Patents by Inventor Tobias Godecke

Tobias Godecke 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).

  • Patent number: 7134378
    Abstract: In a continuously variable transmission with a toroidal variable speed drive, in which a roller is supported pivotably between two toroidal disks for transmitting motion between the two toroidal disks at transmission ratios which depend on the pivot position of the roller according to pressure forces acting on a hydraulic actuating piston, for the purpose of varying the transmission ratio, two regulating slide valves are provided, each including a regulating slide with control edges to act upon the hydraulic actuating piston via a hydraulic medium under the control of the regulating slide valves each controlling the pressure in one of the chambers arranged at opposite ends of the actuating piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Tobias Gödecke, Steffen Henzler, Daniel Seibold
  • Publication number: 20050159269
    Abstract: In a continuously variable transmission with a toroidal variable speed drive, in which a roller is supported pivotably between two toroidal disks for transmitting motion between the two toroidal disks at transmission ratios which depend on the pivot position of the roller according to pressure forces acting on a hydraulic actuating piston, for the purpose of varying the transmission ratio, two regulating slide valves are provided, each including a regulating slide with control edges to act upon the hydraulic actuating piston via a hydraulic medium under the control of the regulating slide valves each controlling the pressure in one of the chambers arranged at opposite ends of the actuating piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Tobias Godecke, Steffen Henzler, Daniel Seibold
  • Publication number: 20050045442
    Abstract: In a coupling arrangement disposed between a drive shaft and a driven shaft for transferring a torque between the drive shaft and the driven shaft and comprising a hydrodynamic startup unit, and a bridging clutch bridging the startup unit and having an engagement pressure provided by a combination of a control pressure and a counter pressure, a control unit is provided for controlling the counter pressure in at least one state of operation of the coupling arrangement so as to permit a certain slippage of the bridging clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Tobias Godecke, Ludger Kortenjanin
  • Patent number: 6702702
    Abstract: An automatic gearbox includes a control device for selecting a gearbox driving position, which device includes at least one spool valve via which at least one pressure connection may be connected to at least one consumer, and having at least one shift valve via which at least one pressure connection from at least one pressure supply of the control device may be shifted to the spool valve in order to actuate the spool valve. The control device includes a retaining device via which, if the shift valve should fail, the spool valve may be fixed in at least one control position and the selected gearbox driving position may be retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Tobias Gödecke
  • Publication number: 20020022543
    Abstract: An automatic gearbox includes a control device for selecting a gearbox driving position, which device includes at least one spool valve via which at least one pressure connection may be connected to at least one consumer, and having at least one shift valve via which at least one pressure connection from at least one pressure supply of the control device may be shifted to the spool valve in order to actuate the spool valve. The control device includes a retaining device via which, if the shift valve should fail, the spool valve may be fixed in at least one control position and the selected gearbox driving position may be retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventor: Tobias Godecke