Patents by Inventor Markus Herrmann

Markus Herrmann 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: 20180266539
    Abstract: A greaser for a transmission includes a shaft (1) having an axial bore (3) and a plurality of axially spaced radial bores (6a, 6b, 6c). Each of at least one tube (8a, 8b) is inserted into a respective one of the axially spaced radial bores (6a, 6b) and extends radially inwardly into the axial bore (3) beyond a circumferential surface (4) of the axial bore (3) that is adjacent the respective one of the axially spaced radial bores (6a, 6b). Each of the at least one tube (8a, 8b) includes a slot (11a, 11b) at a tube end (10a, 10b) facing a central axis (2) of the shaft (1). The slot (11a, 11b) of each of the at least one tube (8a, 8b) extends along a central axis (9a, 9b) of the respective tube (8a, 8b) into an interior space of the axial bore (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Rainer Grundler, Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt, Dietmar Gehring, Dirk Winkler
  • Patent number: 10060525
    Abstract: When the stop valve is in a first shifting position, a torque-transferring shift element is sealed tight against the rest of a hydraulic system by a stop valve, such that the actuating pressure enclosed in the shift element remains essentially constant or does not decrease. The stop valve is formed and arranged in the hydraulic system such that the stop valve is held in the first shifting position by the force of a barrier pressure generated by the pump, and, upon a standstill of the pump or falling below a certain value of the pressure generated by the pump, the stop valve is automatically displaceable at least through the action of the trapped shift element pressure into a second shifting position, in which the respective shift element is connected to the rest of the hydraulic system and the shift element is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt, Bernd Allgaier
  • Patent number: 9995384
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission includes a shut-off valve arranged between a first pressure adjusting device and a respective shifting element cylinder of a plurality of shifting elements. In the first shifting position of the shut-off valve, the first pressure adjusting device is hydraulically connected to the respective shifting element cylinder through the shut-off valve. In the second shifting position of the shut-off valve, the shifting element cylinder is sealed by the shut-off valve relative to the first pressure adjusting device. The shut-off valve is an releasable check valve. The releasable check valve includes a check valve and an unblocking device. The unblocking device is actuatable by a control pressure from a second pressure adjusting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Josef Haupt, Horst Roegner
  • Publication number: 20180113078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for compensating for a material web offset in inspection systems for material webs which are moving in the direction of a material web length and/or a material web width. The method comprises the following steps: taking a first picture of a first portion of a material web at a first point in time with a camera which comprises a matrix chip, and taking a second picture of a second portion of the material web at a second point in time with the camera. A first active partial surface of the matrix chip is used for the first picture and a second active partial surface of the matrix chip is used for the second picture here, wherein the first active partial surface and the second active partial surface are not identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Manfred Kroehn
  • Publication number: 20180114308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for monitoring and/or inspecting material webs which are moving in the direction of a material web length and/or a material web width, The method comprises the following steps: taking a first picture of a first portion of a material web at a first point in time with a camera which has a matrix chip with a binning function, and taking a second picture of a second portion of the material web at a second point in time with the camera. A first binning step level is used for the first picture here, in each case a first number of pixels of the matrix chip being grouped together using the binning function. A second binning step level is used for the second picture, in each case a second number of pixels of the matrix chip being grouped together using the binning function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Manfred Kroehn
  • Publication number: 20170370468
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic transmission control system (1) includes a parking lock valve (2). The electrohydraulic transmission control system (1) is configured such that, during normal operation of the electrohydraulic transmission control system (1) in which at least one electrohydraulic pressure adjuster (EDSSYS) is actuatable with current, the parking lock valve (2) can be held in a defined operating state in which an actuation pressure (p_sys) acts on a parking lock cylinder (3) above a normal pressure level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt, Tobias Rolser
  • Publication number: 20170369040
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic transmission control system having a parking lock valve by which a parking lock cylinder of a parking lock device can be charged with an actuation pressure adjustable in an operating-state-dependent manner by at least one pilot pressure adjustable in the region of an electrohydraulic pressure adjuster and/or one pressure source. Above a defined actuation pressure level, the parking lock valve can be held in a defined operating state in which the actuation pressure can be applied to the parking lock cylinder. The actuation and pilot pressures can be applied to a valve device such that when the actuation and pilot pressure levels approximately correspond to one another, the region of the control system which conducts the actuation pressure is operatively connected, upstream of the parking lock valve, to a pressure region in the region of the valve device with a pressure lower than the defined actuation pressure level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt, Tobias Rolser
  • Patent number: 9841309
    Abstract: In a method for measuring the fill level of a fluid in a housing using an ultrasound sensor, detected multiple echoes in relation to a signal are reflected from a reference point and level echoes in relation to the signal reflected from the fluid level are evaluated in relation to their fluctuation width. The level echoes can be identified in this manner and the fill level determined from the transit times of the signals to the reference point and to the fluid level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Philippe Grass, Stephan Heinrich, Markus Herrmann, Torsten Reitmeier, Denny Schädlich
  • Patent number: 9816595
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a transmission device includes a primary pressure circuit and a secondary pressure circuit suppliable with hydraulic fluid from a defined saturation condition of the primary pressure circuit. A converter lock-up clutch is subjected to an operating pressure by a converter clutch valve. An inner torus chamber is suppliable with hydraulic fluid at a converter pressure of the secondary pressure circuit by a converter switching valve and by a valve device and a throttle device of the primary pressure circuit. The throttle device of the primary pressure circuit is downstream of the valve device of the primary pressure circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20170268660
