Patents by Inventor Matthias List

Matthias List 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: 20170082135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (14) for securing a clamping element against unintentional release, with a disk-shaped structure (15) that is penetrated in an axial manner by a bore hole (16). Thereby, the structure (15) is provided for an inner diameter with a driving profile (17) defined by the bore hole (16), which, in the placement of the structure (15), engages with the bore hole (16) on a radially inner component in a profile provided on the part of such component and thereby establishes a torque-proof coupling of the structure (15) with this component. In addition, the structure (15) is provided, in an axial manner on both sides, with contact surfaces (18, 19) that run in a radial manner. In order to provide a device that can be mounted on a radially inner component in a manner that is as free of backlash as possible and with low expenses, a profile plane (22) of the driving profile (17) is tilted at an angle (?) with respect to radial planes (20, 21) of the contact surfaces (18, 19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias List, Ingo Decker, Siegfried Selbherr
  • Patent number: 9327691
    Abstract: A transmission parking lock has an actuating rod that is essentially translationally displaceable, which bears an actuating element, and with a locking lever that is essentially rotationally displaceable, bears a locking element For inserting the transmission parking lock through the displacement of the actuating rod, the locking lever is pivotable from a resting position of the same into a locked position in such a manner that the locking element engages in a recess of a gear wheel (8) allocated to a gear shaft, and with a device that withdraws the actuating element of the actuating rod in the resting position of the same from the locking lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Matthias List, Bernd Austermann, Gert Hanker, Stefan Csajagi, Gerhard Spindler, Berthold Schraff
  • Publication number: 20140251750
    Abstract: A transmission parking lock has an actuating rod that is essentially translationally displaceable, which bears an actuating element, and with a locking lever that is essentially rotationally displaceable, bears a locking element For inserting the transmission parking lock through the displacement of the actuating rod, the locking lever is pivotable from a resting position of the same into a locked position in such a manner that the locking element engages in a recess of a gear wheel (8) allocated to a gear shaft, and with a device that withdraws the actuating element of the actuating rod in the resting position of the same from the locking lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Matthias List, Bernd Austermann, Gert Hanker, Stefan Csajagi, Gerhard Spindler, Berthold Schraff
  • Patent number: 8828194
    Abstract: A layer system that can be annealed comprises a transparent substrate, preferably a glass substrate, and a first layer sequence which is applied directly to the substrate or to one or more bottom layers that are deposited onto the substrate. The layer sequence includes a substrate-proximal blocking layer, a selective layer and a substrate-distal blocking layer. Also provided is a method for producing a layer system that can be annealed and has a sufficient quality even under critical climatic conditions and/or undefined conditions of the substrate. During the heat treatment (annealing, bending), the color location of the layer system is maintained substantially stable and the color location can be widely varied at a low emissivity of the layer system. For this purpose, a first dielectric intermediate layer is interposed between the substrate-proximal blocking layer and the selective layer and is configured as a substoichiometric gradient layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Fiukowski, Matthias List, Hans-Christian Hecht, Falk Milde
  • Patent number: 8808129
    Abstract: A transmission device (1) with a hydraulic system (4) comprising a main transmission pump device for supplying various transmission components with hydraulic fluid. The main transmission pump device is driven by torque applied to the transmission input shaft (2). A force flow between the transmission input shaft (2) and transmission output shaft (3) is produced by various hydraulically actuated transmission components. When the hydraulic system (4) is not supplied by the main transmission pump, the force flow is interrupted. The hydraulic system (4) has an auxiliary pump device (5) by virtue of which the hydraulic system (4) too can be supplied with hydraulic fluid. The auxiliary pump device (5) is driven by torque applied to the transmission output shaft (3) at least when the force flow is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Matthias List, Thilo Schmidt, Thomas Lindner, Peter Tiesler
  • Patent number: 8579098
    Abstract: A parking lock device (1) for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle. The parking lock device (1) comprises a locking pawl (3) that is fixed to the transmission housing and mounted so that the locking pawl (3) can pivot. The parking lock device (1) has a guiding element (3b) and a guide plate (5) fixed to and supported by the housing in which the guide element (3b) of the locking pawl (3) is guided laterally. One of a low-friction supporting element (7, 8) and an electrically insulating supporting element in a form of an insulating body (107) laterally guides the locking pawl (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Hagen Dopfert, Matthias List
  • Patent number: 8579099
