Patents by Inventor Helmut Bender

Helmut Bender 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: 10920883
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission includes a toothed gear, a shift sleeve, a shift fork configured to actuate the shift sleeve, and a fork bend partially surrounding the shift sleeve in an installed state. At least one region of the fork bend has an axial step. The at least one region having the axial step has a shape of a circular ring section substantially extending at an angle of 180 degrees in a circumferential direction of the fork bend. The axial step has two radially adjacent sections arranged axially offset in relation to one another. One section of the fork bend partially engages in the toothed gear in an initial switching state and a second section of the fork bend overlaps with one side wall of a groove in the shift sleeve in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventor: Helmut Bender
  • Publication number: 20180347694
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission includes a toothed gear, a shift sleeve, a shift fork configured to actuate the shift sleeve, and a fork bend partially surrounding the shift sleeve in an installed state. At least one region of the fork bend has an axial step. The at least one region having the axial step has a shape of a circular ring section substantially extending at an angle of 180 degrees in a circumferential direction of the fork bend. The axial step has two radially adjacent sections arranged axially offset in relation to one another. One section of the fork bend partially engages in the toothed gear in an initial switching state and a second section of the fork bend overlaps with one side wall of a groove in the shift sleeve in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Helmut BENDER
  • Publication number: 20160298733
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dual clutch transmission comprising two input shafts (11a, 12a; 11b, 12b) which are provided for respectively linking to a power shift clutch (K1a, K2a; K1b, K2b), a first countershaft (13a; 13b) arranged offset parallel to the input shafts (11a, 12a; 11b, 12b), a second countershaft (14a; 14b) arranged offset parallel to the input shafts (11a, 12a; 11b, 12b), at least five gear wheel planes (Z1a-Z5a; Z1b-Z5b) which each comprise a fixed gear (Z11a-Z51a; Z11b-Z51b) permanently connected in a rotationally fixed manner to one of the input shafts (11a, 12a; 11b, 12b), wherein one of the gear wheel planes (Z4a; Z4b) comprises an idler gear wheel (Z42a; Z42b) arranged coaxially relative to the first countershaft (13a; 13b) and an idler gear wheel (Z43a; Z43b) arranged coaxially relative to the second countershaft (14a; 14b), which form a gear wheel pair for shifting into at least one reverse transmission gear (R1a, R2a), at least nine shift units (S1a-S9a; S1b-S9b) for producing an opera
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Helmut BENDER, Josep Maria BOU ROMANO, Heinrich STRAUB, Peter HAHN, Stefan SPERRFECHTER, Juergen SCHWEITZER, Tobias HAERTER, Jakub ROMANIAK
  • Patent number: 8051735
    Abstract: In an automated split path transmission with at least six forward speeds and three characteristic transmission steps (sI, sII, sIII), which decrease with the height of the forward speed, one of the forward speeds is a direct gear and the power of a further forward speed passing through two constant gearsets of the split path group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dalmler AG
    Inventors: Helmut Bender, Carsten Gitt, Detlef Schnitzer
  • Patent number: 7642268
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline micronisate of (1 ?,2?,4?,5?,7?)-7-[(hydroxydi-2-thienylacetyl)oxy]-9,9-dimethyl-3-oxa-9-azoniatricyclo[3.3.1.02,4]nonane-bromide, processes for preparing it and its use for preparing a pharmaceutical composition, particularly for preparing a pharmaceutical composition with an anticholinergic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Bender, Hagen Graebner, Konrad Schindler, Michael Trunk, Michael Walz
  • Publication number: 20090193919
    Abstract: In an automated split path transmission with at least six forward speeds and three characteristic transmission steps (sI, sII, sIII), which decrease with the height of the forward speed, one of the forward speeds is a direct gear and the power of a further forward speed passing through two constant gearsets of the split path group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Helmut Bender, Carsten Gitt, Detlef Schnitzer
  • Patent number: 7309707
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline micronisate of (1?,2?,4?,5?,7?)-7-[(hydroxydi-2-thienylacetyl)oxy]-9,9-dimethyl-3-oxa-9-azoniatricyclo[3.3.1.02,4]nonane-bromide, processes for preparing it and its use for preparing a pharmaceutical composition, particularly for preparing a pharmaceutical composition with an anticholinergic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Bender, Hagen Graebner, Konrad Schindler, Michael Trunk, Michael Walz
  • Publication number: 20070015785
