Patents by Inventor Guenter Rheinheimer

Guenter Rheinheimer 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: 9752675
    Abstract: A transmission control circuit for controlling a system pressure provided by a pressure pump in a transmission. The circuit includes a pressure control valve and an electronic control unit. Load states and operating states of the working machine can be detected by the control unit and transmission input torque limits associated with the load states and state values representing at least one first operating state and state values representing at least one second operating state are stored therein. The first operating state corresponds with the maximum system pressure and the second operating state corresponds with a reduced system pressure compared to the maximum system pressure. The circuit includes a pressure limiting valve activated by the control unit to overrule the pressure control valve in order to variably set the reduced system pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Helmut Schaefer, Guenter Rheinheimer, Steffen Frassek
  • Publication number: 20160025211
    Abstract: A transmission control circuit for controlling a system pressure provided by a pressure pump in a transmission. The circuit includes a pressure control valve and an electronic control unit. Load states and operating states of the working machine can be detected by the control unit and transmission input torque limits associated with the load states and state values representing at least one first operating state and state values representing at least one second operating state are stored therein. The first operating state corresponds with the maximum system pressure and the second operating state corresponds with a reduced system pressure compared to the maximum system pressure. The circuit includes a pressure limiting valve activated by the control unit to overrule the pressure control valve in order to variably set the reduced system pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: HELMUT SCHAEFER, GUENTER RHEINHEIMER, STEFFEN FRASSEK
  • Patent number: 5224578
    Abstract: The cooling of a hydraulically-operated wet clutch with coolant is primarily required during the slippage phase when the linings are heated by the slip, that is, when the torque transmitted by the clutch is less than the torque delivered by the engine. A coolant flow control is provided in which a coolant control valve is controlled in such a way that it interrupts the coolant flow to the clutch during operation with clutch engaged or disengaged and opens the coolant flow to the clutch during the engagement process of the clutch and, if required, for a predetermined time interval following the engagement process. However, the coolant control valve only opens the coolant flow to the clutch during the disengagement process if the slippage phase during disengagement lasts longer than a predetermined second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Guenter Rheinheimer, Helmut Schaefer