Patents by Inventor Thomas Schnelzer
Thomas Schnelzer 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).
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Patent number: 12264740Abstract: A claw-type gearshift has a sliding sleeve which is adapted to be axially displaced on a hub body and a clutch body of a speed change gear. The hub body has at least one thrust piece arranged thereon which includes a friction surface that cooperates with a mating friction surface on the clutch body, the at least one thrust piece being displaceable in the circumferential direction between a release position and two locking positions that are located on either side of the release position. A first locking structure on the at least one thrust piece cooperates with a second locking structure on the internal toothing of the sliding sleeve. The locking structures are configured such that in each of the locking positions, the locking structures rest against each other such that a further axial movement of the sliding sleeve is blocked. For shifting a gear, a difference in speed between the clutch body and the hub body is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbHInventors: Juergen Binder, Werner Fuerguth, Andreas Dempfle, Wolfgang Voelk, Thomas Schnelzer, Peter Echtler
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Patent number: 12012999Abstract: In a claw-type gearshift, a blocking ring is arranged axially between a hub body having a sliding sleeve and a clutch body such that it is rotatable between a release position and two locking positions. The blocking ring is adapted to be displaced toward the clutch body until conical friction surfaces on the blocking ring and on the clutch body come into contact. The blocking ring constitutes a form-locking blockade for the sliding sleeve against displacement of the sliding sleeve teeth between the clutch body teeth when an axial shifting force is applied in the non-synchronized state. When the claw clutch is shifted, a difference in speed between the clutch body and the hub body is reduced and the sliding sleeve is deflected in the axial direction toward the speed change gear to be shifted, as a result of which a friction surface of the blocking ring and a mating friction surface of the clutch body come into contact.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbHInventors: Juergen Binder, Werner Fuerguth, Andreas Dempfle, Wolfgang Voelk, Thomas Schnelzer, Peter Echtler
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Publication number: 20240141957Abstract: In a claw-type gearshift, a blocking ring is arranged axially between a hub body having a sliding sleeve and a clutch body such that it is rotatable between a release position and two locking positions. The blocking ring is adapted to be displaced toward the clutch body until conical friction surfaces on the blocking ring and on the clutch body come into contact. The blocking ring constitutes a form-locking blockade for the sliding sleeve against displacement of the sliding sleeve teeth between the clutch body teeth when an axial shifting force is applied in the non-synchronized state. When the claw clutch is shifted, a difference in speed between the clutch body and the hub body is reduced and the sliding sleeve is deflected in the axial direction toward the speed change gear to be shifted, as a result of which a friction surface of the blocking ring and a mating friction surface of the clutch body come into contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Juergen BINDER, Werner Fuerguth, Andreas Dempfle, Wolfgang Voelk, Thomas Schnelzer, Peter Echtler
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Patent number: 11906047Abstract: A claw-type gearshift includes a sliding sleeve and a clutch body of a speed change gear, in which the sliding sleeve can engage. A blocking ring having an external toothing is arranged axially between the hub body and the clutch body and is fixed to the hub body such that it is rotatable in relation to the sliding sleeve by a certain degree in the circumferential direction between a release position and two locking positions. The blocking ring has a plurality of axially resilient tabs which are directed radially inward and which bear against the hub body and limit the movement of the blocking ring relative to the hub body in the circumferential direction, and a ring portion which is arranged radially outside of the tabs and which includes a friction surface that rests permanently against a mating friction surface on the clutch body.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbHInventors: Juergen Binder, Werner Fuerguth, Andreas Dempfle, Wolfgang Voelk, Thomas Schnelzer, Peter Echtler