    Abstract: A transmission parking lock device having a gearwheel with teeth and gaps and a pawl having a pawl tooth. The gearwheel rotates and the pawl pivots about axes that are parallel to each other. The gearwheel teeth each have a first contour and tooth flanks with respect to rotation of the gearwheel. The pawl tooth has a second contour and tooth flanks relative to the rotation of the gearwheel, and the gearwheel has an outer radius. The gearwheel and pawl are kinematically linked by a linear relationship between the pivoting and rotational angles. The first and/or second contour are at least partially circular with a radius of the outer radius of the gearwheel, and the teeth and/or the pawl tooth have, in the area of the front tooth flank of the gearwheel or parking lock pawl, a crown tip relief relative to the outer radius of the gearwheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Bernd Austermann, Tobias Miller, Matthias List, Karl-Hermann Katzoreck, Thomas Breitweg, Armin Rasch
  • Patent number: 8367226
    Abstract: A layer system that can be annealed comprises a transparent substrate, preferably a glass substrate, and a first layer sequence which is applied directly to the substrate or to one or more bottom layers that are deposited onto the substrate. The layer sequence includes a substrate-proximal blocking layer, a selective layer and a substrate-distal blocking layer. Also provided is a method for producing a layer system that can be annealed and has a sufficient quality even under critical climatic conditions and/or undefined conditions of the substrate. During the heat treatment (annealing, bending), the color location of the layer system is maintained substantially stable and the color location can be widely varied at a low emissivity of the layer system. For this purpose, a first dielectric intermediate layer is interposed between the substrate-proximal blocking layer and the selective layer and is configured as a substoichiometric gradient layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Fiukowski, Matthias List, Hans-Christian Hecht, Falk Milde
  • Publication number: 20120097497
    Abstract: A transmission parking lock device comprising a gearwheel with teeth and gaps and a pawl having a pawl tooth. The gearwheel rotates and the pawl pivots about axes that are parallel to each other. The gearwheel teeth each have a first contour and tooth flanks with respect to rotation of the gearwheel. The pawl tooth has a second contour and tooth flanks relative to the rotation of the gearwheel, and the gearwheel has an outer radius. The gearwheel and pawl are kinematically linked by a linear relationship between the pivoting and rotational angles. The first and/or second contour are at least partially circular with a radius of the outer radius of the gearwheel, and the teeth and/or the pawl tooth have, in the area of the front tooth flank of the gearwheel or parking lock pawl, a crown tip relief relative to the outer radius of the gearwheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Bernd AUSTERMANN, Tobias MILLER, Matthias LIST, Karl-Hermann KATZORECK, Thomas BREITWEG, Armin RASCH
  • Patent number: 8133589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a silver low-E coating for glass which is temperable and can be applied by means of sputter processes onto the glass. The individual layers of the coating are cost-effective standard materials. One embodiment of the invention for example is comprised of a glass substrate, an Si3N4 layer disposed thereon of a thickness of approximately 15 nm, a TiO2 layer of 15 nm thickness on the Si3N4 layer, a 12.5 nm thick Ag layer on the TiO2 layer, a NiCrOx layer of approximately 5 nm thickness on the Ag layer and a terminating 45 nm thick Si3N4 layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias List, Gerd Kleideiter, Udo Schreiber, Sven Schramm
  • Patent number: 8096115
    Abstract: A pump drive of an automatic transmission with a hydrodynamic torque converter driven by a drive motor and with an oil pump driven by a pump wheel of the torque converter. The pump wheel of the torque converter is connected to a converter hub that extends from the pump wheel in the direction opposite the drive motor and is mounted radially by way of a converter hub bearing in or on a wall of the automatic transmission fixed with respect to the transmission housing and radially encloses a section of a pump drive shaft of the oil pump. The pump drive shaft is radially centered in the converter hub and, on its side facing toward the drive motor, is connected to the converter hub by a driving profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Matthias List
  • Publication number: 20110278132
    Abstract: A parking lock device (1) for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle. The parking lock device (1) comprises a locking pawl (3) that is fixed to the transmission housing and mounted so that the locking pawl (3) can pivot. The parking lock device (1) has a guiding element (3b) and a guide plate (5) fixed to and supported by the housing in which the guide element (3b) of the locking pawl (3) is guided laterally. One of a low-friction supporting element (7, 8) and an electrically insulating supporting element in a form of an insulating body (107) laterally guides the locking pawl (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Hagen DÖPFERT, Matthias LIST
  • Publication number: 20110162936
    Abstract: A parking lock device for a motor vehicle which comprises a parking lock gearwheel, a locking pawl, a locking element with an actuating rod and a compensation spring element. In the active zone of the locking element, the locking pawl has an inclined face. The inclined face (1a) has a variable slope angle (?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Benjamin SCHNEIDER, Matthias LIST
  • Publication number: 20100291393
    Abstract: A layer system that can be annealed comprises a transparent substrate, preferably a glass substrate, and a first layer sequence which is applied directly to the substrate or to one or more bottom layers that are deposited onto the substrate. The layer sequence includes a substrate-proximal blocking layer, a selective layer and a substrate-distal blocking layer. Also provided is a method for producing a layer system that can be annealed and has a sufficient quality even under critical climatic conditions and/or undefined conditions of the substrate. During the heat treatment (annealing, bending), the color location of the layer system is maintained substantially stable and the color location can be widely varied at a low emissivity of the layer system. For this purpose, a first dielectric intermediate layer is interposed between the substrate-proximal blocking layer and the selective layer and is configured as a substoichiometric gradient layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg FIUKOWSKI, Matthias List, Hans-Christian Hecht, Falk Milde
