Patents by Inventor Troy Menebroker

Troy Menebroker 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: 11078998
    Abstract: A torque convertor stator includes an annular bearing support, a plurality of stator blades, and a web extending radially between the annular bearing support and the plurality of stator blades. The annular bearing support, the plurality of stator blades, and the web are formed from a single continuous piece of amorphous metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Jorge Cisneros, Juraj Cuperka, Troy Menebroker, Enrique Cardenas Urquizo, Andreas Thiede
  • Publication number: 20210180668
    Abstract: A torque convertor stator includes an annular bearing support, a plurality of stator blades, and a web extending radially between the annular bearing support and the plurality of stator blades. The annular bearing support, the plurality of stator blades, and the web are formed from a single continuous piece of amorphous metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Jorge Cisneros, Juraj Cuperka, Troy Menebroker, Enrique Cardenas Urquizo, Andreas Thiede
  • Patent number: 10989289
    Abstract: A torque transmission arrangement is provided with a clutch device which has a clutch input and output, and a vibration damping device having at least two vibration damping units arranged at a radial offset with respect to one another, an input of the vibration damping device operatively connected to the clutch output, and an output of the radially outermost vibration damping unit being operatively connected by an intermediate transmission element to an input of the radially innermost vibration damping unit operatively connected via an output of the vibration damping device to an output unit, the clutch device partially axially overlapping with one of the vibration damping units, and being connected radially between the two vibration damping units to the intermediate transmission of the vibration damping device. The intermediate transmission is connected to an absorber mass carrier of an absorber system likewise assigned to the vibration damping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Richard Wu, Christian Schneider, Troy Menebroker
  • Patent number: 10948030
    Abstract: Clutch arrangement provided with a housing and a clutch device, one of which serves as a clutch element carrier for a clutch element and the other serves as a friction region carrier. The clutch element has a carrier for a friction lining and a holding apparatus for receiving the carrier on the clutch element carrier, radially adjacently with respect to the friction lining. In a first radial region, the clutch housing has an axial projection at a first axial spacing from the clutch device and, with a radial offset with respect thereto, has an axial recess at a second axial spacing from the clutch device in a second radial region, and has a transition region radially between the axial projection and the axial recess, either the axial projection or the axial recess being intended to provide a bearing face for at least one component of the clutch device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Christian Schneider, Alessio Paone, Andreas Thiede, Troy Menebroker, Richard Wu, Jorge Cisneros
  • Publication number: 20200256402
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement having multiple pressure lines, connected to pressure chambers provided in a clutch housing, a first pressure chamber exerts load on a clutch piston and a second pressure chamber accommodates a clutch element and feeds fluid for cooling the at least one clutch element. The two pressure chambers are separated from one another in a pressure-tight fashion in the region of the clutch piston. The clutch piston and/or a component assigned to the clutch piston is designed such that, when at least one pressure chamber is connected to at least two pressure lines, a flow connection between the two pressure chambers is prevented, whereas, when each pressure chamber is connected to only one pressure line, a flow connection can be produced between the two pressure chambers by virtue of the clutch piston, and/or the component assigned to the clutch piston, being formed with a passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Schneider, Alessio Paone, Troy Menebroker, Richard Wu
  • Publication number: 20200256443
    Abstract: A torque transmission arrangement is provided with a clutch device which has a clutch input and output, and a vibration damping device having at least two vibration damping units arranged at a radial offset with respect to one another, an input of the vibration damping device operatively connected to the clutch output, and an output of the radially outermost vibration damping unit being operatively connected by an intermediate transmission element to an input of the radially innermost vibration damping unit operatively connected via an output of the vibration damping device to an output unit, the clutch device partially axially overlapping with one of the vibration damping units, and being connected radially between the two vibration damping units to the intermediate transmission of the vibration damping device. The intermediate transmission is connected to an absorber mass carrier of an absorber system likewise assigned to the vibration damping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Wu, Christian Schneider, Troy Menebroker
  • Publication number: 20200232523
    Abstract: Clutch arrangement provided with a housing and a clutch device, one of which serves as a clutch element carrier for a clutch element and the other serves as a friction region carrier. The clutch element has a carrier for a friction lining and a holding apparatus for receiving the carrier on the clutch element carrier, radially adjacently with respect to the friction lining. In a first radial region, the clutch housing has an axial projection at a first axial spacing from the clutch device and, with a radial offset with respect thereto, has an axial recess at a second axial spacing from the clutch device in a second radial region, and has a transition region radially between the axial projection and the axial recess, either the axial projection or the axial recess being intended to provide a bearing face for at least one component of the clutch device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Schneider, Alessio Paone, Andreas Thiede, Troy Menebroker, Richard Wu, Jorge Ciseros
  • Publication number: 20060102415
    Abstract: A door interlock for a door of a work vehicle is provided, the door interlock including a switch, wherein the door interlock is movable between (a) an operating position in which the switch alternately indicates (1) that the door is open and (2) that the door is closed, and (b) an override position in which the switch indicates the door is closed regardless of the presence or absence of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Troy Menebroker, Robert Draney