Patents by Inventor Roland Gruss

Roland Gruss 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: 5297452
    Abstract: A transmission system for a motor vehicle with two powered axles has an engine aligned perpendicular to the driving direction and a transmission parallel to the axis of the engine shaft and includes an angle gear housing flangemounted on the side of the transmission housing, both housings having a lubricant supply for centrifugal or splash lubrication of the corresponding gear parts. The lubricant supplies, which are separated from each other by a partition, are interconnected by at least one first partition opening which serves as a lubrication inlet and at least one second partition opening which serves as a lubrication return. The second partition opening is located not below a first horizontal plane which passes approximately through the lower edge of a shaft bearing arrangement in the partition for the connecting shaft and the first partition opening is located above a second horizontal plane which passes approximately through the uppermost second partition opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Roland Gruss, Klaus Wiese, Eberhard Diessner