Patents by Inventor Josef Habenschaden
Josef Habenschaden 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).
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Patent number: 10295047Abstract: A printed circuit board for electronic function control for a vehicle is created, comprising at least one actuator connection, of which a first part is attached to the printed circuit board and a second part extends away from the printed circuit board, and a connecting element, of which a first part is attached to the printed circuit board and a second part extends away from the printed circuit board, characterized in that the printed circuit board is coated, such that the printed circuit board and the first parts of the at least one actuator connection and the connecting element are protected, such that a seal against external effects acting on the printed circuit board is obtained. Furthermore, a system having a printed circuit board according to the disclosure is created.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventor: Josef Habenschaden
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Publication number: 20170334393Abstract: A method for checking a motor vehicle comprises steps for transmitting an ID stored in an electronic control device of a transmission of the motor vehicle, to a central facility, the comparison on the part of the central facility of the ID with stored IDs assigned to specific motor vehicles, the transmission of a notification regarding the comparison result from the central facility to the control device, and the issuing on the part of the control device of a signal, if the ID has been located in the stored IDs. The communication comprises an authentication of the central facility thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Mathias HÄUSLMANN, Josef HABENSCHADEN, Hans-Jürgen HANFT, Volker WAGNER, Roland FRIEDL, Jörg KÜHNL
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Publication number: 20160305541Abstract: A printed circuit board for electronic function control for a vehicle is created, comprising at least one actuator connection, of which a first part is attached to the printed circuit board and a second part extends away from the printed circuit board, and a connecting element, of which a first part is attached to the printed circuit board and a second part extends away from the printed circuit board, characterized in that the printed circuit board is coated, such that the printed circuit board and the first parts of the at least one actuator connection and the connecting element are protected, such that a seal against external effects acting on the printed circuit board is obtained. Furthermore, a system having a printed circuit board according to the disclosure is created.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventor: Josef HABENSCHADEN
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Patent number: 9366335Abstract: A shift by wire system for a motor vehicle, having a transmission control device and an actuation assembly, operationally connected thereto via an electrical connection. The actuation assembly is designed to generate a signal relating to an intention of the driver, corresponding to a position of the gearshift lever, by means of a gearshift lever and at least one sensor. The actuation assembly also has a controller unit, by means of which data based on the signal is communicated to the transmission control device via the electrical connection. The transmission control device monitors, in a remote manner, the controller unit in the actuation assembly via the electrical connection. The electrical connection is both a communication line for the data based on the signal and for the remote monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventor: Josef Habenschaden
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Publication number: 20150233736Abstract: A measurement assembly, in particular for a transmission, having a rotating assembly and having a sensor system that is stationary in relation to the rotating assembly, for detecting a direction of rotation and/or a rate of rotation and/or a rotational position and/or an axial position of the rotating assembly, wherein the rotating assembly has an encoding comprised of holes and/or projections on an axial end surface and/or on a radial circumferential surface, which moves in relation to the stationary sensor system when the rotating assembly rotates; and wherein the stationary sensor system has at least two sensor, disposed adjacently to one another, in which eddy currents can be induced, dependent on the rotational movement of the encoding thereon, wherein the direction of rotation and rate of rotation and the rotational position and the axial position of the rotating assembly can be determined from impulses of the measurement signals of the sensors, which are dependent on the induced eddy currents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventor: Josef HABENSCHADEN
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Publication number: 20140236435Abstract: A shift by wire system for a motor vehicle, having a transmission control device and an actuation assembly, operationally connected thereto via an electrical connection. The actuation assembly is designed to generate a signal relating to an intention of the driver, corresponding to a position of the gearshift lever, by means of a gearshift lever and at least one sensor. The actuation assembly also has a controller unit, by means of which data based on the signal is communicated to the transmission control device via the electrical connection. The transmission control device monitors, in a remote manner, the controller unit in the actuation assembly via the electrical connection. The electrical connection is both a communication line for the data based on the signal and for the remote monitoring.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventor: Josef Habenschaden
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Patent number: 8793056Abstract: A sensor arrangement for an electronic transmission control unit of an automatic transmission accommodated in a transmission housing. The sensor arrangement comprises first and second pick-up arrangements for detecting various positions of an actuator system of the automatic transmission. The first pick-up arrangement is provided for monitoring a first position range of the actuator system remote while the second pick-up arrangement is provided for monitoring a second position range of the actuator system different from the first position range. The first and the second pick-up arrangements are connected to a common evaluation unit which, via a single common interface, connects with the electronic transmission control unit for transmitting the position signals of the first and second position range.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventor: Josef Habenschaden
