Patents by Inventor Lothar Beigang

Lothar Beigang 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).

  • Drive train arrangement for a vehicle
    Patent number: 8387741
    Abstract: A drive train arrangement for a vehicle comprising a main transmission and a transfer box which are both housed within a transmission housing. The transfer box comprises a drive output which is connected to a rear axle differential transmission and connectable, by a torque transmission element and a connecting shaft, to a front axle differential transmission. The connecting shaft is arranged at a predetermined angle relative to the drive output shaft of the main transmission. The end of the connecting shaft, facing toward the front axle differential transmission, is actively connected to the front axle differential transmission. The front axle differential transmission is fixed to the vehicle by at least one adaptor device allowing the front axle differential transmission to be adapted to a variety of arrangement positions along the rotation axis of the connection shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Mair, Thomas Rosemeier, Dietmar Gehring, Detlef Baasch, Lothar Beigang, Manfred Geier
  • Support of a pump drive wheel on the side of the starting component with an off-axis pump arrangement in an automatic transmission
    Patent number: 8092194
    Abstract: A support for a pump drive wheel (4) on the clutch side of a pump with an off-axis pump arrangement in an automatic transmission, particularly in a dual clutch transmission, in which the pump drive wheel (4) is supported on the centering plate (7) of the pump (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Dr. Ing. H. C. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Fischer, Lothar Beigang, Andreas Salm, Stephan Brussa
  • DRIVE TRAIN ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20110147109
    Abstract: A drive train arrangement for a vehicle comprising a main transmission and a transfer box which are both housed within a transmission housing. The transfer box comprises a drive output which is connected to a rear axle differential transmission and connectable, by a torque transmission element and a connecting shaft, to a front axle differential transmission. The connecting shaft is arranged at a predetermined angle relative to the drive output shaft of the main transmission. The end of the connecting shaft, facing toward the front axle differential transmission, is actively connected to the front axle differential transmission. The front axle differential transmission is fixed to the vehicle by at least one adaptor device allowing the front axle differential transmission to be adapted to a variety of arrangement positions along the rotation axis of the connection shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Mair, Thomas Rosemeier, Dietmar Gehring, Detlef Baasch, Lothar Beigang, Manfred Geier
  • SUPPORT OF A PUMP DRIVE WHEEL ON THE SIDE OF THE STARTING COMPONENT WITH AN OFF-AXIS PUMP ARRANGEMENT IN AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20100014994
    Abstract: A support for a pump drive wheel (4) on the clutch side of a pump with an off-axis pump arrangement in an automatic transmission, particularly in a dual clutch transmission, in which the pump drive wheel (4) is supported on the centering plate (7) of the pump (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Manfred Fischer, Lothar Beigang, Andreas Salm, Stephan Brussa