Patents by Inventor Hilmar Schmalz

Hilmar Schmalz 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).

  • Publication number: 20080228431
    Abstract: In a method for estimating a rotational speed curve of a shaft of a transmission of a motor vehicle after a synchronizing element which acts on the shaft has been deactivated the subsequent speed of the shaft, that is the curve of the rotational speed is estimated on the basis of the rotational speed of the shaft at the deactivation time and the rotational speed gradient at the deactivation time, taking into account a characteristic value (F) which is dependent on an activation period needed for the synchronizing element to accelerate the during activation of the synchronizing element, thereby providing for a particularly precise estimation of the rotational speed curve of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Manfred Guggolz, Werner Hilenbrand, Wilhelmus Kok, Hilmar Schmalz, David Ulmer
  • Patent number: 6487925
    Abstract: An arrangement with a torque-controlled gearbox, for which the torque present on the transmission driving shaft is measured with a non-contacting torque sensor and the torque sensor supplies a measuring signal, which is fed to the gear control unit as a variable for the correct shifting moment. With a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, the drive output of the combustion engine is transmitted to the crankshaft, and the torque present at the crankshaft is transmitted via a clutch and an intermediate gear to the transmission drive shaft, from there to an output drive shaft, and finally via a differential gear to the drive wheels of the motor vehicle. The torque sensor detects the torque actually present at the transmission drive shaft and feeds the measuring signal proportional to this torque to a gear control unit. The arrangement advantageously permits a torque-free shifting of gears in the gearbox, which can thus be carried out comfortably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Roland Fischer, Reinhard Seyer, Werner Hillenbrand, Klaus Hoffman, Xiaoyi Liu, Hilmar Schmalz
  • Publication number: 20010035061
    Abstract: An arrangement with a torque-controlled gearbox, for which the torque present on the transmission driving shaft is measured with a non-contacting torque sensor and the torque sensor supplies a measuring signal, which is fed to the gear control unit as a variable for the correct shifting moment. With a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, the drive output of the combustion engine is transmitted to the crankshaft, and the torque present at the crankshaft is transmitted via a clutch and an intermediate gear to the transmission drive shaft, from there to an output drive shaft, and finally via a differential gear to the drive wheels of the motor vehicle. The torque sensor detects the torque actually present at the transmission drive shaft and feeds the measuring signal proportional to this torque to a gear control unit. The arrangement advantageously permits a torque-free shifting of gears in the gearbox, which can thus be carried out comfortably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Roland Fischer, Werner Hillenbrand, Klaus Hoffman, Xiaoyi Liu, Hilmar Schmalz, Reinhard Seyer