Patents by Inventor Phillip Koneda

Phillip Koneda 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).

  • Dual mode continually variable transmission
    Patent number: 5853343
    Abstract: A continually variable transmission includes a torque converter for producing a hydrokinetic connection between a power source and input shaft, a low gear drive mechanism, a belt drive mechanism arranged in parallel with the low gear mechanism between the input shaft and an intermediate shaft, a forward-reverse gearset, a forward clutch, a reverse brake for controlling operation of the gearset in the direction of its output, and a mode clutch for alternately selecting the torque path between the input shaft and intermediate shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrich Eggert, Phillip Koneda, Thomas Theodore Tibbles