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).

  • Patent number: 8579093
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll
  • Patent number: 8490766
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll
  • Patent number: 8382597
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll, Eugen Kombowski
  • Patent number: 8328646
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Droll, Stefan Jung, Craig Kneidel, Srivatsan Kannan, Nathan Yensho, Thorsten Krause, Markus Werner
  • Publication number: 20120305358
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll
  • Publication number: 20120298461
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll
  • Publication number: 20110314957
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten KRAUSE, Heiko MAGERKURTH, Parviz MOVLAZADA, Peter DROLL
  • Publication number: 20110209964
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: LUK VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Mario Degler, Stephan Maienschein, Peter Droll, Eugen Kombowski
  • Publication number: 20110143842
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stephan MAIENSCHEIN, Peter DROLL, Eugen KOMBOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20100210366
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
    Inventors: Peter Droll, Stefan Jung, Craig Kneidel, Srivatsan Kannan, Nathan Yensho, Thorsten Krause, Markus Werner