Patents by Inventor Erwin Schneeberger

Erwin Schneeberger 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).

  • Motor vehicle transmission control for operating a motor vehicle transmission
    Patent number: 7945366
    Abstract: In a control for a motor vehicle transmission having a clutch and means for establishing and/or releasing an engagement of a toothing or of jaws of the motor vehicle transmission including a control unit for actuating the clutch for transmitting a torque to a first component of the toothing, the control unit being adapted, for the purpose of releasing a tooth-on-tooth position of the toothing, to briefly provide a control signal for adjusting the clutch to a desired clutch position (KS) in order to generate a torque pulse, the control unit determining a reaction of the motor vehicle transmission in response to the control signal from the control unit and adapting the desired clutch position (KS) as a function of the reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Daimler, AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Bartels, Manfred Guggolz, Werner Hillenbrand, Erwin Schneeberger
  • Motor vehicle transmission control for operating a motor vehicle transmission
    Publication number: 20080109143
    Abstract: In a control for a motor vehicle transmission having a clutch and means for establishing and/or releasing an engagement of a toothing or of jaws of the motor vehicle transmission including a control unit for actuating the clutch for transmitting a torque to a first component of the toothing, the control unit being adapted, for the purpose of releasing a tooth-on-tooth position of the toothing, to briefly provide a control signal for adjusting the clutch to a desired clutch position (KS) in order to generate a torque pulse, the control unit determining a reaction of the motor vehicle transmission in response to the control signal from the control unit and adapting the desired clutch position (KS) as a function of the reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Ulrich Bartels, Manfred Guggolz, Werner Hillenbrand, Erwin Schneeberger