Patents by Inventor Gerhard Spengler

Gerhard Spengler 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: 20240026965
    Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle includes a gearwheel space, a gearwheel received in the gearwheel space and having at least one oil bunker for supplying oil for lubricating the gearwheel, and at least one oil return device. The oil is conveyable from the oil bunker into the gearwheel space. At least one oil sump for catching the oil is arranged in the gearwheel space. At least one partition is arranged between the oil bunker and the oil sump for separating the oil sump from the oil bunker. The at least one oil return device includes at least one wiper for wiping the oil from the gearwheel and at least one outlet for removing the wiped oil into the oil bunker. The wiper and the outlet are arranged on different sides of the at least one partition and are connected by at least one fluid connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Gerhard SPENGLER, Thorsten WUNSCH, Simon MARTIN, Kaspar KRAXNER, Andre GEISSER, Andreas TIPPMANN
  • Publication number: 20240026954
    Abstract: An automotive intermediate shaft transmission arrangement includes a rotatably and floatingly supported intermediate shaft body which supports an external input toothing and an external output toothing rotationally fixed. The input toothing is oppositely angled with respect to the output toothing so that the resulting axial forces act in opposite directions with respect to each other. The intermediate shaft body is exclusively supported by a plurality of floating radial rolling bearings. Two longitudinal ends of the intermediate shaft body are respectively axially supported by an axial bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Gerhard SPENGLER, Simon MARTIN, Andre GEISSER, Dmitry MEZHEVITIN
  • Publication number: 20230041478
    Abstract: A conveying device for conveying a medical fluid that is guided into a hose includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a stator base, an area for receiving the hose in the conveying device, and a hose bed providing a counter bearing for occlusion devices. The rotor includes a rotor axis and at least two occlusion devices that are attached radially to the rotor axis and that compress the hose intermittently against the hose bed during use of the conveying device. The rotor encompasses an axial guiding element that is arranged to rotate about its own longitudinal axis for aligning the hose in the stator. The longitudinal axis of the axial guiding element extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rotor axis. The axial guiding element includes a middle section and a first lateral section protruding radially over the middle section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Gerhard Spengler, Udo Kirstgen
  • Patent number: 11255428
    Abstract: A securing device for securing a stationary state of an electric vehicle includes a gearshift interlock device and a differential interlock device. The gearshift interlock device has a gearshift interlock drive with a gearshift interlock shaft for driving a gearshift interlock between a gearshift interlock position and a gearshift release position. The differential interlock device has a differential interlock drive with a differential interlock shaft for driving a differential interlock between a differential interlock position and a differential release position. The gearshift interlock shaft and the differential interlock shaft are connected to one another in a drive-transmitting fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Weigelt, Raphael Thomann, Gary Avery, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 11035466
    Abstract: A securing device for securing an electric vehicle in a stationary position. The securing device having a transmission locking device and an axle locking device. The transmission locking device has a transmission locking drive with a transmission locking shaft for driving a transmission lock between a transmission locking position and a transmission release position. The axle locking device has an axle locking drive with an axle locking shaft for driving an axle lock between an axle locking position and an axle release position. The transmission locking shaft and the axle locking shaft are formed independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Weigelt, Raphael Thomann, Gary Avery, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
  • Publication number: 20200248805
    Abstract: A securing device for securing an electric vehicle in a stationary position. The securing device having a transmission locking device and an axle locking device. The transmission locking device has a transmission locking drive with a transmission locking shaft for driving a transmission lock between a transmission locking position and a transmission release position. The axle locking device has an axle locking drive with an axle locking shaft for driving an axle lock between an axle locking position and an axle release position. The transmission locking shaft and the axle locking shaft are formed independently of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Weigelt, Raphael Thomann, Gary Avery, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
  • Publication number: 20200248796
