Patents by Inventor Gerald Viernekes

Gerald Viernekes 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: 11916463
    Abstract: An arrangement for liquid cooling of an electric machine with a stator and a rotor. The electric machine is enclosed over its outer circumference by a cooling jacket having an input and an output. In an installed position of the electric machine, the input is arranged spatially below a rotational axis of the rotor, and the output is arranged spatially above the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Gerald Viernekes, Linus Eschenbeck, Christopher Allnoch, Florian Model
  • Patent number: 11752855
    Abstract: A hybrid module having a damper hub connected to an internal combustion engine, a housing, a clutch, an electric machine which has a rotor and a stator connected to the housing, a torque converter has a converter housing connected to a central hub and a turbine shaft, and an output shaft. The rotor of the electric machine is connected to the central hub or the converter housing. The turbine shaft is connected to the output shaft to be fixed with respect to rotation and the clutch is arranged between the damper hub and the torque converter The central hub is supported at the output shaft via at least one bearing and is supported at the damper hub via at least two bearings and the damper hub is supported at the housing by a bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Monika RÖßner, Gerald Viernekes, Wolfgang Kundermann, Wolfgang Großpietsch, Martin Brehmer, Thilo Schmidt, Thomas Riedisser
  • Patent number: 11732762
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement (3) with a friction clutch (8) and a dog clutch (9), wherein the output side of the friction clutch (8) and the output side of the dog clutch (9) are connectible to a flywheel mass device (4). A powertrain unit having such clutch arrangement is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Guido Schmitt, Alexander Bartha, Wolfgang Kundermann, Axel Rohm, Gerald Viernekes, Alessio Paone, Monika Rössner, Michael Kunth
  • Patent number: 11686376
    Abstract: Connecting section for a two-part hub that support a driven shaft of a hybrid drive module having a first hub section and a second hub section. The connecting section can be arranged coaxially with the first hub section and the second hub section and can be arranged between the first hub section and the second hub section. The connecting section is designed as a sliding bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Monika Rößner, Gerald Viernekes
  • Patent number: 11536359
    Abstract: An arrangement of at least one sensor track-scanning rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) of an electric machine (EM) in a hybrid transmission housing (2) that includes a torque converter (3) and a housing-affixed oil supply plate arrangement is provided. The rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) is attached on an oil-supply-plate side, and a sensor ring (8), as a sensor track, is attached on a converter side. A hybrid transmission housing (2) including the arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Thomas Riedisser, Carl Schilling, Andreas Geiger, Gerald Viernekes, Matthias Weidner, Monika Rößner, Christopher Allnoch
  • Publication number: 20220360146
    Abstract: A rotor carrier for an electric machine having a sleeve-shaped receiving region and at least one flange-like carrier region connected to a hub or shaft. The receiving region has on its outer circumferential surface at least one driving groove extending in axial direction, and a plurality of radial oil bore holes are provided in the receiving region so as to be distributed over the circumference. An encoder wheel having a nonmagnetic material is provided at an axial end of the rotor carrier, and in that the encoder wheel protrudes over the receiving region in radial direction to serve as an axial limit for a rotor lamination stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Steffen MATSCHAS, Steffen EINENKEL, Thomas WALTER, Gerald VIERNEKES, Günter FAHL
  • Publication number: 20220196127
    Abstract: Connecting section for a two-part hub that support a driven shaft of a hybrid drive module having a first hub section and a second hub section. The connecting section can be arranged coaxially with the first hub section and the second hub section and can be arranged between the first hub section and the second hub section. The connecting section is designed as a sliding bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Monika RÖßNER, Gerald VIERNEKES
  • Patent number: 11280375
    Abstract: A torsional damper arrangement for a motor vehicle with a housing. The housing encloses a wet space. A momentum start clutch arrangement is arranged in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Monika Rößner, Gerald Viernekes, Alessio Paone, Axel Rohm, Alexander Bartha, Michael Kunth, Guido Schmitt, Wolfgang Kundermann, Stephan Stroph, Thomas Riedisser
  • Publication number: 20220037958
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rotor carrier for an electric machine provided for the drive of a motor vehicle, which has, on the circumference, a rotor carrier connecting portion, which extends in a radial direction of the rotor carrier for connecting to a disk carrier connecting portion of a disk carrier of a multi-disk clutch. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a disk carrier for a multi-disk clutch for decoupling an electric machine provided for the drive of a motor vehicle from an internal combustion engine, which has, on the outer circumference, a disk carrier connecting portion for connecting to a rotor carrier connecting portion of a rotor carrier of the electric machine. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a system having a rotor carrier and a disk carrier as well as a method for producing such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Monika Rößner, Gerald Viernekes, Simon Schuhmacher, Günter Fahl, Peter Schömig
  • Publication number: 20210341020
    Abstract: An apparatus for damping torsional vibrations in a drivetrain, including a drive device and an output device, which drive device and output device are arranged so as to be rotatable around a common axis, a damping device that connects the drive device and the output device to one another, and a thrust bearing device for axial support of drive device and the output device. The drive device, cover device, and thrust bearing device are arranged such that a partially enclosed spatial region is formed, and at least one damping element of the damping device is arranged in the spatial region. Elements of the drive device, the cover device, the output device and the thrust bearing device are arranged to inhibit liquid entry into the spatial region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan HERZOG, Laura RÖDER, Marcel WINKLER, Miroslav CIZEK, Jakub SKLENICKA, Monika RÖßNER, Gerald VIERNEKES, Manfred ZIMMER
  • Publication number: 20210131541
