Patents by Inventor Stefan Kappe

Stefan Kappe 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: 11460107
    Abstract: A selector drum for an automated manual transmission, in particular a dual clutch transmission, having a selector drum body, which can be mounted in the manual transmission for rotation about an axis of rotation, wherein at least one shifting contour is formed on the selector drum body, said shifting contour extending over a peripheral portion of the selector drum body, wherein the selector drum is designed for shifting at least one high gear stage, one middle gear stage and one low gear stage, wherein the at least one shifting contour has a shifting contour switch in a region of a switch gear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA PT B.V. & CO. KG
    Inventor: Stefan Kapp
  • Publication number: 20200149633
    Abstract: Selector drum for an automated manual transmission, in particular a dual clutch transmission, having a selector drum body, which can be mounted in the manual transmission for rotation about an axis of rotation, wherein at least one shifting contour is formed on the selector drum body, said shifting contour extending over a peripheral portion of the selector drum body, wherein the selector drum is designed for shifting at least one high gear stage, one middle gear stage and one low gear stage, wherein the at least one shifting contour has a shifting contour switch in a region of a switch gear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Stefan KAPP
  • Patent number: 10179577
    Abstract: A method for controlling an emergency braking system of a motor vehicle having a stability control system when the stability control system is deactivated or placed in a reduced mode. The method includes the step of determining whether the stability control system is in a deactivated or reduced mode and keeping the automatic emergency braking system active even if the stability control system is deactivated or in a reduced mode. The system includes temporarily activating the stability control system if a hazardous situation exists requiring generation of an emergency braking command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Kappes, Florian Schweter, Markus Jung
  • Patent number: 10077073
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a parking process of a vehicle. The method including setting an upper speed limit; using a speed-limiting device to limit the speed of the vehicle at a parking speed that is less than or equal to the upper speed limit speed; suppressing an accelerator pedal speed increase request that increases the vehicle speed over the upper speed limit; and performing the assisted parking operation while limiting the vehicle speed and terminating the suppression of the increase in speed when the accelerator pedal is depressed by more than a predetermined value. Wherein the predetermined value is selected as a function of a slope on which the vehicle is located. The invention also relates to a steering system for an assisted parking procedure of a vehicle and a vehicle with such a steering system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregor Allexi, Claudia Kunze, Torsten Wey, Mike John Mould, Stefan Kappes, Mithat Ceylan
  • Patent number: 9242623
    Abstract: Parking-lock arrangement for a motor-vehicle transmission. The parking-lock arrangement has a parking-lock wheel which is mounted such that it can be rotated about a first axis. The parking-lock arrangement has a parking-lock pawl which is mounted such that it can be moved between a locking position and a release position. The parking-lock arrangement has an actuating arrangement which actuates the parking-lock pawl and is mounted such that it can be rotated about a second axis over an angular range. The angular range has a first angular section, within which the parking-lock pawl can be actuated, and a second angular section, within which the parking-lock pawl is held in a position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: GETRAG GETRIEBE- UND ZAHNRADFABRIK HERMANN HAGENMEYER GMBH & CIE KG
    Inventors: Georg Burgardt, Stefan Kapp
  • Patent number: 9188224
    Abstract: A gear shift arrangement for a motor vehicle gear mechanism comprises at least one clutch arrangement by means of which a gear of the gear mechanism can be engaged and disengaged. An actuator arrangement is coupled with the clutch arrangement via a first force transmission device. A parking block arrangement is coupled with the actuator arrangement via a second force transmission device. The actuator arrangement can be moved into a parking block position in which the parking block arrangement is activated. The actuator arrangement is configured to engage the gear on its travel to the parking block position and/or in the parking block position via the first force transmission device. The first force transmission device has a decoupling device which is configured to move or to let move the actuator arrangement into the parking block position even when the clutch arrangement is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Stefan Kapp, Georg Burgardt
  • Publication number: 20140257660
    Abstract: A method for controlling an emergency braking system of a motor vehicle having a stability control system when the stability control system is deactivated or placed in a reduced mode. The method includes the step of determining whether the stability control system is in a deactivated or reduced mode and keeping the automatic emergency braking system active even if the stability control system is deactivated or in a reduced mode. The system includes temporarily activating the stability control system if a hazardous situation exists requiring generation of an emergency braking command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Kappes, Florian Schweter, Markus Jung
