Patents by Inventor Carl Schilling

Carl Schilling 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: 11708888
    Abstract: A shaft (W) for a motor vehicle transmission (G) includes four axial bore holes (B1, B2, B3, B4) for conducting fluid within the shaft (W). A central axis of each of the four bore holes (B1, B2, B3, B4) is spaced apart from an axis of rotation (WA) of the shaft (W). A radial distance (r1) between the central axis of at least two of the four bore holes (B1, B2, B3, B4) and the axis of rotation (WA) differs from a radial distance (r2) between the central axis of one of the remaining bore holes and the axis of rotation (WA). A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle with a shaft (W) is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Christoph Margraf, Carl Schilling, Martin Brehmer, Oliver Angele, Manuel Steinmann, Sebastian Freis, Felix Fink, Tamas Gyarmati, Stefan Benz-Breitweg, Robert Reiser, Christian Staiger
  • Patent number: 11619296
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle includes a housing and a gear set. An oil drainage channel is formed by the housing and/or by an element connected to the housing and is arranged spatially underneath the gear set. The oil drainage channel includes at least one gear set-side inlet port, a closed underside, and an oil sump-side outlet port at one end of the oil drainage channel, which are designed and arranged in such that oil from the gear set enters the oil drainage channel through the at least one inlet port and is guided along the closed underside to the outlet port. A suction port of a hydraulic unit of the transmission is arranged in the oil sump spatially underneath the closed underside of the oil drainage channel and axially offset with respect to the outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Tamas Gyarmati, Thorsten Müller, Stephan Stroph, Carl Schilling
  • Patent number: 11536359
    Abstract: An arrangement of at least one sensor track-scanning rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) of an electric machine (EM) in a hybrid transmission housing (2) that includes a torque converter (3) and a housing-affixed oil supply plate arrangement is provided. The rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) is attached on an oil-supply-plate side, and a sensor ring (8), as a sensor track, is attached on a converter side. A hybrid transmission housing (2) including the arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Thomas Riedisser, Carl Schilling, Andreas Geiger, Gerald Viernekes, Matthias Weidner, Monika Rößner, Christopher Allnoch
  • Patent number: 11359715
    Abstract: A shaft (W) for a motor vehicle transmission (G) may have axial bore holes positioned within the shaft and configured to guide fluid within the shaft. The shaft may have first, second, and third axial sections (W1, W2, W3), the second axial section being axially between the first and third axial sections. Fluid enters the axial bore holes in the second axial section and exits the axial bore holes in the first and third axial sections. One of the axial bore holes (B2; B1, B1a) is arranged, at least partially, in the first axial section and is radially spaced from an axis of rotation (WA) of the shaft. Another of the axial bore holes (B1RS; B_SE5, B3a) is arranged, at least partially, in the third axial section. The one of the axial bore holes (B2; B1, B1a) is coaxial with the other of the axial bore holes (B1RS; B_SE5, B3a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Christoph Margraf, Carl Schilling, Martin Brehmer, Oliver Angele, Manuel Steinmann, Sebastian Freis, Stefan Benz-Breitweg, Robert Reiser, Christian Staiger, Felix Fink, Tamas Gyarmati
  • Publication number: 20210370766
    Abstract: A shaft (W) for a motor vehicle transmission (G) includes four axial bore holes (B1, B2, B3, B4) for conducting fluid within the shaft (W). A central axis of each of the four bore holes (B1, B2, B3, B4) is spaced apart from an axis of rotation (WA) of the shaft (W). A radial distance (r1) between the central axis of at least two of the four bore holes (B1, B2, B3, B4) and the axis of rotation (WA) differs from a radial distance (r2) between the central axis of one of the remaining bore holes and the axis of rotation (WA). A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle with a shaft (W) is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Margraf, Carl Schilling, Martin Brehmer, Oliver Angele, Manuel Steinmann, Sebastian Freis, Felix Fink, Tamas Gyarmati, Stefan Benz-Breitweg, Robert Reiser, Christian Staiger
  • Publication number: 20210156465
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle includes a housing and a gear set. An oil drainage channel is formed by the housing and/or by an element connected to the housing and is arranged spatially underneath the gear set. The oil drainage channel includes at least one gear set-side inlet port, a closed underside, and an oil sump-side outlet port at one end of the oil drainage channel, which are designed and arranged in such that oil from the gear set enters the oil drainage channel through the at least one inlet port and is guided along the closed underside to the outlet port. A suction port of a hydraulic unit of the transmission is arranged in the oil sump spatially underneath the closed underside of the oil drainage channel and axially offset with respect to the outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Tamas Gyarmati, Thorsten Müller, Stephan Stroph, Carl Schilling
  • Patent number: 10823170
    Abstract: A transmission device (1) has a double-flow sliding vane pump (4). Hydraulic fluid is supplied to suction sides (5A, 5B) of the pump (4) through an inlet area (14) from a hydraulic fluid reservoir (11) and from a suction loading (16) via an annular chamber (7) and pump inlets (9, 10). The annular chamber (7) is delimited by the cam ring (6) and a housing (8) enclosing the cam ring (6). A sealing gap (17) extends in the circumferential direction (U) between one of the pump inlets (10) and a circumferential area (44) of the cam ring (6) delimiting the inlet area (14) from the hydraulic fluid reservoir (11). Courses (19, 20) of the inlet area (14) and of the suction loading (16) installed in the transmission device (1) respectively form a first angle (?) and a second angle (?) with the vertical axis (21) of the transmission device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Carl Schilling, Martin Brehmer, Markus Gentner, Armin Thiele
