Patents by Inventor Frank Steffen

Frank Steffen 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).

  • Publication number: 20100242638
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle transmission with a power take-off drive, an auxiliary drive clutch in the form of a jaw clutch is arranged in the torque flow downstream of the transmission input clutch for coupling the power take-off drive to the transmission input shaft under the control of the drive motor clutch while the transmission is disconnected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Frank Steffens
  • Patent number: 7751956
    Abstract: A diagnostic system with a single diagnostic protocol server and multiple data source modules for an electronically controlled internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Detroit Diesel Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Steffen Groer, Tomislav Ivo Golub
  • Patent number: 7664595
    Abstract: A fault code memory manager architecture for heavy duty diesel engines consisting of a dedicated monitoring unit module and at least one fault code memory manager administrator module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Detroit Diesel Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Steffen Groer, Tomislav Ivo Golub
  • Patent number: 7481128
    Abstract: In a gearshift unit for a transmission of a motor vehicle, wherein a driver of the motor vehicle shift the gears of the transmission by means of a gearshift lever and the gearshift unit has a gearshift power-assist unit to enhance the shift force exerted by the driver of the vehicle, a control device is provided which detects a significant increase in a moment of inertia, in excess of a normal amount, of masses to be accelerated in the event of a gearshift in the transmission and actuates the gearshift power assist unit to assist the shift forces only when no significant increase in the moment of inertia has been detected in order to prevent high shifting forces from being generated when they might lead to damage to the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler A.G.
    Inventors: Frank Steffens, Martin Teutschländer
  • Publication number: 20070032343
    Abstract: In a gearshift unit for a transmission of a motor vehicle, wherein a driver of the motor vehicle shift the gears of the transmission by means of a gearshift lever and the gearshift unit has a gearshift power-assist unit to enhance the shift force exerted by the driver of the vehicle, a control device is provided which detects a significant increase in a moment of inertia, in excess of a normal amount, of masses to be accelerated in the event of a gearshift in the transmission and actuates the gearshift power assist unit to assist the shift forces only when no significant increase in the moment of inertia has been detected in order to prevent high shifting forces from being generated when they might lead to damage to the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Frank Steffens, Martin Teutschlander
  • Publication number: 20060255518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing structure for the damped transmission of impact and/or vibratory forces, in particular for buildings which are subjected to a seismic load, comprising a volume-elastic damping material which is arranged between two parts of a bearing body. According to the invention the first bearing part has essentially the shape of a pot, with a guide sleeve being arranged in the centre of the pot and one or several reinforcing sleeves being arranged between the guide sleeve and the pot inner wall and the damping material filling the spaces between the pot inner wall, reinforcing and guide sleeves at least partially. A second bearing part comprises a bolt which can be displaced inside the guide sleeve, with the bolt being connected with a first fastening plate. A second fastening plate is provided on the outside of the pot in order to anchor the bearing parts at the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: Roger HERTZFELDT
    Inventors: Frank Steffens, Roger Hertzfeldt
  • Patent number: 6366679
    Abstract: A method wherein an auralization is performed, in that a plurality of spatial pulse responses are incited from various locations in the same room, and are received via a multi-channel receiving apparatus, for example, a directional microphone or a plurality of directional microphones at one location, and are recorded. For the reproduction, a multi-channel loudspeaker arrangement of vertically configured loudspeakers and of horizontally configured loudspeakers is used, at least two loudspeakers being required to reproduce sources in one line from point to point that are able to be localized, at least three loudspeakers for reproduction in one plane, and at least four loudspeakers in one room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
    Inventors: Frank Steffen, Matthias Domke
  • Patent number: 4618987
    Abstract: The invention relates to acoustically radiating randomly large rooms and surfaces according to propagation time principles, whereby action or representation and reception or listening areas border directly on one another or are identical. Its object is to avoid error locations and skipping effects caused by movements, which are especially interfering for important solo sound sources. The resulting object of realizing a propagation time staggering without limiting source areas, and responding to the acoustic capacity of the sources, is solved by means of a control device connected to the delay or amplification devices, and which differentiatedly controls them analogous to the sound paths between the source and the acoustic radiator locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Deutsche Post, Rundfunk-und Fernsehtechnisches Zentralamt
    Inventors: Gerhard Steinke, Peter Fels, Wolfgang Hoeg, Werner Lorenz, Wolfgang Ahnert, Frank Steffen, Walter Reichardt