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ZF Friedrichshafen AG

86 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

86
Total Pending OAs
25
Final Rejections
61
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19293676 HYBRID ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND DRIVE MECHANISM AND RANGE EXTENDER THEREOF, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 3655 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2025
19250373 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVING DEVICE FOR A WORKING MACHINE PANG, ROGER L 3655 Non-Final OA Jun 26, 2025
19173175 TRANSMISSION FOR AN INTEGRAL DIFFERENTIAL, INTEGRAL DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVE TRAIN ESTREMSKY, SHERRY LYNN 3655 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2025
19116937 Method for Controlling a Shifting Process LIU, HENRY Y 3654 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2025
19087736 SHIFTING ARRANGEMENT OF A GEARSET OF A VEHICLE KRUG, RANDELL J 3618 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2025
19104646 ASSEMBLY FOR A GEARBOX FOR A WIND TURBINE, ARRANGEMENT, KIT, GEARBOX FOR A WIND TURBINE, METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING AN ASSEMBLY FOR A GEARBOX AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A WIND TURBINE HANNON, TIMOTHY 3655 Non-Final OA Feb 18, 2025
18983797 SENSING PERFORMANCE VALIDATION IN ADVANCED DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM VERIFICATION KHANDPUR, JAY 3658 Non-Final OA Dec 17, 2024
18969820 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CAUSE OF FAILURE OF A FAILURE OF A MANUFACTURED VEHICLE, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM DYER, ANDREW R 3662 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2024
18969946 DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN INCLINATION ANGLE LI, CE LI 3661 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2024
18969909 DEVICE FOR HEIGHT LEVEL DETERMINATION MCPHERSON, JAMES M 3663 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2024
18871085 METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK LEVY, MERRITT E 3666 Non-Final OA Dec 02, 2024
18963561 METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A CLUTCH CONTROL COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 3662 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2024
18953889 OIL GUIDING ARRANGEMENT FOR A TRANSMISSION COOK, WILLIAM J 3618 Non-Final OA Nov 20, 2024
18863103 CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENT OF THE VEHICLE, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROCESS ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 Non-Final OA Nov 05, 2024
18909581 DEVICE FOR FORMING AN OIL PAN AND AN OIL PAN ARRANGEMENT HASAN, SYED O 3747 Non-Final OA Oct 08, 2024
18897528 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIGITAL EMERGENCY CARD KIM, AHSHIK 2876 Final Rejection Sep 26, 2024
18850240 ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM SARWAR, BABAR 3667 Non-Final OA Sep 24, 2024
18838349 Bottom-bracket Transmission for a Micromobility Vehicle PRATHER, GREGORY T 3618 Final Rejection Aug 14, 2024
18755114 METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATING A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 Final Rejection Jun 26, 2024
18720013 INVERTER AND OUTPUT FILTER SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SINGLE-PHASE AND THREE-PHASE OUTPUT VOLTAGES TIKU, SISAY G 2838 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2024
18743706 ELECTRIC MACHINE FOR DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE JOHNSON, ERIC 2834 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2024
18716951 SPLINE TOOTHING BETWEEN RING GEAR AND HOUSING PART YABUT, DANIEL D 3617 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2024
18672639 METHOD FOR REGULATING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR MASIH, KAREN 2846 Non-Final OA May 23, 2024
18712164 METHOD FOR EXECUTING HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS WITH A WORKING MACHINE SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R 3661 Non-Final OA May 21, 2024
18712098 ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, ELECTRIC MACHINE COMPRISING THE ROTOR ASSEMBLY, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING THE ELECTRIC MACHINE STOUT, RILEY OWEN 2834 Non-Final OA May 21, 2024
18711821 ROTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING THE ROTOR ARRANGEMENT STEFANON, JUSTIN 2834 Non-Final OA May 20, 2024
18659220 ROTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPROVED COOLING OF A ROTOR VAZIRI, MASOUD 2834 Non-Final OA May 09, 2024
18659716 VEHICLE TRAILER AND VEHICLE TRAIN PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH 3669 Non-Final OA May 09, 2024
