Patents by Inventor Peter Tiesler

Peter Tiesler 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: 7470208
    Abstract: A multistep automatic transmission having an input shaft, an output shaft, three planetary gearsets and five shifting elements. A sun gear of the third planetary gearset is affixed above the first shifting element to a transmission housing. The input shaft is bound to a sun gear of the second planetary gearset and is bound above the second shifting element with a sun gear of the first planetary gearset and/or by way of the fifth shifting element with a link of the first planetary gearset. The output shaft is bound together with the internal gear of the first planetary gearset and one of the links of the second or third planetary gearset. The second planetary gearset is located in the middle of the three planetary gearsets and is placed beside the third planetary gearset. The second and fifth shifting elements are placed between the first and second planetary gearsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Armin Gierling, Peter Ziemer
  • Patent number: 7416069
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement in an automatic transmission, comprising two axially adjacent multi-disk clutches (B, E) to each is assigned a piston/cylinder arrangement for axially actuating the clutch, a pressure compensation space for a dynamic clutch actuation pressure compensation and a mechanism for supplying lubricant or cooling medium. The aim is to reduce the axial overall length of a transmission of this type. The disk packets of both clutches (B, E) are placed one above the other in a radial manner, the pressure compensation space (25) for the radially outer clutch (B) is permitted to axially border on the pressure space (8) for actuating the piston (17) of the radially inner clutch (E), and the lubricant or cooling medium flow (30) for the radially outer clutch (B) is directly tapped from the pressure compensation space (25) for actuating the outer clutch (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Peter Tiesler
  • Patent number: 7335127
    Abstract: A multi-stage automatic transmission comprises a drive input shaft (AN), a drive output shaft (AB), three planetary gearwheel assemblies (RS1, RS2, RS3) arranged next to one another in series and five shift control elements (A to E). A sun gearwheel (SO3) of the third planetary gearwheel assembly (RS3) can be fixed relative to a transmission housing (GG) by means of the first shift control element (A). The drive input shaft (AN) is connected to a sun gearwheel (SO2) of the second planetary gearwheel assembly (RS2) and can be connected via the second shift control element (B) to a sun gearwheel (SO1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1) and/or via the fifth shift control element (E) to a web (ST1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Peter Ziemer
  • Publication number: 20070275812
    Abstract: A multistep automatic transmission having an input shaft, an output shaft, three planetary gearsets and five shifting elements. A sun gear of the third planetary gearset is affixed above the first shifting element to a transmission housing. The input shaft is bound to a sun gear of the second planetary gearset and is bound above the second shifting element with a sun gear of the first planetary gearset and/or by way of the fifth shifting element with a link of the first planetary gearset. The output shaft is bound together with the internal gear of the first planetary gearset and one of the links of the second or third planetary gearset. The second planetary gearset is located in the middle of the three planetary gearsets and is placed beside the third planetary gearset. The second and fifth shifting elements are placed between the first and second planetary gearsets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Armin Gierling, Peter Ziemer
  • Patent number: 7291082
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic gearbox, especially for a motor vehicle, comprising a drive shaft (7), a driven shaft which is non-coaxially arranged on the drive shaft (7), a planetary gearbox which is non coaxial in relation to the drive shaft (7), a planetary gear which is coaxial in relation to the drive shaft (7) and which comprises at least one set of planet wheels (14) and at least one switch element (10) for the selective transmission of the speed of a driving motor of the drive shaft (7) on an output element of the planet gear. The automatic gearbox also comprises a chain drive (18) with constant transmission, whose drive wheel (19) is connected to the output element of the planetary gear and is coaxially arranged on the drive shaft (7), and whose driven wheel (22) is actively connected to the driven shaft by means of a constant transmission. The chain drive (18) is adjacent to the housing wall (2) of the automatic gearbox directly in the axial direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Peter Tiesler
  • Patent number: 7273438
    Abstract: A transmission with seven forward gears and one reverse gear comprising an input shaft, an output shaft, three planetary sets, seven rotatable shafts and six shifting elements. The input shaft is connected to the sun gear of the planetary set and can be connected to the fifth shaft, which is connected to the spider of the planetary set. The third shaft can be connected to the sixth shaft. The third shaft can be coupled to the housing and is connected to the spider of the first planetary set. The sixth shaft is connected to the internal gear of the second planetary set and the sun gear of the third planetary set and the seventh shaft is connected to the spider of the second planetary set. The fourth shaft is connected to the sun gear of the planetary set and the output shaft is connected to the internal gear of the planetary set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Gerhard Gumpoltsberger
  • Patent number: 7270620