  • Patent number: 7785721
    Abstract: A layer system that filters sun and heat can be applied to glass by a vacuum coating process. The system comprises at least one series of metal layers in addition to a respective series of lower dielectric layers and a respective series of upper dielectric layers. At least one series of metal layers and one series of upper and lower dielectric layers are configured as a sandwich system, wherein one metal layer is encapsulated by an upper and a lower intermediate layer consisting of hypostoichiometrically nitrided or oxidized metal of the metal layer and sandwich systems of the series of layers contain individual sandwich layers of a stoichiometric and hypostoichiometric oxide or nitride of a metal or semiconductor. An oxygen or nitrogen deficit of the sandwich layers increases towards a neighboring sandwich system and the oxide and nitride layers are produced in a vacuum coating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias List, Falk Milde, Christoph Koeckert, Joerg Fiukowski
  • Publication number: 20100125023
    Abstract: A transmission device (1) with a hydraulic system (4) comprising a main transmission pump device for supplying various transmission components with hydraulic fluid. The main transmission pump device is driven by torque applied to the transmission input shaft (2). A force flow between the transmission input shaft (2) and transmission output shaft (3) is produced by various hydraulically actuated transmission components. When the hydraulic system (4) is not supplied by the main transmission pump, the force flow is interrupted. The hydraulic system (4) has an auxiliary pump device (5) by virtue of which the hydraulic system (4) too can be supplied with hydraulic fluid. The auxiliary pump device (5) is driven by torque applied to the transmission output shaft (3) at least when the force flow is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Matthias LIST, Thilo SCHMIDT, Thomas LINDNER, Peter TIESLER
  • Publication number: 20090286641
    Abstract: A pump drive of an automatic transmission with a hydrodynamic torque converter driven by a drive motor and with an oil pump driven by a pump wheel of the torque converter. The pump wheel of the torque converter is connected to a converter hub that extends from the pump wheel in the direction opposite the drive motor and is mounted radially by way of a converter hub bearing in or on a wall of the automatic transmission fixed with respect to the transmission housing and radially encloses a section of a pump drive shaft of the oil pump. The pump drive shaft is radially centered in the converter hub and, on its side facing toward the drive motor, is connected to the converter hub by a driving profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Matthias List
  • Publication number: 20080220261
    Abstract: The invention relates to a silver low-E coating for glass which is temperable and can be applied by means of sputter processes onto the glass. The individual layers of the coating are cost-effective standard materials. One embodiment of the invention for example is comprised of a glass substrate, an Si3N4 layer disposed thereon of a thickness of approximately 15 nm, a TiO2 layer of 15 nm thickness on the Si3N4 layer, a 12.5 nm thick Ag layer on the TiO2 layer, a NiCrOx layer of approximately 5 nm thickness on the Ag layer and a terminating 45 nm thick Si3N4 layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias List, Gerd Kleideiter, Udo Schreiber, Sven Schramm
  • Publication number: 20080057319
    Abstract: A layer system that can be annealed comprises a transparent substrate, preferably a glass substrate, and a first layer sequence which is applied directly to the substrate or to one or more bottom layers that are deposited onto the substrate. The layer sequence includes a substrate-proximal blocking layer, a selective layer and a substrate-distal blocking layer. Also provided is a method for producing a layer system that can be annealed and has a sufficient quality even under critical climatic conditions and/or undefined conditions of the substrate. During the heat treatment (annealing, bending), the color location of the layer system is maintained substantially stable and the color location can be widely varied at a low emissivity of the layer system. For this purpose, a first dielectric intermediate layer is interposed between the substrate-proximal blocking layer and the selective layer and is configured as a substoichiometric gradient layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: VON ARDENNE ANLAGENTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg Fiukowski, Matthias List, Hans-Christian Hecht, Falk Milde
  • Publication number: 20070273991
    Abstract: A layer system that filters sun and heat can be applied to glass by a vacuum coating process. The system comprises at least one series of metal layers in addition to a respective series of lower dielectric layers and a respective series of upper dielectric layers. At least one series of metal layers and one series of upper and lower dielectric layers are configured as a sandwich system, wherein one metal layer is encapsulated by an upper and a lower intermediate layer consisting of hypostoichiometrically nitrided or oxidized metal of the metal layer and sandwich systems of the series of layers contain individual sandwich layers of a stoichiometric and hypostoichiometric oxide or nitride of a metal or semiconductor. An oxygen or nitrogen deficit of the sandwich layers increases towards a neighboring sandwich system and the oxide and nitride layers are produced in a vacuum coating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: VON ARDENNE ANLAGENTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias List, Falk Milde, Christoph Koeckert, Joerg Fiukowski