US 11,988,279 B2
Filling an armature space of an actuator
Robert Schanuel, Constance (DE); Thilo Schmidt, Meckenbeuren (DE); and Jonas Knör, Erbach (DE)
Assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/308,864.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 204 198.4 (DE), filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349462 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 61/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/12 (2010.01); F16H 61/28 (2006.01); F16H 61/32 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 61/0251 (2013.01) [F16H 61/0206 (2013.01); F16H 61/12 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0253 (2013.01); F16H 2061/126 (2013.01); F16H 2061/2853 (2013.01); F16H 61/32 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for filling an actuator (1) in a vehicle gearbox, comprising:
filling the actuator (1) when the gearbox is in a passive state by introducing fluid into an armature space (6) of the actuator (1) by axial movements of an armature rod (8) when the actuator (1) is fluidically connected to a fluid-filled fluid space of the gearbox.