    Abstract: A planetary gear carrier for a planetary gearset comprising a web for receiving planetary gear pins on which planetary gears of the planetary gearset are disposed, also comprises an oil baffle which axially abuts the web on the side of the web plate facing away from the planetary gears and forms a lubricating oil chamber in conjunction with the web for guiding an amount of lubricating oil into lubricating holes of the planetary gear pin. The web has a locking profile for a positive connection between the planetary gear carrier and a gearbox component, which is axially adjacent to the planetary gear carrier on the side of the web facing away from the planetary gears. The oil baffle comprises a device for axially securing the gear component abutting the planetary gear carrier to the locking profile of the web in a mounted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Eberhard Biermann
  • Patent number: 7255661
    Abstract: A multi-stage automatic transmission comprises a drive input shaft (AN), a drive output shaft (AB), three planetary gearwheel assemblies (RS1, RS2, RS3) arranged next to one another in series and five shift control elements (A to E). A sun gearwheel (SO3) of the third planetary gearwheel assembly (RS3) can be fixed relative to a transmission housing (GG) by the first shift control element (A). The drive input shaft (AN) is connected to a sun gearwheel (SO2) of the second planetary gearwheel assembly (RS2) and can be connected via the second shift control element (B) to a sun gearwheel (SO1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1) and/or via the fifth shift control element (E) to a web (ST1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Peter Ziemer
  • Publication number: 20070149343
    Abstract: A multi-stage automatic transmission comprises a drive input shaft (AN), a drive output shaft (AB), three planetary gearwheel assemblies (RS1, RS2, RS3) arranged next to one another in series and five shift control elements (A to E). A sun gearwheel (SO3) of the third planetary gearwheel assembly (RS3) can be fixed relative to a transmission housing (GG) by means of the first shift control element (A). The drive input shaft (AN) is connected to a sun gearwheel (SO2) of the second planetary gearwheel assembly (RS2) and can be connected via the second shift control element (B) to a sun gearwheel (SO1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1) and/or via the fifth shift control element (E) to a web (ST1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Peter Ziemer
  • Patent number: 7217218
    Abstract: A multi-stage automatic transmission comprises a drive input shaft (AN), a drive output shaft (AB), three planetary gearwheel assemblies (RS1, RS2, RS3) arranged next to one another in series and five shift control elements (A to E). A sun gearwheel (SO3) of the third planetary gearwheel assembly (RS3) can be fixed relative to a transmission housing (GG) by the first shift control element (A). The drive input shaft (AN) is connected to a sun gearwheel (SO2) of the second planetary gearwheel assembly (RS2) and can be connected via the second shift control element (B) to a sun gearwheel (SO1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1) and/or via the fifth shift control element (E) to a web (ST1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Peter Ziemer
  • Patent number: 7211022
    Abstract: A multi-step reduction gear with forward reverse gears comprising a drive shaft, a power take-off shaft, three planet sets, rotating shafts as well as six switch elements. The drive shaft is connected with the sun gear of the planetary set and can be connected to the shaft, which is connected to the carrier of the second planetary set and the carrier of the third planetary set. The power take-off shaft is connected with the ring gear of two of the planetary sets, the shaft connected to the carrier of the planetary set to a housing and across the clutches with the shafts is detachably connected. The shaft connected with the shaft of one of the ring gears of the planetary set and is connected with the sun gear of the planetary set and the shaft with the sun gear of the planetary set can be linked to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Gerhard Gumpoltsberger
  • Patent number: 7156767
    Abstract: A multiple stage transmission in planetary design comprises three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), at least six rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), the same as at least six shifting elements (03, 04, 13, 16, 45, 56), the drive shaft (1) is permanently connectable with the spider of the first planetary gear set (P1) and via one clutch (16) with the shaft (6) which is connected with the sun gear of the second planetary gear set (P2) and the sun gear of the third planetary gear set (P3) and connectable, via the clutch (56), with the shaft (5), the shaft (5) being connected on one side with the ring gear of the first planetary gear set (P1) and one the other side loosely connectable, via one clutch (45), with the shaft (4) which is permanently connected with the spider of the second planetary gear set (P2) and via one brake (04) attachable to the housing (G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Gerhard Gumpoltsberger
  • Publication number: 20060289269
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement in an automatic transmission, comprising two axially adjacent multi-disk clutches (B, E) to each is assigned a piston/cylinder arrangement for axially actuating the clutch, a pressure compensation space for a dynamic clutch actuation pressure compensation and a mechanism for supplying lubricant or cooling medium. The aim is to reduce the axial overall length of a transmission of this type. The disk packets of both clutches (B, E) are placed one above the other in a radial manner, the pressure compensation space (25) for the radially outer clutch (B) is permitted to axially border on the pressure space (8) for actuating the piston (17) of the radially inner clutch (E), and the lubricant or cooling medium flow (30) for the radially outer clutch (B) is directly tapped from the pressure compensation space (25) for actuating the outer clutch (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Peter Tiesler
