Patents by Inventor Juergen Legner

Juergen Legner 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: 11905680
    Abstract: A drive for a work machine includes a computer configured to control a first electric motor for driving vehicle wheels and a second electric motor for driving a work attachment. The computer is configured to process signals which correspond to control of a movement of a lifting mechanism of the work attachment or a bucket of the work attachment. The computer is further configured to process a signal which corresponds to a position of an accelerator pedal. The first electric motor and the second electric motor are configured to be controlled separately from each another, and control of the second electric motor takes place according to the control of the movement of the work attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Juergen Legner
  • Publication number: 20240034195
    Abstract: A powertrain for a work machine, including at least one electric motor, an electric energy store, a multi-stage manual transmission, a heating circuit, and a cooling circuit. The at least one electric motor is configured to provide a mechanical input power. The manual transmission is configured to convert the mechanical input power and provide it as mechanical output power. The energy store is configured to supply the at least one electric motor and the heating circuit with electric power. The heating circuit is configured to provide a heating fluid for heating the energy store. The cooling circuit is configured to provide a cooling fluid for cooling and lubricating the manual transmission. The heating circuit and the cooling circuit are coupled via a heat exchanger and have only a single joint cooling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Juergen Legner
  • Patent number: 11761174
    Abstract: A drive for a machine includes a computer configured to control a first electric motor for driving vehicle wheels and a second electric motor for driving a work attachment. The second electric motor is configured to drive at least one hydraulic pump with an adjustable stroke volume. A sensor is configured to detect the stroke volume of the pump. The computer processes the stroke volume to control the second electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Juergen Legner
  • Patent number: 11607941
    Abstract: A propulsion drive system for a mobile machine includes an electric motor having a first range, in which a torque is constant as a rotational speed rises, and a second range, in which a power is constant as the rotational speed rises. The propulsion drive system further includes a transmission operatively connected mechanically to the electric motor. The propulsion drive system is configured to be transferred, via the transmission, from a state for relatively low driving speeds into a state for relatively high driving speeds of the mobile machine. The electric motor and the transmission are adapted to one another in such a way that the electric motor can be operated in the state for relatively low driving speeds exclusively in the first and second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Rico Gloeckner, Migen Bebeti, Jan Doering, Juergen Legner
  • Publication number: 20210025137
    Abstract: A drive for a work machine includes a computer configured to control a first electric motor for driving vehicle wheels and a second electric motor for driving a work attachment. The computer is configured to process signals which correspond to control of a movement of a lifting mechanism of the work attachment or a bucket of the work attachment. The computer is further configured to process a signal which corresponds to a position of an accelerator pedal. The first electric motor and the second electric motor are configured to be controlled separately from each another, and control of the second electric motor takes place according to the control of the movement of the work attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Juergen Legner
  • Publication number: 20210025139
    Abstract: A drive for a machine includes a computer configured to control a first electric motor for driving vehicle wheels and a second electric motor for driving a work attachment. The second electric motor is configured to drive at least one hydraulic pump with an adjustable stroke volume. A sensor is configured to detect the stroke volume of the pump. The computer processes the stroke volume to control the second electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Juergen Legner
  • Publication number: 20200324636
    Abstract: A propulsion drive system for a mobile machine includes an electric motor having a first range, in which a torque is constant as a rotational speed rises, and a second range, in which a power is constant as the rotational speed rises. The propulsion drive system further includes a transmission operatively connected mechanically to the electric motor. The propulsion drive system is configured to be transferred, via the transmission, from a state for relatively low driving speeds into a state for relatively high driving speeds of the mobile machine. The electric motor and the transmission are adapted to one another in such a way that the electric motor can be operated in the state for relatively low driving speeds exclusively in the first and second range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Rico Gloeckner, Migen Bebeti, Jan Doering, Juergen Legner
  • Patent number: 9217499
    Abstract: A device for actuating a frictional converter lock-up clutch of a hydrodynamic torque converter. A piston of the lock-up clutch can be acted upon by pressure of a inner chamber of a converter that acts in the engaging direction of the lock-up clutch and by pressure of a piston chamber delimited by the piston that acts in the disengaging direction. At least in the disengaging operating condition of the lock-up clutch, the piston space is connected to the inner chamber of the converter. The inner chamber can be supplied with hydraulic fluid via a first line. Hydraulic fluid can be discharged from the inner chamber via a second line. The piston chamber of the lock-up clutch can be connected to a pressurized zone and to an essentially unpressurized zone. By varying the pressure in the piston chamber, the device can modulate the transmission capacity of the lock-up clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Juergen Legner
  • Publication number: 20140151177
    Abstract: A device for actuating a frictional converter lock-up clutch of a hydrodynamic torque converter. A piston of the lock-up clutch can be acted upon by pressure of a inner chamber of a converter that acts in the engaging direction of the lock-up clutch and by pressure of a piston chamber delimited by the piston that acts in the disengaging direction. At least in the disengaging operating condition of the lock-up clutch, the piston space is connected to the inner chamber of the converter. The inner chamber can be supplied with hydraulic fluid via a first line. Hydraulic fluid can be discharged from the inner chamber via a second line. The piston chamber of the lock-up clutch can be connected to a pressurized zone and to an essentially unpressurized zone. By varying the pressure in the piston chamber, the device can modulate the transmission capacity of the lock-up clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Juergen Legner