Patents by Inventor Jurgen Eich

Jurgen Eich 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for influencing the shifting of transmissions in the power trains of motor vehicles
    Patent number: 6322477
    Abstract: A method for influencing a shift process connected with a change in transmission ratio when driving a motor vehicle that has a set of driven wheels subject to longitudinal and transverse forces, the method including detecting whether or not the vehicle is traveling around a curve and, if doing so when the shift process is in progress, influencing the shift process so as to decrease the longitudinal forces that act on the driven wheels as a result of the shift process. Also disclosed is an apparatus for performing the disclosed method including a detector for detecting whether or not the vehicle is traveling around a curve and a transmission ratio shifter responsive to the detector that, if the vehicle is traveling around a curve when the shift process is in progress, performs the shift process so as to decrease the longitudinal forces that act on the driven wheels as a result of the shift process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: LuK Getriebe GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Eich, Michael Salecker, Thomas Jäger