Patents by Inventor Peter Droll
Peter Droll 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: 8579093Abstract: A hydrodynamic torque converter comprising a torque converter lockup clutch and a converter housing connected at the drive side, and a pump wheel non-rotatably connected thereto, as well as a turbine wheel non-rotatably connected at the output side to an output hub, and a torsional vibration damper actively arranged between the clutch output of the torque converter lockup clutch and the output hub, and comprising a centrifugal pendulum device arranged within the converter housing and having a pendulum flange with slightly swiveling pendulum masses thereupon, wherein the pendulum flange is arranged axially between the torsional vibration damper and the turbine wheel and is non-rotatably connected to the turbine wheel and the output hub by means of a keyed connection.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll
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Patent number: 8490766Abstract: The hydrodynamic torque converter having a torque converter lockup clutch and a converter housing connected at the drive side, and a pump wheel non-rotatably connected thereto, as well as a turbine wheel non-rotatably connected at the output side to an output hub, and a torsional vibration damper actively arranged between the clutch output of the torque converter lockup clutch and the output hub, and including a centrifugal pendulum device arranged within the converter housing and having a pendulum flange with slightly swiveling pendulum masses thereupon, where the pendulum flange is arranged axially between the torsional vibration damper and the turbine wheel and is non-rotatably connected to a damper output part of the torsional vibration damper, and the damper output part and/or the pendulum flange are directly connectable via an interlocking connection to the drive hub.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll
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Patent number: 8382597Abstract: A vibration damper comprising at least two damper assemblies connectable in series, coupled with one another through a floating intermediary flange, and torque transmission devices and/or damping coupling devices and rotation angle limiting devices between the floating intermediary flange and a damper component of one of the damper assemblies, wherein the damper component is disposed in a force flow in front and/or behind the floating intermediary flange.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll, Eugen Kombowski
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Patent number: 8328646Abstract: A torsional vibration damper with a friction device. The friction device is formed on at least one friction surface on two contra-rotationally and oppositely disposed disc parts that are in frictional contact with one another. In order to propose how to determine the initial stressing effect of the frictional action independently of external support of the disc parts, the frictional surfaces are pressurized against one another by means of at least one spring element.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Peter Droll, Stefan Jung, Craig Kneidel, Srivatsan Kannan, Nathan Yensho, Thorsten Krause, Markus Werner
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Publication number: 20120305358Abstract: A hydrodynamic torque converter comprising a torque converter lockup clutch and a converter housing connected at the drive side, and a pump wheel non-rotatably connected thereto, as well as a turbine wheel non-rotatably connected at the output side to an output hub, and a torsional vibration damper actively arranged between the clutch output of the torque converter lockup clutch and the output hub, and comprising a centrifugal pendulum device arranged within the converter housing and having a pendulum flange with slightly swiveling pendulum masses thereupon, wherein the pendulum flange is arranged axially between the torsional vibration damper and the turbine wheel and is non-rotatably connected to the turbine wheel and the output hub by means of a keyed connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll
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Publication number: 20120298461Abstract: The hydrodynamic torque converter having a torque converter lockup clutch and a converter housing connected at the drive side, and a pump wheel non-rotatably connected thereto, as well as a turbine wheel non-rotatably connected at the output side to an output hub, and a torsional vibration damper actively arranged between the clutch output of the torque converter lockup clutch and the output hub, and including a centrifugal pendulum device arranged within the converter housing and having a pendulum flange with slightly swiveling pendulum masses thereupon, where the pendulum flange is arranged axially between the torsional vibration damper and the turbine wheel and is non-rotatably connected to a damper output part. of the torsional vibration damper, and the damper output part and/or the pendulum flange are directly connectable via an interlocking connection to the drive hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll
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Publication number: 20110314957Abstract: The invention relates to a vibration damping device in a drive train of a motor vehicle, having an input drive part and an output part that is rotatable to limited extent relative to the input part through the action of at least one energy storage element, there being a pendulum mass carrier situated or formed on the input part and/or the output part, which makes it possible to receive at least one pair of pendulum masses comprising pendulum masses that are situated opposite each other axially on the pendulum mass carrier and are pivotable to a limited extent relative to the latter with the aid of at least one roll-off element, and where the roll-off element, by rolling, passes over a roll-off surface on the pendulum mass carrier and on each of the pendulum masses as the pendulum masses move relative to the pendulum mass carrier, and where the pendulum masses of a pair of pendulum masses have different geometric forms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Thorsten KRAUSE, Heiko MAGERKURTH, Parviz MOVLAZADA, Peter DROLL
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Publication number: 20110209964Abstract: A wet clutch (1) with at least one friction disk (8) that can be clamped by an axially displaceable piston (5) against an end disk (7). In order to provide a cost-effective and more silent design, the end disk is permanently attached at the housing. Several variants are proposed for the attachment of the end disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: LUK VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBHInventors: Mario Degler, Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll, Eugen Kombowski
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Publication number: 20110143842Abstract: A vibration damper comprising at least two damper assemblies connectable in series, coupled with one another through a floating intermediary flange, and torque transmission devices and/or damping coupling devices and rotation angle limiting devices between the floating intermediary flange and a damper component of one of the damper assemblies, wherein the damper component is disposed in a force flow in front and/or behind the floating intermediary flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Stephan MAIENSCHEIN, Peter DROLL, Eugen KOMBOWSKI
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Publication number: 20100210366Abstract: A torsional vibration damper with a friction device. The friction device is formed on at least one friction surface on two contra-rotationally and oppositely disposed disc parts that are in frictional contact with one another. In order to propose how to determine the initial stressing effect of the frictional action independently of external support of the disc parts, the frictional surfaces are pressurized against one another by means of at least one spring element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KGInventors: Peter Droll, Stefan Jung, Craig Kneidel, Srivatsan Kannan, Nathan Yensho, Thorsten Krause, Markus Werner