Patents by Inventor Christian Kunze

Christian Kunze 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: 20240119246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for storage of information and to an information storage medium with increased storage density by mulit-bit coding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christian Pflaum, Martin Kunze
  • Patent number: 11935572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an information storage medium and a method for long-term storage of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ceramic Data Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Pflaum, Martin Kunze
  • Publication number: 20240083474
    Abstract: An arrangement including a guide system and a carrier vehicle. The guide system includes a route guide extending along a path for the carrier vehicle. To provide a flexible and rapid material flow in a production, the guide system has vehicle guide elements on the carrier vehicle. The guide system further includes vehicle guide elements on the carrier vehicle. The guide system is configured in such a way that a guide function of the guide system limits the degree of freedom of the translational movability of the carrier vehicle during the interaction of the route guide with the vehicle guide elements apart from a limited movement play to a translational movability along the path. The guide function may be cancelled at least in portions along the path by a movability of the route guide out of a guide position and may be activated by a movability of the route guide into the guide position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Christian Cramer, Philipp Kunze, Martin Streubühr, Klaus Groth
  • Publication number: 20230130392
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire with at least one sound absorber adhesively attached in its interior to the inner surface opposite the tread. The invention further relates to a process for detecting a pneumatic vehicle tire with a sound absorber and to a process for recycling a pneumatic vehicle tire with a sound absorber. According to the invention the radially inward-facing surface of the sound absorber has at least one colorant applied to it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Mikheil Doroshenko, Christian Kunze
  • Publication number: 20140026699
    Abstract: A coupling device is provided with a gearshift sleeve for a gearshift transmission. The gearshift sleeve via a first inner toothing optionally couples a first or second coupling gear rim of a first or second toothed gear wheel to an outer toothing of a hub body. The gearshift sleeve comprises a second inner toothing, with which the gearshift sleeve can be brought into engagement with the second coupling gear rim of the second toothed gear wheel and simultaneously via the first inner toothing with the first coupling gear rim of the first toothed gear wheel subject to freewheeling of the hub body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Christian KUNZE
  • Publication number: 20130239729
    Abstract: An internal gear shift for a manual transmission is provided. The internal gear shaft includes a shifting shaft mounted rotationally moveably about its axis and displaceably in axial direction, counter-engagement means, and at least two engagement elements. The engagement elements interact with the counter-engagement means in order to lock the shifting shaft in at least one rotary position and in at least one stroke position. One of the engagement elements locks the shifting shaft in the stroke position and the other engagement element locks the shifting shaft in the rotary position. The engagement elements are movable against the counter-engagement means through the force of a common spring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Olaf HELDMANN, Christian KUNZE
  • Patent number: 8480524
    Abstract: A multispeed spur gear transmission is provided with a planetary gear stage. The multispeed spur gear transmission includes, but is not limited to a spur gear pairing for each gear, a clutch bell with clutch device for coupling a transmission input to a motor output shaft, at least one transmission drive shaft and a transmission output shaft for receiving the spur gear pairings of the gears and a transmission output with an output gear on the transmission output shaft. Between the clutch bell and the transmission input the planetary gear stage is arranged, whose planetary gear cage includes, but is not limited to a spur gear rim that meshes with at least one first spur gear of a rotor shaft of an electrodynamic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Christian Kunze, Mathias Remmler
  • Publication number: 20110300985
    Abstract: A multispeed spur gear transmission is provided with a planetary gear stage. The multispeed spur gear transmission includes, but is not limited to a spur gear pairing for each gear, a clutch bell with clutch device for coupling a transmission input to a motor output shaft, at least one transmission drive shaft and a transmission output shaft for receiving the spur gear pairings of the gears and a transmission output with an output gear on the transmission output shaft. Between the clutch bell and the transmission input the planetary gear stage is arranged, whose planetary gear cage includes, but is not limited to a spur gear rim that meshes with at least one first spur gear of a rotor shaft of an electrodynamic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Christian KUNZE, Mathias REMMLER
  • Publication number: 20110139570
