Patents by Inventor Gunther Reifinger

Gunther Reifinger 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).

  • Transmission-clutch operating system
    Patent number: 4354584
    Abstract: A transmission shiftable to change transmission ratios by the operation of a member whose effectiveness depends upon a pressure fluid, e.g. through a valve communicating the fluid to actuators of the gear-change system, has a clutch connecting the output shaft of a prime mover as an internal-combustion engine with the input shaft of the transmission. According to the invention, the clutch-operating cylinder is connected by an entraining device with a valve controlling the pressure fluid. A lost motion may be provided between the operating member of the cylinder and the valve seats to ensure full opening of the clutch before operation of the transmission is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1982
    Assignees: Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen A.G., Knorr-Bremse GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Reifinger, Christian Fuchs, Alfred Magg, Gerold Bieber