Patents by Inventor Volker Kretz-Busch

Volker Kretz-Busch 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: 10260626
    Abstract: A cam mechanism for actuating a selector shaft, in particular for a single-motor gearshift actuation device, in particular to carry out a selecting movement of the selector shaft, comprising a cylindrical outer body having an inner circumferential surface and a cam track disposed on the inner circumferential surface and having an endless periodicity in a circumferential direction with at least one highest point and at least one lowest point, an inner body having at least one sliding guide extending in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction, at least one guide element disposed in the cam track and in the sliding and suitable for transmitting a movement of the guide element in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction to a selector shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Ehrlich, Volker Kretz-Busch, Jerome Malitourne, Eugen Kombowski
  • Publication number: 20170152941
    Abstract: A transmission actuator has gear steps for forming gears and a selector shaft supported rotatably for shifting gears and supported axially movably for selecting gears. The actuator has a gate with a fixed first gate part and an axially movable and rotatable second gate part, the one gate part having slots and lands alternating in a direction and the other gate part having at least one element which can interact with one of the lands at a time and is movable into one of the slots at a time. The element is moved in a prescribed direction past the lands and slots in a selecting motion and is moved into one of the slots in a shifting motion. When there is a collision between element and land during a shifting motion the movable gate part can be moved further in the prescribed direction of the selecting motion by an insertion chamfer and when there is a the movable gate part is not movable contrary to the prescribed direction of the selecting motion, but the shifting motion is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Volker Kretz-Busch, Maximilian Haas, Jerome Malitourne
  • Publication number: 20170122432
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cam mechanism for actuating a selector shaft, in particular for a single-motor gearshift actuation device, in particular to carry out a selecting movement of the selector shaft, comprising a cylindrical outer body having an inner circumferential surface and a cam track disposed on the inner circumferential surface and having an endless periodicity in a circumferential direction with at least one highest point and at least one lowest point, an inner body having at least one sliding guide extending in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction, at least one guide element disposed in the cam track and in the sliding guide, and a transmission element in operative connection with the at least one guide element and suitable for transmitting a movement of the guide element in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction to a selector shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias Ehrlich, Volker Kretz-Busch, Jerome Malitourne, Eugen Kombowski
  • Patent number: 7882757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear actuator for a motor vehicle transmission design, that has several ratio steps for forming gears, whereby the gear actuator has a gear-shift shaft that is mounted so that it can rotate for the shifting of gears and that is mounted so that it can slide axially for the selection of gears and whereby the gear actuator also has a shift gate, whereby the shift gate also has a fixed mounted first shift gate part that is especially a shaft or an axle, as well as a second shift gate part that is mounted so that it can move axially and move in rotation or swivel, which is especially a disk or plate and is coupled with the gear-shift shaft and whereby the first shift gate part has several axially spaced recesses, into which the second shift gate part can be swiveled depending on its axial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Volker Kretz-Busch, Norbert Esly
  • Patent number: 7188541
    Abstract: A transmission system including a shift mechanism for operating and controlling the transmission system. To automatically detect geometric characteristic values of the transmission system or of the shifting device a selector motor and a shift motor actuate a select or finger that is displaceably mounted in a selection-shift-passageway layout. Starting from an initial position whose coordinates within the selection-shift-passageway layout are unknown, the selector finger is displaced in the directions of shifting and in the directions of selection in order to detect paths of movement in the direction of selection or shifting. The selector finger is repeatedly displaced to establish the maximum paths of movement until the predetermined transmission geometric characteristic values are completely detected. Also disclosed are a control device for controlling a transmission system that includes a shift mechanism, and a method for controlling such a transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Martin Zimmermann, Holger Stork, Georg Schneider, Klaus Henneberger, Martin Eckert, Gunter Hirt, Thomas Jäger, Martin Vornehm, Volker Kretz-Busch, Reinhard Berger
  • Publication number: 20060266143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear actuator for a motor vehicle transmission design, that has several ratio steps for forming gears, whereby the gear actuator has a gear-shift shaft that is mounted so that it can rotate for the shifting of gears and that is mounted so that it can slide axially for the selection of gears and whereby the gear actuator also has a shift gate, whereby the shift gate also has a fixed mounted first shift gate part that is especially a shaft or an axle, as well as a second shift gate part that is mounted so that it can move axially and move in rotation or swivel, which is especially a disk or plate and is coupled with the gear-shift shaft and whereby the first shift gate part has several axially spaced recesses, into which the second shift gate part can be swiveled depending on its axial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Volker Kretz-Busch, Norbert Esly
  • Publication number: 20060162476
