Patents by Inventor Ulrike ZIEREISEN

Ulrike ZIEREISEN 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).

  • Parking interlock arrangement for an automatic transmission
    Patent number: 8985295
    Abstract: A parking interlock arrangement for an automatic transmission of a vehicle which comprises a parking interlock gear (1) operatively connected to an output shaft and which can be locked by way of a locking pawl (2) in a shift position (P) of a notched disk (4). The notched disk (4) is connected, in a rotationally fixed manner, to a selector shaft (5). The locking pawl (2) can be actuated by way of a connecting rod (3), and the connecting rod (3) is operatively connected to the notched disk (4) by way of a coupling device in order to limit the selecting torque to be applied to the selector shaft (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Heinz Reichert, Gert Hanker, Ulrike Ziereisen, Bernd Austermann
  • PARKING INTERLOCK ARRANGEMENT FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20120279823
    Abstract: A parking interlock arrangement for an automatic transmission of a vehicle which comprises a parking interlock gear (1) operatively connected to an output shaft and which can be locked by way of a locking pawl (2) in a shift position (P) of a notched disk (4). The notched disk (4) is connected, in a rotationally fixed manner, to a selector shaft (5). The locking pawl (2) can be actuated by way of a connecting rod (3), and the connecting rod (3) is operatively connected to the notched disk (4) by way of a coupling device in order to limit the selecting torque to be applied to the selector shaft (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Heinz REICHERT, Gert HANKER, Ulrike ZIEREISEN, Bernd AUSTERMANN