Patents by Inventor Florian Eppler

Florian Eppler 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: 10228028
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reducing chatter vibrations of a friction clutch controlled automatically by a clutch actuator on the basis of a target clutch torque (M(s)) assigned to a clutch torque which is to be transmitted. The friction clutch is positioned in a drivetrain between an internal combustion engine and a transmission, having a present actual clutch torque which is marked by vibrations as a result of vibrations (M(i)). From a transmission behavior of the present actual clutch torque (M(i)), an absolute amplitude and a phase of an input signal detected at the output of the friction clutch and conveyed to a regulator are ascertained, and a phase-selective disturbance torque is ascertained. From the phase-selective disturbance torque, a phase-correct correction torque (M(k)) is determined, and the target clutch torque (M(s)) is corrected by the regulator. The correction torque (M(k)) is weighted with a specifiable intensification factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Neuberth, Florian Eppler, Daniel Muller, Michael Reuschel
  • Patent number: 10197115
    Abstract: A method for parameterizing a software damper is disclosed. A target clutch torque affected in specified operating states by chatter vibrations is corrected by a software damper, wherein a transfer behavior of a clutch torque transferred via a friction clutch based on the target clutch torque is ascertained during a modulation of the target clutch torque. The software damper is parameterized with the help of the ascertained transfer behavior. To parameterize the software damper quickly and comprehensively, the target clutch torque is modulated by a broadband excitation in a frequency range of the chatter vibrations, and the transfer behavior is ascertained depending on operating parameters of the drivetrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Florian Eppler, Ulrich Neuberth, Daniel Muller, Alejandro Munoz Casas, Michael Reuschel
  • Patent number: 10012275
    Abstract: The invention relates to a software damper and to a method for configuring a software damper connected to a clutch control system for damping chatter vibrations of a clutch torque being transferred by means of an automated friction clutch positioned between a combustion engine and a transmission and controlled by the clutch control system, wherein a transmission input speed (r(g)) is captured at the output of the friction clutch by means of the software damper, and the target clutch torque (m(k)) encumbered by chatter vibrations is corrected by means of negative feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Neuberth, Florian Eppler, Daniel Muller, Michael Reuschel
  • Publication number: 20170138419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing chatter vibrations of a friction clutch controlled automatically by a clutch actuator on the basis of a target clutch torque (M(s)) assigned to a clutch torque which is to be transmitted, which friction clutch is positioned in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between an internal combustion engine and a transmission, having a present actual clutch torque which is marked by vibrations as a result of vibrations which occur occasionally (M(i)), wherein from a transmission behavior of the present actual clutch torque (M(i)) an absolute amplitude and a phase of an input signal detected at the output of the friction clutch and conveyed to a regulator are ascertained, from these a phase-selective disturbance torque is ascertained, from the latter a phase-correct correction torque (M(k)) is determined, and with this the target clutch torque (M(s)) is corrected by means of the regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Neuberth, Florian Eppler, Daniel Muller, Michael Reuschel
  • Publication number: 20170108061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a software damper and to a method for configuring a software damper connected to a clutch control system for damping chatter vibrations of a clutch torque being transferred by means of an automated friction clutch positioned between a combustion engine and a transmission and controlled by the clutch control system, wherein a transmission input speed (r(g)) is captured at the output of the friction clutch by means of the software damper, and the target clutch torque (m(k)) encumbered by chatter vibrations is corrected by means of negative feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Neuberth, Florian Eppler, Daniel Müller, Michael Reuschel
  • Publication number: 20170045102
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for parameterizing a software damper connected to a clutch control system for damping chatter vibrations of a clutch torque being transferred by means of an automated friction clutch which is controlled by the clutch control system by means of a target clutch torque and which is positioned between a combustion engine and a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein the target clutch torque affected in specified operating states by chatter vibrations is corrected by means of the software damper, wherein a transfer behavior of a clutch torque transferred via the friction clutch on the basis of the target clutch torque is ascertained during a modulation of the target clutch torque and the software damper is parameterized with the help of the ascertained transfer behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Eppler, Ulrich Neuberth, Daniel Muller, Alejandro Munoz Casas, Michael Reuschel