Patents by Inventor Ulrich Ohnemus

Ulrich Ohnemus 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: 10611229
    Abstract: A hybrid drive module for a motor vehicle is provided. The hybrid drive module includes a planetary gear stage with a sun gear, a ring gear, a planetary gear carrier and at least one planetary gear that is rotatably mounted with respect to the planetary gear carrier. The hybrid drive module also includes an electric drive machine having a stator and a rotor. The ring gear and the rotor, and the planetary gear carrier and a separation clutch can be connected in a torque-conducting manner. The separation clutch is configured to interrupt the torque transfer to the planetary gear carrier, and the ring gear is arranged in the radial and axial directions at least in sections inside the rotor. The planetary gear carrier is mounted with the axial bearing and the radial bearing in a rotatable manner with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ulrich Ohnemus
  • Publication number: 20190344772
    Abstract: A combined multistage hybrid transmission has a transmission housing; a transmission input shaft; a transmission output shaft; a first planetary gear set with a first sun pinion, a first ring gear, and a first carrier shaft on which at least one first planetary gear is rotatably mounted; a second planetary gear set with a second sun pinion, a second ring gear, and a second carrier shaft on which at least one second planetary gear is rotatably mounted. An electromechanical energy converter is rotationally fixed to the first sun pinion, wherein the first ring gear is rotationally fixed to the second sun pinion by an intermediate shaft. The transmission output shaft is arranged axially parallel and at a radial distance to the transmission input shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin KLUGE, Sebastian LIEBERT, Ulrich OHNEMUS, Fritz POBITZER
  • Patent number: 10369879
    Abstract: A hybrid module for a powertrain includes a drive, a first coupling section that couples the hybrid module to a transmission, and a second coupling section that couples the hybrid module to an internal combustion engine. The second coupling section includes a shifting arrangement having at least two shift elements which can take an initial and a shift position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Edmund Bauchrowitz, Markus Nussbaumer, Alexander Martin
  • Patent number: 10272762
    Abstract: A drive system for a hybrid drive in a motor vehicle is provided. The drive system includes a drive machine with a rotor and a stator; a planetary gear set with a sun gear, a ring gear and at least one planetary gear mounted on a planetary carrier; and a coupling system, by way of which at least one other drive machine can be coupled to the drive system. The ring gear can be connected to the rotor in order to transmit drive power and is arranged inside the rotor in the radial direction. In particular, the sun gear of the drive system is non-rotatably mounted in relation to the stator; the planetary carrier is configured as a transmission output shaft; and a power take-off shaft, which is concentric with the ring gear, can be connected to the planetary carrier and to the coupling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Michael Etzel, Benjamin Kluge, Sebastian Liebert
  • Patent number: 10155437
    Abstract: A planetary gearing device includes a gearing input shaft, a gearing output shaft, a gearing housing, and at least a first, second and third planetary gear train, each having a sun gear, a ring gear and at least one planet gear. The planetary gear trains are centrally arranged with respect to a gearing axis and can be mutually, particularly selectively, connected with torque transmission devices. The first planetary gear train are arranged radially within the second planetary gear train. An individual sectional plane orthogonal with respect to the gearing axis intersects the first and the second planetary gear train, the first and the third planetary gear train being axially spaced from one another along this gearing axis. The first planetary gear train has at least a second planet gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Sebastian Liebert, Benjamin Kluge
  • Publication number: 20180264925
    Abstract: A hybrid drive module for a motor vehicle is provided. The hybrid drive module includes a planetary gear stage with a sun gear, a ring gear, a planetary gear carrier and at least one planetary gear that is rotatably mounted with respect to the planetary gear carrier. The hybrid drive module also includes an electric drive machine having a stator and a rotor. The ring gear and the rotor, and the planetary gear carrier and a separation clutch can be connected in a torque-conducting manner. The separation clutch is configured to interrupt the torque transfer to the planetary gear carrier, and the ring gear is arranged in the radial and axial directions at least in sections inside the rotor. The planetary gear carrier is mounted with the axial bearing and the radial bearing in a rotatable manner with respect to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Ulrich OHNEMUS
  • Publication number: 20180244145
    Abstract: A drive machine coupling device for a motor vehicle with a hybrid drive is provided. The device includes an input shaft designed to receive the drive power provided by a first drive machine, an output shaft designed to output the drive power, and a first coupling device arranged between the input shaft and the output shaft. By way of the first coupling device, a torque can selectively be transmitted from the input shaft to the output shaft. The coupling device can be directly coupled to the output shaft. An additional coupling device is arranged between the input shaft and the output shaft, and can be directly coupled to the output shaft, such that a torque can selectively be transmitted from the input shaft to the output shaft. The additional coupling device is arranged parallel to the first coupling device with respect to the torque transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich OHNEMUS, Michael ETZEL, Roland GOLLMER, Sebastian LIEBERT
