Patents by Inventor Tobias Miller

Tobias Miller 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: 8579099
    Abstract: A transmission parking lock device having a gearwheel with teeth and gaps and a pawl having a pawl tooth. The gearwheel rotates and the pawl pivots about axes that are parallel to each other. The gearwheel teeth each have a first contour and tooth flanks with respect to rotation of the gearwheel. The pawl tooth has a second contour and tooth flanks relative to the rotation of the gearwheel, and the gearwheel has an outer radius. The gearwheel and pawl are kinematically linked by a linear relationship between the pivoting and rotational angles. The first and/or second contour are at least partially circular with a radius of the outer radius of the gearwheel, and the teeth and/or the pawl tooth have, in the area of the front tooth flank of the gearwheel or parking lock pawl, a crown tip relief relative to the outer radius of the gearwheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Bernd Austermann, Tobias Miller, Matthias List, Karl-Hermann Katzoreck, Thomas Breitweg, Armin Rasch
  • Publication number: 20120097497
    Abstract: A transmission parking lock device comprising a gearwheel with teeth and gaps and a pawl having a pawl tooth. The gearwheel rotates and the pawl pivots about axes that are parallel to each other. The gearwheel teeth each have a first contour and tooth flanks with respect to rotation of the gearwheel. The pawl tooth has a second contour and tooth flanks relative to the rotation of the gearwheel, and the gearwheel has an outer radius. The gearwheel and pawl are kinematically linked by a linear relationship between the pivoting and rotational angles. The first and/or second contour are at least partially circular with a radius of the outer radius of the gearwheel, and the teeth and/or the pawl tooth have, in the area of the front tooth flank of the gearwheel or parking lock pawl, a crown tip relief relative to the outer radius of the gearwheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Bernd AUSTERMANN, Tobias MILLER, Matthias LIST, Karl-Hermann KATZORECK, Thomas BREITWEG, Armin RASCH
  • Patent number: 7958985
    Abstract: A parking lock gear (1) for a parking lock arrangement for locking an output shaft of a transmission of a vehicle has teeth (5). An annular element (2) is fixed to the parking lock gear (1) and has outer teeth (3) which engage an actuated locking pawl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Josef Haupt, Tobias Miller, Reinhard Schneider
  • Publication number: 20080302629
    Abstract: A parking lock gear (1) for a parking lock arrangement for locking an output shaft of a transmission of a vehicle has teeth (5). An annular element (2) is fixed to the parking lock gear (1) and has outer teeth (3) which engage an actuated locking pawl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Josef HAUPT, Tobias Miller, Reinhard Schneider
  • Publication number: 20080006501
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-disk clutch or multi-disk brake (1, 2), comprising an inner disk carrier (4) carrying internal disks (3) and an outer disk carrier (6) carrying external disks (5), friction linings (7, 7?) on the internal and external disks (3, 5), a first end disk (9), on which a closing force for the multi-disk clutch or multi-disk brake can be applied by a piston (10) of a piston-cylinder arrangement which can be actuated by a pressure medium, and a second end disk (8), which forms an axial abutment for the clutch pack (14) formed by the disks (3, 5, 8, 9), wherein the multi-disk clutch or multi-disk brake (1, 2) and/or the components encompassing the clutch or the brake are configured such that the internal and external disks (3, 5) can be wetted with a cooling oil (13). So as to improve heat dissipation during operation, it is provided that the multi-disk clutch or multi-disk brake (1, 2) is configured such that the cooling oil (13) can be directed axially through the clutch pack (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Josef Haupt, Thilo Schmidt, Peter Schiele, Tobias Miller, Christian Schwemer