Patents by Inventor Kurt Ringger

Kurt Ringger 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).

  • Steering wheel mounting for transmission shift controls
    Publication number: 20060079372
    Abstract: A steering wheel (20) that has an axis of turning (64) axis for steering a motor vehicle that has an engine, a drivetrain, a transmission that provides different gear ratios for coupling the engine to the drivetrain, and a transmission controller that in an automatic mode automatically shifts the transmission from one gear ratio to another in response to changing vehicle torque requirements and in a manual mode shifts the transmission from one gear ratio to another in response to manual actuation of a shift command device. A module (36) contains both the shift command device (58, 60) and a mode selection device (62) for selecting between the automatic and manual modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Kurt Ringger, Matthew Hormann, Mark Thurber, Mary Wesler, John Rotz
  • Common control interface for diverse automated manual transmissions
    Publication number: 20060015235
    Abstract: A gearshift to transmission controller interface is based on a controller area network and a gearshift interface interposed between the gearshift and associated displays and the network bus. The shift controller can be made universal to all transmission types of automated manual transmissions by incorporation of a library program relating to a transmission type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Kurt Ringger, John Rotz, Mark Thurber