Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Fortmann

Wolfgang Fortmann 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: 10352350
    Abstract: A cable pull for transmitting a tensile and/or pressure force to a pivot point is presented. The cable pull has a counter bearing, a tie rod, an adjustment unit and a locking element. The counter bearing is designed to introduce a counter bearing into a casing of the cable pull, counter to the tensile and/or pressure force. The tie rod is axially supported in the counter bearing, and coupled to a wire core of the cable pull. The tie rod has a molded part on an end protruding out of the counter bearing, having a first component of a toothing. The adjustment element is designed to adjust a length of the cable pull between the counter bearing and the pivot point. The adjustment element has a guide for the molded part. The molded part can move axially in the guide, and is disposed such that it is guided transverse thereto. The locking element is designed to fix the molded part in place in the adjustment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Ludger Rake, Andreas Giefer, Wolfgang Fortmann
  • Publication number: 20190063600
    Abstract: A shifter for gear selection in a gearshift transmission for a vehicle is or can be connected to an actuating unit for signal transmission to initiate a gear selection by means of a gear selection signal transmitted to the shifter. The shifter has at least one mechanical interface for mechanically coupling the shifter to the gearshift transmission by means of at least one connecting element. The shifter is configured to exert a translational movement on the at least one mechanical interface for executing the gear selection by means of the at least one connecting element as a function of the gear selection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Joachim Spratte, Wolfgang Fortmann
  • Publication number: 20160377111
    Abstract: A cable pull for transmitting a tensile and/or pressure force to a pivot point is presented. The cable pull has a counter bearing, a tie rod, an adjustment unit and a locking element. The counter bearing is designed to introduce a counter bearing into a casing of the cable pull, counter to the tensile and/or pressure force. The tie rod is axially supported in the counter bearing, and coupled to a wire core of the cable pull. The tie rod has a molded part on an end protruding out of the counter bearing, having a first component of a toothing. The adjustment element is designed to adjust a length of the cable pull between the counter bearing and the pivot point. The adjustment element has a guide for the molded part. The molded part can move axially in the guide, and is disposed such that it is guided transverse thereto. The locking element is designed to fix the molded part in place in the adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Ludger Rake, Andreas Giefer, Wolfgang Fortmann