Patents by Inventor Manuel Straub

Manuel Straub 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).

  • Patent number: 9856975
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for actuating an interlocking shifting element of a transmission which comprises two piston chambers and a piston element that delimits the piston chambers. The piston element can be acted upon in one piston chamber by a pressure to open the shifting element and, in the other piston chamber, by another pressure to close the shifting element. Pressure can be delivered by a valve to two piston chamber and the valve can be actuated by an actuator by a pilot pressure. The valve and the electro-hydraulic actuator are designed and functionally connected to one another such that, in the event of a pressure drop, a total hydraulic force, acting to close the shifting element, is applied to the piston element and, if the current supply to the actuator fails, a total hydraulic force acting, in the opening direction of the shifting element, acts upon the piston element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thilo Schmidt, Manuel Straub
  • Publication number: 20120325038
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for actuating an interlocking shifting element of a transmission which comprises two piston chambers and a piston element that delimits the piston chambers. The piston element can be acted upon in one piston chamber by a pressure to open the shifting element and, in the other piston chamber, by another pressure to close the shifting element. Pressure can be delivered by a valve to two piston chamber and the valve can be actuated by an actuator by a pilot pressure. The valve and the electro-hydraulic actuator are designed and functionally connected to one another such that, in the event of a pressure drop, a total hydraulic force, acting to close the shifting element, is applied to the piston element and, if the current supply to the actuator fails, a total hydraulic force acting, in the opening direction of the shifting element, acts upon the piston element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Thilo Schmidt, Manuel Straub