Patents by Inventor Jens SCHÖNEKÄS

Jens SCHÖNEKÄS 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: 11255417
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic coupling arrangement has a housing connected to pressure medium lines for conducting pressure medium into or out of a pressure space sealed by a piston of a clutch device relative to a toroidal space of a hydrodynamic circuit provided in the housing. A rotatable area is provided for axially displaceably receiving a radially inner piston hub of the piston of the clutch device, and at least one through-opening which is rotatable relative to the housing is provided in a through-opening area for producing at least one flow connection between at least one pressure medium line and the pressure space. The receiving area and the through-opening area are in rotational communication with a retarding device influencing a flow of pressure medium in the pressure space, this flow of pressure medium arriving in the pressure space after passing through the through-opening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jens Schönekäs, Georg Mencher
  • Publication number: 20190376590
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic coupling arrangement has a housing connected to pressure medium lines for conducting pressure medium into or out of a pressure space sealed by a piston of a clutch device relative to a toroidal space of a hydrodynamic circuit provided in the housing. A rotatable area is provided for axially displaceably receiving a radially inner piston hub of the piston of the clutch device, and at least one through-opening which is rotatable relative to the housing is provided in a through-opening area for producing at least one flow connection between at least one pressure medium line and the pressure space. The receiving area and the through-opening area are in rotational communication with a retarding device influencing a flow of pressure medium in the pressure space, this flow of pressure medium arriving in the pressure space after passing through the through-opening area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jens SCHÖNEKÄS, Georg MENCHER