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline micronisate of (1 ?,2?,4?,5?,7?)-7-[(hydroxydi-2-thienylacetyl)oxy]-9,9-dimethyl-3-oxa-9-azoniatricyclo[3.3.1.02,4]nonane-bromide, processes for preparing it and its use for preparing a pharmaceutical composition, particularly for preparing a pharmaceutical composition with an anticholinergic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Bender, Hagen Graebner, Konrad Schindler, Michael Trunk, Michael Walz
  • Patent number: 6684725
    Abstract: A system includes a unit for controlling a transmission line of a motor vehicle with a transmission. The transmission has a plurality of wheel sets for engaging and disengaging transmission gears and a plurality of shift clutches which can be operated by an operating device for engaging and disengaging transmission gears. In the transmission, at least one shift clutch to be shifted is operable while a shifted shift clutch is still engaged. The unit (10) is designed to guide at least during one shifting operation the shift clutch (S1,3, S2,4, S5,6) to be shifted to its synchronizing point when the shifted shift clutch (S1,3, S2,4, S5,6) is still engaged, and to guide an input clutch (11) of the transmission at least before the end of a synchronizing operation of the shift clutch (S1,3, S2,4, S5,6) to be shifted by way of an actuator (12) of the transmission into its opening position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Helmut Bender
  • Publication number: 20040002510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline micronisate of (1&agr;,2&bgr;,4&bgr;,5&agr;,7&bgr;)-7-[(hydroxydi-2-thienylacetyl)oxy]-9,9-dimethyl-3-oxa-9-azoniatricyclo[3.3.1.02,4]nonane-bromide, processes for preparing it and its use for preparing a pharmaceutical composition, particularly for preparing a pharmaceutical composition with an anticholinergic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Bender, Hagen Graebner, Konrad Schindler, Michael Trunk, Michael Walz
  • Publication number: 20030106383
    Abstract: A system includes a unit for controlling a transmission line of a motor vehicle with a transmission. The transmission has a plurality of wheel sets for engaging and disengaging transmission gears and a plurality of shift clutches which can be operated by an operating device for engaging and disengaging transmission gears. In the transmission, at least one shift clutch to be shifted is operable while a shifted shift clutch is still engaged. The unit (10) is designed to guide at least during one shifting operation the shift clutch (S1,3, S2,4, S5,6) to be shifted to its synchronizing point when the shifted shift clutch (S1,3, S2,4, S5,6) is still engaged, and to guide an input clutch (11) of the transmission at least before the end of a synchronizing operation of the shift clutch (S1,3, S2,4, S5,6) to be shifted by way of an actuator (12) of the transmission into its opening position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Helmut Bender
  • Patent number: 5868641
    Abstract: A change gear unit has an output shaft which can be engaged into a drive connection with a parallel input shaft. The output shaft can be engaged into the drive connection by at least three gear wheel stages in order to form forward gears. Also, the output shaft can be engaged with a vehicle axle differential gear unit by two gear wheel stages. The differential gear unit has output shafts that are parallel with respect to the central axis of the change gear unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: MC Micro Compact Car AG
    Inventors: Helmut Bender, Guenter Ruehle, Henning Diel
  • Patent number: 5718148
    Abstract: A change-speed gear unit has an output shaft, connected to a parallel input shaft in two forward gear ratios by a forward-speed gear stage. The output shaft is connected to a differential gear unit in one forward gear ratio by an auxiliary gear stage, and in the other forward gear ratio by a gear stage used as a gear constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Mc Micro Compact Car AG
    Inventor: Helmut Bender
  • Patent number: 5445041
    Abstract: In a gearwheel change transmission, an input shaft, an output shaft and a countershaft are connected to one another by three bound gearwheel stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zaiser, Helmut Bender
  • Patent number: 5372052
    Abstract: In a bearing arrangement for gearbox shafts in a motor vehicle change-speed gearbox, an output shaft is rotatably supported and also fixed substantially immovably in the directions of the axis of rotation by one rolling contact bearing arrangement in each case relative to a coaxial input shaft and a gearbox casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventor: Helmut Bender
  • Patent number: 5125282
    Abstract: A change-speed gearbox having two countershaft transmission each connected by a frictional driving clutch to an input shaft and having a single common countershaft. Two gear wheel stages of the countershaft transmissions can be optionally connected into the driving connection between the input and output shafts by a change-speed clutch. One of the two gear wheel stages of one countershaft transmission is allocated to the reverse gear, and one of the two gear wheel stages of the other countershaft transmission is used both in reverse gear and in second gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Bender, Hans Merkle, Gerhard Spengler, Wolfgang Zaiser