Patents Assigned to MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
  • Patent number: 11255419
    Abstract: An axle drive, comprising a drive shaft, a first output shaft and a second output shaft, a first planetary gear mechanism and a second planetary gear mechanism, it being possible for a drive torque of the drive shaft to be transmitted by means of the first planetary gear mechanism and the second planetary gear mechanism to the first and second output shaft, wherein the second planetary gear mechanism is configured radially on the outside coaxially around the first planetary gear mechanism, the internal gear of the first planetary gear mechanism forming the sun gear of the second planetary gear mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Werner Lindtner
  • Patent number: 11247558
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement for the controllable distribution of a drive torque from an input element to at least one output element in an all wheel drive train of an all wheel drive motor vehicle, comprising an additional drive unit, a first transmission part region, the first transmission part region being drive-connected directly or indirectly to the additional drive unit, a second transmission part region, the first transmission part region being connected indirectly via the second transmission part region to the output element, and a selector element, it being possible for the selector element to be moved into three shifting positions, namely a first shifting position, in which the first transmission part region is drive-connected to the input element, a second shifting position, in which the first transmission part region is drive-connected to the second transmission part region, and a third shifting position, in which the first transmission part region is drive-connected neither to the input element nor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Hofer
  • Patent number: 11167634
    Abstract: A drive train for a hybrid vehicle, in particular for a temporarily four-wheel-driven motor vehicle, wherein the drive train comprises a first partial drive train assigned to a primary axle and a second partial drive train assigned to a secondary axle, and wherein the first partial drive train comprises a first drive unit configured as an internal combustion engine and a second drive unit configured as an electric machine and a change transmission, is refined in that the hybrid drive train is inexpensive to produce, has low CO2 emissions in operation, and may be used in a drive train of a temporarily four-wheel-driven motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Hofer, Hansdieter Wiedner, Stefan Tischlinger
  • Patent number: 11148528
    Abstract: A transfer gearbox device, comprising a differential gear with a crown wheel in a first oil chamber, and a friction clutch in a second oil chamber. The first oil chamber comprises a first oil sump and the second oil chamber comprises a second oil sump. A valve is between the first oil chamber and the second oil chamber. When the valve is open, oil can pass via the valve out of the first oil chamber into the second oil chamber. When the valve is closed, oil cannot pass via the valve out of the first oil chamber. When the valve is open, by rotating the crown wheel, oil is conveyed by the crown wheel from the first oil sump into a first oil collector and is guided therefrom via a first oil guide and via the valve to the friction clutch cool and/or to lubricate the friction clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Lukas Legl
  • Patent number: 11143248
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a method for regulating the engagement position of a position-controlled clutch unit for a drive train of a motor vehicle. The clutch unit has at least one wet-running friction clutch for the controllable transmission of a torque from an input element to an output element and an actuator for setting the engagement position for the purposes of mutual compression of the input and output elements. The method compensates a time-dependent setting behavior of the friction clutch on the basis of the uptake of lubrication oil of the friction clutch, which varies over time, in that the engagement position of the clutch unit is regulated by means of the actuator as a function of the time-dependent setting behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Pollak, Franz Faschinger, Ivan Sebastiani, Peter Zoehrer
  • Patent number: 11060888
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the armature position of a solenoid having a coil with a movable armature, constructed as a bistable linear magnet and activated in a switched mode by means of pulse width modulation, wherein the depth of the current peaks at the solenoid is measured as a measure of the inductance and the position of the movable armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Stefan Brantweiner, Reinhard Mick
  • Patent number: 11060603
    Abstract: Transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one clutch unit and at least one actuator unit that allows the clutch unit to be actuated; the actuator unit additionally allows a pump to be actuated such that lubricant is pumped from a lubricant sump into a lubricant reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Helmut Martin Waser
  • Patent number: 11043866
