Patents by Inventor Thomas DOSTER

Thomas DOSTER 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: 12117046
    Abstract: A switching device for a transmission of a motor vehicle includes an unsynchronized claw switching element that has a first switching part and a second switching part which are rotatable relative to each other around an axis of rotation. The first switching part has a first switching gearing and the second switching part has a second switching gearing which are displaceable relative to each other along the axis of rotation between a coupled position and an uncoupled position. Rotation positions in which the first and second switching parts are rotated relative to each other are detectable by a detection device. An electronic computing device moves the first and second switching parts from the uncoupled position into the coupled position depending on detected rotation positions. The detection device has a sensor element and a transmitter element, with transmitter segments, fixedly connected to the second switching part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Thomas Doster, Tobias Schuster, Nils Hirsemann, Wadim Belewitsch, Thomas Stegmaier, Lukas Becker, Udo Scharrer
  • Publication number: 20240011530
    Abstract: A switching device for a transmission of a motor vehicle includes an unsynchronized claw switching element that has a first switching part and a second switching part which are rotatable relative to each other around an axis of rotation. The first switching part has a first switching gearing and the second switching part has a second switching gearing which are displaceable relative to each other along the axis of rotation between a coupled position and an uncoupled position. Rotation positions in which the first and second switching parts are rotated relative to each other are detectable by a detection device. An electronic computing device moves the first and second switching parts from the uncoupled position into the coupled position depending on detected rotation positions. The detection device has a sensor element and a transmitter element, with transmitter segments, fixedly connected to the second switching part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas DOSTER, Tobias SCHUSTER, Nils HIRSEMANN, Wadim BELEWITSCH, Thomas STEGMAIER, Lukas BECKER, Udo SCHARRER