Patents by Inventor Florian PETRICH

Florian PETRICH 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).

  • Method for operating a hybrid powertrain
    Patent number: 11565702
    Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid drive train of a motor vehicle includes: starting the motor vehicle solely with the aid of an electric machine; engaging a torque converter lockup clutch for rotationally fixing an impeller of a torque converter to a turbine wheel of the torque converter, wherein the turbine wheel is rotationally fixed to the electric machine; and engaging a clutch in order to drivingly connect the impeller to a motor vehicle drive unit, in order to start the motor vehicle drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Florian Petrich, Robert Reiser, Oliver Angele
  • Method for Operating a Hybrid Powertrain
    Publication number: 20200346652
    Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid drive train of a motor vehicle includes: starting the motor vehicle solely with the aid of an electric machine; engaging a torque converter lockup clutch for rotationally fixing an impeller of a torque converter to a turbine wheel of the torque converter, wherein the turbine wheel is rotationally fixed to the electric machine; and engaging a clutch in order to drivingly connect the impeller to a motor vehicle drive unit, in order to start the motor vehicle drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Florian PETRICH, Robert REISER, Oliver ANGELE