Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Tangl

Ferdinand Tangl 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: 10247259
    Abstract: A device for actuating a clutch-controlled transfer case including a rotatable selector shaft, a clutch cam disk rotatable about a clutch cam disk axis by means of the selector shaft and having a gate, and at least one scissor lever having an end guided in the gate. The gate has at least one curved portion having a continuously increasing radial distance from the clutch cam disk axis. The clutch cam disk defines an opening about the clutch cam disc axis, and the clutch cam disk defines a pair of stops extending radially into the opening. The selector shaft is rotatably positioned in the opening. The selector shaft includes a stopping member in radial alignment with the pair of stops such that the selector shaft can be rotated with respect to the clutch cam disk between two stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Helmut Schlatzer, Martin Stocker, Ferdinand Tangl
  • Publication number: 20170167548
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for actuating a clutch-controlled transfer case having a two-stage intermediate gearing and a clutch-controlled transfer case that has a two-stage intermediate gearing and that is equipped with such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Helmut Schlatzer, Martin Stocker, Ferdinand Tangl
  • Patent number: 9222565
    Abstract: A torque transmission device for a motor vehicle having a locking mechanism for locking at least one wheel of the motor vehicle, which wheel is connected to an output shaft of the torque transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Stefan Pichler, Ferdinand Tangl
  • Patent number: 8651745
    Abstract: In an electrical machine having a roller bearing, whose inner ring is seated on the rotor shaft of the electrical machine, whose outer ring is seated in a housing and which is located in a closed area, the roller bearing is intended to be protected against electrical breakdowns. For this purpose, the area contains a liquid on an aqueous basis, whose level overhangs the external contour of the inner ring at its lowest point. The inner ring and the outer ring are therefore conductively connected and the voltage can be equalized between the rotor and the housing of the electrical machine, without any impediment and without breakdowns. In an application as a geared motor, the lubricant for the gearbox is also a liquid on an aqueous basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Franz Mayr, Ferdinand Tangl
  • Publication number: 20130303327
    Abstract: A torque transmission device for a motor vehicle having a locking mechanism for locking at least one wheel of the motor vehicle, which wheel is connected to an output shaft of the torque transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR FAHRZEUGTECHNIK AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Pichler, Ferdinand Tangl
  • Patent number: 8535188
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid drive train (1) of a vehicle, comprising a drive system having an internal combustion engine (3) and a first electric supplementary drive unit (8) as well as a transmission arranged downstream of the drive system for controllably distributing the rotational speed and the torque of the drive power of the drive system to an output shaft, wherein the transmission includes a first and a second gearbox unit (11, 21) and a planetary gearing (5) having four components, namely a planet element, a planet carrier and two gears engaging with the planet element, and wherein further the internal combustion engine (3) can be coupled to the output shaft via a direct power path, by bypassing the first electric supplementary drive unit (8), through several mechanical gears of the first and/or second gearbox, wherein for this the first gearbox includes a first coupling means (12) and the second gearbox (21) includes a second coupling means (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventor: Ferdinand Tangl
  • Publication number: 20120161563
    Abstract: In an electrical machine having a roller bearing, whose inner ring is seated on the rotor shaft of the electrical machine, whose outer ring is seated in a housing and which is located in a closed area, the roller bearing is intended to be protected against electrical breakdowns. For this purpose, the area contains a liquid on an aqueous basis, whose level overhangs the external contour of the inner ring at its lowest point. The inner ring and the outer ring are therefore conductively connected and the voltage can be equalized between the rotor and the housing of the electrical machine, without any impediment and without breakdowns. In an application as a geared motor, the lubricant for the gearbox is also a liquid on an aqueous basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Franz Mayr, Ferdinand Tangl
  • Publication number: 20110143874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid drive train (1) of a vehicle, comprising a drive system having an internal combustion engine (3) and a first electric supplementary drive unit (8) as well as a transmission arranged downstream of the drive system for controllably distributing the rotational speed and the torque of the drive power of the drive system to an output shaft, wherein the transmission includes a first and a second gearbox unit (11, 21) and a planetary gearing (5) having four components, namely a planet element, a planet carrier and two gears engaging with the planet element, and wherein further the internal combustion engine (3) can be coupled to the output shaft via a direct power path, by bypassing the first electric supplementary drive unit (8), through several mechanical gears of the first and/or second gearbox, wherein for this the first gearbox includes a first coupling means (12) and the second gearbox (21) includes a second coupling means (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Ferdinand Tangl
  • Patent number: 7588511
    Abstract: A differential gearing unit with controllable torque and rotational speed distribution, composed of a housing (1), a differential gearing (6), a superposition gearing (7) and an auxiliary drive (8), with the differential gearing (6) comprising an input member (11) which is driven by the vehicle engine, and two output members (15, 16) with output shafts (3, 4), and with the superposition gearing (7) being a planetary gear set which is connected to two members (15, 16) of the differential gearing (6) and to the auxiliary drive (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Magna Steyr Fährzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ferdinand Tangl, Franz Zoehrer
  • Publication number: 20080064552
    Abstract: A differential gearing unit with controllable torque and rotational speed distribution, composed of a housing (1), a differential gearing (6), a superposition gearing (7) and an auxiliary drive (8), with the differential gearing (6) comprising an input member (11) which is driven by the vehicle engine, and two output members (15, 16) with output shafts (3, 4), and with the superposition gearing (7) being a planetary gear set which is connected to two members (15, 16) of the differential gearing (6) and to the auxiliary drive (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: Ferdinand Tangl