Patents by Inventor Rainer Bürker

Rainer Bürker 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: 7801655
    Abstract: A signal processing system with rapid signal processing, for example for controlling the transmission of a motor vehicle, with an input module that calls for a desired reaction by emitting a request signal, a signal processing module, and a target module that implements the desired reaction, which, to accelerate processing, provides that several steps are carried out in parallel, such that the said signal processing module comprises a check module and a clock module each of which receives the request signal, the signal processing module also comprises an actuator module acting between the input module and the clock module, the clock module is connected to the output of the check module, and the actuator module is connected to the target module for transmitting the output signal of the signal processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Rainer Bürker, Mario Steinborn
  • Publication number: 20080201048
    Abstract: The invention concerns a signal processing system with rapid signal processing, for example for controlling the transmission of a motor vehicle, with an input module (EM) that calls for a desired reaction by emitting a request signal, a signal processing module (SM), and a target module (ZM) that implements the desired reaction, which, to accelerate processing, provides that several steps are carried out in parallel, such that the said signal processing module (SM) comprises a check module (ÜM) and a clock module (ZTM) each of which receives the request signal, the signal processing module (SM) also comprises an actuator module (AM) acting between the input module (EM) and the clock module (ZTM), the clock module (ZTM) is connected to the output of the check module (ÜM), and the actuator module (AM) is connected to the target module (ZM) for transmitting the output signal of the signal processing module (SM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Rainer Burker, Mario Steinborn
  • Patent number: 5129474
    Abstract: In a steerable wheel axle for a motor vehicle with a rigid axle body which includes a hydrostatic or servo-assisted steering device that is incorporated in the axle body, the steering cylinder is arranged coaxially with the longitudinal median axis of the axle body and in driving connection with a swivelling lever radially projecting from axle body and linked to steering tie rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jurgen Rauter, Unal Gazyakan, Josef Haupt, Rainer Burker