Patents by Inventor Walter Furlan

Walter Furlan 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).

  • Transmission unit
    Patent number: 7973437
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission for a motor vehicle with a transmission housing, with an electrical actuator for the actuation of the transmission and with an electrical control device for the control of the actuator. The transmission has a heat sink device 24 thermoconductively connected to the device and a heat insulating layer between a housing of the actuator and the heat sink device for the thermal insulation of the actuator housing and of the heat sink device, with the actuator housing being thermoconductively connected to the transmission housing or being part of the transmission housing. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding actuator unit for a transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Feier, Walter Furlan, Martin Kiessner-Haiden, Peter Koncic
  • Transmission unit
    Publication number: 20090078489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission for a motor vehicle with a transmission housing, with an electrical actuator for the actuation of the transmission and with an electrical control device for the control of the actuator. The transmission has a heat sink device 24 thermoconductively connected to the device and a heat insulating layer between a housing of the actuator and the heat sink device for the thermal insulation of the actuator housing and of the heat sink device, with the actuator housing being thermoconductively connected to the transmission housing or being part of the transmission housing. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding actuator unit for a transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Feier, Walter Furlan, Martin Kiessner-Haiden, Peter Koncic