Patents by Inventor Peter ZOEHRER

Peter ZOEHRER 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 for regulating the engagement position of a position-controlled clutch unit and torque transmission arrangement designed to carry out the method
    Patent number: 11143248
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a method for regulating the engagement position of a position-controlled clutch unit for a drive train of a motor vehicle. The clutch unit has at least one wet-running friction clutch for the controllable transmission of a torque from an input element to an output element and an actuator for setting the engagement position for the purposes of mutual compression of the input and output elements. The method compensates a time-dependent setting behavior of the friction clutch on the basis of the uptake of lubrication oil of the friction clutch, which varies over time, in that the engagement position of the clutch unit is regulated by means of the actuator as a function of the time-dependent setting behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Pollak, Franz Faschinger, Ivan Sebastiani, Peter Zoehrer
  • METHOD FOR REGULATING THE ENGAGEMENT POSITION OF A POSITION-CONTROLLED CLUTCH UNIT AND TORQUE TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT DESIGNED TO CARRY OUT THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20200370609
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a method for regulating the engagement position of a position-controlled clutch unit for a drive train of a motor vehicle. The clutch unit has at least one wet-running friction clutch for the controllable transmission of a torque from an input element to an output element and an actuator for setting the engagement position for the purposes of mutual compression of the input and output elements. The method compensates a time-dependent setting behavior of the friction clutch on the basis of the uptake of lubrication oil of the friction clutch, which varies over time, in that the engagement position of the clutch unit is regulated by means of the actuator as a function of the time-dependent setting behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastian POLLAK, Franz FASCHINGER, Ivan SEBASTIANI, Peter ZOEHRER