Patents by Inventor Guenter Ebinger

Guenter Ebinger 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).

  • Dual clutch transmission clutch cooling circuit
    Patent number: 7311187
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for controlling the application of pressurized cooling fluid to the clutches of a dual clutch transmission including a cooling unit in fluid communication with a source of the pressurized cooling fluid and adapted to exchange heat from the cooling fluid with another media. The circuit also includes at least one regulator in fluid communication with the source of the pressurized cooling fluid and separately in fluid communication with the cooling unit, and with the clutches. The regulator is adapted to operatively provide the cooling fluid to the clutches. The circuit further includes at least one control actuator adapted to selectively control the regulator to provide a first variable predetermined amount of cooling fluid from the cooling unit to the clutches as primary cooling, and to provide a second variable predetermined amount of cooling fluid from the source to the clutches thereby supplementing the cooling fluid from the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Melissa Koenig, Guenter Ebinger, Michael Jung
  • Dual clutch transmission clutch cooling circuit
    Publication number: 20060006043
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for controlling the application of pressurized cooling fluid to the clutches of a dual clutch transmission including a cooling unit in fluid communication with a source of the pressurized cooling fluid and adapted to exchange heat from the cooling fluid with another media. The circuit also includes at least one regulator in fluid communication with the source of the pressurized cooling fluid and separately in fluid communication with the cooling unit, and with the clutches. The regulator is adapted to operatively provide the cooling fluid to the clutches. The circuit further includes at least one control actuator adapted to selectively control the regulator to provide a first variable predetermined amount of cooling fluid from the cooling unit to the clutches as primary cooling, and to provide a second variable predetermined amount of cooling fluid from the source to the clutches thereby supplementing the cooling fluid from the cooling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Melissa Koenig, Guenter Ebinger, Michael Jung
  • Valve piston and valve equipped with same
    Patent number: 6460561
    Abstract: Pressurised medium apparatus with a valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: LuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Ebinger