Patents by Inventor Ernst Kohl

Ernst Kohl 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: 4914984
    Abstract: A control valve arrangement for a continually variable transmission includes a first valve for regulating pressure in a primary servo for the gear ratio of the transmission and a second valve for regulating pressure in a secondary servo controlling tension of the drivebelt. These valves are acted upon by a throttle shaft as a function of output torque of the engine. A modulating device varies pressure in the secondary servo as a function of the gear ratio and of engine torque. The modulating device comprises a lever having one end acted upon by a cam disk as a function of the engine torque and second end acted upon by a valve element of the second regulating valve. The second lever is extended radially outward from a pivot. A sensor arm acts as a function of the gear ratio on one end of the second lever, whose other end is rotatably pinned to the first lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Josef Fuss, Ernst Kohl
  • Patent number: 4632230
    Abstract: In a valve system for a hydraulically controlled starting friction clutch, a clutch pressure control valve that controls the clutch pressure during the starting phase of the clutch engagement as a function of the torque requirement of the operator, and a valve that overrides the clutch pressure control valve as a function of the output speed wherein a clutch pressure control valve 17 has a valve arrangement that acts as a slippage time limiter, the latter comprising a startup valve 13, an accumulator 14 and an on-off valve 15. After a specific time affected by the selection of the throttle orifices 28a and 28b and the piston rod diameter 27, higher clutch pressure pk (D, L, R) is fed to the clutch pressure control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Manfred Bilharz, Fritz Henken, Hartmut Roper, Martin Taal, Peter Heider, Ernst Kohl, Dietmar Schubert
  • Patent number: 4618123
    Abstract: A valve system for a hydraulically controlled starting friction clutch for motor vehicles, a clutch pressure control valve that controls the clutch pressure as a function of the torque demand of the driver, a valve arrangement that modulates a pressure dependent upon the engine speed and that delivers it to the clutch pressure control valve, a shuttle valve 11, a throttle orifice 12 and an accumulator 13 associated with the clutch pressure control valve 1. The shuttle valve 11 comprises a valve member 15 disposed in a valve bore 14 with three control lands 16, 17 and 18 and a spring 19 that acts upon one end of the valve member 15. A pressure signal Ppitot dependent upon the speed is applied by way of lines 21 and 22 between the first control land 16 and the second control land 17 and between the second control land 17 and the third control land 18 and is supplied by way of outlets 23 and 24 and a line 10 to the clutch pressure control valve 1. A pressure signal P.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Manfred Bilharz, Peter Heider, Hartmut Roper, Martin Taal, Fritz Henken, Ernst Kohl, Dietmar Schubert