Patents by Inventor Volker Gartner

Volker Gartner 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).

  • Publication number: 20080026909
    Abstract: Gear shifts are carried out from a source gear to a target gear of a twin clutch transmission. The twin clutch transmission has sequentially directly successive gears assigned to different transmission input shafts. In each case one upshift and downshift threshold, which is defined as a function of the throttle pedal position, for each possible sequential gear change is stored as a corresponding vehicle speed value in a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Edgar Bothe, Henning Muller, Volker Gartner
  • Publication number: 20060040777
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train determine the direction of rotation of the drive train by evaluating sensor signals of a first sensor unit on the output side of the drive train. The first sensor unit includes a sensor wheel fastened to a rotatable component on the output side of the drive train and two rotational speed sensors which are fixed with respect to a housing and are placed circumferentially next to one another. In order to speed up the determination of the direction of rotation, the sensor signal of a second sensor unit on the input side of the drive train is evaluated. The second sensor unit includes a sensor wheel that is fastened to a rotatable component on the input side of the drive train and a rotational speed sensor that is fixed with respect to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Volker Gartner, Armin Tonn, Alwin Becher, Klaus Leipnitz, Edgar Bothe