Patents by Inventor Florian Nachtmann

Florian Nachtmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20240146133
    Abstract: An electric machine has a stator and a rotor which is rotatably mounted relative to the stator. The rotor has a rotor shaft and a rotor body which is rotationally fixed to the rotor shaft. The rotor shaft has a hydraulic channel which extends in the axial direction, can be filled with a hydraulic fluid, and from which a first radial fluid channel extends outwards in the radial direction. At least one ring disc-shaped cover element is rotationally fixed to the rotor body on an axial end face of the rotor body, and the cover element together with the axial end face of the rotor body forms at least one first cooling channel which is open on both sides and which can be hydraulically coupled to the first radial fluid channel such that a hydraulic fluid can be conveyed out of the hydraulic channel of the rotor shaft and through the radial fluid channel and the first cooling channel in the radial direction in a centrifugal force-supported manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Nachtmann, Laurent Ineichen, Matthias Bauer, Kay Juckelandt
  • Publication number: 20230344288
    Abstract: A lamination of a laminated core of a rotor of an electric rotating machine includes; body, a plurality of first sectors, and a plurality of second sectors. The body has a ring shaped defined by an inner radial side and an outer radial side. The plurality of first sectors extend from the inner radial side to the outer radial side. The plurality of second sectors extend from the inner radial side to the outer radial side. A radial compressive strength of the plurality of first sectors, at least at the inner radial side is greater than a radial com pressive strength of the plurality of second sectors at the inner radial side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Nachtmann, Jochen Kinzig, Sebastien Heitz
  • Publication number: 20230137765
    Abstract: A rotor has an iron core with rotor laminations which are arranged in at least one stack, plane-parallel to one another. At least one of the rotor laminations is designed as a fluid-conducting lamination and forms at least one flow channel having at least one radial direction component, which flow channel is open on at least one axial side of the fluid-conducting lamination. A rotor lamination is designed as a sealing lamination being arranged on the axially open side of the fluid-conducting lamination, by means of which rotor lamination designed as a sealing lamination the flow channel of the fluid-conducting lamination is sealed substantially fluid-tight on the side of the sealing lamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexandre Fischer, Florian Nachtmann, Sebastien Heitz
  • Patent number: 10036430
    Abstract: A clutch device comprising a counterplate, a pressure plate displaceable to a limited extent in an axial direction to frictionally clamp a clutch disc between the pressure plate and the counterplate, a lever element acting on the pressure plate to displace the pressure plate in an axial direction, a central flange at least partially disposed between the pressure plate and the lever element and having at least one opening for the pressure plate and/or the lever element to pass through, and a wear compensation device for automatically adapting to clutch wear, wherein to prevent any undesired wear compensation, the lever element is engageable with the central flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Nachtmann, Felix Vogel, Willi Ruder
  • Patent number: 10006497
    Abstract: A rotor-integrated disconnect clutch for a hybrid module with a rotor, comprising a clutch disc axially arranged to be non-rotatably secured between a counter plate and an axially movable pressure plate, wherein a first lever element such as a diaphragm spring is pivotable about a bearing point and in operative connection with the pressure plate, for instance via a pressure plate tab, to transmit force, wherein an actuator such as an electrical concentric actuator for at least indirectly causes the first element to pivot about the bearing point, wherein a second lever element is disposed between the first actuator and the first lever element to have a force transmitting effect there between. The invention further relates to a drive train including a hybrid module with a disconnect clutch of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Florian Nachtmann
  • Patent number: 9644689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuating device for a clutch having a stator device, a rotor device which is rotatable in relation to the stator device and a carriage device which is movable to a limited extent in an axial direction in relation to the rotor device and which supplies tensile and thrust forces, which is operatively connected to a push-pull device that is designed to exert tensile and thrust forces on a lever element of the clutch, where the push-pull device has at least one pull element and at least one push element, between which the lever element can be accommodated, and which are connectible to one another, as well as to a clutch having an actuating device, an electric drive module having a clutch, and a method for installing a clutch having an actuating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Nachtmann, Sebastien Oster, Willi Ruder, Sebastien Heitz
