Patents by Inventor Jurgen Legner

Jurgen 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).

  • Publication number: 20100236348
    Abstract: A device (2) for a vehicle drivetrain (1) with a transmission unit (3) for changing various transmission ratios and with a hydraulic device (4) by which drive torque can be provided in the area of the drive output (5) of the vehicle drivetrain (1) and in whose area a drive output torque of the vehicle drivetrain (1) can be at least partially supported. A reversing gear system (6) is connected, upstream of the transmission unit (3), for reversing the rotation direction, and the hydraulic device (4) can be brought into active connection with the transmission unit (3), between the reversing gear system (6) and the transmission unit (3), in the area of the transmission input (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Jürgen LEGNER
  • Publication number: 20100209260
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the swept volume of a first piston machine (1), of transverse axis design, and a second piston machine (2), of transverse axis design. The device including a common component (4), via which the swept volumes can be adjusted, and a valve (12) which, when a maximum pressure level in the working lines (3) is exceeded, can be rerouted in such a way that the common component (4) reroutes the swept volume in a direction toward the lower power input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Jurgen Legner
  • Publication number: 20100210389
    Abstract: A hydrostatic-mechanical power split transmission with at least two continuous operating ranges for use in agricultural and construction machines. The transmission has a summation planetary gear and a clutch for forward drive (7) and a clutch for reverse drive (6) that are arranged upstream of the summation gear. The transmission has a first sun gear (13) and a second sun gear (14) and a ring gear such that the ring gear (15) can be connected to an output drive shaft (22), via a clutch for the first driving range (23), and the second sun gear (14) can be connected to the output drive gear (22), via a clutch for the second operating range (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Jurgen Legner, Roland Fischer, Michael Siber
  • Publication number: 20100204001
    Abstract: A power split transmission for a working machine, such as a wheel loader, having a continuously variable power branch and a mechanical power branch that are summed with one another via a summing gear (13). The summing gear (13) can be connected, via a clutch for forward drive (4) and a clutch for reverse drive (8), to an input drive. The power split transmission has shafts (2, 7; 32, 33) and only a single clutch is located on each shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jurgen Legner
  • Publication number: 20100192576
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the stroke volume of a first piston engine (1), having a bent-axis design, and a second piston engine (2), having a bent-axis design, and a common component (4) by which the stroke volumes can be adjusted. A valve (12) is provided which, when a maximum pressure level in the working lines (3) is exceeded, the valve (12) is reversed such that the common component (4) reverses the stroke volumes toward a lower power consumption arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Jurgen Legner
  • Publication number: 20100197438
    Abstract: A power split transmission for a working machine, such as a wheel loader, for example, has a hydrostatic and a mechanical power branch which are summed with one another via a summation gear (12). A reversing gear (7) is connected downstream of the summation gear (12) and a gear shifting mechanism (20) is connected downstream of the summation gear (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Jurgen Legner
  • Patent number: 7739020
    Abstract: A driving motor drives power-consuming devices and, via a clutch device, driving wheels as well. Upon actuation of a brake pedal, an electronic controller determines an input torque of the clutch device and disengages the clutch device when the brake pedal has reached a defined value that is dependent upon the input torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Legner
  • Patent number: 7703352
    Abstract: A hydrostatic-mechanical transmission with a radial piston motor (1) which has a crankshaft (2) that drives a spur gear (7) and the crankshaft (2) is rotatably mounted at three bearing points (12, 13, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jurgen Legner, Klaus Baumann, Martin Haffner
  • Patent number: 7614226
    Abstract: A hydraulic transmission system features a first hydrostatic motor (1) and a second hydrostatic motor (4), which are connected to an output shaft (3) by way of a compound transmission, and which, in order to reach a minimum and a maximum rotation speed of the output shaft, are, on the one hand, adjustable with respect to their displacement volume by way of electric valves (9, 17) and, on the other hand, can be connected or, as the case may be, separated from a conveyor line (7) and a suction line (8) of a hydraulic pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jurgen Legner
  • Publication number: 20090005944
    Abstract: A driving motor drives power-consuming devices and, via a clutch device, driving wheels as well. Upon actuation of a brake pedal, an electronic controller determines an input torque of the clutch device and disengages the clutch device when the brake pedal has reached a defined value that is dependent upon the input torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Jurgen Legner
