Patents by Inventor Tim Sargent

Tim Sargent 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).

  • Control method for preventing engine speed decrease when closing the lockup clutch of a torque converter of a continuously variable transmission
    Patent number: 7130732
    Abstract: Within the framework of the method for the prevention of a decreasing rotary speed of a motor by the closing of a converter clutch during a constant gas pedal positioning in a continuously automatic transmission with a variator and a hydrodynamic converter, a decreasing motor speed of rotation is avoided by an increase of the speed of rotation of the primary disk of the variator (turbine).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Peter Spörl, Tim Sargent, Oliver Iden
  • Control method for preventing engine speed decrease when closing the lockup clutch of a torque converter of a continuously variable transmission
    Publication number: 20050085982
    Abstract: Within the framework of the method for the prevention of a decreasing rotary speed of a motor by the closing of a converter clutch during a constant gas pedal positioning in a continuously automatic transmission with a variator and a hydrodynamic converter, a decreasing motor speed of rotation is avoided by an increase of the speed of rotation of the primary disk of the variator (turbine).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Sporl, Tim Sargent, Oliver Iden
  • Trash bag receptacle
    Patent number: D398841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Inventors: Tim Sargent, Laurie Sargent