Patents by Inventor Bernd Gaubitz

Bernd Gaubitz 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).

  • Adjustment device for automatically operating a transmission
    Patent number: 6058795
    Abstract: An adjustment device for automatically operating a vehicle transmission, includes an actuator to operate a gear input part that, depending upon a desired gear, assumes a position corresponding to that gear. An emergency operating device is connected to the actuator for activating a tension element to establish an active connection to the gear input part for the purpose of setting a position of the gear input part corresponding to a selected gear during a failure of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Peter Ottenbruch, Lutz Leimbach, Bernd Gaubitz, Hans-Jurgen Schneider, Thomas Wirth
  • Method of operating a motor vehicle and the motor vehicle drive
    Patent number: 5450920
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine, and having a drive train for receiving mechanical power of the engine and imparting motion to the motor vehicle via at least one set of wheels of the motor vehicle, can include a system for engaging and disengaging at least a part of the drive train. This system for engaging and disengaging can be utilized for preventing the motor vehicle from being driven under its own power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Karl-Georg Enk, Walter Fichtler, Wolfgang Thieler, Bernd Gaubitz, Hans-Jurgen Schneider
  • Arrangement for operating a friction clutch of a motor vehicle, in particular of a truck
    Patent number: 5273143
    Abstract: For emergency operation of an automatic friction clutch (3) of a truck which is operated during normal running by an electronic controller (9) via an electric motor driven actuator (11) and a hydraulic system (19, 21, 23), it is proposed that the clutch be controlled manually via a compressed air actuator (29), in particular via a compressed air servo actuator, by means of a changeover valve (39) which connects the compressed air actuator (29) alternately to a compressed air source (37) or via a flow throttle (41) to the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Reiner Voss, Bernd Gaubitz, Gerhard Gasper, Holger Westendorf