    Abstract: A securing device for securing a stationary state of an electric vehicle includes a gearshift interlock device and a differential interlock device. The gearshift interlock device has a gearshift interlock drive with a gearshift interlock shaft for driving a gearshift interlock between a gearshift interlock position and a gearshift release position. The differential interlock device has a differential interlock drive with a differential interlock shaft for driving a differential interlock between a differential interlock position and a differential release position. The gearshift interlock shaft and the differential interlock shaft are connected to one another in a drive-transmitting fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Weigelt, Raphael Thomann, Gary Avery, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 10038354
    Abstract: An arrangement (1) for driving a wheel of a motor vehicle has an electric machine (6) and a transmission (4). The transmission (4) is downstream of the electric machine (6) and is arranged within the electric machine (6). A common cooling device (14) with a cooling water jacket (15) is utilized for cooling both the electric machine (6) and the transmission (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Schiek, Leo Spiegel, Immo Stache, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 9322439
    Abstract: A positive clutch actuating device of a motor vehicle transmission for shifting a positive clutch that is situated in series with a friction clutch includes at least one actuating unit having at least one gate track, which is provided for mechanically converting a rotary movement into a linear movement in order to actuate the positive clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Peter Appeltauer, Gerhard Spengler
  • Publication number: 20160006321
    Abstract: An arrangement (1) for driving a wheel of a motor vehicle has an electric machine (6) and a transmission (4). The transmission (4) is downstream of the electric machine (6) and is arranged within the electric machine (6). A common cooling device (14) with a cooling water jacket (15) is utilized for cooling both the electric machine (6) and the transmission (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Werner Schiek, Leo Spiegel, Immo Stache, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 9144943
    Abstract: A fiber filling box divided into compartments by slotted divider walls, preferably comb-like divider fences with vertical tines extending downwardly from a top frame, is lowered onto an air-permeable conveyor over at least one vacuum box in a fiber filling station. A multi-axis controlled nozzle blows fiber material to different depths and/or densities in the individual compartments. The divider fences allow continuous intertwining of fibers between adjacent compartments, but sufficiently contain the fibers to maintain well-defined boundaries between different fiber depths and/or densities in the individual compartments. Hold-down plates are lowered onto the fiber material, the fiber filling box is lifted away, and then the hold-down plates are lifted to release a shaped fiber mass, which is then heated and compacted in a heating station to form a fiber preform. The hot fiber preform is then molded, compressed and cooled in a molding station to produce a molded fiber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: OLBRICH GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 9046095
    Abstract: A roller pump includes a stator with a pump bed formed therein, and a rotor for acting on a hose inserted into the pump bed in arcuate form. The ends of the hose are guided out of the pump bed in a crossed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Baumann, Berthold Breitkopf, Elmar Huegel, Herbert Neubauer, Thomas Nuernberger, Jochen Schneider, Gerhard Spengler, Ralf Wamsiedler, Wolfgang Biesel, Christian Busse, Marco Caronna, Joerg Jonas, Reinhold Reiter, Joern Apel, Martin Lauer
  • Publication number: 20140151178
    Abstract: A positive clutch actuating device of a motor vehicle transmission for shifting a positive clutch that is situated in series with a friction clutch includes at least one actuating unit having at least one gate track, which is provided for mechanically converting a rotary movement into a linear movement in order to actuate the positive clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Peter Appeltauer, Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 8734138
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller pump consisting of a stator with a pump bed formed therein and a rotor for acting on a hose inserted into the pump bed in arcuate form. In accordance with the invention, the flow paths associated with the ends of the tube guided out of the pump bed cross.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Baumann, Berthold Breitkopf, Elmar Huegel, Herbert Neubauer, Thomas Nuernberger, Jochen Schneider, Gerhard Spengler, Ralf Wamsiedler, Wolfgang Biesel, Christian Busse, Marco Caronna, Joerg Jonas, Reinhold Reiter, Joern Apel, Martin Lauer
  • Publication number: 20130207292
