Patents by Inventor Benjamin Voegtle

Benjamin Voegtle 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: 9822840
    Abstract: A converter unit having a damping system and having a torque transfer unit for connecting an input shaft separably to an output shaft, wherein the torque transfer unit has a co-rotating housing and the damping system can be installed centered and detachably on the housing is provided. With the converter unit proposed here standard components can be used, which are compact and easily installable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Vincent Fender-Oberle, Thorsten Krause, Benjamin Voegtle, Stephen-Richard Ainley
  • Patent number: 9752666
    Abstract: A torque converter for transferring torque from an input shaft to an output shaft, having a turbine wheel, an impeller connected to the input shaft to drive the turbine wheel hydrodynamically, a centrifugal force pendulum connected to the turbine wheel to damp torsional vibrations, a first torsion damper to drive the output shaft by means of the turbine wheel, and a converter clutch and a second torsion damper for selective torsionally damped coupling of the input shaft with the turbine wheel. One of the torsion dampers in this case includes two torsion damper elements, which are arranged in series with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Voegtle, Benjamin Daniel, Thorsten Krause
  • Publication number: 20160053816
    Abstract: A torque transfer device includes a drive element, an output element, an elastic element for coupling the drive element with the output element, a first pendulum mass which is movably attached to the pendulum flange in the plane of rotation, and a second pendulum mass which is movably attached to the pendulum flange in the plane of rotation. At the same time, at least one of the pendulum masses is matched to different orders of excitation of the rotary motion of the drive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Wahl, Benjamin Voegtle
  • Publication number: 20160047435
    Abstract: A damper device, preferably for a torque converter of a motor vehicle, for transferring torque between a drive side and output side of the device, having an input element which is rotatable to a limited degree in relation to an intermediate element which is located after the input element in a torque transfer path through an effect of a first energy storage element, while forming a first damper stage, and an output element located after the intermediate element in the torque transfer path, which is rotatable to a limited degree in relation to the intermediate element through an effect of a second energy storage element, while forming a second damper stage, wherein the damper device, or the first damper stage and/or the second damper stage is designed in such a way that the first damper stage and/or the second damper stage can essentially be short-circuited mechanically by means of bridging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Voegtle, Yannick Strub
  • Publication number: 20150285330
    Abstract: A converter unit having a damping system and having a torque transfer unit for connecting an input shaft separably to an output shaft, wherein the torque transfer unit has a co-rotating housing and the damping system can be installed centered and detachably on the housing is provided. With the converter unit proposed here standard components can be used, which are compact and easily installable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Vincent Fender-Oberle, Thorsten Krause, Benjamin Voegtle, Stephen-Richard Ainley
  • Patent number: 8672108
    Abstract: A drive train, in particular, a hybrid drive train with a torque converter, which can be operatively connected with a drive through a clutch. The clutch includes an emergency operation actuation device with at least one emergency operation actuation element, which defines a centrifugal oil cavity which includes oil and which is coupled with the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kuehnle, Thorsten Krause, Dominique Engelmann, Parviz Movlazada, Benjamin Voegtle
  • Publication number: 20140044523
    Abstract: A torque converter for transferring torque from an input shaft to an output shaft, having a turbine wheel, an impeller connected to the input shaft to drive the turbine wheel hydrodynamically, a centrifugal force pendulum connected to the turbine wheel to damp torsional vibrations, a first torsion damper to drive the output shaft by means of the turbine wheel, and a converter clutch and a second torsion damper for selective torsionally damped coupling of the input shaft with the turbine wheel. One of the torsion dampers in this case includes two torsion damper elements, which are arranged in series with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Benjamin Voegtle, Benjamin Daniel, Thorsten Krause
  • Patent number: 8403120
    Abstract: A double clutch transmission having a wet-running double clutch, a dual mass flywheel and a centrifugal force pendulum. The dual mass flywheel is arranged in a dry chamber between a drive and the double clutch and the centrifugal force pendulum is arranged in a wet chamber of the double clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Voegtle, Christian Huegel, Thorsten Krause
  • Publication number: 20110011692
    Abstract: A drive train, in particular, a hybrid drive train with a torque converter, which can be operatively connected with a drive through a clutch. The clutch includes an emergency operation actuation device with at least one emergency operation actuation element, which defines a centrifugal oil cavity which includes oil and which is coupled with the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kuehnle, Thorsten Krause, Dominique Engelmann, Parviz Movlazada, Benjamin Voegtle