Patents by Inventor Tilman Morlok

Tilman Morlok 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).

  • Continuously variable transmission
    Patent number: 6394920
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission for motor vehicles having a first cone pulley pair and a second cone pulley pair over which runs a belt drive organ. Between the primary pulley (11) and a cover (2) in the transmission housing (1), there is provided for the fluid required to adjust the primary pulley (11), a primary pressure line extending substantially radially toward the center of the rotating primary shaft (12) and from which branches off a lubrication pressure line (8) for the rotating primary shaft (12). The fluid is conveyed between an inner cover (6) and the cover (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: ZF Batavia, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Tilman Morlok