Patents by Inventor Jurgen Blaser
Jurgen Blaser 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: 11773969Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a multi-gear vehicle transmission having a plurality of shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) for engaging the gears of the vehicle transmission, where, in a neutral gear an input (AN) and an output (AB) of the vehicle transmission are decoupled from one another, and where, in a driving gear the input (AN) and the output (AB) of the vehicle transmission are coupled to one another in order to propel the vehicle, by closing at least one shifting element (B). When the neutral gear is engaged, at least an actuation condition of a vehicle brake (11) and a transmission condition with elevated drag losses are detected, where, when the neutral gear is engaged, the shifting element (B) for the driving gear is vented if it is recognized that the vehicle brake (11) has been released and the transmission condition with elevated drag losses pertains.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Jürgen Blaser, Fabian Ley, Jens Winter
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Patent number: 11767911Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a multi-speed vehicle transmission having a plurality of shift elements (A, B, C, D, E) for engaging the gears of the vehicle transmission. The method includes decoupling between an input (AN) and an output (AB) of the vehicle transmission in a neutral gear, and coupling the input (AN) and the output (AB) of the vehicle transmission in a drive gear for propelling the vehicle by closing at least one shift element (B). At least one transmission state is determined when the neutral gear is engaged, where a shift element (D) for a reverse gear of the vehicle transmission is closed at least partially if the transmission is in a state with increased drag losses when the neutral gear is engaged.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Fabian Ley, Jürgen Blaser, Sascha Fiesel, Wolfgang Rapp
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Publication number: 20230175583Abstract: A motor vehicle transmission is connected between a drive aggregate and a drive output, and includes a powershiftable main transmission group with a plurality of forward gears and at least one reversing gear. A hydrodynamic starting element is connected between the drive aggregate and the transmission. The main transmission has frictional shifting elements of which, in each gear, a first number are closed and a second number are open. The main transmission has a parking lock that, when engaged, immobilizes an output shaft of the main transmission group. A downstream range group includes at least one interlocking shifting element and can be shifted between a first range and a second range. When the motor vehicle is stationary with the drive aggregate running, to shift the downstream range group the parking lock is first engaged, and then the downstream range group is shifted into neutral from a range to be disengaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventor: Jürgen Blaser
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Publication number: 20230023472Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a multi-speed vehicle transmission having a plurality of shift elements (A, B, C, D, E) for engaging the gears of the vehicle transmission. The method includes decoupling between an input (AN) and an output (AB) of the vehicle transmission in a neutral gear, and coupling the input (AN) and the output (AB) of the vehicle transmission in a drive gear for propelling the vehicle by closing at least one shift element (B). At least one transmission state is determined when the neutral gear is engaged, where a shift element (D) for a reverse gear of the vehicle transmission is closed at least partially if the transmission is in a state with increased drag losses when the neutral gear is engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Fabian Ley, Jürgen Blaser, Sascha Fiesel, Wolfgang Rapp
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Publication number: 20220221051Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a multi-gear vehicle transmission having a plurality of shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) for engaging the gears of the vehicle transmission, where, in a neutral gear an input (AN) and an output (AB) of the vehicle transmission are decoupled from one another, and where, in a driving gear the input (AN) and the output (AB) of the vehicle transmission are coupled to one another in order to propel the vehicle, by closing at least one shifting element (B). When the neutral gear is engaged, at least an actuation condition of a vehicle brake (11) and a transmission condition with elevated drag losses are detected, where, when the neutral gear is engaged, the shifting element (B) for the driving gear is vented if it is recognized that the vehicle brake (11) has been released and the transmission condition with elevated drag losses pertains.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Jürgen Blaser, Fabian Ley, Jens Winter
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Patent number: 8690724Abstract: A method for operating a drive-train of a motor vehicle with a drive aggregate in the form of a hybrid drive system (3) which comprises at least one electric machine (2), an internal combustion engine (1), a transmission (5), a drive output (4) and a brake system which comprises at least one wear-free permanent brake (6). When a braking torque is required, the braking torque is distributed between the electric machine (2) and the wear-free permanent brake (6). At the beginning of a braking torque demand, the required brake torque is provided exclusively by the electric machine (2). Thereafter, as a function of characteristics of the wear-free permanent brake, the braking torque demand is transferred, in a controlled manner, from the electric machine to the wear-free permanent brake (6) so that the sum of the braking torques provided at the drive output (4) corresponds to the required braking torque.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Eisele, Yvonne Wiegand, Jurgen Blaser
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Publication number: 20130065728Abstract: A method for operating a drive-train of a motor vehicle with a drive aggregate in the form of a hybrid drive system (3) which comprises at least one electric machine (2), an internal combustion engine (1), a transmission (5), a drive output (4) and a brake system which comprises at least one wear-free permanent brake (6). When a braking torque is required, the braking torque is distributed between the electric machine (2) and the wear-free permanent brake (6). At the beginning of a braking torque demand, the required brake torque is provided exclusively by the electric machine (2). Thereafter, as a function of characteristics of the wear-free permanent brake, the braking torque demand is transferred, in a controlled manner, from the electric machine to the wear-free permanent brake (6) so that the sum of the braking torques provided at the drive output (4) corresponds to the required braking torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Markus Eisele, Yvonne Wiegand, Jurgen Blaser
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Patent number: 7959536Abstract: A method of shifting an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle having a hydrodynamic converter (6). The method comprising the steps of detecting a presence of predetermined stopping conditions; determining that a driver of the motor vehicle intends to cause the motor vehicle to change from a driving state to a stopped state, based on the presence of one of the predetermined stopping conditions; and automatically shifting the automatic transmission (8) into a standby mode, before the driving state has concluded. The shifting into the standby mode typically occurs when a rotational speed of the hydrodynamic converter (6) decreases to less than a rotational speed (120) of a motor and the retarder apparatus (10), of the automatic transmission, is disengaged no later than a time by which shifting into the standby mode occurs.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Eisele, Franz Sorg, Harry Nolzen, Jürgen Blaser, Thomas Vogt
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Patent number: 7945365Abstract: A method of influencing an automated transmission of a motor vehicle having a tractional resistance detection unit, the method comprising the steps of reading data, via the tractional resistance detection unit, containing at least information about a torque of a drivetrain, a rotational speed of the drive train, and an acceleration of the vehicle, determining the external tractional resistance of the vehicle based upon the read data, and influencing the shift program by at least one of activation, adaptation and variation of the shift program, on a basis one of an actual and a statistically prepared data about the external tractional resistance of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2006Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Eisele, Harry Nolzen, Jürgen Blaser, Harm Adams
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Publication number: 20080227600Abstract: A method for shifting an automatic transmission (8) of a motor vehicle having a hydrodynamic, converter (6), when the vehicle slows from driving to a standstill a predetermined stopping condition of the automatic transmission (8) exists, such that the transmission (8) is shifted into neutral. To avoid disadvantages from shifting into neutral immediately after the motor vehicle is stationary, such as an increase in fuel consumption by a tractional torque operation of the converter, a disengagement impact upon shifting into the standby mode; an unexpected rolling of the vehicle, when stopping occurs on an incline following a shift into neutral. The automatic transmission (8), conforming to predetermined stopping conditions, shifts even during the driving state into neutral.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Eisele, Franz Sorg, Harry Nolzen, Jurgen Blaser, Thomas Vogt