Patents by Inventor Christoph Drott

Christoph Drott 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: 9777848
    Abstract: A valve having a housing in which three ducts that are connected to each another are arranged, one flap, which is mounted rotatably on a shaft is arranged in each of two ducts, an electric motor which drives a shaft by a gearing system, and a transmission mechanism, which drives the second flap depending on the movement of the first flap. On the shaft of the first flap, a cam disc is arranged, on the circumference of which a lever rests, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shaft of the second flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Drott, Rainer Johannes Montigny
  • Publication number: 20150345647
    Abstract: A valve having a housing in which three ducts that are connected to each another are arranged, one flap, which is mounted rotatably on a shaft is arranged in each of two ducts, an electric motor which drives a shaft by a gearing system, and a transmission mechanism, which drives the second flap depending on the movement of the first flap. On the shaft of the first flap, a cam disc is arranged, on the circumference of which a lever rests, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shaft of the second flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph DROTT, Rainer MONTIGNY
  • Publication number: 20130205944
    Abstract: A torque transmission assembly, particularly a hydrodynamic torque converter, a fluid coupling or a wet clutch, includes a housing arrangement that includes a torsional vibration damper arrangement having an input region which is coupled to or can be coupled to the housing arrangement and an output region to be coupled to a driven member. The torque transmission assembly also includes at least one mass damper arrangement having a damper mass arrangement which is coupled to the torque transmission assembly by a mass damper elastic arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jörg Sudau, Armin Stürmer, Rüdiger Lotze, Thomas Krüger, Christoph Drott