Patents by Inventor Falk Heilfort

Falk Heilfort 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: 10350985
    Abstract: A drive train of a hybrid motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine (4), at least one first electric motor (16), at least a first clutch arrangement (6), at least one gear assembly (8), a storage arrangement and at least one auxiliary unit, such as an air conditioning compressor. The internal combustion engine (4) is connected drivingly to a first drive axle (14) via the clutch arrangement (6) and the gear assembly (8), and the first electric motor (16) is connected drivingly to a second drive axle (22) and to the storage arrangement and/or the auxiliary unit. The first electric motor (16) has a rotor shaft (36) with a first end (34) drivingly connected to the second drive axle (22) by a first switching unit (18) and a second end (38) drivingly connected to a crankshaft (28) of the internal combustion engine (4) by a second switching unit (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Falk Heilfort
  • Patent number: 10234011
    Abstract: A spur gear for transmitting a drive torque in a toothing of a motor vehicle transmission is provided, having a helically toothed first gear body for forming first teeth, a second gear body, which is helically toothed oppositely to the first gear body so as to form a herringbone toothing, for forming second teeth, wherein, on axial sides which face toward one another of the first gear body and of the second gear body, the first teeth and the second teeth point toward one another, so as to at least partially overlap one another, in each case pairwise, wherein, on that axial side of the first gear body which points toward the second gear body, a first tooth flank of the first tooth points in an axial direction toward a second tooth flank of a second tooth which follows the opposite second tooth in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Meffert, Falk Heilfort
  • Patent number: 10190665
    Abstract: A drive system for a vehicle has a drive motor and an axle. A driving torque generated by the drive motor is transmitted via a gear chain and a planetary transmission to the axle. The drive system can be assembled modularly, and wherein the planetary transmission is coordinated with the drive motor to determine an overall transmission ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Falk Heilfort, Axel Heitmann, Wael Mohamed
  • Patent number: 9669697
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive train (10) for a hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine (12) having a motor shaft (18) for providing a torque for driving the hybrid vehicle, and comprising an electric machine (30) for providing a torque for driving the hybrid vehicle, wherein the electric machine (30), in particular for starting of the internal combustion engine (12), can be coupled to the motor shaft (18) by means of a selectively engageable planetary gear unit (38) for providing at least two different transmission ratios, wherein the electric machine (30) can be coupled by means of a transmission gearing (48), in particular a sun gear system having a transmission ratio different from 1.0, having an intermediate shaft (46) for introducing the torque into the planetary gear unit (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stephan Mueller, Falk Heilfort, Philipp Schultis
  • Patent number: 9625021
    Abstract: An electric portal axle (1) for electrically driving a motor vehicle has a housing (28), a single electric machine (2) and two spur gear stages (13, 14) for driving two wheels of the axle. A shiftable transmission (5) is downstream of the electric machine (2) and is embodied as a planetary gear mechanism with a freewheel (6) and a differential (7). The portal axle (1) has a shifting mechanism (23) for shifting two gear stages of the portal axle (1). In a first gear stage, a ring gear (9) of the transmission (5) and a clutch body (27) that is fixed to the housing are connected, and a clutch (29) between the ring gear (9) and a planetary carrier (11) of the transmission (5) is opened. In a second gear stage the ring gear (9) and the clutch body (27) are disconnected and the clutch (29) is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Falk Heilfort
  • Publication number: 20160369882
    Abstract: A spur gear for transmitting a drive torque in a toothing of a motor vehicle transmission is provided, having a helically toothed first gear body for forming first teeth, a second gear body, which is helically toothed oppositely to the first gear body so as to form a herringbone toothing, for forming second teeth, wherein, on axial sides which face toward one another of the first gear body and of the second gear body, the first teeth and the second teeth point toward one another, so as to at least partially overlap one another, in each case pairwise, wherein, on that axial side of the first gear body which points toward the second gear body, a first tooth flank of the first tooth points in an axial direction toward a second tooth flank of a second tooth which follows the opposite second tooth in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Meffert, Falk Heilfort