    Abstract: A fiber filling box divided into compartments by slotted divider walls, preferably comb-like divider fences with vertical tines extending downwardly from a top frame, is lowered onto an air-permeable conveyor over at least one vacuum box in a fiber filling station. A multi-axis controlled nozzle blows fiber material to different depths and/or densities in the individual compartments. The divider fences allow continuous intertwining of fibers between adjacent compartments, but sufficiently contain the fibers to maintain well-defined boundaries between different fiber depths and/or densities in the individual compartments. Hold-down plates are lowered onto the fiber material, the fiber filling box is lifted away, and then the hold-down plates are lifted to release a shaped fiber mass, which is then heated and compacted in a heating station to form a fiber preform. The hot fiber preform is then molded, compressed and cooled in a molding station to produce a molded fiber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: HERBERT OLBRICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard SPENGLER
  • Patent number: 8387673
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heating station, a laminating and transfer-printing station, and a molding station in succession, and a transport arrangement that transports the material being processed among the stations. In the heating station, a substrate is pre-heated and consolidated. In the laminating and transfer-printing station, a decorative cover layer is laminated onto the substrate and simultaneously a surface decoration (design, pattern, image, colors, text, etc.) is transfer-printed by sublimation of inks or dyes from a transfer paper onto an outer surface of the decorative cover layer. The resulting laminated body with a transfer-printed surface decoration is then three-dimensionally deformed and molded to form a three-dimensionally contoured, molded, laminated article with the transfer-printed surface decoration. The article may be a motor vehicle interior trim component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Herbert Olbrich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 8197740
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a molded product from a sheet-form raw material blank has first and second mold tools that each respectively include a respective inner core mold and a respective outer edge mold laterally adjacent thereto. Drive elements drive the outer edge molds relative to a machine frame, and drive the inner core molds relative to the outer edge molds. A molding process involves closing the outer edge molds to hold an edge rim of the material blank while allowing slippage thereof, and then closing the inner core molds to three-dimensionally deform and mold a central portion of the material blank while pulling required additional material by slippage through the outer edge molds. A separate slip frame is not used. The edge rim held by the outer edge molds remains as a permanent mounting rim or flange of the finished molded product. Edge waste is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Herbert Olbrich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 8012290
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heating station, a laminating and transfer-printing station, and a molding station in succession, and a transport arrangement that transports the material being processed among the stations. In the heating station, a substrate is pre-heated and consolidated. In the laminating and transfer-printing station, a decorative cover layer is laminated onto the substrate and simultaneously a surface decoration (design, pattern, image, colors, text, etc.) is transfer-printed by sublimation of inks or dyes from a transfer paper onto an outer surface of the decorative cover layer. The resulting laminated body with a transfer-printed surface decoration is then three-dimensionally deformed and molded to form a three-dimensionally contoured, molded, laminated article with the transfer-printed surface decoration. The article may be a motor vehicle interior trim component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Herbert Olbrich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Spengler
  • Publication number: 20110150668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller pump consisting of a stator with a pump bed formed therein and a rotor for acting on a hose inserted into the pump bed in arcuate form. In accordance with the invention, the ends of the tube guided out of the pump bed cross.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Manfred Baumann, Berthold Breitkopf, Elmar Huegel, Herbert Neubauer, Thomas Nuernberger, Jochen Schneider, Gerhard Spengler, Ralf Wamsiedler, Wolfgang Biesel, Christian Busse, Marco Caronna, Joerg Jonas, Reinhold Reiter, Joern Apel, Martin Lauer
  • Publication number: 20110017402
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heating station, a laminating and transfer-printing station, and a molding station in succession, and a transport arrangement that transports the material being processed among the stations. In the heating station, a substrate is pre-heated and consolidated. In the laminating and transfer-printing station, a decorative cover layer is laminated onto the substrate and simultaneously a surface decoration (design, pattern, image, colors, text, etc.) is transfer-printed by sublimation of inks or dyes from a transfer paper onto an outer surface of the decorative cover layer. The resulting laminated body with a transfer-printed surface decoration is then three-dimensionally deformed and molded to form a three-dimensionally contoured, molded, laminated article with the transfer-printed surface decoration. The article may be a motor vehicle interior trim component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: HERBERT OLBRICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard SPENGLER