Patents by Inventor Stephan Stroph

Stephan Stroph 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: 11815167
    Abstract: A lubricant guide shell (32) for includes a first, radially extending section (33), which is provided for being situated axially opposite an end face (35) of a torque converter (9) in an installed state of the lubricant guide shell (32). The first section (33) transitions radially outwardly into a second, axially extending section (34), which, in the installed state of the lubricant guide shell (32), is configured for axially at least partially and radially outwardly encompassing the torque converter starting from the first section (33). The first section (33) as well as the second section (34) are configured to be completely circumferential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Gabriele Glade, Thomas Riedisser, Leschek Debernitz, Stephan Stroph, Peter Reinders, Wolfgang Schmid, Frank Pfarrherr, Florian Lanz, Rudolf Raedler
  • Publication number: 20230358301
    Abstract: An automatic transmission (1) includes a transmission housing, a hydrodynamic torque converter (5), a first brake, a second brake, an intermediate plate (6) fixedly connected to the transmission housing and with ducts for supplying the hydrodynamic torque converter (5) and the two brakes (A, B) with oil. An oil guide shell (7) is arranged between the hydrodynamic torque converter (5) and the intermediate plate (6). The oil guide shell (7) has an inflow opening (40), which is arranged above a tank, and an oil ejection opening, which is arranged above the inflow opening (40). Oil coming from the two brakes sinks via oil ducts (39.1, 39.2, 39.3) in the transmission housing and the intermediate plate (6) and reaches the hydrodynamic torque converter (5) via the inflow opening (40) in the oil guide shell (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Riedisser, Gabriele Glade, Julia Baumann, Stephan Stroph, Andreas Knörle-Philipp, Jan Göbel, Peter Reinders, Martin Kibler, Hans-Peter Bock, Florian Lanz, Juergen Stauber, Rudolf Raedler
  • Patent number: 11619296
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle includes a housing and a gear set. An oil drainage channel is formed by the housing and/or by an element connected to the housing and is arranged spatially underneath the gear set. The oil drainage channel includes at least one gear set-side inlet port, a closed underside, and an oil sump-side outlet port at one end of the oil drainage channel, which are designed and arranged in such that oil from the gear set enters the oil drainage channel through the at least one inlet port and is guided along the closed underside to the outlet port. A suction port of a hydraulic unit of the transmission is arranged in the oil sump spatially underneath the closed underside of the oil drainage channel and axially offset with respect to the outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Tamas Gyarmati, Thorsten Müller, Stephan Stroph, Carl Schilling
  • Patent number: 11548367
    Abstract: A hybrid drive unit (HY, G) for a motor vehicle includes a housing (GG), in which a torque converter (TC) and an electric machine (EM) are accommodated. The electric machine (EM) and the torque converter (TC) are arranged directly next to each other such that the electric machine (EM) is arranged at a first face end (TC1) of the torque converter housing (TCG). An oil guide shell (LS) at least partially encompasses a section of the torque converter (TC). The oil guide shell (LS) has an L-shaped cross-section including a first section (LS1) and a second section (LS2) and is arranged in such that the first section (LS1) partially encompasses a second face end (TC2) of the torque converter housing (TCG) and the second section (LS2) partially encompasses a circumferential surface of the torque converter housing (TCG).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Tamas Gyarmati, Leschek Debernitz, Thorsten Müller, Stephan Stroph, Alexander Gutsche, Peter Reinders, Thomas Ratzmann
  • Publication number: 20220389995
    Abstract: A lubricant guide shell (32) for includes a first, radially extending section (33), which is provided for being situated axially opposite an end face (35) of a torque converter (9) in an installed state of the lubricant guide shell (32). The first section (33) transitions radially outwardly into a second, axially extending section (34), which, in the installed state of the lubricant guide shell (32), is configured for axially at least partially and radially outwardly encompassing the torque converter starting from the first section (33). The first section (33) as well as the second section (34) are configured to be completely circumferential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Gabriele Glade, Thomas Riedisser, Leschek Debernitz, Stephan Stroph, Peter Reinders, Wolfgang Schmid, Frank Pfarrherr, Florian Lanz, Rudolf Raedler
  • Patent number: 11280375
    Abstract: A torsional damper arrangement for a motor vehicle with a housing. The housing encloses a wet space. A momentum start clutch arrangement is arranged in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Monika Rößner, Gerald Viernekes, Alessio Paone, Axel Rohm, Alexander Bartha, Michael Kunth, Guido Schmitt, Wolfgang Kundermann, Stephan Stroph, Thomas Riedisser
