Patents by Inventor Frank Pricken

Frank Pricken 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: 11365802
    Abstract: A gearbox for a motor vehicle, includes multiple gears, a housing, an interior space enclosed by the housing, a gearshift clutch located in the interior space, through which a gear can be shifted, and a shifting device for transmitting an external actuating force acting outside the housing for shifting to the gearshift clutch, the shifting device having an inner shifting part in the interior space, a first introduction element which engages through a first opening provided in the housing for guiding the external actuating force to shift the gear to the inner shifting part, a shifting mass arranged outside the housing which is moved during gear shifting, and a connecting element different from the first introduction element with which the shifting mass is connected to the inner shifting part, the connecting element engaging through a second opening different from the first opening in the housing into the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: GETRAG FORD Transmissions GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Pricken
  • Patent number: 11067161
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle, includes a housing (1), which has a first housing part (10) and a second housing part (20), wherein, in the assembled state of the transmission, the first housing part (10) and the second housing part (20) are joined together, having a vent duct (30), through which air can escape from the transmission, and having a separate breather element (31), which extends into the first housing part (10) and forms at least one first duct wall of the vent duct (30), and the breather element (31) is located in a plug-in position in the first housing half (10) and has a fixing stop (37), against which the second housing part (20) bears in the assembled state of the transmission and thus securely fixes the breather element (31) in the plug-in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Getrag Ford Transmissions GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Soehnge, Stephan Scheve, Patric Lau, Frank Pricken
  • Publication number: 20200400231
    Abstract: A gearbox for a motor vehicle, includes multiple gears, a housing, an interior space enclosed by the housing, a gearshift clutch located in the interior space, through which a gear can be shifted, and a shifting device for transmitting an external actuating force acting outside the housing for shifting to the gearshift clutch, the shifting device having an inner shifting part in the interior space, a first introduction element which engages through a first opening provided in the housing for guiding the external actuating force to shift the gear to the inner shifting part, a shifting mass arranged outside the housing which is moved during gear shifting, and a connecting element different from the first introduction element with which the shifting mass is connected to the inner shifting part, the connecting element engaging through a second opening different from the first opening in the housing into the interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Frank Pricken
  • Publication number: 20200278021
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle, includes a housing (1), which has a first housing part (10) and a second housing part (20), wherein, in the assembled state of the transmission, the first housing part (10) and the second housing part (20) are joined together, having a vent duct (30), through which air can escape from the transmission, and having a separate breather element (31), which extends into the first housing part (10) and forms at least one first duct wall of the vent duct (30), and the breather element (31) is located in a plug-in position in the first housing half (10) and has a fixing stop (37), against which the second housing part (20) bears in the assembled state of the transmission and thus securely fixes the breather element (31) in the plug-in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Soehnge, Stephan Scheve, Patric Lau, Frank Pricken