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine comprising a stator and a rotor. The rotor is rotatably mounted within the stator and has a rotor shaft which is in the form of a hollow shaft and by means of which a cavity is formed that is provided for receiving a coolant. The rotor shaft has at least two shoulders, and at least one end section, wherein at least three rotor shaft sections with different diameters are formed. A flow element is arranged in the cavity of the rotor shaft in the region of the second rotor shaft section, and at least one radial outlet opening is formed in the casing of the rotor shaft in the region of the second rotor shaft section, said outlet opening fluidically connecting the cavity of the rotor shaft to an outer region of the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Seidl
  • Patent number: 10907725
    Abstract: Wet-running flexible drive mechanism (1) for the transmission of torque having a drive element (2, 2?) and an output element (3, 3?), the drive element (2, 2?) and the output element (3, 3?) being drive-connected to one another via a flexible drive (14), the flexible drive (14) being arranged partially in a lubricant sump (4), characterized in that at least one guiding element (5) is arranged in the region of the lubricant sump (4), the guiding element (5) being shaped in such a way that a constriction (6) in the form of a gap which tapers in a wedge-shaped manner is formed between the flexible drive (14) which is arranged partially in the lubricant sump (4) and the guiding element (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Alexander Klar, Wolfgang Schweiger, Helmut Martin Waser
  • Patent number: 10907693
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clutch unit for a motor vehicle, comprising: a clutch, the clutch having an axially stationary, rotatable coupling element with an axially extending toothing, and an axially displaceable, rotatable mating element with an axially extending mating toothing, the mating element being displaceable into a first position and a second position; and a sensor unit, the sensor unit being disposed radially in relation to the axial extension of the toothing of the coupling element such that the sensor unit senses the toothing of the coupling element. When the mating element is in the first position and when it is in the second position, the sensor unit detects a sensor signal via which the rotational speed of the coupling element and the first position of the mating element, the second position of the mating element, or a position of the mating element between the first position and the second position can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Thomas Eisl, Daniel Jäger, Mario Tigelhardt, Johannes Unterkofler
  • Patent number: 10876613
    Abstract: A differential gear for a motor vehicle, comprising an outer housing, the outer housing being drive-connected to an input element, an inner housing, the inner housing being mounted rotatably at least partially within the outer housing, at least two compensating elements and at least two output elements, the compensating elements and the output elements being enclosed at least partially by the inner housing, and the inner housing being drive-connected to the output elements via the compensating elements, and also at least one switching unit, the switching unit being arranged on the inner housing in such a way that, starting from a freewheeling position, it can selectively be drive-connected to the outer housing or to the outer housing and one of the two output elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Martin Leitner, Bernhard Mühl
  • Patent number: 10843561
    Abstract: An actuator arrangement for a drive train including a shifting element moveable between first and second shifting positions, a shifting mechanism operable in a first shifting operation to actuate the shifting element, and a holding mechanism operable to hold to shifting element in both of the first and second shifting positions. The shifting mechanism includes an axially displaceable pushing element. The holding mechanism has a latching element fixed to the shifting element and a latching contour formed on a first shaft element. The latching element is configured to engage the latching contour when the shifting element is located in the second shifting position. The latching element is released from the latching contour via a second shifting operation by the pushing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Magna Powertrain GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Lukas Legl, Wolfgang Schweiger
  • Publication number: 20200362926
    Abstract: A control system in a four-wheel-drive motor vehicle for the distribution of drive forces at least from a drive of the motor vehicle to wheels of the first and second axles of the motor vehicle, at least including: a distribution device for distributing the drive forces to the first and second axles; rotation rate sensors for detecting the rotation rate of the two axles and/or the wheels of the motor vehicle, a central control device that is connected to a distribution controller and the sensors and a vehicle communication system, wherein the distribution controller is attached to the distribution unit and performs control both to a setpoint torque and to a setpoint rotation rate, and thus—in a drive-dependent and switchable manner—determines a distribution ratio of the drive forces to be distributed to the first and second axles on the basis of the ratio between the torque and the setpoint torque or between the setpoint rotation rate and the setpoint rotation rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Sascha GERMER, Georg GOTTSBERGER
