Patents by Inventor Christopher Acker

Christopher Acker 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).

  • FRICTION CLUTCH
    Publication number: 20200056665
    Abstract: A friction clutch for coupling a drive shaft of a motor vehicle engine to a transmission input shaft of a motor vehicle transmission includes a lamina, an axially movable contact plate, and a plurality of friction disks. The lamina has a first friction surface facing in a first axial direction, and a second friction surface facing in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction. The contact plate has a plurality of holders arranged to hold the lamina. Each of the holders forms a positive connection with the lamina in the circumferential direction, and each of the first friction surface and the second friction surface is frictionally connectible to a friction disk to transmit torque. A first friction disk is arranged to be positioned between a counter plate and the lamina, and a second friction disk is positioned between the lamina and the contact plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Vladimir Merk, Christophe Acker, Sebastien Morel, Alexander Obitz, Marc Helfer
  • Dual clutch
    Patent number: 9175734
    Abstract: A dual clutch which is particularly used in trucks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Christophe Acker
  • Clutch device
    Patent number: 8789675
    Abstract: A clutch device having at least one torque transfer device that can be engaged and disengaged in the axial direction and is frictionally engaged in the engaged state, and at least one wear adjustment device, which has at least one rotatable adjusting ring, at least one rotatably supported spindle drive with a drive pinion, which acts on the adjusting ring, and at least one drive assembly which may be made to engage with the drive pinion and which is pre-tensioned in the axial direction, to turn the spindle drive in the case of wear, the pre-tensioning force of the drive assembly being stepped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerd Ahnert, Christophe Acker
  • CLUTCH DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130313065
    Abstract: A clutch device having at least one torque transfer device that can be engaged and disengaged in the axial direction and is frictionally engaged in the engaged state, and at least one wear adjustment device, which has at least one rotatable adjusting ring, at least one rotatably supported spindle drive with a drive pinion, which acts on the adjusting ring, and at least one drive assembly which may be made to engage with the drive pinion and which is pre-tensioned in the axial direction, to turn the spindle drive in the case of wear, the pre-tensioning force of the drive assembly being stepped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerd Ahnert, Christophe Acker
  • Actuator for a dual clutch
    Patent number: 8360217
    Abstract: An actuator for a dual clutch, by which a first release hearing can be pulled and a second release bearing can be pressed and which has a compact design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christophe Acker, Sibylle Hahn
  • Dual clutch
    Patent number: 8276727
    Abstract: A dual clutch assembly which has compensating actuation forces for vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christophe Acker, Sibylle Hahn
  • ACTUATOR FOR A DUAL CLUTCH
    Publication number: 20110139571
    Abstract: An actuator for a dual clutch, by which a first release hearing can be pulled and a second release bearing can be pressed and which has a compact design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christophe ACKER, Sibylle HAHN
  • DUAL CLUTCH
    Publication number: 20110139568
    Abstract: A dual clutch assembly which has compensating actuation forces for vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christophe ACKER, Sibylle HAHN
  • DUAL CLUTCH
    Publication number: 20110139565
    Abstract: A dual clutch which is particularly used in trucks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Christophe Acker
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D668665
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Christopher Acker, Tirthankar Sengupta
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D691618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ted Chen, Michael Kruzeniski, Jon Bell, Christopher Acker, Kolby Todd Hoover
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D691623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Aroner, Aaron N. Woo, Christopher Acker
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D716838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Acker, Jon Bell
  • Display screen with icon group
    Patent number: D738904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Cara Lyn Tyler, Theodore Aaron Haberman, Ted Chen, Christopher Acker, Kolby Todd Hoover, Michael Kruzeniski