shifting progress is determined during the shifting operation and is compared with the estimated shifting progress. The target speed gradient is adjusted to the actual shifting progress in case the actual shifting progress and the estimated shifting progress deviate from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Edgar Bothe, Uwe Hinrichsen, Axel Schamscha
  • Publication number: 20050272559
    Abstract: A method for controlling the shifting operation of an automated twin-clutch transmission includes executing a shifting operation between a load gear and a target gear assigned to a first transmission unit by using an intermediate gear assigned to a second transmission unit. The engine speed is adjusted to reach the synchronous speed of the target gear at the end of the shifting operation. At the start of the shifting operation an initial target speed gradient is set such that the engine speed reaches the synchronous speed at the end of the shifting operation based on an estimated total shifting time. The actual shifting progress is determined during the shifting operation and is compared with the estimated shifting progress. The target speed gradient is adjusted to the actual shifting progress in case the actual shifting progress and the estimated shifting progress deviate from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Edgar Bothe, Uwe Hinrichsen, Axel Schamscha
  • Patent number: 6675668
    Abstract: A double clutch transmission is provided for a motor vehicle. The transmission is equipped with a first transmission input shaft which is connected to a starting gear and which is connected to a first clutch, a second transmission input shaft which is connected to at least two driving gears and which is connected to a second clutch, and a shared transmission output shaft. Two of the gears that are connected to the second transmission input shaft can be simultaneously shifted in a parking position function. A method is provided for controlling an automated double clutch transmission during which an activation of a parking position is effected by simultaneously engaging two gears which are assigned to a transmission input shaft that does not have any starting gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventor: Axel Schamscha
  • Publication number: 20020189383
    Abstract: A double clutch transmission is provided for a motor vehicle. The transmission is equipped with a first transmission input shaft which is connected to a starting gear and which is connected to a first clutch, a second transmission input shaft which is connected to at least two driving gears and which is connected to a second clutch, and a shared transmission output shaft. Two of the gears that are connected to the second transmission input shaft can be simultaneously shifted in a parking position function. A method is provided for controlling an automated double clutch transmission during which an activation of a parking position is effected by simultaneously engaging two gears which are assigned to a transmission input shaft that does not have any starting gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Axel Schamscha