18707190 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN OF A WORKING MACHINE REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 3663 Final Rejection May 03, 2024
18643500 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN 3747 Final Rejection Apr 23, 2024
18634331 Actuating Arrangement for a Transmission and Vehicle KRUG, RANDELL J 3618 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2024
18606937 BASE PLATE AND SINGLE-PHASE MODULE OF AN INVERTER, INVERTER AND POWER ELECTRONICS MEHARI, YEMANE 2838 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2024
18603802 METHOD FOR LIMITING A POWER OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR BOUZIANE, SAID 2846 Non-Final OA Mar 13, 2024
18601369 DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE TRIGGS, JAMES J 3614 Non-Final OA Mar 11, 2024
18689604 TRIAGE DEVICE WITH CARD READER REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 Final Rejection Mar 06, 2024
18591285 DEVICE FOR THE DE-EXCITATION OF AT LEAST ONE ROTOR WINDING OF A SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, METHOD FOR OPERATING A SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, MOTOR VEHICLE LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 2846 Final Rejection Feb 29, 2024
18687934 SWITCH MODULE FOR AN INVERTER ARRANGEMENT, INVERTER ARRANGEMENT HAVING THE SWITCH MODULE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE INVERTER ARRANGEMENT HAUSMAN, JARED RAYMOND 2838 Non-Final OA Feb 29, 2024
18687313 DRIVE TRAIN FOR A WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL 3613 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18682768 COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR COOLING A HYBRID VEHICLE OR AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 2834 Non-Final OA Feb 09, 2024
18682288 Drivetrain for a Vehicle, and Vehicle ESTREMSKY, SHERRY LYNN 3655 Non-Final OA Feb 08, 2024
18435307 Arrangement for Grounding a Shaft DESAI, NAISHADH N 2834 Non-Final OA Feb 07, 2024
18579098 PLUG INTERFACE, PLUG ELEMENT, MICROMOBILITY VEHICLE PATEL, TULSIDAS C 2834 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2024
18579063 ATTACHMENT OF AN ENERGY STORE TO A VEHICLE FRAME ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES 3612 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2024
18579150 METHOD FOR THE MOMENTARY-VALUE-DEPENDENT ACTUATION, IN REAL TIME, OF A TOPOLOGICAL SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH FOR A POWER ELECTRONICS SYSTEM PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO 2838 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2024
18391001 METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR OPERATING A SWITCH DEVICE HAVING A SWITCH UNIT, AND SWITCH DEVICE HARRISON, MICHAEL A 2852 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2023
18540149 TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE WITH TRANSMISSION KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 3655 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18540000 Methods and Systems for Identifying Vehicles of Interest SENSENIG, SHAUN D 3629 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18539850 ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED EQUIPMENT ORTIZ, ELIM 2836 Final Rejection Dec 14, 2023
18568086 Shaft-Grounding Device for Establishing an Electrically Conductive Connection Between a Rotatable Shaft and a Housing SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 2834 Non-Final OA Dec 07, 2023
18526793 POWER MODULE FOR A CONVERTER WITH IMPROVED FIELD SHIELDING OF SIGNAL PINS PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO 2838 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18565189 RUNNING GEAR COMPONENT HAVING A STRUCTURAL PART, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A RUNNING GEAR COMPONENT WILEY, DANIEL J 3678 Final Rejection Nov 29, 2023
18562033 TEST WHEEL FOR A DRIVE TRAIN TEST BENCH AND DRIVE TRAIN TEST BENCH KWOK, HELEN C 2855 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2023
18510334 DETERMINATION OF A MOTOR CURRENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE NGUYEN, VIET P 2834 Final Rejection Nov 15, 2023
18500790 METHOD FOR DRIVING TOPOLOGICAL SWITCHES OF A HALF-BRIDGE IN A POWER MODULE OF AN INVERTER TRAN, NGUYEN 2838 Non-Final OA Nov 02, 2023
18558105 AUTOMATED RECOGNITION OF FARE DODGERS WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA 3628 Final Rejection Oct 30, 2023
18287575 MOTOR VEHICLE VIBRATION DAMPER SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P 3616 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18477243 HALF-BRIDGE POWER DEVICE AND HALF-BRIDGE POWER MODULE JUNGE, BRYAN R. 2897 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18455956 SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE HAVING MORE EFFICIENT HEAT DISSIPATION AND IMPROVED SWITCHING BEHAVIOR HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 2898 Non-Final OA Aug 25, 2023
