Patents by Inventor Peter WINCEK

Peter WINCEK 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).

  • Method of controlling transmission in neutral
    Patent number: 11041534
    Abstract: Ideally, when a transmission is in Neutral, no torque should be exerted on the vehicle wheels by the powertrain. However, even with all clutches in a gearbox disengaged, some torque may be transmitted from a turbine shaft to the transmission output due to clutch drag and transmission component inertia. To avoid transmitting torque, a subset of clutches may be engaged to produce an input tie-up state, this holding the turbine shaft against rotation while permitting rotation of the output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Cicala, Markian Oleh Diakiw, Conor Edward Sullivan, Dongdong Dee Li, Timothy Fedullo, Bradley Dean Riedle, Scott Joseph Gittins, Peter Wincek
  • METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL
    Publication number: 20200032864
    Abstract: Ideally, when a transmission is in Neutral, no torque should be exerted on the vehicle wheels by the powertrain. However, even with all clutches in a gearbox disengaged, some torque may be transmitted from a turbine shaft to the transmission output due to clutch drag and transmission component inertia. To avoid transmitting torque, a subset of clutches may be engaged to produce an input tie-up state, this holding the turbine shaft against rotation while permitting rotation of the output element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Michael CICALA, Markian Oleh DIAKIW, Conor Edward SULLIVAN, Dongdong Dee LI, Timothy FEDULLO, Bradley Dean RIEDLE, Scott Joseph GITTINS, Peter WINCEK