    Abstract: A device is provided for mechanically disengaging an automatically engaged clutch device. The clutch device has a hydraulic or electrical disengaging mechanism. The hydraulic disengaging mechanism has a disengaging lever that can be moved via a hydraulic disengaging cylinder and has a central disengaging bearing. The central disengaging bearing relieves a contact disk mechanically prestressed with a contact pressure upon activation of the hydraulic disengaging cylinder, and releases a clutch disk. An electrical disengaging mechanism works with clutch lamellae, which are released when a solenoid element is excited, and mechanically block a clutch disk with the solenoid element de-energized. An electrically operated hydraulic pump with electrically operated hydraulic valve or an electrically actuated solenoid element with electrically actuated coupling lamellae can automatically disengage an automatically engaged clutch device via the disengaging mechanism during automatic switching processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Christian KUNZE
  • Publication number: 20110127102
    Abstract: A two-shaft shift transmission is provided for a vehicle. The two-shaft shift transmission has a drive shaft and an output shaft. Drive gearwheels for forward gears (G1 to G6) and a drive gearwheel for a reverse gear (R) are situated on the drive shaft. Output gearwheels for forward gears (G1 to G6) and an output gearwheel for the reverse gear (R) are situated on the output shaft. Shift elements engage drive gearwheels with output gearwheels in pairs via synchronous clutches. The two-shaft shift transmission has a planetary gearing, which can be engaged via a double clutch with the drive shaft of the two-stage transmission. Each gearwheel pair made of a drive gearwheel and output gearwheel transmits torques of two forward gears (G1 to G6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Eckhard KIRCHNER, Christian KUNZE
  • Publication number: 20110093176
    Abstract: A method is provided for actuating a hydraulic operated clutch of an automotive gear box for shifting gears, that includes, but is not limited to the steps of collecting data from a CAN-bus system, which includes, but is not limited to data about torque and speed of the gear box particularly of an input shaft and/or of an output shaft, and adjusting the engagement time for engaging the input shaft with the output shaft based on the collected data by adjusting the maximum hydraulic diameter for a working fluid for operating the clutch. By using the information provided by the CAN-bus the exact situation of the transmission system during the shifting of the gears can be estimated. Based on the information provided by the CAN-bus it is possible to allow at mainly every situation a maximum fast coupling without significant impairments with respect to the provided comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Christian KUNZE
  • Patent number: 6959677
    Abstract: The invention proposes a hydraulic support element (1) whose high-pressure chamber (10) is kept substantially free of air bubbles and oil foam. This is realized through a deflecting sleeve (15a) in combination with two vent bores (16) situated diametrically opposite each other on the inner peripheral surface (17) of the pressure piston (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Ina-Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mayer, Harald Smola, Klaus Benedikt, Christian Kunze
  • Publication number: 20050178351
    Abstract: The invention proposes a hydraulic support element (1) whose high-pressure chamber (10) is kept substantially free of air bubbles and oil foam. This is realized through a deflecting sleeve (15a) in combination with two vent bores (16) situated diametrically opposite each other on the inner peripheral surface (17) of the pressure piston (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mayer, Harald Smola, Klaus Benedikt, Christian Kunze
  • Patent number: 5064148
    Abstract: A navigable flat kite is described which has a linkage comprising cross bars and longitudinal bars, a sail mounted to the linkage and a balance mounted to the sail and/or the linkage and adapted to be connected with at least one navigation line. The kite consists of at least two individual kites which are connected by means of their cross bars such that the individual kites are adapted to be turned relative to one another around the cross bars as axis of rotation. The two individual kites have a sail surface with identical dimensions. Each individual kite is associated with at least one balance including at least one balance line which is mounted to the sail and/or the longitudinal bars above or below the cross bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Inventors: Christian Kunze, Till Habermann
  • Patent number: 4848499
    Abstract: A servo-control device for steering an articulated vehicle comprising four analog detectors (30, 31, 32, 33, 34) respectively connected to control amplifiers (30', 31', 32', 33') whose outputs are connected to the inputs (30", 31", 32", 33") of a multiplexer (40). The latter is connected to the input of a converter (41) which converts the analog signals of the detectors into digital signals transmitted to a digital calculator (42) powered by an energy source (43). The output of the calculator (42) is connected to a converter (44) whose output signal amplified by the amplifier (45) is directed to a servo-control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Inventors: Simon Martinet, Christian Kunze