18546914 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING THE ATTENTIVENESS OF A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 3666 Non-Final OA Aug 17, 2023
18234531 DAMPING VALVE DEVICE HAVING AN EMERGENCY OPERATION FUNCTION IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW 3616 Non-Final OA Aug 16, 2023
18365067 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A SEMICONDUCTOR TEMPERATURE OF A SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, CONVERTER, ELECTRIC AXLE DRIVE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. 2853 Final Rejection Aug 03, 2023
18227773 TORSIONAL DAMPER BINDA, GREGORY JOHN 3679 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2023
18358429 BRAKE ACTUATOR AND VEHICLE BRAKE ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM 3616 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2023
18355245 HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE FOR A CONVERTER FOR A VEHICLE, POWER CONVERTER, ELECTRIC AXLE DRIVE, VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE TIVARUS, CRISTIAN ALEXANDRU 2899 Final Rejection Jul 19, 2023
18354090 POWER MODULE FOR A CURRENT CONVERTER FOR AN ELECTRIC AXLE DRIVE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE MILAKOVICH, NATHAN J 2848 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2023
18352840 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC MODULE ABRAHAM, JOSE K 3729 Non-Final OA Jul 14, 2023
18257880 POWERTRAIN FOR A WORKING MACHINE, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE POWERTRAIN AND WORKING MACHINE TRIGGS, JAMES J 3615 Final Rejection Jun 16, 2023
18257795 POWER MODULE FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE HAVING OPTIMIZED COOLING AND CONTACTING BODNAR, JOHN A 2893 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18256507 TRACTOR GROUPING WITH DRIVEN TRAILER HURLEY, KEVIN 3611 Non-Final OA Jun 08, 2023
18324383 ELECTRICALLY OPERABLE DRIVE TRAIN AND VEHICLE NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 Non-Final OA May 26, 2023
18199186 DAMPING VALVE DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE STOP SAHNI, VISHAL R 3616 Final Rejection May 18, 2023
18252257 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DEFORMATION BODY FOR MEASURING A FORCE AND/OR A TORQUE FOR A ROLL STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, AND DEFORMATION BODY ROBERTS, HERBERT K 2855 Final Rejection May 09, 2023
18310345 Drive Device for a Bicycle and Method for the Open-Loop Control KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE 3611 Non-Final OA May 01, 2023
18187528 STATOR ARRANGEMENT WITH A COOLANT SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH THE STATOR ARRANGEMENT KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M 2834 Non-Final OA Mar 21, 2023
18187037 IMAGE SENSOR ASSEMBLY CHIU, WESLEY JASON 2639 Non-Final OA Mar 21, 2023
18166959 DISCHARGE APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING ENERGY, APPLIANCE APPARATUS HAVING AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE AND A DISCHARGE APPARATUS, METHOD FOR OPERATING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DISCHARGE APPARATUS KESSIE, DANIEL 2836 Final Rejection Feb 09, 2023
18149940 STEERING GEAR FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A HELICAL GEAR, AND STEERING SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A STEERING GEAR DANG, TINH 3655 Final Rejection Jan 04, 2023
17996232 HYBRID TRAINING METHOD FOR SELF-LEARNING ALGORITHMS STORK, KYLE R 2128 Final Rejection Oct 14, 2022
17962800 Electric Power Steering System with a Ball-Screw Assembly ENGLISH, JAMES A 3614 Final Rejection Oct 10, 2022
17913621 Drive Unit RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 2834 Final Rejection Sep 22, 2022
17930897 DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVE TRAIN OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PERVIN, FARHANA 3655 Final Rejection Sep 09, 2022
17760251 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING A KINETOSIS EFFECT IN AT LEAST ONE PASSENGER OF AN VEHICLE COX, THADDEUS B 3791 Non-Final OA Aug 05, 2022
17714742 GEARBOX, DRIVETRAIN, AND VEHICLE WITH GEARBOX FRICK, EMMA K 3613 Final Rejection Apr 06, 2022
17459077 METHOD FOR TRACTION-RELATED SPEED CONTROL OF A WORKING MACHINE PARK, CHANMIN 3661 Final Rejection Aug 27, 2021
17414987 Method for Determining Tolerances of Components or Assemblies UNDERWOOD, BAKARI 3663 Non-Final OA Jun 17, 2021
16525824 ENHANCED DISCRIMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ACTUATABLE PROTECTION DEVICE ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 3668 Final Rejection Jul 30, 2019

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