    Abstract: A transmission system including a shift mechanism for operating and controlling the transmission system. To automatically detect geometric characteristic values of the transmission system or of the shifting device a selector motor and a shift motor actuate a select or finger that is displaceably mounted in a selection-shift-passageway layout. Starting from an initial position whose coordinates within the selection-shift-passageway layout are unknown, the selector finger is displaced in the directions of shifting and in the directions of selection in order to detect paths of movement in the direction of selection or shifting. The selector finger is repeatedly displaced to establish the maximum paths of movement until the predetermined transmission geometric characteristic values are completely detected. Also disclosed are a control device for controlling a transmission system that includes a shift mechanism, and a method for controlling such a transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Martin Zimmermann, Holger Stork, Georg Schneider, Klaus Henneberger, Martin Eckert, Gunter Hirt, Thomas Jager, Martin Vornehm, Volker Kretz-Busch, Reinhard Berger
  • Patent number: 7051609
    Abstract: A transmission system including a shift mechanism for operating and controlling the transmission system. To automatically detect geometric characteristic values of the transmission system or of the shifting device a selector motor and a shift motor actuate a selector finger that is displaceably mounted in a selection-shift-passageway layout. Starting from an initial position whose coordinates within the selection-shift-passageway layout are unknown, the selector finger is displaced in the directions of shifting and in the directions of selection in order to detect paths of movement in the direction of selection or shifting. The selector finger is repeatedly displaced to establish the maximum paths of movement until the predetermined transmission geometric characteristic values are completely detected. Also disclosed are a control device for controlling a transmission system that includes a shift mechanism, and a method for controlling such a transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Martin Zimmermann, Holger Stork, Georg Schneider, Klaus Henneberger, Martin Eckert, Gunter Hirt, Thomas Jäger, Martin Vornehm, Volker Kretz-Busch, Reinhard Berger
  • Patent number: 6857334
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle having a power train wherein the engine can drive an automatic transmission by way of an automatic clutch. The gear ratio of the transmission is selectable by a first drive and a second drive is employed to shift the transmission into the selected gear. The two drives are mounted on the transmission case by way of a common base plate. Novel kinematic transmission lines connect the drives to the ratio selecting and gear shifting components of the transmission. One of the transmission lines employs a transmission stage, a carrier for translation of rotary movement into axial movement, and an element for transfer of axial movement to the transmission. The translation of movement of the drive in a selection process takes place by way of two transmission stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: LUK Lamellen-und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Norbert Esly, Volker Kretz-Busch, Detlef Noack, Martin Meunier
  • Publication number: 20040129100
    Abstract: A transmission system including a shift mechanism for operating and controlling the transmission system. To automatically detect geometric characteristic values of the transmission system or of the shifting device a selector motor and a shift motor actuate a selector finger that is displaceably mounted in a selection-shift-passageway layout. Starting from an initial position whose coordinates within the selection-shift-passageway layout are unknown, the selector finger is displaced in the directions of shifting and in the directions of selection in order to detect paths of movement in the direction of selection or shifting. The selector finger is repeatedly displaced to establish the maximum paths of movement until the predetermined transmission geometric characteristic values are completely detected. Also disclosed are a control device for controlling a transmission system that includes a shift mechanism, and a method for controlling such a transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Martin Zimmermann, Holger Stork, Georg Schneider, Klaus Henneberger, Martin Eckert, Gunter Hirt, Thomas Jager, Martin Vornehm, Volker Kretz-Busch, Reinhard Berger
  • Patent number: 6695747
    Abstract: A transmission system including a shift mechanism for operating and controlling the transmission system. To automatically detect geometric characteristic values of the transmission system or of the shifting device a selector motor and a shift motor actuate a selector finger that is displaceably mounted in a selection-shift-passageway layout. Starting from an initial position whose coordinates within the selection-shift-passageway layout are unknown, the selector finger is displaced in the directions of shifting and in the directions of selection in order to detect paths of movement in the direction of selection or shifting. The selector finger is repeatedly displaced to establish the maximum paths of movement until the predetermined transmission geometric characteristic values are completely detected. Also disclosed are a control device for controlling a transmission system that includes a shift mechanism, and a method for controlling such a transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Martin Zimmermann, Holger Stork, Georg Schneider, Klaus Henneberger, Martin Eckert, Gunter Hirt, Thomas Jäger, Martin Vornehm, Volker Kretz-Busch, Reinhard Berger
  • Publication number: 20030094328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle having a power train wherein the engine can drive an automatic transmission by way of an automatic clutch. The gear ratio of the transmission is selectable by a first drive and a second drive is employed to shift the transmission into the selected gear. The two drives are mounted on the transmission case by way of a common base plate. Novel kinematic transmission lines connect the drives to the ratio selecting and gear shifting components of the transmission. One of the transmission lines employs a transmission stage, a carrier for translation of rotary movement into axial movement, and an element for transfer of axial movement to the transmission. The translation of movement of the drive in a selection process takes place by way of two transmission stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Esly, Volker Kretz-Busch, Detlef Noack, Martin Meunier
  • Publication number: 20020125094
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission system with a shift mechanism for controlling the transmission system, a control device for controlling a transmission system with a shift mechanism, a method for controlling such a transmission system or shift mechanism, as well as an application for the transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Martin Zimmermann, Holger Stork, Georg Schneider, Klaus Henneberger, Martin Eckert, Gunter Hirt, Thomas Jager, Martin Vornehm, Volker Kretz-Busch, Reinhard Berger