  • Patent number: 9505297
    Abstract: A drive train for a hybrid motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine (12) with a motor shaft (18) for providing a torque for driving the hybrid motor vehicle, and an electric machine (30) for providing a torque for driving the hybrid motor vehicle. The motor shaft (18) can be coupled via a transmission clutch (14) to a motor vehicle transmission (16) to shift transmission gears (1 to 8), and the motor vehicle transmission (16) has a transmission output shaft (28). A ring gear of a differential gear mechanism (29) of the hybrid motor vehicle can be driven by the transmission output shaft (28). The electric machine (30) can be coupled by a clutch (K3) to a drive shaft (60) and the ring gear (62) can be driven by the drive shaft (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sebastian Wachter, Falk Heilfort
  • Publication number: 20160221431
    Abstract: A drive train of a hybrid motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine (4), at least one first electric motor (16), at least a first clutch arrangement (6), at least one gear assembly (8), a storage arrangement and at least one auxiliary unit, such as an air conditioning compressor. The internal combustion engine (4) is connected drivingly to a first drive axle (14) via the clutch arrangement (6) and the gear assembly (8), and the first electric motor (16) is connected drivingly to a second drive axle (22) and to the storage arrangement and/or the auxiliary unit. The first electric motor (16) has a rotor shaft (36) with a first end (34) drivingly connected to the second drive axle (22) by a first switching unit (18) and a second end (38) drivingly connected to a crankshaft (28) of the internal combustion engine (4) by a second switching unit (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Falk Heilfort
  • Publication number: 20160082821
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive train (10) for a hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine (12) having a motor shaft (18) for providing a torque for driving the hybrid vehicle, and comprising an electric machine (30) for providing a torque for driving the hybrid vehicle, wherein the electric machine (30), in particular for starting of the internal combustion engine (12), can be coupled to the motor shaft (18) by means of a selectively engageable planetary gear unit (38) for providing at least two different transmission ratios, wherein the electric machine (30) can be coupled by means of a transmission gearing (48), in particular a sun gear system having a transmission ratio different from 1.0, having an intermediate shaft (46) for introducing the torque into the planetary gear unit (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stephan Mueller, Falk Heilfort, Philipp Schultis
  • Publication number: 20160003333
    Abstract: A drive system for a vehicle has a drive motor and an axle. A driving torque generated by the drive motor is transmitted via a gear chain and a planetary transmission to the axle. The drive system can be assembled modularly, and wherein the planetary transmission is coordinated with the drive motor to determine an overall transmission ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Falk Heilfort, Axel Heitmann, Wael Mohamed
  • Publication number: 20150239335
    Abstract: A drive train for a hybrid motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine (12) with a motor shaft (18) for providing a torque for driving the hybrid motor vehicle, and an electric machine (30) for providing a torque for driving the hybrid motor vehicle. The motor shaft (18) can be coupled via a transmission clutch (14) to a motor vehicle transmission (16) to shift transmission gears (1 to 8), and the motor vehicle transmission (16) has a transmission output shaft (28). A ring gear of a differential gear mechanism (29) of the hybrid motor vehicle can be driven by the transmission output shaft (28). The electric machine (30) can be coupled by a clutch (K3) to a drive shaft (60) and the ring gear (62) can be driven by the drive shaft (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastian Wachter, Falk Heilfort
  • Publication number: 20150226297
    Abstract: An electric portal axle (1) for electrically driving a motor vehicle has a housing (28), a single electric machine (2) and two spur gear stages (13, 14) for driving two wheels of the axle. A shiftable transmission (5) is downstream of the electric machine (2) and is embodied as a planetary gear mechanism with a freewheel (6) and a differential (7). The portal axle (1) has a shifting mechanism (23) for shifting two gear stages of the portal axle (1). In a first gear stage, a ring gear (9) of the transmission (5) and a clutch body (27) that is fixed to the housing are connected, and a clutch (29) between the ring gear (9) and a planetary carrier (11) of the transmission (5) is opened. In a second gear stage the ring gear (9) and the clutch body (27) are disconnected and the clutch (29) is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Falk Heilfort