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Patent number: 8395379Abstract: An inductive sensor with coils arranged substantially in layers on a flat circuit-carrier. The edges of the flat circuit-carrier are metallized obliquely so that an upper side, a lower side, an intermediate layer and/or a plurality of intermediate layers of the flat circuit-carrier are interconnected with one another via the edges in a conductive manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventor: Josef Habenschaden
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Publication number: 20110202242Abstract: A sensor arrangement for an electronic transmission control unit of an automatic transmission accommodated in a transmission housing. The sensor arrangement comprises first and second pick-up arrangements for detecting various positions of an actuator system of the automatic transmission. The first pick-up arrangement is provided for monitoring a first position range of the actuator system remote while the second pick-up arrangement is provided for monitoring a second position range of the actuator system different from the first position range. The first and the second pick-up arrangements are connected to a common evaluation unit which, via a single common interface, connects with the electronic transmission control unit for transmitting the position signals of the first and second position range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventor: Josef HABENSCHADEN
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Publication number: 20110031963Abstract: An inductive sensor with coils arranged substantially in layers on a flat circuit-carrier. The edges of the flat circuit-carrier are metallized obliquely so that an upper side, a lower side, an intermediate layer and/or a plurality of intermediate layers of the flat circuit-carrier are interconnected with one another via the edges in a conductive manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventor: Josef Habenschaden
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Patent number: 7719263Abstract: The invention relates to an inductive position measuring device or goniometer having two to no more than five digital oscillators, each of which contains measuring coils or reference coils. Particularly favorable for one application as a transmission sensor is a coil array for three or four oscillators that includes two measuring coils and/or two reference coils. When one plate-shaped measuring element that is sensitive for eddy currents passes through the measuring area, a measuring coil arranged in a planar manner is increasingly covered. One reference coil is arranged such that it does not touch the movement track of the measuring element, but is exposed to the same ambient conditions (temperatures) as the measuring coil. Another reference coil is arranged such that it is covered by the measuring element in the entire measuring area and therefore can compensate the fluctuations in the spacing height between the planar coil array and the measuring element that occur during operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Eissner, Michael Schreiber, Josef Habenschaden
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Patent number: 7443159Abstract: An inductive sensor for detecting the position of a vehicle seat or for a gate shifting unit of an automatic transmission is described. The inductive sensor unit has a plurality of sensor coils that are disposed in planar fashion on a printed circuit board A conductive actuation element is guided, spaced apart, in a path over the sensor coils and an electrical evaluation circuit detects changes in inductance of the sensor coils in accordance with the path position of the actuation element and converts the changes into electrical signals corresponding to seat position signals on gear shifting signals. The actuation element is guided along the sensor coils with conductive bottom faces that are staggered in the direction of the path.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Cherry GmbHInventors: Josef Habenschaden, Hans-Ludwig Götz, Thomas Luber
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Publication number: 20080157756Abstract: The invention relates to an inductive position measuring device or goniometer having two to no more than five digital oscillators, each of which contains measuring coils or reference coils. Particularly favorable for one application as a transmission sensor is a coil array for three or four oscillators that includes two measuring coils and/or two reference coils. When one plate-shaped measuring element that is sensitive for eddy currents passes through the measuring area, a measuring coil arranged in a planar manner is increasingly covered. One reference coil is arranged such that it does not touch the movement track of the measuring element, but is exposed to the same ambient conditions (temperatures) as the measuring coil. Another reference coil is arranged such that it is covered by the measuring element in the entire measuring area and therefore can compensate the fluctuations in the spacing height between the planar coil array and the measuring element that occur during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Markus Eissner, Michael Schreiber, Josef Habenschaden
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Publication number: 20060290346Abstract: An inductive sensor for detecting the position of a vehicle seat or for a gate shifting unit of an automatic transmission is described. The inductive sensor unit has a plurality of sensor coils that are disposed in planar fashion on a printed circuit board A conductive actuation element is guided, spaced apart, in a path over the sensor coils and an electrical evaluation circuit detects changes in inductance of the sensor coils in accordance with the path position of the actuation element and converts the changes into electrical signals corresponding to seat position signals on gear shifting signals. The actuation element is guided along the sensor coils with conductive bottom faces that are staggered in the direction of the path.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2005Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicant: Cherry GmbHInventors: Josef Habenschaden, Hans-Ludwig Gotz, Thomas Luber