  • Patent number: 7140997
    Abstract: A multi-stage automatic transmission comprises a drive input shaft (AN), a drive output shaft (AB), three planetary gearwheel assemblies (RS1, RS2, RS3) arranged next to one another in series and five shift control elements (A to E). A sun gearwheel (SO3) of the third planetary gearwheel assembly (RS3) can be fixed relative to a transmission housing (GG) via the first shift control element (A). The drive input shaft (AN) is connected to a sun gearwheel (SO2) of the second planetary gearwheel assembly (RS2) and can be connected via the second shift control element (B) to a sun gearwheel (SO1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1) and via the fifth shift control element (E) to a web (ST1) of the first planetary gearwheel assembly (RS1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Peter Ziemer
  • Patent number: 7140996
    Abstract: A multiple gear transmission having a drive shaft (1) and a driven shaft (2), three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), seven rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and seven shifting elements (03, 04, 05, 06, 14, 37, 57) comprising four brakes (03, 04, 05, 06,) and three clutches (14, 37, 57). Selective engagement of the seven shifting elements (03, 04, 05, 06, 14, 37, 57) produces from the drive supplied by the drive shaft (1), via the three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), the seven rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and the driven shaft (2), different reduction ratios for nine forward gears and one reverse gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Gerhard Gumpoltsberger
  • Patent number: 7137923
    Abstract: A multiple gear transmission having a drive shaft (1) and a driven shaft (2), three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), seven rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and seven shifting elements (03, 04, 05, 06, 14, 37, 57) comprising four brakes (03, 04, 05, 06) and three clutches (14, 37, 57). Selective engagement of the seven shifting elements (03, 04, 05, 06, 14, 37, 57) produce, from the drive supplied by the drive shaft (1) via the three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), the seven rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and the driven shaft (2), different reduction ratios for seven or eight forward gears and one reverse gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Gerhard Gumpoltsberger
  • Patent number: 7131926
    Abstract: A multiple gear transmission having a drive shaft (1) and a driven shaft (2), three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), seven rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and seven shifting elements (03, 04, 05, 06, 14, 37, 57) comprising four brakes (03, 04, 05, 06) and three clutches (14, 37, 57). Selective engagement of the seven shifting elements (03, 04, 05, 06, 14, 37, 57) produces, from the drive supplied by the drive shaft (1) via the three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), the seven rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and the driven shaft (2), different reduction ratios for eight or nine forward gears and one reverse gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Gerhard Gumpoltsberger
  • Patent number: 7118511
    Abstract: A multiple stage transmission of a planetary design having first, second and third planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), at least first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), first and second brakes (03, 04) and first, second, third and fourth clutches (14, 15, 36, 56). Selective engagement of the planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), the rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), the brakes (03, 04) and the clutches (14, 15, 36, 56) produces different reduction ratios between the drive shaft and the driven shaft such that eight forward gears and at least one reverse gear is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Gerhard Gumpoltsberger
  • Patent number: 7115063
    Abstract: A multiple stage transmission of a planetary design having first, second and third planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), at least first, second, third, fourth, fifth sixth rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), first and second brakes (03, 04)and first, second, third and fourth clutches (14, 15, 36, 56). Selective engagement of the planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), the rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,), the brakes (03, 04) and the clutches (14, 15, 36, 56) produces different reduction ratios between the drive shaft and the driven shaft such that at least seven forward gears and at least one reverse gear are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Gerhard Gumpoltsberger
  • Patent number: 7115061
    Abstract: A multiple stage transmission of a planetary design having first, second and third planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), at least first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), first and second brakes (03, 04) and first, second third and fourth clutches (14, 15, 36, 56). Selective engagement of the planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), the rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), the brakes (03, 04) and the clutches (14, 15, 36, 56) produces different reduction ratios between the drive shaft and the driven shaft such that seven or eight forward gears and at least one reverse gear is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Tiesler, Gerhard Gumpoltsberger