Patents by Inventor Sascha FIESEL

Sascha FIESEL 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: 20240102549
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission has at least one lubrication point, a power take-off, a lubricant tapping point for a power take-off module, and a lubrication system for supplying the lubrication point(s) and the lubricant tapping point with lubricant. The lubrication system includes a lubricant reservoir, a main line section emerging from the lubricant reservoir, a first supply line section leading to the lubrication point(s), a second supply line section leading to the lubricant tapping point, and a return line section leading to the lubricant reservoir. A valve has a first valve port associated with the main line section, a second valve port associated with the lubricant tapping point, a third valve port associated with the return line section, and a bypass duct that acts between the first valve port and the second valve port. A vehicle with such a vehicle transmission and a working machine arrangement are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Julius Döpfert, Sascha Fiesel, Horst Leichsenring, Frank Sauter
  • Patent number: 11913543
    Abstract: Disclosed is method for operating a multi-gear vehicle transmission having a plurality of shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) for engaging gears of the vehicle transmission. In a neutral gear a transmission input (1) and a transmission output (2) of the vehicle transmission are decoupled from one another. In a driving gear the transmission input (1) and the transmission output (2) of the vehicle transmission are coupled with one another by closing the shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) associated with the driving gear in order to propel the vehicle. When the neutral gear is engaged, a transmission condition is determined, and if a transmission condition with elevated drag losses exists, then in addition to the shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) of a driving gear, at least one further shifting element (A, B, C, D, E) of the vehicle transmission is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Sascha Fiesel
  • Patent number: 11767911
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a multi-speed vehicle transmission having a plurality of shift elements (A, B, C, D, E) for engaging the gears of the vehicle transmission. The method includes decoupling between an input (AN) and an output (AB) of the vehicle transmission in a neutral gear, and coupling the input (AN) and the output (AB) of the vehicle transmission in a drive gear for propelling the vehicle by closing at least one shift element (B). At least one transmission state is determined when the neutral gear is engaged, where a shift element (D) for a reverse gear of the vehicle transmission is closed at least partially if the transmission is in a state with increased drag losses when the neutral gear is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Fabian Ley, Jürgen Blaser, Sascha Fiesel, Wolfgang Rapp
  • Publication number: 20230184330
    Abstract: Disclosed is method for operating a multi-gear vehicle transmission having a plurality of shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) for engaging gears of the vehicle transmission. In a neutral gear a transmission input (1) and a transmission output (2) of the vehicle transmission are decoupled from one another. In a driving gear the transmission input (1) and the transmission output (2) of the vehicle transmission are coupled with one another by closing the shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) associated with the driving gear in order to propel the vehicle. When the neutral gear is engaged, a transmission condition is determined, and if a transmission condition with elevated drag losses exists, then in addition to the shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) of a driving gear, at least one further shifting element (A, B, C, D, E) of the vehicle transmission is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Sascha Fiesel
  • Publication number: 20230023472
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a multi-speed vehicle transmission having a plurality of shift elements (A, B, C, D, E) for engaging the gears of the vehicle transmission. The method includes decoupling between an input (AN) and an output (AB) of the vehicle transmission in a neutral gear, and coupling the input (AN) and the output (AB) of the vehicle transmission in a drive gear for propelling the vehicle by closing at least one shift element (B). At least one transmission state is determined when the neutral gear is engaged, where a shift element (D) for a reverse gear of the vehicle transmission is closed at least partially if the transmission is in a state with increased drag losses when the neutral gear is engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Fabian Ley, Jürgen Blaser, Sascha Fiesel, Wolfgang Rapp
  • Patent number: 11460101
    Abstract: A filling and draining device for filling lubricant into and draining lubricant out of a housing (1), having a lubricant line (2, 21, 22) through which the lubricant passes into the housing (1), during filling, and through which the lubricant passes when the lubricant is drained from the housing (1). The housing (1) has a valve (6) through which the lubricant flows during filling and draining such that, for filling, the valve (6) adopts a first aperture width for the lubricant and, for draining, the valve (6) adopts a second aperture width for the lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Sascha Fiesel
  • Publication number: 20220268354
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission (1) which comprises a lubrication system and a connection for attaching a power take-off module (9) to the vehicle transmission. The lubrication system is designed to lubricate the vehicle transmission and the power take-off module (9). The lubrication system has a pressure feed (13) and a lubricant line (12) fed with lubricant from the pressure feed. By way of a first section (12A), the lubricant line (12) leads to at least one lubrication point of the vehicle transmission and, by way of a second section (12B), to a lubricant tapping point (15) of the vehicle transmission for the power take-off module. A throttle (17) and a first valve (18), connected parallel to the throttle, are arranged in the second section (12B). The first valve (18) is designed to open toward the lubricant tapping point if the lubricant pressure rises to a first pressure level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Sascha FIESEL
  • Publication number: 20210010583
    Abstract: A filling and draining device for filling lubricant into and draining lubricant out of a housing (1), having a lubricant line (2, 21, 22) through which the lubricant passes into the housing (1), during filling, and through which the lubricant passes when the lubricant is drained from the housing (1). The housing (1) has a valve (6) through which the lubricant flows during filling and draining such that, for filling, the valve (6) adopts a first aperture width for the lubricant and, for draining, the valve (6) adopts a second aperture width for the lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Sascha FIESEL