Patents by Inventor Thomas Goppner

Thomas Goppner 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).

  • Actuating device for automatic actuation of a transmission
    Patent number: 6112613
    Abstract: An actuating device for the automatic actuation of a transmission includes at least two actuating units whose driven parts can be driven in a translatory movement by which a transmission shaft of the transmission can be driven in rotary and translatory movement for gear selection and accelerator selection. The driven parts which can be driven in translatory movement cooperate with a lever element which is connected with the transmission shaft and which is mounted in an articulated manner by means of at least one joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Lutz Leimbach, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Goppner, Andreas Ratte
  • Friction clutch with spacer sleeves
    Patent number: 5960921
    Abstract: A friction clutch with a diaphragm spring which is fixed by a plurality of screws or rivets introduced at the housing. Each of these screws or rivets is surrounded by a spacer sleeve which is clamped between the housing and a circumferentially extending ring. Centering shoulders are provided in the ring for fixing the spacer sleeves, especially during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Klaus Hofmann, Claus Orth, Thomas Goppner, Klaus Betten
  • Anti-roll vehicular suspension system and a hydraulic rotary actuator system in an anti-roll vehicular suspension system
    Patent number: 5826687
    Abstract: System for the control of the roll of a motor vehicle, the system including a number of valves and lines for the feed and control of an actuator. The actuator is coupled to a stabilizer by means of connections, whereby the lines and connections have a one-to-one correspondence, in that the coupling points which are relevant for operation are all realized so that they can only be connected in the correct pairings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Jorg Bungeler, Manfred Berwind, Thomas Goppner, Thomas John, Horst Oppitz, Bernhard Schmitt, Ulrich Walz