  • Patent number: 7454991
    Abstract: A shiftable multispeed reverse transmission having one input shaft (1) and a plurality of countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and one output shaft (8). One of gears and/or idle gears being situated upon the countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) for non-rotatably connection with the countershafts, via shiftable clutches, for gear and direction change. The reduction ratios being generated by spur pinion stages and at least one shiftable planetary stage (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Buck, Wolfgang Rebholz, Siegfried Stützle, Michael Riedhammer, Hugo Burkhart, Michael Herlitzek, Jürgen Legner, Jochen Schneider, Michael Thielmann, Roland Fischer
  • Publication number: 20080070734
    Abstract: A hydrostatic-mechanical transmission has a radial piston motor (1) whose crankshaft (2) drives a spur gear (7) and is mounted at three bearing points (12, 13, 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Jurgen LEGNER, Klaus BAUMANN, Martin HAFFNER
  • Publication number: 20080070735
    Abstract: A hydrostatic-mechanical transmission having a radial piston motor (1) with a crankshaft (2) which drives a spur gear (7). A transmission housing comprises three housing portions which define two separate spaces. The spur gear arrangement is located in one of the spaces while the radial piston motor is located in the other space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Jurgen LEGNER, Klaus BAUMANN, Martin HAFFNER
  • Publication number: 20070295006
    Abstract: A hydraulic transmission system features a first hydrostatic motor (1) and a second hydrostatic motor (4), which are connected to an output shaft (3) by way of a compound transmission, and which, in order to reach a minimum and a maximum rotation speed of the output shaft, are, on the one hand, adjustable with respect to their displacement volume by way of electric valves (9, 17) and, on the other hand, can be connected or, as the case may be, separated from a conveyor line (7) and a suction line (8) of a hydraulic pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jurgen Legner
  • Patent number: 7299891
    Abstract: To make operating a hydraulic drive mechanism above its admissible maximum rotational speed without separating the mechanical connection to the drive wheel possible, the motor (1) is adjusted in displacement to almost no displacement and the pressure-medium supply line (2) and the pressure-medium return line (3) operate a hydraulic drive with at least a hydrostatic radial piston motor (7, 9) exclusively with the supply pressure (20) connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Legner
  • Patent number: 7287629
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic actuating device has one prime mover, one torque converter and one rear-mounted transmission and is especially adequate for construction machines of wide range of motion such as wheel loaders. For limiting the maximum traction, one primary clutch (16) and one converter bridging clutch (WK) are both coordinated with the torque converter, which are disposed in series so as to be switchable via a single valve controlled by the transmission control with only a control pressure so that in all driving situations, first, the primary clutch (16) and thereafter the converter bridging clutch (WK) are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Legner
  • Patent number: 7243755
    Abstract: A drive mechanism for a mobile vehicle has one first hydraulic motor (9) and one second hydraulic motor (10) which are in permanent operative connection via a summarizing transmission (12, 14) and drive one output shaft (17). In order to make possible, driving a first hydromotor (9) above its admissible maximum rotational speed, the first hydromotor (9) is adjusted to zero displacement and hydraulically separated form the high pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Legner
  • Patent number: 7201702
    Abstract: A drive mechanism for a mobile vehicle having two motors, the torque of which is added up on a common output shaft (30), one motor being connectable with the output shaft (30) via a first reduction gear step (28) or a second reduction gear step (29) and at the maximum rotational speed of the output shaft (30), one motor (12) has zero displacement and is separated from a common high-pressure line (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Legner
  • Patent number: 7198143
    Abstract: A transmission shift system comprising a synchronizing device for idler wheels, which can be actuated hydraulically and comprises at least one piston that can mesh with a selected idler wheel as the sliding sleeve. The piston can be displaced axially on a shaft via a hydraulic actuation and is non-rotatably connected with it, thus self-locking synchronization is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Legner
  • Publication number: 20070068294
    Abstract: A shiftable multispeed reverse transmission having one input shaft (1) and a plurality of countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and one output shaft (8). One of gears and/or idle gears being situated upon the countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) for non-rotatably connection with the countershafts, via shiftable clutches, for gear and direction change. The reduction ratios being generated by spur pinion stages and at least one shiftable planetary stage (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Gerhard Buck, Wolfgang Rebholz, Siegfried Stutzle, Michael Riedhammer, Hugo Burkhart, Michael Herlitzek, Jurgen Legner, Jochen Schneider, Michael Thielmann, Roland Fischer