Patents by Inventor Heribert Scherer

Heribert Scherer 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: 8708862
    Abstract: A motor vehicle multi-stage planetary transmission which has a housing that accommodates four planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3, P4), shafts (2-9), three clutches (K1, K2, K3) and three brakes (B1, B2, B3) whose selective actuation implements various transmission ratios between drive and output shafts. The carriers of gear sets (P1, P2) are connected by shaft (4), the ring gear of gear set (P2) can be fixed to the housing, via shaft (5), by actuating brake (B1). A ring gear of gear set (P1) and a sun gear of gear set (P2) are coupled by shaft (6) which can be connected, via clutch (K1), to the drive shaft. A sun gear of gear set (P1) can be fixed, via brake (B2), to the housing and can be coupled, by clutch (K2), to drive shaft. The first and second clutches (K1, K2) are startup elements which initiate startup procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Heribert Scherer, Gert Bauknecht, Peter Ziemer
  • Publication number: 20130288847
    Abstract: A motor vehicle multi-stage planetary transmission which has a housing that accommodates four planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3, P4), shafts (2-9), three clutches (K1, K2, K3) and three brakes (B1, B2, B3) whose selective actuation implements various transmission ratios between drive and output shafts. The carriers of gear sets (P1, P2) are connected by shaft (4), the ring gear of gear set (P2) can be fixed to the housing, via shaft (5), by actuating brake (B1). A ring gear of gear set (P1) and a sun gear of gear set (P2) are coupled by shaft (6) which can be connected, via clutch (K1), to the drive shaft. A sun gear of gear set (P1) can be fixed, via brake (B2), to the housing and can be coupled, by clutch (K2), to drive shaft. The first and second clutches (K1, K2) are startup elements which initiate startup procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Heribert SCHERER, Gert BAUKNECHT, Peter ZIEMER
  • Patent number: 7244212
    Abstract: The invention concerns an automatic gearbox, with a drive input shaft (3) which is connected to a shiftable reduction planetary gear set (10), with a drive output shaft (4) which is connected to a shiftable main planetary gear set (30), and with five shifting elements (A to E) by the selective closing of which six forward speeds can be engaged without range change. An output element of the reduction planetary gear set (10) can be connected via a first shifting element (A) to a first input element of the main planetary gear set (30) and via a second shifting element (B) to a second input element of the main planetary gear set (30). The drive input shaft (3) can be connected via a fifth shifting element (E) to a third input element of the main planetary gear set (30). A solar gear wheel (11) of the reduction planetary gear set (10) is in particular fixed on a cylindrical projection (43) of a gearbox housing wall (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Gert Bauknecht, Manfred Bucksch, Lutz Gärtner, Heribert Scherer, Peter Ziemer
  • Publication number: 20050130788
    Abstract: The invention concerns an automatic gearbox, with a drive input shaft (3) which is connected to a shiftable reduction planetary gear set (10), with a drive output shaft (4) which is connected to a shiftable main planetary gear set (30), and with five shifting elements (A to E) by the selective closing of which six forward speeds can be engaged without range change. An output element of the reduction planetary gear set (10) can be connected via a first shifting element (A) to a first input element of the main planetary gear set (30) and via a second shifting element (B) to a second input element of the main planetary gear set (30). The drive input shaft (3) can be connected via a fifth shifting element (E) to a third input element of the main planetary gear set (30). A solar gear wheel (11) of the reduction planetary gear set (10) is in particular fixed on a cylindrical projection (43) of a gearbox housing wall (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Gert Bauknecht, Manfred Bucksch, Lutz Gartner, Heribert Scherer, Peter Ziemer
  • Patent number: 4225331
    Abstract: In the production of a glass vessel (such as a goblet) comprising a receptacle part (e.g. a goblet bowl) and a stand part (e.g. a stem with a base plate), the receptacle part is formed by pressing in successive moulds carried by a rotary table and the stand part is formed by injection moulding, being simultaneously united to the receptacle part. In carrying the invention into effect the mould for the receptacle part is charged from a feeder in free drop fall; the table is then rotated to bring the pressed receptacle part into register with an injection mould for the stand part, and an injection device, of which the injection mould forms part, is charged from the same feeder by way of a drop guide channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignee: H. Putsch GmbH & Company
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Bittner, Heribert Scherer, Hans Hanses