Patents by Inventor Dieter Strak

Dieter Strak 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).

  • Torque determination in auxiliary consumers
    Patent number: 11378180
    Abstract: An arrangement comprising a motor, a transmission, a transmission control unit and an auxillary use. The motor is rotatably connected to the transmission and the auxillary user. The transmission control unit is designed to determine a torque applied to the transmission by using a parameterisable function, wherein the function maps rotational speeds of the motor to a torque applied to the auxillary user at the rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Dieter Strak, Anton Waibel
  • TORQUE DETERMINATION IN AUXILIARY CONSUMERS
    Publication number: 20210277991
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an arrangement comprising a motor, a transmission, a transmission control unit and an auxiliary user, the motor being rotatably connected to the transmission and the auxiliary user. The transmission control unit is designed to determine a torque applied to the transmission by using a parameterisable function, wherein the function maps rotational speeds of the motor to a torque applied to the auxiliary user at the rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Dieter Strak, Anton Waibel
  • Method and control device for operating a power takeoff
    Patent number: 11027739
    Abstract: A method for operating an auxiliary power take-off (5) in a drive-train of a motor vehicle with at least a drive aggregate (1) and with a transmission (2) connected between the drive aggregate (1) and an axle drive (4). To operate the power take-off (5,) a transmission gear is engaged in the transmission (2). During an uninterrupted operation of the power take-off (5), after lapse of a defined time period, an automatic shift to a protective gear is carried out in the transmission (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Anton Waibel, Dieter Strak, Wolfgang Schmid
  • METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATING A POWER TAKEOFF
    Publication number: 20200231157
    Abstract: A method for operating an auxiliary power take-off (5) in a drive-train of a motor vehicle with at least a drive aggregate (1) and with a transmission (2) connected between the drive aggregate (1) and an axle drive (4). To operate the power take-off (5,) a transmission gear is engaged in the transmission (2). During an uninterrupted operation of the power take-off (5), after lapse of a defined time period, an automatic shift to a protective gear is carried out in the transmission (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Anton WAIBEL, Dieter STRAK, Wolfgang SCHMID
  • Device for creating a load profile of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10480989
    Abstract: One general aspect of the present disclosure includes a control device for use in a vehicle. The control device may include a first counter and a second counter, where the first counter is assigned to a first weight range and the second counter is assigned to a second weight range. The control device may be configured to execute the following steps in an iterative manner: determination of an overall weight of the vehicle, and incrimination of the first counter when the overall weight falls within the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Dieter Strak, Anton Waibel, Ömer Mumcu
  • LOAD PROFILE
    Publication number: 20180023998
    Abstract: One general aspect of the present disclosure includes a control device for use in a vehicle. The control device may include a first counter and a second counter, where the first counter is assigned to a first weight range and the second counter is assigned to a second weight range. The control device may be configured to execute the following steps in an iterative manner: determination of an overall weight of the vehicle, and incrimination of the first counter when the overall weight falls within the first range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Dieter Strak, Anton Waibel, Ömer Mumcu