    Abstract: A hybrid drive module for a motor vehicle having an input shaft, an electric machine with a stator fixed with respect to relative rotation and a rotatable rotor, a disconnect clutch in the power flow between the input shaft and the rotor, and a torque converter with a lockup clutch, the housing of the torque converter being connected to the rotor so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to it. The disconnect clutch is actuatable in closing direction by pressurization of a first pressure space. The lockup clutch is actuatable in closing direction through pressurization of a second pressure space. The two pressure spaces are defined at least partially by the housing of the torque converter. The housing of the torque converter separates the first pressure space directly from the second pressure space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Monika RÖßNER, Gerald VIERNEKES, Wolfgang KUNDERMANN, Wolfgang GROßPIETSCH, Martin BREHMER, Thomas RIEDISSER, Thilo SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210123483
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement (3) with a friction clutch (8) and a dog clutch (9), wherein the output side of the friction clutch (8) and the output side of the dog clutch (9) are connectible to a flywheel mass device (4). A powertrain unit having such clutch arrangement is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Guido SCHMITT, Alexander BARTHA, Wolfgang KUNDERMANN, Axel ROHM, Gerald VIERNEKES, Alessio PAONE, Monika ROSSNER, Michael KUNTH
  • Patent number: 10988020
    Abstract: A drivetrain module for a motor vehicle having a clutch with an input area and an output area. A mutual rotational driving of the input area and output area is influenceable by the action of the clutch. The clutch has a clutch housing with a clutch space formed therein. The input area and the output area are arranged at least partially in the clutch space. The clutch space is filled and is closed to be tight against fluid relative to a surrounding area of the clutch space. The clutch has a pressure compensation device for compensation of a pressure difference acting between the clutch space and the surrounding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Alexander Markow, Gerald Viernekes
  • Publication number: 20210107346
    Abstract: A hybrid module having a damper hub connected to an internal combustion engine, a housing, a clutch, an electric machine which has a rotor and a stator connected to the housing, a torque converter has a converter housing connected to a central hub and a turbine shaft, and an output shaft. The rotor of the electric machine is connected to the central hub or the converter housing. The turbine shaft is connected to the output shaft to be fixed with respect to rotation and the clutch is arranged between the damper hub and the torque converter The central hub is supported at the output shaft via at least one bearing and is supported at the damper hub via at least two bearings and the damper hub is supported at the housing by a bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Monika RÖßNER, Gerald VIERNEKES, Wolfgang KUNDERMANN, Wolfgang GROßPIETSCH, Martin BREHMER, Thilo SCHHMIDT, Thomas RIEDISSER
  • Publication number: 20200321827
    Abstract: An arrangement for liquid cooling of an electric machine with a stator and a rotor. The electric machine is enclosed over its outer circumference by a cooling jacket having an input and an output. In an installed position of the electric machine, the input is arranged spatially below a rotational axis of the rotor, and the output is arranged spatially above the rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Gerald VIERNEKES, Linus Eschenbeck, Christopher Allnoch, Florian Model
  • Publication number: 20200247229
    Abstract: A hybrid drive module (1) for a motor vehicle includes a housing (GG), a torque converter (TC), and an electric machine with a rotor (R) and a stator (S). The rotor (R) is arranged on a rotor carrier (RT), which is fixedly connected to a hub (N). The hub (N) is rotatably supported via at least one first bearing (L1) and is supported in radial and axial directions against a bearing shield (LS). The hub (N) is rotationally fixed to a converter housing (TCH) of the torque converter (TC) via a rivet joint (RI) or a screw connection. A drive train for a motor vehicle including such a hybrid drive module (1) is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Riedisser, Robert Reiser, Gerald Viernekes, Jürgen Dacho, Thomas Bauer, Monika Rössner, Stephan Stroph, Linus Eschenbeck, Christopher Allnoch, Erwin Wack, Mario Kensy, Peter Frey, Christian Wickel, Michael Wirachowski
  • Publication number: 20200232519
    Abstract: A torsional damper arrangement for a motor vehicle with a housing. The housing encloses a wet space. A momentum start clutch arrangement is arranged in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Monika Rößner, Gerald Viernekes, Alessio Paone, Axel Rohm, Alexander Bartha, Michael Kunth, Guido Schmitt, Wolfgang Kundermann, Stephan Stroph, Thomas Riedisser
  • Publication number: 20200171939
    Abstract: A drivetrain module for a motor vehicle having a clutch with an input area and an output area. A mutual rotational driving of the input area and output area is influenceable by the action of the clutch. The clutch has a clutch housing with a clutch space formed therein. The input area and the output area are arranged at least partially in the clutch space. The clutch space is filled and is closed to be tight against fluid relative to a surrounding area of the clutch space. The clutch has a pressure compensation device for compensation of a pressure difference acting between the clutch space and the surrounding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander MARKOW, Gerald VIERNEKES
  • Publication number: 20200124157
    Abstract: An arrangement of at least one sensor track-scanning rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) of an electric machine (EM) in a hybrid transmission housing (2) that includes a torque converter (3) and a housing-affixed oil supply plate arrangement is provided. The rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) is attached on an oil-supply-plate side, and a sensor ring (8), as a sensor track, is attached on a converter side. A hybrid transmission housing (2) including the arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Thomas Riedisser, Carl Schilling, Andreas Geiger, Gerald Viernekes, Matthias Weidner, Monika Rößner, Christopher Allnoch
  • Patent number: 10097063
    Abstract: Constructional unit includes an electric machine with a stator and with a rotatable rotor, a rotatable output element operatively communicates with the rotor to transmit torque, and an offset arrangement. The offset arrangement is arranged between the rotor and the output element, and the transmission of torque is enabled in case of an axial offset and/or an angular offset between a rotational axis of the rotor and a rotational axis of the output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Gerald Viernekes, Alexander Markow