Patents by Inventor Erhard Kobinger

Erhard Kobinger 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).

  • Multiple-transmission-ratio transmission arrangement with gear-shift overlap action of automatically varied duration
    Patent number: 4041809
    Abstract: The transmission arrangement includes first and second hydraulically activatable units. When the first and second units are activated and unactivated, respectively, the arrangement exhibits a first transmission ratio. When the first and second units are unactivated and activated, respectively, the arrangement exhibits a second transmission ratio. Electrically controllable first and second valves each connect an associated unit to a source of hydraulic fluid. A transmission-ratio changeover is effected by causing the valves to undergo opposite changes of energization state. Each valve has its own time-delay stage. Upon receipt of a signal commanding a transmission-ratio changeover, each time-delay stage delays the initiation of the change of energization state of the associated valve by a respective time-delay interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Voith Getriebe KG
    Inventors: Heinrich Dick, Erhard Kobinger