  • Publication number: 20200271213
    Abstract: A shaft (W) for a motor vehicle transmission (G) may have axial bore holes positioned within the shaft and configured to guide fluid within the shaft. The shaft may have first, second, and third axial sections (W1, W2, W3), the second axial section being axially between the first and third axial sections. Fluid enters the axial bore holes in the second axial section and exits the axial bore holes in the first and third axial sections. One of the axial bore holes (B2; B1, B1a) is arranged, at least partially, in the first axial section and is radially spaced from an axis of rotation (WA) of the shaft. Another of the axial bore holes (B1RS; B_SE5, B3a) is arranged, at least partially, in the third axial section. The one of the axial bore holes (B2; B1, B1a) is coaxial with the other of the axial bore holes (B1RS; B_SE5, B3a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Margraf, Carl Schilling, Martin Brehmer, Oliver Angele, Manuel Steinmann, Sebastian Freis, Stefan Benz-Breitweg, Robert Reiser, Christian Staiger, Felix Fink, Tamas Gyarmati
  • Patent number: 10634234
    Abstract: A gearbox comprising a gearbox housing at least partially surrounding a cavity, an oil sump connected to the gearbox housing and surrounding another cavity, and a separating element separating the cavity from the other cavity and having a passage through which oil located in the cavity is fed into the other cavity. The passage is arranged in a plane at an intersection line between a first oil level upper side and a second oil level upper side. The oil is fed from the cavity into the other cavity exclusively through the passage. The separating element has a passage section and a separating section, the passage section protrudes from the separating section in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Carl Schilling
  • Publication number: 20200124157
    Abstract: An arrangement of at least one sensor track-scanning rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) of an electric machine (EM) in a hybrid transmission housing (2) that includes a torque converter (3) and a housing-affixed oil supply plate arrangement is provided. The rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) is attached on an oil-supply-plate side, and a sensor ring (8), as a sensor track, is attached on a converter side. A hybrid transmission housing (2) including the arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Thomas Riedisser, Carl Schilling, Andreas Geiger, Gerald Viernekes, Matthias Weidner, Monika Rößner, Christopher Allnoch
  • Patent number: 10240670
    Abstract: A planetary transmission includes a planetary gear set (1), another planetary gear set (2), a fluid line (3) through which fluid is flowable to the planetary gear set (1) and to the other planetary gear set (2), and a fluid collecting device (4) which is in fluid communication with the fluid line (3). The fluid collecting device (4) is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the planetary gear set (1). The fluid collecting device (4) is configured for dividing the fluid from the fluid line (3) which has flowed into the fluid collecting device (4) into a fluid part which is flowable to the planetary gear set (1) and another fluid part which is flowable to the other planetary gear set (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Thomas Riedisser, Martin Brehmer, Andreas Geiger, Kim Führer, Carl Schilling, Thorsten Müller
  • Publication number: 20180306185
    Abstract: A transmission device (1) has a double-flow sliding vane pump (4). Hydraulic fluid is supplied to suction sides (5A, 5B) of the pump (4) through an inlet area (14) from a hydraulic fluid reservoir (11) and from a suction loading (16) via an annular chamber (7) and pump inlets (9, 10). The annular chamber (7) is delimited by the cam ring (6) and a housing (8) enclosing the cam ring (6). A sealing gap (17) extends in the circumferential direction (U) between one of the pump inlets (10) and a circumferential area (44) of the cam ring (6) delimiting the inlet area (14) from the hydraulic fluid reservoir (11). Courses (19, 20) of the inlet area (14) and of the suction loading (16) installed in the transmission device (1) respectively form a first angle (?) and a second angle (?) with the vertical axis (21) of the transmission device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Carl Schilling, Martin Brehmer, Markus Gentner, Armin Thiele
  • Publication number: 20180073626
    Abstract: A gearbox comprising a gearbox housing at least partially surrounding a cavity, an oil sump connected to the gearbox housing and surrounding another cavity, and a separating element separating the cavity from the other cavity and having a passage through which oil located in the cavity is fed into the other cavity. The passage is arranged in a plane at an intersection line between a first oil level upper side and a second oil level upper side. The oil is fed from the cavity into the other cavity exclusively through the passage. The separating element has a passage section and a separating section, the passage section protrudes from the separating section in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Carl Schilling
  • Publication number: 20170307064
    Abstract: A planetary transmission includes a planetary gear set (1), another planetary gear set (2), a fluid line (3) through which fluid is flowable to the planetary gear set (1) and to the other planetary gear set (2), and a fluid collecting device (4) which is in fluid communication with the fluid line (3). The fluid collecting device (4) is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the planetary gear set (1). The fluid collecting device (4) is configured for dividing the fluid from the fluid line (3) which has flowed into the fluid collecting device (4) into a fluid part which is flowable to the planetary gear set (1) and another fluid part which is flowable to the other planetary gear set (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Riedisser, Martin Brehmer, Andreas Geiger, Kim Führer, Carl Schilling, Thorsten Müller