  • Publication number: 20140161610
    Abstract: A method for reducing a pitching moment that loads a rotor of a wind power plant includes determining a manipulated variable in order to set an azimuth angle of the wind power plant. A horizontal oblique incoming flow against the rotor is brought about by a wind acting on the rotor by use of the azimuth angle so as to reduce a portion of the pitching moment that is caused by vertical wind shear acting on the wind power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Hess, Stefan Kapp
  • Publication number: 20140138206
    Abstract: A gear shift arrangement for a motor vehicle gear mechanism comprises at least one clutch arrangement by means of which a gear of the gear mechanism can be engaged and disengaged. An actuator arrangement is coupled with the clutch arrangement via a first force transmission device. A parking block arrangement is coupled with the actuator arrangement via a second force transmission device. The actuator arrangement can be moved into a parking block position in which the parking block arrangement is activated. The actuator arrangement is configured to engage the gear on its travel to the parking block position and/or in the parking block position via the first force transmission device. The first force transmission device has a decoupling device which is configured to move or to let move the actuator arrangement into the parking block position even when the clutch arrangement is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Stefan Kapp, Georg Burgardt
  • Publication number: 20140121930
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a parking process of a vehicle. The method including setting an upper speed limit; using a speed-limiting device to limit the speed of the vehicle at a parking speed that is less than or equal to the upper speed limit speed; suppressing an accelerator pedal speed increase request that increases the vehicle speed over the upper speed limit; and performing the assisted parking operation while limiting the vehicle speed and terminating the suppression of the increase in speed when the accelerator pedal is depressed by more than a predetermined value. Wherein the predetermined value is selected as a function of a slope on which the vehicle is located. The invention also relates to a steering system for an assisted parking procedure of a vehicle and a vehicle with such a steering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gregor Allexi, Claudia Kunze, Torsten Wey, Mike John Mould, Stefan Kappes, Mithat Ceylan
  • Patent number: 8544355
    Abstract: A parking lock arrangement for a motor vehicle gearbox. A parking lock cog can be fixed to a shaft of the motor vehicle gearbox rotatable about a first axis. A parking lock pawl is supported so that it can pivot about a second axis. An actuating mechanism can pivot the parking lock pawl into a locking position, in which the parking lock pawl meshes with the parking lock cog. A release mechanism can pivot the parking lock pawl out of the locking position into a release position, in which the parking lock pawl is decoupled from the parking lock cog. The actuating mechanism has a cam, which is supported so that it can pivot about a third axis and which in a first cam position holds the parking lock pawl in the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Georg Burgardt, Stefan Kapp
  • Patent number: 8543310
    Abstract: A method for operating an automatic speed control system of an automotive vehicle. Initially, in a normal follow mode, a setpoint distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle is set to a first value d1, and a setpoint vehicle acceleration is into a first value a1. Upon detection of an intention of the vehicle driver to overtake the preceding vehicle (such as switching on a turn indicator), the setpoint distance is reset to a second value d2 that is smaller than d1. The setpoint acceleration may be reset to a second value a2 greater than a1 simultaneously, or the second value a2 may be set upon detection of initiation of a lane change into an overtaking lane (such as turning a steering wheel). The method assists the driver during the execution of an overtaking process, and a safer, more comfortable and free-flowing sequence of the overtaking process is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Amin Kashi, Anders Grauers, Pradeep Nold, Stefan Kappes, Maciej Bak
  • Publication number: 20110196592
    Abstract: A method for operating an automatic speed control system of an automotive vehicle. Initially, in a normal follow mode, a setpoint distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle is set to a first value d1, and a setpoint vehicle acceleration is into a first value a1. Upon detection of an intention of the vehicle driver to overtake the preceding vehicle (such as switching on a turn indicator), the setpoint distance is reset to a second value d2 that is smaller than d1. The setpoint acceleration may be reset to a second value a2 greater than a1 simultaneously, or the second value a2 may be set upon detection of initiation of a lane change into an overtaking lane (such as turning a steering wheel). The method assists the driver during the execution of an overtaking process, and a safer, more comfortable and free-flowing sequence of the overtaking process is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Amin Kashi, Anders Grauers, Pradeep Nold, Stefan Kappes, Maciej Bak
