Patents by Inventor Peter Wiggen

Peter Wiggen 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).

  • Publication number: 20080113846
    Abstract: A combination drive unit including an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, where the internal combustion engine includes a housing with a crankshaft supported therein; where the electric machine includes a rotor with a rotor shaft, the rotor being supported rotatably on a stationary component, and a stator, which is mounted radially with respect to the rotor. The crankshaft is in working connection with the rotor shaft at least indirectly and at least temporarily by way of a coupling. For the event that the crankshaft and the rotor shaft are offset from each other, the unit has separate first and second compensating devices, so that the wobbling forces which occur during operation of the unit can be absorbed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Wiggen, Bernd Peinemann, Olaf Pagels, Manfred Zimmer, Christoph Kleuker, Udo Niehaus, Michael Kuhner, Steffen Matschas, Alexander Bartha
  • Patent number: 6622841
    Abstract: A clutch disk includes a hub area and a plurality of friction lining elements, which are supported on the hub area and arranged in sequence in the circumferential direction relative to a clutch disk rotational axis (A). These elements provide at least part of an associated friction surface area, where the friction lining elements are intended to make frictional contact with an associated opposing friction surface of a flywheel, a pressure plate, or the like. At least one friction lining element is supported so that the pressure exerted by its friction surface area against an opposing friction surface can change in response to a change in the sliding frictional interaction between its friction surface area and an opposing friction surface area which is or can be associated with it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Matthias Diemer, Andreas Orlamünder, Andreas Dau, Peter Wiggen, Johann Spitzhirn, Klaus Seemann
  • Publication number: 20020050434
    Abstract: A clutch disk includes a hub area and a plurality of friction lining elements, which are supported on the hub area and arranged in sequence in the circumferential direction relative to a clutch disk rotational axis (A). These elements provide at least part of an associated friction surface area, where the friction lining elements are intended to make frictional contact with an associated opposing friction surface of a flywheel, a pressure plate, or the like. At least one friction lining element is supported so that the pressure exerted by its friction surface area against an opposing friction surface can change in response to a change in the sliding frictional interaction between its friction surface area and an opposing friction surface area which is or can be associated with it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Matthias Diemer, Andreas Orlamunder, Andreas Dau, Peter Wiggen, Johann Spitzhirn, Klaus Seemann
  • Patent number: 5743367
    Abstract: A multiple plate friction clutch with a hub which has external gearing and a peripheral groove. A ring or a ring segment is placed in this groove and is used to fix the hub in place axially with respect to the clutch plates, which are non-rotationally engaged by means of internal gearing with the external gearing of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Klaus Hofmann, Klaus Betten, Jurgen Loibersbeck, Thomas Schubert, Peter Wiggen
  • Patent number: 5167310
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of a multi-part hub part for a clutch disc, wherein all parts are joined together by a weld. Different designs are possible, depending on the various welding processes. The apertures for damper springs can be produced very exactly in the hub disc owing to the production in individual parts. It is also possible to arrange lubricant reservoirs in a simple manner in the region of the points of separation of the individual components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Matthias Fischer, Peter Wiggen, Harald Jeppe
  • Patent number: 4667801
    Abstract: A cluch disc of a motor vehicle clutch comprises a clutch disc hub and a hub flange integral therewith. The hub flange is provided with a plurality of coherent windows each of which receives both a helical compression spring and an interconnection bolt interconnecting the cover plates of the clutch disc which are angularly movably mounted on the clutch disc hub. The window is closed at its radially outer side by an uninterrupted web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Matthias Fischer, Peter Wiggen, Rainer Ziss
  • Patent number: 4635780
    Abstract: The clutch disc for a motor vehicle friction clutch comprises a hub (1) and a friction lining carrier mounted rotatably through a limited angle of rotation on the hub (1), with side discs (9, 11) firmly connected into one unit and arranged axially on both sides of a hub flange (7). The friction lining carrier is mounted through a guide ring (15) on the hub (1). The guide ring (15) comprises a ring part (41), which can be a component of a friction damper (29), and a ring extension piece (53) guiding the friction lining carrier radially on the hub (1). The ring extension piece (53) is made radially resilient and centers the friction lining carrier radially without play on the hub (1). The guide ring (15) can comprise axial tongues or a coating of elastic material for the generation of initial radial stress forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventor: Peter Wiggen