Patents by Inventor Christian Huegel

Christian Huegel 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).

  • Publication number: 20110179782
    Abstract: A rotary vibration damper with an input part and an output part having a centrifugal force pendulum disposed on a flange part of the input part or output part, with several mass parts distributed over the circumference of the flange part, and disposed on two sides of the flange part, in raceways of the flange part, and limitedly displaceable in the circumferential direction, and in the radial direction by which two mass parts are interconnected respectively on opposite sides of the flange part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Huegel, Christian Dinger
  • Publication number: 20110099992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic torque converter having an impeller wheel, a turbine wheel and an oscillation damper which is accommodated in the converter housing, and a converter lockup clutch. Two damper stages are arranged here as a serial damper between the output hub of the torque converter and the converter lockup clutch, and a damper stage is arranged between the turbine wheel and the output hub. In order to improve the damping properties, a rotary oscillation absorber is additionally provided which is arranged between the dampers and is also connected to the turbine wheel in a rotationally fixed fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Heiko Magerkurth, Christian Huegel, Andreas Meissner
  • Patent number: 7926637
    Abstract: A device for damping vibrations, in particular a torsion vibration damper with a primary component and a secondary component, coupled together through a torque transfer device and a damping coupling device. The torque coupling device includes a ramp mechanism for converting a rotation of one of the two elements, primary component or secondary component, into an axial force proportional to the input moment, which acts upon the other element. A device for compensating the resulting axial forces for generating an opposing force, opposing the resulting axial force, wherein the input moment is designed for a mean input torque. A conversion device is also provided, which directly converts an occurring force difference between the resulting axial force and the opposite force into a control variable for operating an actuation device in the device for damping vibrations, whereby an adaptation of the opposite force is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eugen Kremer, Laurent Ineichen, Christian Huegel
  • Patent number: 7908849
    Abstract: A stator shell for a hydrodynamic torque converter (1), wherein said stator shell (2) comprises a plurality of blades (32, 34), wherein said stator shell (2) comprises plural components (20, 22), produced separately from one another and respectively comprising one or plural blades (32, 34) of said stator shell (2), wherein said components (20, 22) are fixated to one another and disposed relative to one another, so that blades (32, 34) of several of said components (20, 22) are disposed respectively offset relative to one another in a circumferential direction forming gaps provided in said circumferential direction extending about a central axis of the stator shell (2), wherein each of said blades (32, 34) is configured from an integral component between its respective leading edge and its respective trailing edge, so that each of the blades (32, 34) is respectively configured integrally from one of the components (20 or 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christine Buedenbender, Christian Huegel, Bruno Mueller, Christopher Shamie
  • Publication number: 20100282560
    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: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
    Inventors: Benjamin VOEGTLE, Christian HUEGEL, Thorsten KRAUSE
  • Publication number: 20100084238
    Abstract: A power transmission device for power transmission between an engine and a power output, comprising at least an input and an output, a hydrodynamic component with an impeller- and a turbine wheel and a device for partially bypassing at least the hydrodynamic component with a servo unit featuring a piston element that can be pressurized with hydraulic medium and having means for influencing the circulation rate difference of flow media on both sides of the piston element, wherein the means comprises rotary synchronism with the piston element of the servo unit, a further rotatable piston element disposed in axial direction with a spacing from the piston element of the servo unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Bruno MUELLER, Thorsten KRAUSE, Christian HUEGEL
  • Publication number: 20090266665
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic torque converter having a housing which may be connected or is connectable torque proof to a drive unit and which has a converter cover to which is fastened a hub in which, radially at the inside, an end of a transmission input shaft is arranged in a rotatable fashion and on which, radially at the outside, a piston of a converter bypass clutch is mounted in an axially movable and if appropriate rotatable fashion is provided. The hub may be caulked with the converter cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Christian HUEGEL, Stephan MAIENSCHEIN
  • Publication number: 20090071138
    Abstract: A stator shell for a hydrodynamic torque converter (1), wherein said stator shell (2) comprises a plurality of blades (32, 34), wherein said stator shell (2) comprises plural components (20, 22), produced separately from one another and respectively comprising one or plural blades (32, 34) of said stator shell (2), wherein said components (20, 22) are fixated to one another and disposed relative to one another, so that blades (32, 34) of several of said components (20, 22) are disposed respectively offset relative to one another in a circumferential direction forming gaps provided in said circumferential direction extending about a central axis of the stator shell (2), wherein each of said blades (32, 34) is configured from an integral component between its respective leading edge and its respective trailing edge, so that each of the blades (32, 34) is respectively configured integrally from one of the components (20 or 22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Christine Buedenbender, Christian Huegel, Bruno Mueller, Christopher Shamie
  • Publication number: 20080087516
    Abstract: A device is provided for damping vibrations, in particular a torsion vibration damper with a primary component and a secondary component, coupled together through a torque transfer device and a damping coupling device. The torque coupling device includes a ramp mechanism for converting a rotation of one of the two elements, primary component, or secondary component, into an axial force proportional to the input moment, which acts upon the other element, the secondary component or the primary component. A device for compensating the resulting axial forces for generating an opposing force, opposing the resulting axial force, wherein the means are designed for a mean input torque. A conversion device is provided, which directly converts an occurring force difference between the resulting axial force and the opposite force into a control variable for operating an actuation device in the device for damping vibrations, whereby an adaptation of the opposite force is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
    Inventors: Eugen Kremer, Laurent Ineichen, Christian Huegel
  • Publication number: 20080083593
    Abstract: A shaft unit with two coaxial channels for coupling with two pressure chambers, disposed coaxial with the rotation axis of the shaft unit, which are sealed relative to each other through a seal device including a first hollow cylindrical element, forming a first channel; a second hollow cylindrical element enclosing the first hollow cylindrical element in circumferential direction, forming the other second channel, wherein the first hollow cylindrical element is coupled with the second one through a press connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
    Inventors: Christian Huegel, Stephan Maienschein
  • Publication number: 20070220874
    Abstract: The present invention broadly comprises a stator and clutch assembly in a torque converter. The stator has a segment radially disposed between stator blades and a stator axis. The one-way clutch has a plate connected to a hub. The segment forms a portion of the clutch and the stator is axially displaceable to control operation of the clutch. A displacement element urges the stator in a first axial direction. The stator is arranged to move in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction, in response to pressure from fluid in the torque converter. In some aspects, the displacement element is selected from the group consisting of a coil spring and a wave spring. In some aspects, the one-way clutch is arranged to disengage when the stator is sufficiently displaced in the first direction and to engage when the stator is sufficiently displaced in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Jeffrey Hemphill, Michael Vansickle, Christian Huegel, Yannick Strub, J. Kevin Brown, Peter Kennedy