Patents by Inventor Josef Archan

Josef Archan 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: 9903458
    Abstract: A differential gear for a motor vehicle includes a housing with a first housing part and a second housing part, and at least one bolt on which two differential gear wheels are arranged. The first housing part is configured integrally with an input element and the second housing part has at least two mutually opposing receiver openings. Bolt ends of the bolt are received in the receiver openings so that end faces of the bolt in the region of the two bolt ends, together with the outside of the second housing part, form a housing outer face. The first housing part, the second housing part, and the bolt are connected together by a peripheral radial weld seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Josef Archan
  • Patent number: 9638264
    Abstract: A clutch for a motor vehicle, preferably for engaging and disengaging a drive train for all-wheel drive vehicles, comprises a first shaft, a second shaft arranged coaxially to the first shaft, a clutch sleeve which is moveable in the axial direction relative to the first shaft and the second shaft for causing a form-fit coupling or decoupling of the first shaft and the second shaft, and a coil which can be powered, wherein a plurality of engagement bodies are connected rotationally fixedly to the first shaft, wherein the coil which can be powered is arranged coaxially to the axial direction, wherein by powering the coil, the clutch sleeve can be moved in the axial direction, wherein by moving the clutch sleeve in the axial direction, the engagement bodies can be pressed over part of their height into receivers, and wherein the receivers are connected rotationally fixedly to the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Magna Powertrain AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Josef Archan, Markus Kohlböck, Werner Schöfmann
  • Publication number: 20160305526
    Abstract: A differential gear for a motor vehicle includes a housing with a first housing part and a second housing part, and at least one bolt on which two differential gear wheels are arranged. The first housing part is configured integrally with an input element and the second housing part has at least two mutually opposing receiver openings. Bolt ends of the bolt are received in the receiver openings so that end faces of the bolt in the region of the two bolt ends, together with the outside of the second housing part, form a housing outer face. The first housing part, the second housing part, and the bolt are connected together by a peripheral radial weld seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Josef Archan
  • Publication number: 20150337906
    Abstract: A clutch for a motor vehicle, preferably for engaging and disengaging a drive train for all-wheel drive vehicles, comprises a first shaft, a second shaft arranged coaxially to the first shaft, a clutch sleeve which is moveable in the axial direction relative to the first shaft and the second shaft for causing a form-fit coupling or decoupling of the first shaft and the second shaft, and a coil which can be powered, wherein a plurality of engagement bodies are connected rotationally fixedly to the first shaft, wherein the coil which can be powered is arranged coaxially to the axial direction, wherein by powering the coil, the clutch sleeve can be moved in the axial direction, wherein by moving the clutch sleeve in the axial direction, the engagement bodies can be pressed over part of their height into receivers, and wherein the receivers are connected rotationally fixedly to the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Josef Archan, Markus Kohlböck, Werner Schöfmann