Patents by Inventor Peter Feulner

Peter Feulner 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).

  • Vehicle gearbox with an integrated electric motor
    Patent number: 7798032
    Abstract: An electromechanically activated motor vehicle transmission (31, 14) such as an automated manual transmission (31) or a transfer case (14). This transmission includes at least a transmission housing (11), an electromagnetic selecting or shifting device (1) and an electric motor (2, 8, 22) by which the selecting or shifting device (1) can be actuated. In the inventive motor vehicle transmission (31, 14), the electric motor (2, 8, 22) of the selecting or shifting mechanism (1) arranged within the transmission housing (11) and the motor housing (9, 12, 24) of the electric motor (2, 8, 22) is designed so that it corresponds to a portion of the transmission housing (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Bernd Schepperle, Hubert Remmlinger, Karl-Hermann Ketteler, Kai Heinrich, Peter Feulner
  • Vehicle Gearbox With An Integrated Electric Motor
    Publication number: 20080129230
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanically activated motor vehicle transmission (31, 14) such as an automated manual transmission (31) or a transfer case (14). This transmission comprises at least a transmission housing (11), an electromagnetic selecting or shifting device (1) and an electric motor (2, 8, 22) by means of which the selecting or shifting device (1) can be actuated. In the inventive motor vehicle transmission (31, 14), the electric motor (2, 8, 22) of the selecting or shifting mechanism (1) arranged within the transmission housing (11) and the motor housing (9, 12, 24) of the electric motor (2, 8, 22) is designed so that it corresponds to a portion of the transmission housing (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Bernd Schepperle, Hubert Remmlinger, Karl-Hermann Ketteler, Kai Heinrich, Peter Feulner