Patents by Inventor Christian REISINGER

Christian REISINGER 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).

  • Locking arrangement
    Patent number: 10107396
    Abstract: A locking arrangement for a transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising a locking toothing; a locking pawl, wherein the locking pawl is pivotable about a first rotary axis; a control element, wherein the locking pawl can be brought optionally into engagement with the locking toothing via the control element; a drive unit, wherein the control element can be brought by means of the drive unit into a release position and a locking position; a holding mechanism, wherein the control element can be held by means of the holding mechanism in the release position and in the locking position; and a safety mechanism comprising an electromagnet, an actuator and a first elastic element, wherein the actuator is pretensioned in a first actuator position by the first elastic element and can be held in a second actuator position by the electromagnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Rainer Hofkirchner, Stefan Merz, Christian Reisinger, Michael Schaffenberger, Bernhard Steiner, Andreas Schmidhofer, Christoph Öberseder
  • LOCKING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20170234427
    Abstract: A locking arrangement for a transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising a locking toothing; a locking pawl, wherein the locking pawl is pivotable about a first rotary axis; a control element, wherein the locking pawl can be brought optionally into engagement with the locking toothing via the control element; a drive unit, wherein the control element can be brought by means of the drive unit into a release position and a locking position; a holding mechanism, wherein the control element can be held by means of the holding mechanism in the release position and in the locking position; and a safety mechanism comprising an electromagnet, an actuator and a first elastic element, wherein the actuator is pretensioned in a first actuator position by the first elastic element and can be held in a second actuator position by the electromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Rainer HOFKIRCHNER, Stefan MERZ, Christian REISINGER, Michael SCHAFFENBERGER, Bernhard STEINER, Andreas SCHMIDHOFER, Christoph ÖBERSEDER