Patents by Inventor Dirk Güth

Dirk Güth 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: 11320004
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an overrunning clutch, comprising a torque-introducing clutch element, a torque-receiving clutch element and switching element, which is forced from an engagement position into a freewheeling position or from a freewheeling position into an engagement position in dependence on the direction of a sufficient change in the rotational angle position between the torque-introducing clutch element and the torque-receiving clutch element by means of an actuating force applied to the switching element by an actuator. According to the disclosure, the actuating force is a friction-induced actuating force, which is induced by means of a friction-force pairing between the actuator and a component of the overrunning clutch that is in frictional contact with the actuator and the actuator forms an interlockingly acting actuating stop, by means of which the actuating force acts on the switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Beigang, Thomas Weckerling, Maximilian Werkhausen, Jan Haupt, Dirk Güth
  • Patent number: 11236789
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle are provided. The drive train includes at least a first and a second shaft, a first clutch having at least one first friction surface pairing, and an electric drive, the first and the second shaft being coupleable to one another via the at least one first friction surface pairing, wherein for cooling the first clutch, a fluid is used via which a drag torque of the first clutch is influenced after the first clutch is disengaged, the method including: a) Rotating the first shaft and the second shaft when the first clutch is at least partially engaged; b) Disengaging the first clutch; c) Accelerating the first shaft by means of the electric drive and discharging the fluid from an area of the at least one first friction surface pairing; wherein the drag torque of the first clutch is reduced by the accelerated discharge of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.
    Inventors: Dirk Güth, Jan Haupt
  • Patent number: 11015708
    Abstract: In the case of an axle drive unit with a power-shiftable two-speed transmission unit, in order to enable particularly simple and advantageous control of a gear change and to manage with a small number of components and a less complex control logic and control sensor system, the coordination of mechanically-passively implemented shifting thresholds of a friction clutch and a blocking device of a freewheel is provided, which makes it possible to control the friction clutch and the blocking device with the same control variable at always the same level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.
    Inventors: Theodor Gassmann, Dirk Güth, Jan Haupt
  • Publication number: 20200362925
    Abstract: The invention relates to an overunning clutch, comprising a torque-introducing clutch element, a torque-receiving clutch element and switching element, which is forced from an engagement position into a freewheeling position or from a freewheeling position into an engagement position in dependence on the direction of a sufficient change in the rotational angle position between the torque-introducing clutch element and the torque-receiving clutch element by means of an actuating force applied to the switching element by an actuator. According to the invention, the actuating force is a friction-induced actuating force, which is induced by means of a friction-force pairing between the actuator and a component of the overrunning clutch that is in frictional contact with the actuator and the actuator forms an interlockingly acting actuating stop, by means of which the actuating force acts on the switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang Beigang, Thomas Weckerling, Maximilian Werkhausen, Jan Haupt, Dirk Güth
  • Publication number: 20200256465
    Abstract: In the case of an axle drive unit with a power-shiftable two-speed transmission unit, in order to enable particularly simple and advantageous control of a gear change and to manage with a small number of components and a less complex control logic and control sensor system, the coordination of mechanically-passively implemented shifting thresholds of a friction clutch and a blocking device of a freewheel is provided, which makes it possible to control the friction clutch and the blocking device with the same control variable at always the same level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Theodor Gassmann, Dirk Güth, Jan Haupt
  • Publication number: 20200132137
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle are provided. The drive train includes at least a first and a second shaft, a first clutch having at least one first friction surface pairing, and an electric drive, the first and the second shaft being coupleable to one another via the at least one first friction surface pairing, wherein for cooling the first clutch, a fluid is used via which a drag torque of the first clutch is influenced after the first clutch is disengaged, the method including: a) Rotating the first shaft and the second shaft when the first clutch is at least partially engaged; b) Disengaging the first clutch; c) Accelerating the first shaft by means of the electric drive and discharging the fluid from an area of the at least one first friction surface pairing; wherein the drag torque of the first clutch is reduced by the accelerated discharge of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Dirk Güth, Jan Haupt
  • Patent number: 8960397
    Abstract: A device for transmission and/or generation of torque having a driveshaft and having a driven shaft acted upon by field-excited forces of a magnetorheological medium, the driveshaft terminates in a flange in a housing, at least one cylinder is arranged on the flange (7), and the cylinder extends over the driven shaft coaxially while forming a gap which is filled with the magnetorheological medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe
    Inventors: Jürgen Maas, Dirk Güth, Martin Aust
  • Publication number: 20120090938
    Abstract: A device for transmission and/or generation of torque having a driveshaft and having a driven shaft acted upon by field-excited forces of a magnetorheological medium, the driveshaft terminates in a flange in a housing, at least one cylinder is arranged on the flange (7), and the cylinder extends over the driven shaft coaxially while forming a gap which is filled with the magnetorheological medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe
    Inventors: Jürgen Maas, Dirk Güth, Martin Aust