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Publication number: 20230133619Abstract: A claw-type gearshift includes a sliding sleeve and a clutch body of a speed change gear, in which the sliding sleeve can engage. A blocking ring having an external toothing is arranged axially between the hub body and the clutch body and is fixed to the hub body such that it is rotatable in relation to the sliding sleeve by a certain degree in the circumferential direction between a release position and two locking positions. The blocking ring has a plurality of axially resilient tabs which are directed radially inward and which bear against the hub body and limit the movement of the blocking ring relative to the hub body in the circumferential direction, and a ring portion which is arranged radially outside of the tabs and which includes a friction surface that rests permanently against a mating friction surface on the clutch body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Juergen BINDER, Werner FUERGUTH, Andreas DEMPFLE, Wolfgang VOELK, Thomas SCHNELZER, Peter ECHTLER
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Publication number: 20230140319Abstract: A claw-type gearshift has a sliding sleeve which is adapted to be axially displaced on a hub body and a clutch body of a speed change gear. The hub body has at least one thrust piece arranged thereon which includes a friction surface that cooperates with a mating friction surface on the clutch body, the at least one thrust piece being displaceable in the circumferential direction between a release position and two locking positions that are located on either side of the release position. A first locking structure on the at least one thrust piece cooperates with a second locking structure on the internal toothing of the sliding sleeve. The locking structures are configured such that in each of the locking positions, the locking structures rest against each other such that a further axial movement of the sliding sleeve is blocked. For shifting a gear, a difference in speed between the clutch body and the hub body is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Juergen BINDER, Werner FUERGUTH, Andreas DEMPFLE, Wolfgang VOELK, Thomas SCHNELZER, Peter ECHTLER
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Publication number: 20230135670Abstract: In a claw-type gearshift, a blocking ring is arranged axially between a hub body having a sliding sleeve and a clutch body such that it is rotatable between a release position and two locking positions. The blocking ring is adapted to be displaced toward the clutch body until friction surfaces on the blocking ring and on the clutch body come into contact. The blocking ring constitutes a form-locking blockade for the sliding sleeve against displacement of the sliding sleeve teeth between the clutch body teeth when an axial shifting force is applied in the non-synchronized state. When the claw clutch is shifted, a difference in speed between the clutch body and the hub body is reduced and the sliding sleeve is deflected in the axial direction toward the speed change gear to be shifted, causing a friction surface of the blocking ring and a mating friction surface of the clutch body to come into contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Juergen BINDER, Werner Fuerguth, Andreas Dempfle, Wolfgang Voelk, Thomas Schnelzer, Peter Echtler
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Patent number: 9062720Abstract: The invention relates to a transmitter (18) for a synchronizing assembly of a manual transmission, having a thrust piece (42), a spring (44; 84) that cooperates with the thrust piece (42), and at least one synchronizer ring (30), the thrust piece (42) being acted upon by the spring (44) such that the transmitter (18) can transmit a pre-synchronizing force to the synchronizer ring (30) in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: HOERBIGER ANTRIEBSTECHNIK HOLDING GMBHInventors: Juergen Binder, Thomas Schnelzer, Peter Echtler, Michael Koelzer, Peter Kramer
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Patent number: 8863928Abstract: An assembly unit for synchronizing a manual gearbox, includes first and second synchronizing rings connected to each other, wherein the two synchronizing rings are connected to each other by a positive-locking connection.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbHInventors: Peter Echtler, Michael Koelzer, Markus Sauter, Thomas Schnelzer, Armin Siegmund, Wolfgang Voelk
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Publication number: 20130233668Abstract: The invention relates to a transmitter (18) for a synchronizing assembly of a manual transmission, having a thrust piece (42), a spring (44; 84) that cooperates with the thrust piece (42), and at least one synchronizer ring (30), the thrust piece (42) being acted upon by the spring (44) such that the transmitter (18) can transmit a pre-synchronizing force to the synchronizer ring (30) in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: HOERBIGER ANTRIEBSTECHNIK HOLDING GMBHInventors: Juergen Binder, Thomas Schnelzer, Peter Echtler, Michael Koelzer, Peter Kramer
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Publication number: 20120181138Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly unit for synchronizing a manual gearbox, comprising first and second synchronizing rings (30) connected to each other, which is characterized in that the two synchronizing rings are connected to each other by means of a positive-locking connection (40, 42; 40, 48; 50).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Peter Echtler, Michael Koelzer, Markus Sauter, Thomas Schnelzer, Armin Siegmund, Wolfgang Voelk