  • Publication number: 20210156465
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle includes a housing and a gear set. An oil drainage channel is formed by the housing and/or by an element connected to the housing and is arranged spatially underneath the gear set. The oil drainage channel includes at least one gear set-side inlet port, a closed underside, and an oil sump-side outlet port at one end of the oil drainage channel, which are designed and arranged in such that oil from the gear set enters the oil drainage channel through the at least one inlet port and is guided along the closed underside to the outlet port. A suction port of a hydraulic unit of the transmission is arranged in the oil sump spatially underneath the closed underside of the oil drainage channel and axially offset with respect to the outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Tamas Gyarmati, Thorsten Müller, Stephan Stroph, Carl Schilling
  • Publication number: 20210053433
    Abstract: A hybrid drive unit (HY, G) for a motor vehicle includes a housing (GG), in which a torque converter (TC) and an electric machine (EM) are accommodated. The electric machine (EM) and the torque converter (TC) are arranged directly next to each other such that the electric machine (EM) is arranged at a first face end (TC1) of the torque converter housing (TCG). An oil guide shell (LS) at least partially encompasses a section of the torque converter (TC). The oil guide shell (LS) has an L-shaped cross-section including a first section (LS1) and a second section (LS2) and is arranged in such that the first section (LS1) partially encompasses a second face end (TC2) of the torque converter housing (TCG) and the second section (LS2) partially encompasses a circumferential surface of the torque converter housing (TCG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tamas Gyarmati, Leschek Debernitz, Thorsten Müller, Stephan Stroph, Alexander Gutsche, Peter Reinders, Thomas Ratzmann
  • Patent number: 10823254
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damping system (7) for a motor vehicle drive train (1) has an input side (14) and an output side (26) connected via a damper unit (27). The damper unit (27) includes two torsional vibration dampers (17, 18) and a vibration damper (19). The damper unit (27) are configured for placement in a wet space (30) of a housing (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Kim Führer, Matthias Cudok, Thomas Riedisser, Thorsten Müller, Stephan Stroph
  • Publication number: 20200247229
    Abstract: A hybrid drive module (1) for a motor vehicle includes a housing (GG), a torque converter (TC), and an electric machine with a rotor (R) and a stator (S). The rotor (R) is arranged on a rotor carrier (RT), which is fixedly connected to a hub (N). The hub (N) is rotatably supported via at least one first bearing (L1) and is supported in radial and axial directions against a bearing shield (LS). The hub (N) is rotationally fixed to a converter housing (TCH) of the torque converter (TC) via a rivet joint (RI) or a screw connection. A drive train for a motor vehicle including such a hybrid drive module (1) is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Riedisser, Robert Reiser, Gerald Viernekes, Jürgen Dacho, Thomas Bauer, Monika Rössner, Stephan Stroph, Linus Eschenbeck, Christopher Allnoch, Erwin Wack, Mario Kensy, Peter Frey, Christian Wickel, Michael Wirachowski
  • Publication number: 20200232519
    Abstract: A torsional damper arrangement for a motor vehicle with a housing. The housing encloses a wet space. A momentum start clutch arrangement is arranged in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Monika Rößner, Gerald Viernekes, Alessio Paone, Axel Rohm, Alexander Bartha, Michael Kunth, Guido Schmitt, Wolfgang Kundermann, Stephan Stroph, Thomas Riedisser
  • Publication number: 20190195312
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damping system (7) for a motor vehicle drive train (1) has an input side (14) and an output side (26) connected via a damper unit (27). The damper unit (27) includes two torsional vibration dampers (17, 18) and a vibration damper (19). The damper unit (27) are configured for placement in a wet space (30) of a housing (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Kim Führer, Matthias Cudok, Thomas Riedisser, Thorsten Müller, Stephan Stroph
  • Publication number: 20040235612
    Abstract: A continuously variable toroidal transmission comprising at least one input disc and at least one output disc has several friction wheels (10, 19′, 10″) between the inner surfaces of the input and output discs, on pivoting bodies (2, 2′, 2″) of a support element (1), retained by wheel carriers (9, 9′, 9″) and pivotally supported. The wheel carriers (9, 9′, 9″) of the friction wheels (10, 10′, 10″) are connected with the pivoting bodies (2, 2′, 2″) by one coupling element (19). The coupling element (19) has a ball guide (25) with a longitudinal hole (22) for movement in linear direction along the axis of the appertaining wheel carrier (9, 9′, 9″).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Stephan Stroph, Jurgen Wafzig