  • Patent number: 7950302
    Abstract: A step variable transmission for a motor vehicle has a plurality of forward gear stages and at least one reverse gear stage. The transmission comprising: a drive input shaft arrangement, a drive output shaft arrangement, and a plurality of wheel sets which have loose wheels and shift wheels, wherein the shift wheels are rotatably mounted on a shaft arrangement and can be rotationally fixedly connected to the associated shaft arrangement by means of respective shift clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Georg Burgardt, Reinhard Schaarschmidt, Stefan Kapp
  • Publication number: 20100139454
    Abstract: A step variable transmission for a motor vehicle has a plurality of forward gear stages and at least one reverse gear stage. The transmission comprising: a drive input shaft arrangement, a drive output shaft arrangement, and a plurality of wheel sets which have loose wheels and shift wheels, wherein the shift wheels are rotatably mounted on a shaft arrangement and can be rotationally fixedly connected to the associated shaft arrangement by means of respective shift clutches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Georg Burgardt, Reinhard Schaarschmidt, Stefan Kapp
  • Patent number: 7690278
    Abstract: A step variable transmission for a motor vehicle has a plurality of forward gear stages and at least one reverse gear stage. The transmission comprising: a drive input shaft arrangement, a drive output shaft arrangement, and a plurality of wheel sets which have loose wheels and shift wheels, wherein the shift wheels are rotatably mounted on a shaft arrangement and can be rotationally fixedly connected to the associated shaft arrangement by means of respective shift clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Georg Burgardt, Reinhard Schaarschmidt, Stefan Kapp
  • Patent number: 7631576
    Abstract: A groove follower (70; 90) for cooperating with a shift groove (48) of a shift drum (44) of a multi-step transmission for a motor vehicle, the groove follower (70; 90) having a vertical crowning and a longitudinal crowning, and the shift groove (48) defining an active diameter along which the groove follower (70; 90) is to be guided in a state in which the groove follower (70; 90) engages into the shift groove (48), and the entirety of all the vertices (SHB) of the vertical crowning forming a guide curve (L) along the circumference of the groove follower, characterized in that the position of the vertices of the vertical crowning is selected such that the guide curve (L) corresponds essentially to the active diameter of the shift drum (44).(FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Getrag Getriebe- und Zahradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Stefan Kapp, Andreas Palme
  • Publication number: 20090193931
    Abstract: A parking lock arrangement for a motor vehicle gearbox. A parking lock cog can be fixed to a shaft of the motor vehicle gearbox rotatable about a first axis. A parking lock pawl is supported so that it can pivot about a second axis. An actuating mechanism can pivot the parking lock pawl into a locking position, in which the parking lock pawl meshes with the parking lock cog. A release mechanism can pivot the parking lock pawl out of the locking position into a release position, in which the parking lock pawl is decoupled from the parking lock cog. The actuating mechanism has a cam, which is supported so that it can pivot about a third axis and which in a first cam position holds the parking lock pawl in the locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Georg Burgardt, Stefan Kapp
  • Patent number: 7487691
    Abstract: An actuator arrangement for a twin-clutch transmission has a first and a second partial transmission. The first partial transmission contains odd forward gear stages and the second partial transmission contains even forward gear stages. At least one first and one second selector drum have in each case one controllable drive motor and at least one control cam. Each control cam is assigned at least one cam follower. The control cam of at least one selector drum encircles through at least 360°. The associated drive motor is designed to drive said selector drum through at least 360°. The gear stages are distributed on the two selector drums, and arranged on the control cams, in such a way that at least one direct multiple shift can be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Getrag Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Stefan Kapp, Reinhard Schaarschmidt, Georg Burgardt, Oliver Eppler
  • Publication number: 20080134819
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator arrangement for a twin-clutch transmission which has a first and a second partial transmission. The first partial transmission contains odd forward gear stages and the second partial transmission contains even forward gear stages. At least one first and one second selector drum have in each case one controllable drive motor and at least one control cam. Each control cam is assigned at least one cam follower. The control cam of at least one selector drum encircles through at least 360°. The associated drive motor is designed to drive said selector drum through at least 360°. The gear stages are distributed on the two selector drums, and arranged on the control cams, in such a way that at least one direct multiple shift can be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Stefan Kapp, Reinhard Schaarschmidt, Georg Burgardt, Oliver Eppler