  • Patent number: 10744995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for correcting a drag torque curve of at least one rotatable machine element of which the drag torque is dependent on the rotational speed of the machine element, wherein the drag torque curve has a plurality of rotational speed ranges which are different from one another, in which the drag torque curve in each rotational speed range is corrected between a measured rotational speed of the machine element and a calculated rotational speed of the machine element on the basis of a rotational speed deviation in the respective rotational speed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Markus Kohlböck
  • Publication number: 20200182341
    Abstract: A differential gear for a motor vehicle, comprising an outer housing, the outer housing being drive-connected to an input element, an inner housing, the inner housing being mounted rotatably at least partially within the outer housing, at least two compensating elements and at least two output elements, the compensating elements and the output elements being enclosed at least partially by the inner housing, and the inner housing being drive-connected to the output elements via the compensating elements, and also at least one switching unit, the switching unit being arranged on the inner housing in such a way that, starting from a freewheeling position, it can selectively be drive-connected to the outer housing or to the outer housing and one of the two output elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Martin LEITNER, Bernhard MÜHL
  • Patent number: 10673312
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine comprising a rotor and stator poles. At least one partial amount of stator poles each comprises a pole winding and a permanent magnet unit. A first magnetic flux induced by the permanent magnet unit is superimposed by a second magnetic flux is an electric voltage is applied to the pole winding or an electrical current is injected into the pole winding. A recess is arranged in the permanent magnet unit, which recess faces the rotor. An electric machine comprising a stator according to the invention, wherein the rotor is designed to change a magnetic resistance of a magnetic circuit, which extends through a permanent magnet unit of stator poles of the stator, according to the position of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Stephan Bouvier, Peter Pisek, Andreas Schmidhofer
  • Patent number: 10655734
    Abstract: A device for sealing a valve for controlling a coolant of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described, which valve is mounted in a cooling system together with a valve housing, wherein the valve housing contains, at the inlet and/or the outlet side, a sealing ring which has an annular wall and a spaced annular lip extending away from the annular wall from a contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Friedrich Atschreiter, Hannes Hofstetter, Michael Maurer
  • Patent number: 10641346
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement for a drive train of a motor vehicle comprising a switching element with a control geometry, an actuator, an actuating element, and a running roller. The switching element is arranged on an output element such that it is fixed in terms of rotation but can be moved axially into a first switching position and into a second switching position, an actuator operable for movement of the switching element from the first switching position into the second switching position and/or vice versa. The actuating element, via the actuator, actuates movement of the switching element from the first switching position into the second switching position and/or vice versa. The running roller is arranged on the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Magna Powertrain GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Alexander Hehenberger, Kurt Kippes, Alexander Klar, Wolfgang Schweiger
  • Patent number: 10641362
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement (1) for the controllable distribution of drive torque from an input element (2) to at least one output element (3), comprising a first transmission part region (4), namely a planetary gear mechanism, and an additional drive unit (5), the first transmission part region (4) being drive-connected directly or indirectly to the input element (2) and to the additional drive unit (5), and the first transmission part region (4) being drive-connected directly or indirectly to the output element (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Werner Brendl, Gerhard Hofer, Klaus Nenninger, Peter Pisek, Manfred Rahm, Jan Wiechmann, Hansdieter Wiedner
  • Patent number: 10563702
    Abstract: Wet-running clutch unit for a motor vehicle comprising a friction clutch with at least one first friction disc which is assigned to a drive element and at least one second friction disc which is assigned to an output element, an alternating arrangement of the first friction disc and the second friction disc forming a friction disc assembly which can be brought into a frictional connection, and a fluid distributor, the fluid distributor being arranged fixedly on the drive element and having at least one fluid chamber, the first friction disc having at least one first recess and the second friction disc having at least one second recess), the first recess of the first friction disc and the second recess of the second friction disc overlapping in the radial and axial direction, with the result that at least one friction disc assembly recess is formed, the fluid chamber of the fluid distributor being configured in such a way that it extends in the axial direction into the friction disc assembly recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Alois Lafer, Philipp Schlachter