Patents by Inventor Goetz Nicklas

Goetz Nicklas 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: 9062723
    Abstract: A parallel double-clutch device is arranged in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive unit and transmission of the drivetrain. The device comprises a first clutch arrangement assigned to a first transmission-input shaft for selectively transmitting torque between the drive unit and first transmission-input shaft. A second clutch arrangement is assigned to a second transmission-input shaft for selectively transmitting torque between the drive unit and second transmission-input shaft. The first clutch arrangement can be actuated by at least one hydraulically drivable first actuating piston assigned a first pressure chamber delimited by a first pressure-chamber housing and the first actuating piston. The second clutch arrangement can be actuated by at least one hydraulically drivable second actuating piston assigned a second pressure chamber delimited by a second pressure-chamber housing and the second actuating piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Hans Juergen Hauck, Christian Pilz, Jens Henze, Goetz Nicklas, Rainer Gerathewohl
  • Publication number: 20130306427
    Abstract: One embodiment may include a multiplate clutch with a first plate set connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a first plate carrier, and with a second plate set connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a second plate carrier, wherein the plates of the two plate sets are arranged consecutively in an alternating manner in the axial direction and can be brought into frictional engagement with one another. At least one spring device is provided for at least one pair of plates consisting of two adjacent plates of the first plate set, by means of which, when the multiplate clutch is open, the two adjacent plates of the pair of plates can be spaced apart from each other in the axial direction, forming an axial spacing (a) which is greater than the width (b) of the in-between and optionally unstressed plate of the second plate set in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Goetz Nicklas, Hans Juergen Hauck, Christian Pilz
  • Publication number: 20120132498
    Abstract: A parallel double-clutch device is arranged in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive unit and transmission of the drivetrain. The device comprises a first clutch arrangement assigned to a first transmission-input shaft for selectively transmitting torque between the drive unit and first transmission-input shaft. A second clutch arrangement is assigned to a second transmission-input shaft for selectively transmitting torque between the drive unit and second transmission-input shaft. The first clutch arrangement can be actuated by at least one hydraulically drivable first actuating piston assigned a first pressure chamber delimited by a first pressure-chamber housing and the first actuating piston. The second clutch arrangement can be actuated by at least one hydraulically drivable second actuating piston assigned a second pressure chamber delimited by a second pressure-chamber housing and the second actuating piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Hans Juergen Hauck, Christian Pilz, Jens Henze, Goetz Nicklas, Rainer Gerathewohl
  • Patent number: 8056691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for axially positioning a clutch device, especially a dual-clutch device, on a rotary drive, wherein the clutch device is mounted so as to rotate about a rotational axis of said rotary drive. A retaining nut is coaxially screwed with the rotary drive, and the clutch device is indirectly or directly supported on said nut in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Eckart Gold, Johannes Heinrich, Marcus Hertel, Martin Gerlach, Götz Nicklas, Hans-Jürgen Hauck, Jens Henze
  • Publication number: 20100140037
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling arrangement comprising a component (6) fixed to a housing, a piston (2) that is located rotatably about an axis of rotation (?) relative to the component (6) fixed to a housing, a rotatable component (1) designed as a component mounted rotatably about the axis of rotation (?) relative to the component fixed to a housing and having a chamber (8) in the front region of the piston (2), a line arrangement (4) forming a communication line through the component (6) fixed to a housing and the rotatable component (1) to the chamber (8) for a pressure medium, and a rotary feedthrough seal (3) sealing the line arrangement (4) between the component (6) fixed to a housing and the rotatable component (1), wherein a radial inner distance (ri) and/or a radial outer distance (ra) of the piston (2) from the axis of rotation (?) is less than a radial seal distance (r0) of the rotary feedthrough seal (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Guenter, Goetz Nicklas