Patents by Inventor Willibald Probst

Willibald Probst 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).

  • Method and device for actuating a motor vehicle clutch device
    Patent number: 6471022
    Abstract: A method and a device for actuating a motor vehicle clutch device (4). A control device (12) automatically influence the frictional power of the clutch device (4) in accordance with predetermined criteria (19) by varying the continuously variable ratio of a vehicle transmission (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Christoph Goebel, Gerhard Bailly, Martin Spiess, Willibald Probst, Oliver Rumpf
  • Method and device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train
    Patent number: 6413189
    Abstract: Method and device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train. To reverse the travel direction, the input torque is transmitted with pressure modulation from one clutch (Kv) of one travel direction to one clutch (Kr) of the opposite travel direction. If at the time that a reverse travel direction is selected and the speed of travel exceeds a set maximum value (VR,max), the speed of travel is automatically reduced to the maximum value first by continuous change of the ratio of the transmission (2) of the drive train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Martin Spiess, Christoph Goebel, Willibald Probst