Patents by Inventor Hartmut Roper

Hartmut Roper 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: 9027426
    Abstract: A synchronization device for a transmission includes a sliding sleeve, a blocking synchronizer ring and a change wheel. In a force flow region between the blocking synchronizer ring and the change wheel, ramps for producing a servo force axial with respect to the shaft are provided on at least one component part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Hartmut Roper
  • Publication number: 20140345403
    Abstract: A synchronization device for a transmission, includes a sliding sleeve a blocking synchronizer ring and a change wheel. In a force flow region between the blocking synchronizer ring and the change wheel, ramps for producing a servo force axial with respect to the shaft are provided on at least one component part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Hartmut Roper
  • Patent number: 4943265
    Abstract: A device for transmitting the position of a drivebelt pulley of a continually variable automatic transmission to a valve arrangement includes a lever assembly extending between the valve and a variable displacement abutment connected to a sensor foot contacting the pulley. The position of the sensor foot is displaceable on an axial guide rod according to the position of a threaded bushing. The position of the pedal is adjustable from outside the transmission housing by rotating a tool that turns a setting sleeve rotatably fixed to the guide rod. As the guide rod turns, the bushing, engaged with threads on the sensor foot, changes the position of the abutment contacted by the lever assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Holm Schmitt, Fritz Henken, Hartmut Roper, Peter Heider
  • Patent number: 4632230
    Abstract: In a valve system for a hydraulically controlled starting friction clutch, a clutch pressure control valve that controls the clutch pressure during the starting phase of the clutch engagement as a function of the torque requirement of the operator, and a valve that overrides the clutch pressure control valve as a function of the output speed wherein a clutch pressure control valve 17 has a valve arrangement that acts as a slippage time limiter, the latter comprising a startup valve 13, an accumulator 14 and an on-off valve 15. After a specific time affected by the selection of the throttle orifices 28a and 28b and the piston rod diameter 27, higher clutch pressure pk (D, L, R) is fed to the clutch pressure control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Manfred Bilharz, Fritz Henken, Hartmut Roper, Martin Taal, Peter Heider, Ernst Kohl, Dietmar Schubert
  • Patent number: 4618123
    Abstract: A valve system for a hydraulically controlled starting friction clutch for motor vehicles, a clutch pressure control valve that controls the clutch pressure as a function of the torque demand of the driver, a valve arrangement that modulates a pressure dependent upon the engine speed and that delivers it to the clutch pressure control valve, a shuttle valve 11, a throttle orifice 12 and an accumulator 13 associated with the clutch pressure control valve 1. The shuttle valve 11 comprises a valve member 15 disposed in a valve bore 14 with three control lands 16, 17 and 18 and a spring 19 that acts upon one end of the valve member 15. A pressure signal Ppitot dependent upon the speed is applied by way of lines 21 and 22 between the first control land 16 and the second control land 17 and between the second control land 17 and the third control land 18 and is supplied by way of outlets 23 and 24 and a line 10 to the clutch pressure control valve 1. A pressure signal P.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Manfred Bilharz, Peter Heider, Hartmut Roper, Martin Taal, Fritz Henken, Ernst Kohl, Dietmar Schubert