Patents by Inventor Thorsten Schaetzle

Thorsten Schaetzle 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).

  • Method for operating an automatic transmission
    Patent number: 9777831
    Abstract: A method for operating an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes initiating a synchronization of a positive shifting element of the automatic transmission while the automatic transmission is operating at less than a threshold output speed. The method also includes closing a first non-positive shifting element of the automatic transmission and positioning a second non-positive shifting element of the automatic transmission at an engaged configuration of the second non-positive shifting element during the synchronization of the first positive shifting element in order to synchronize the first positive shifting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Georg Mihatsch, Ruben Cueppers, Max Trautwein, Thorsten Schaetzle
  • Method for Operating an Automatic Transmission
    Publication number: 20160102753
    Abstract: A method for operating an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes initiating a synchronization of a positive shifting element of the automatic transmission while the automatic transmission is operating at less than a threshold output speed. The method also includes closing a first non-positive shifting element of the automatic transmission and positioning a second non-positive shifting element of the automatic transmission at an engaged configuration of the second non-positive shifting element during the synchronization of the first positive shifting element in order to synchronize the first positive shifting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Georg Mihatsch, Ruben Cueppers, Max Trautwein, Thorsten Schaetzle