Patents by Inventor Joachim Buerkle

Joachim Buerkle 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: 7993241
    Abstract: A method for controlling shift process in dual-clutch gearbox having dual-clutch gearbox input shaft connected to a drive engine, having two friction clutches and two partial gearboxes, comprising detecting demand for a shift from source gear into target gear, the source gear and target gear assigned to first partial gearbox; opening friction clutch assigned to first partial gearbox and closing friction clutch assigned to other partial gearbox to transmit drive power via intermediate gear of other partial gearbox; disengaging source gear and temporarily conducting a pressure-exertion process in friction clutch assigned to the first partial gearbox before engagement of target gear, with rotational speed of first partial gearbox being reduced due to the pressure-exerting operation according to drag torque, opening friction clutch assigned to other partial gearbox and closing friction clutch assigned to first partial gearbox to transfer drive power to the target gear without an interruption in tractive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Schaarschmidt, Joachim Buerkle, Mathias Himmelsbach, Roland Pfister, Oliver Ottinger, Andreas Schaefer, Uwe Leibbrand, Raphael Ahne, Tobias Kalisch
  • Publication number: 20100184561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a shift process in a dual-clutch gearbox having a dual-clutch gearbox input shaft connected to a drive engine, having two friction clutches and having two partial gearboxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Schaarschmidt, Joachim Buerkle, Mathias Himmelsbach, Roland Pfister, Oliver Ottinger, Andreas Schaefer, Uwe Leibbrand, Raphael Ahne, Tobias Kalisch