Patents by Inventor Michael Höck
Michael Höck 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).
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Patent number: 11970170Abstract: A drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle can be controlled. The drive system can have at least one drive unit driving a drive shaft, a first output shaft, and a second output shaft, as well as first and second clutches connecting the drive shaft to the first and second output shafts, respectively. A control unit of the drive system controls the clutches to operate at least at certain operating points with a micro-slip control in which a speed differential between the drive shaft and the output shaft of >0 revolutions per minute (RPM) and <50 RPM is set for the respective clutch. A travel state of the motor vehicle can be detected, including detecting: traveling straight ahead and cornering in the pull mode, and a control strategy can be selected and applied for each clutch, wherein the control strategy is different for different travel states.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventors: Harwin Niessen, Michael Höck
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Patent number: 11433869Abstract: A drive torque of an electric motor for driving a driveline included in a driveline assembly of a motor vehicle can be controlled as a function of the vehicle speed in such a way that, when the vehicle speed is below a predetermined threshold value, the electric motor is controlled in a high torque mode and, when the vehicle speed is above the threshold value, the electric motor is controlled in a low torque mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: GKN Automotive LimitedInventors: Peter Obergünner, Harwin Niessen, Michael Höck, Theodor Gassmann
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Publication number: 20210229663Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive system has at least one drive unit, a drive shaft driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and a second output shaft, as well as a first clutch connecting the drive shaft to the first output shaft and a second clutch connecting the drive shaft to the second output shaft, and furthermore comprises a control unit for controlling the clutches, wherein the clutches are able to be operated at least at certain operating points with a micro-slip control in which a speed differential between the drive shaft and the output shaft of more than zero revolutions per minute and no more than 50 revolutions per minute is set at the respective clutch, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps: a) establishing a travel state of the motor vehicle, wherein at least the following travel states are detected: traveling straight ahead and cornering in the pull mode; b) selecting and applying a cType: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Harwin Niessen, Michael Höck
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Publication number: 20210009129Abstract: A drive torque of an electric motor for driving a driveline included in a driveline assembly of a motor vehicle can be controlled as a function of the vehicle speed in such a way that, when the vehicle speed is below a predetermined threshold value, the electric motor is controlled in a high torque mode and, when the vehicle speed is above the threshold value, the electric motor is controlled in a low torque mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Peter Obergünner, Harwin Niessen, Michael Höck, Theodor Gassmann
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Patent number: 10295036Abstract: To reduce the complexity and the outlay involved in the development and implementation in a vehicle of systems and methods known from the prior art for operating a differential-free, clutch-controlled balancing unit having a first clutch and a second clutch, the invention provides for the first clutch and the second clutch to be controlled independently of the driving conditions, and always using the same variable controlled variable of the same value.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventors: Michael Höck, Harwin Niessen
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Patent number: 10227070Abstract: Controlling a driving torque of a driveline assembly of a motor vehicle comprises: monitoring a speed of a first drive axle; monitoring a speed of a second drive axle; determining a target speed for the electric machine from at least one of the speeds of the first and the second drive axle controlling the electric machine in target speed mode as a function of the at least one speed; determining a target torque from the speed of the first drive axle and the speed of the second drive axle; controlling the clutch in a target torque mode as a function of the speed of the first drive axle and the speed of the second drive axle.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventors: Michael Höck, Harwin Niessen, Juan Manuel Micó Soler
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Publication number: 20180339698Abstract: Controlling a driving torque of a driveline assembly of a motor vehicle comprises: monitoring a speed of a first drive axle; monitoring a speed of a second drive axle; determining a target speed for the electric machine from at least one of the speeds of the first and the second drive axle controlling the electric machine in target speed mode as a function of the at least one speed; determining a target torque from the speed of the first drive axle and the speed of the second drive axle; controlling the clutch in a target torque mode as a function of the speed of the first drive axle and the speed of the second drive axle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Michael Höck, Harwin Niessen, Juan Manuel Micó Soler
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Patent number: 6851534Abstract: An axial setting device comprising two plates (24, 29) which are relatively rotatable and coaxially supported relative to one another and between which balls are guided in pairs of ball grooves (34, 39) in the plates (24, 29), with the depth of said pairs of ball grooves (34, 39) being circumferentially variable; of the plates (24, 29), one is axially supported and one is axially displaceable against the elastic returning forces of spring means; at least one of the plates (24, 29) is drivable via a driveline by a driving motor (11). Within the driveline, between the driving motor (11) and the drivable plates (24, 29), there is inserted a switching coupling (83).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: GKN Automotive GmbHInventors: Michael Höck, Klaus Mätzschker
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Patent number: 6431337Abstract: A coupling for controllably transmitting torque, having a first coupling member and a second coupling member—especially a shaft and a coupling housing—which are supported so as to be rotatable relative to one another; the coupling comprises a friction coupling and a viscous coupling switched in parallel; the friction coupling comprises two sets of friction plates and the viscous coupling comprises two VC plate carriers; the sets of friction plates of the friction coupling are each connected in a rotationally fast way to the first and the second coupling member and axially loadable by an adjusting device, and a first VC plate carrier of the viscous coupling is permanently connected in a rotationally fast way to the first one of the coupling members, and a second VC plate carrier of the viscous coupling is disconnectably connected to the second coupling member, with an axial adjusting device connecting and disconnecting the second VC plate carrier of the viscous coupling in a friction locking way anType: GrantFiled: September 22, 2000Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: GKN Automotive AGInventors: Michael Höck, Klaus Mätzschker
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Patent number: 6241067Abstract: A mechanical clutch with two elements (11, 21) which, for the purpose of positively engaging one another, are provided with opposed end toothings which are adapted to one another, the first element (11) being rotatably mounted and axially supported, the second element (21) also being rotatably mounted and axially supported, and further being axially blocked in a first position for the purpose of being non-rotatably engaged with the first element (11), and being axially moveable into a position in which it is freely rotatably and disengaged from the first element (11), with a device for selectively axially blocking the second element (21), the clutch further comprising: a cavity system whose shape is variable and which is filled with a magneto-rheological fluid; a displacing member which can be moved between a first position and a second position, which delimits the cavity system and which is connected to the second element (21); and an electro-magnet (37) which can magnetize at least part of the magneto-rheolType: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: GKN ViscoDrive GmbHInventor: Michael Höck