Patents by Inventor Peter Hartig

Peter Hartig 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: 7162934
    Abstract: In a shifting system (2) for a vehicle transmission which comprises a shifting shaft (6), at least one gear change hub (18) is movably placed in a transmission housing (4) upon the shifting shaft (6). The shifting shaft (6) has at least one shifting pin (30) which with the shifting shaft (6) is rotatable around an axis of rotation (12) and which with the shifting shaft (6) is movable along the axis of rotation (12). Depending on the position of rotation of the shifting shaft (6), the shifting shaft (6) moves with the shifting pin (30) the gear change hub (18). The shifting pin (30), which upon shifting moves the selected gear change hub (18), is placed outside the gear change hub (18) and engages in a bracket (46) connected with the gear change hub (18) and projects from the gear change hub (18). On the outer surface, the gear change hub (18) has one slot (34) in which a locking device (36, 38, 42) is slidingly placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andrew Fanning, Peter Hartig, Martin Būrkle
  • Publication number: 20050166698
    Abstract: In a shifting system (2) for a vehicle transmission which comprises a shifting shaft (6), at least one gear change hub (18) is movably placed in a transmission housing (4) upon the shifting shaft (6). The shifting shaft (6) has at least one shifting pin (30) which with the shifting shaft (6) is rotatable around an axis of rotation (12) and which with the shifting shaft (6) is movable along the axis of rotation (12). Depending on the position of rotation of the shifting shaft (6), the shifting shaft (6) moves with the shifting pin (30) the gear change hub (18). The shifting pin (30), which upon shifting moves the selected gear change hub (18), is placed outside the gear change hub (18) and engages in a bracket (46) connected with the gear change hub (18) and projects from the gear change hub (18). On the outer surface, the gear change hub (18) has one slot (34) in which a locking device (36, 38, 42) is slidingly placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Andrew Fanning, Peter Hartig, Martin Burkle
  • Patent number: 5251443
    Abstract: In a pressure-control device for affecting the closing behavior of powershift clutches (K.sub.1 -K.sub.X) in a powershift transmission, a regulating valve (1) cooperates with a damping device (2) as pressure-control valve. Chokes (4, 40, 400) for a more or less smooth connection are arranged in combination with pressure lines (P.sub.S, P.sub.R) over the pressure cycle when the clutch concerned (K.sub.1 -K.sub.X) is engaged. The travel of the damper piston (21) in a direction toward the regulating valve (1) is shortened by a pressurizing piston device (3) cooperating with the piston (21) of the damping device (2). Thus the time for the slipping phase in the engaged clutch concerned is shortened and, together with a higher initial pressure after the clutch is filled, the friction is limited.The limitation of the friction can also be obtained by adding a second choke in parallel in the control pressure line (Pr) by which the choked cross section is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Friedrich Ehrlinger, Wilhelm Hardtle, Peter Hartig