Patents by Inventor Steffen Winterhalder

Steffen Winterhalder 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).

  • Disk, disk clutch with such a disk, double clutch device with such a disk clutch, and method for producing a disk
    Patent number: 11047427
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a disk (38) for a disk clutch (26) comprising an annular base element (76) which has a toothing (78) with multiple teeth (80) for achieving a rotary driving engagement with a disk carrier (34), wherein the base element (76) has at least one hardened region (96) in which the base element (76) is designed as harder than in the tooth flank regions (98, 100) of the teeth (80). In addition, the disclosure relates to a disk clutch (26) with such a disk (38), a double clutch device (2) with such a disk clutch (26), and a method for producing such a disk (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: BorgWamer Inc., Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Patrick Carsten Nikola, Martin Gerlach, Jochen Alois Rudoff Seufert, Christian Bernhard Halm, Michael Obergasser, Alen Pelzer, Wolfgang Reisser, Arne Krueger, Steffen Winterhalder, Dirk Oliver Lautenschlager, Michael Funk, Gerd Bofinger
  • Method for the control of the slip of a clutch device of a gearbox
    Patent number: 10197116
    Abstract: A method for controlling a slip of a clutch device of a gearbox of a vehicle includes measuring at least one rotational speed value on a gearbox shaft of the gearbox; determining an active gearbox shaft; determining the angular acceleration on the active gearbox shaft determined, on the basis of the at least one measured rotational speed value; producing a rattling characteristic value on the basis of the angular acceleration determined over at least one time interval; and controlling the slip of the clutch device on the basis of a comparison of the rattling characteristic value produced with at least one rattling threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jan Bubeck, Heiko Gross, Steffen Winterhalder, Christoph Fischer, Viktor Stoimenov
  • Disk, Disk Clutch with Such a Disk, Double Clutch Device with Such a Disk Clutch, and Method for Producing a Disk
    Publication number: 20180259005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disk (38) for a disk clutch (26) comprising an annular base element (76) which has a toothing (78) with multiple teeth (80) for achieving a rotary driving engagement with a disk carrier (34), wherein the base element (76) has at least one hardened region (96) in which the base element (76) is designed as harder than in the tooth flank regions (98, 100) of the teeth (80). In addition, the present invention relates to a disk clutch (26) with such a disk (38), a double clutch device (2) with such a disk clutch (26), and a method for producing such a disk (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Carsten Nikola, Martin Gerlach, Jochen Alois Rudoff Seufert, Christian Bernhard Halm, Michael Obergasser, Alen Pelzer, Wolfgang Reisser, Arne Krueger, Steffen Winterhalder, Dirk Oliver Lautenschlager, Michael Funk, Gerd Bofinger
  • METHOD FOR THE CONTROL OF THE SLIP OF A CLUTCH DEVICE OF A GEARBOX
    Publication number: 20180058519
    Abstract: A method for controlling a slip of a clutch device of a gearbox of a vehicle includes measuring at least one rotational speed value on a gearbox shaft of the gearbox; determining an active gearbox shaft; determining the angular acceleration on the active gearbox shaft determined, on the basis of the at least one measured rotational speed value; producing a rattling characteristic value on the basis of the angular acceleration determined over at least one time interval; and controlling the slip of the clutch device on the basis of a comparison of the rattling characteristic value produced with at least one rattling threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Bubeck, Heiko Gross, Steffen Winterhalder, Christoph Fischer, Viktor Stoimenov