    Abstract: A system for locking and releasing a shifting position of a shifting element that is hydraulically actuatable by an actuating pressure is provided. The shifting element is arranged coaxially with a transmission shaft. The system includes a stop valve. The stop valve is subjectable to a control pressure that is separate from the actuating pressure of the shifting element. The stop valve is arranged radially inside the shifting element in the transmission housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Ziemer, Josef Haupt, Christoph Margraf, Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt, Ulrich Doerr, Christian Sibla, Stefan Beck, Maik Wiesner, Stefan Brom
  • Publication number: 20170268659
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission includes a shut-off valve arranged between a first pressure adjusting device and a respective shifting element cylinder of a plurality of shifting elements. In the first shifting position of the shut-off valve, the first pressure adjusting device is hydraulically connected to the respective shifting element cylinder through the shut-off valve. In the second shifting position of the shut-off valve, the shifting element cylinder is sealed by the shut-off valve relative to the first pressure adjusting device. The shut-off valve is an releasable check valve. The releasable check valve includes a check valve and an unblocking device. The unblocking device is actuatable by a control pressure from a second pressure adjusting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Josef Haupt, Horst Roegner
  • Publication number: 20170261101
    Abstract: A drag torque reduction device for an automatic transmission includes a hydraulic controller with a parallel connection of a pressure relief valve, a constant aperture and a temperature-dependent, switchable aperture that is positioned upstream of a radiator relative to a flow of fluid to the radiator. The parallel connection is disposed between a first control edge of a converter switching valve and a first line. The first line leads to both to the radiator and through a check valve to the converter ring. The first control edge of the converter switching valve is open and lubricating oil flows through the parallel connection when the converter switching valve is in a first switching position. The first control edge of the converter switching valve is closed and lubricating oil does not flow through the parallel connection when the converter switching valve is in a second switching position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt, Gerhard Martin, Ahmed Mouhcine, Rainer Grundler, Dirk Winkler, Valentine Vincent
  • Publication number: 20170261091
    Abstract: A drag torque reduction device for an automatic transmission includes a hydraulic controller with a diversion for excess cooling oil into an oil sump that is positioned upstream of a radiator relative to a flow of fluid to the radiator. The diversion includes a temperature-dependent, switchable aperture and a switching valve. The temperature-dependent, switchable aperture is configured to close above a temperature threshold. The switching valve is configured to close above a threshold pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt, Gerhard Martin, Ahmed Mouhcine, Rainer Grundler, Dirk Winkler, Valentine Vincent
  • Publication number: 20170058933
    Abstract: Fastening system for a machine element (41), in particular for an elongate machine element (41), in particular for a toothed rack or a linear guide, for fastening in an abutment (45), in particular a machine bed or a flange, comprising: an eccentric bolt (1) which comprises a pin section (5) to be received in a receiving opening (55) of an abutment (45) and comprises a joining section (7), wherein the joining section is arranged in an eccentric manner in relation to the pin section (5), and an eccentric sleeve (3) to be slid onto the joining section (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: WITTENSTEIN AG
    Inventors: Markus Schmieder, Marco Heckmann, Jochen Endres, Markus Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20170009866
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a transmission device includes a primary pressure circuit and a secondary pressure circuit suppliable with hydraulic fluid from a defined saturation condition of the primary pressure circuit. A converter lock-up clutch is subjected to an operating pressure by a converter clutch valve. An inner torus chamber is suppliable with hydraulic fluid at a converter pressure of the secondary pressure circuit by a converter switching valve and by a valve device and a throttle device of the primary pressure circuit. The throttle device of the primary pressure circuit is downstream of the valve device of the primary pressure circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20170002922
    Abstract: A drag torque reduction device for an automatic transmission includes a hydraulic controller with a radiator. In one embodiment, the drag torque reduction device also includes a parallel connection of a pressure relief valve, a constant aperture and a temperature-dependent, switchable aperture positioned upstream of the radiator. In another embodiment, the drag torque reduction device includes an overflow cooling oil diversion with a temperature-dependent, switchable aperture and a pressure relief valve that is positioned upstream of the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt, Gerhard Martin, Ahmed Mouhcine, Rainer Grundler, Dirk Winkler, Valentine Vincent
  • Publication number: 20160369893
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for an automatic transmission a valve slide longitudinally adjustable in a valve housing between a first axial position and a second axial position such that a plurality of valve seat pockets are selectively brought into operative connection with each other. A control surface of the valve slide, first and second additional control surface of the valve slide and a spring of a parking brake valve are matched to one another such that the total actuating force applied to the slide valve displaces the slide valve to the first axial position when an actuating pressure of the parking brake unit, a pressure signal at the control surface of the valve slide and an additional pressure signal at the second additional control surface of the valve slide are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160265657
    Abstract: In an operating state of the automatic transmission in which a transmission stage is engaged and no gearshift occurs, the stop valve (1) is in a first shifting position, in which at least the torque-transferring shift element (K) is sealed tight against the rest of the hydraulic system by means of the allocated stop valve (1), such that the actuating pressure (p_K) enclosed in the shift element (K) remains essentially constant or does not decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Thilo Schmidt, Bernd Allgaier
  • Patent number: 9441738
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary slide valve comprising a housing, a valve slide, a valve seat having a sealing surface, against which the valve slide rests and in which a flow opening is provided, which has a curved outer contour at least in substantial parts, wherein the valve slide can be pivoted about an axis that is eccentric to the center of curvature of the outer contour on the side of the center of curvature that faces away from the flow opening, and a drive that can adjust the valve slide between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Buerkert Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Herrmann
  • Patent number: 9435422
    Abstract: A hydraulic system of a transmission device with a lubrication circuit, which is supplied with hydraulic fluid downstream of a cooling device for cooling and lubrication, is described. One part of the volume flow of hydraulic fluid led through the cooling device is able to be discharged downstream of the cooling device and upstream of the lubrication circuit in the direction of a hydraulic fluid reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Markus Herrmann, Robert Erath