  • Publication number: 20170050506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a torque transmission device that is to be arranged in a drive train of a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a transmission and an electric machine, the electric machine being arranged in the torque transmission device. The torque transmission device includes a disconnect clutch with clutch actuation, for decoupling the internal combustion engine from the transmission, and a primary torsional vibration damper on the crankshaft side. The invention has a secondary torsional vibration damper arranged on the transmission side, radially and axially inside the rotor and directly on the transmission-side output flange of the torque transmission device. This allows the installation space for the crankshaft-side primary torsional vibration damper to be increased, such that the damper can be optimally designed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Trinkenschuh, Willi Ruder, Florian Nachtmann, Dominque Engelmann
  • Publication number: 20160195142
    Abstract: A rotor-integrated disconnect clutch for a hybrid module with a rotor, comprising a clutch disc axially arranged to be non-rotatably secured between a counter plate and an axially movable pressure plate, wherein a first lever element such as a diaphragm spring is pivotable about a bearing point and in operative connection with the pressure plate, for instance via a pressure plate tab, to transmit force, wherein an actuator such as an electrical concentric actuator for at least indirectly causes the first element to pivot about the bearing point, wherein a second lever element is disposed between the first actuator and the first lever element to have a force transmitting effect there between. The invention further relates to a drive train including a hybrid module with a disconnect clutch of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Florian Nachtmann
  • Publication number: 20150337907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuating device for a clutch having a stator device, a rotor device which is rotatable in relation to the stator device and a carriage device which is movable to a limited extent in an axial direction in relation to the rotor device and which supplies tensile and thrust forces, which is operatively connected to a push-pull device that is designed to exert tensile and thrust forces on a lever element of the clutch, where the push-pull device has at least one pull element and at least one push element, between which the lever element can be accommodated, and which are connectible to one another, as well as to a clutch having an actuating device, an electric drive module having a clutch, and a method for installing a clutch having an actuating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Florian Nachtmann, Sebastien Oster, Willi Ruder, Sebastien Heitz
  • Publication number: 20150330460
    Abstract: A clutch device comprising a counterplate, a pressure plate displaceable to a limited extent in an axial direction to frictionally clamp a clutch disc between the pressure plate and the counterplate, a lever element acting on the pressure plate to displace the pressure plate in an axial direction, a central flange at least partially disposed between the pressure plate and the lever element and having at least one opening for the pressure plate and/or the lever element to pass through, and a wear compensation device for automatically adapting to clutch wear, wherein to prevent any undesired wear compensation, the lever element is engageable with the central flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co., KG
    Inventors: Florian Nachtmann, Felix Vogel, Willi Ruder
  • Patent number: 9032838
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement, in particular for use in the drive train of a motor vehicle, including a flywheel which is arranged on the drive side and is coupled via a spring arrangement to a secondary disk and is part, with said secondary disk, of a two-mass flywheel. The secondary disk has at least one centrifugal force pendulum, and a threaded sleeve is screwed with an outer thread into an inner thread of the secondary disk, and a clutch housing is screwed to an inner thread of the threaded sleeve via a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Nachtmann, Christoph Raber, Olaf Schillinger, Marcus Scherrer
  • Publication number: 20140033861
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement, in particular for use in the drive train of a motor vehicle, including a flywheel which is arranged on the drive side and is coupled via a spring arrangement to a secondary disk and is part, with said secondary disk, of a two-mass flywheel. The secondary disk has at least one centrifugal force pendulum, and a threaded sleeve is screwed with an outer thread into an inner thread of the secondary disk, and a clutch housing is screwed to an inner thread of the threaded sleeve via a fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Nachtmann, Christoph Raber, Olaf Schillinger, Marcus Scherrer