  • Publication number: 20180244143
    Abstract: A hybrid drive for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The hybrid drive includes an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft, and an electric motor. The electric motor is coupled to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine by way of an automatically shifting transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Roland GOLLMER, Michael ETZEL, Ulrich OHNEMUS
  • Publication number: 20180093559
    Abstract: A hybrid planetary gear transmission includes first, second and third planetary gear sets with respective sun, ring and planetary gears, the three planetary gear sets being arranged at a distance from each other concentrically to a common transmission axis, a transmission input shaft for receiving drive power from at least one drive machine, and a transmission output shaft for outputting drive power to a drive train. The hybrid transmission further includes a first coupling system for selectively connecting the transmission input shaft to the sun gear of the first planetary gear set, a second coupling device for selectively connecting the transmission input shaft to the planetary gear carrier of the first planetary gear set, and a connection between the ring gear of the third planetary gear set to the planetary carrier of the second planetary gear set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich OHNEMUS, Sebastian LIEBERT, Benjamin KLUGE
  • Publication number: 20180093558
    Abstract: A drive system for a hybrid drive in a motor vehicle is provided. The drive system includes a drive machine with a rotor and a stator; a planetary gear set with a sun gear, a ring gear and at least one planetary gear mounted on a planetary carrier; and a coupling system, by way of which at least one other drive machine can be coupled to the drive system. The ring gear can be connected to the rotor in order to transmit drive power and is arranged inside the rotor in the radial direction. In particular, the sun gear of the drive system is non-rotatably mounted in relation to the stator; the planetary carrier is configured as a transmission output shaft; and a power take-off shaft, which is concentric with the ring gear, can be connected to the planetary carrier and to the coupling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Michael Etzel, Benjamin Kluge, Sebastian Liebert
  • Patent number: 9873317
    Abstract: A method for mounting the drive train components of a hybrid drive including providing an automatic transmission, which comprises a transmission casing and a transmission input shaft; a hybrid head, which is premounted as a separate assembly and which has a hybrid head casing, a rotor drive element and an output element; and an electric machine, which has a stator and a rotor, wherein the hybrid head casing is connected by flanges to the transmission casing and the output element is coupled in rotation to the transmission input shaft by means of a shaft-hub connection, and wherein the electric machine is subsequently installed in the hybrid head casing, wherein the stator is connected to the hybrid head casing and the rotor is connected to the rotor drive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Reinhard Simkovics, Lothar Wolf, Alexander Martin
  • Publication number: 20180010647
    Abstract: A drive unit is provided for a motor vehicle, including at least one internal combustion engine that has an output shaft, at least one starting element that can be driven by the output shaft, a transmission that can be driven by the output shaft via the starting element, and at least one bellows mechanism via which the starting element can be driven by the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventor: Ulrich OHNEMUS
  • Publication number: 20170343104
    Abstract: A valve device for an automatic transmission for a vehicle, preferably for a motor or utility vehicle, is provided. According to the invention, the valve device is designed such that the valve device can achieve the establishment and separation of a fluid connection between an operating pressure side and an actuator pressure side, each in a state operated without pressure. Further, an automatic transmission having such a valve device and a corresponding method for controlling such a valve device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander MARTIN, Benjamin KLUGE, Sebastian LIEBERT, Ulrich OHNEMUS
  • Publication number: 20170158041
    Abstract: A planetary gearing device includes a gearing input shaft, a gearing output shaft, a gearing housing, and at least a first, second and third planetary gear train, each having a sun gear, a ring gear and at least one planet gear. The planetary gear trains are centrally arranged with respect to a gearing axis and can be mutually, particularly selectively, connected with torque transmission devices. The first planetary gear train are arranged radially within the second planetary gear train. An individual sectional plane orthogonal with respect to the gearing axis intersects the first and the second planetary gear train, the first and the third planetary gear train being axially spaced from one another along this gearing axis. The first planetary gear train has at least a second planet gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Ulrich OHNEMUS, Sebastian LIEBERT, Benjamin KLUGE
  • Patent number: 9580059
    Abstract: A hybrid module includes a housing, an input intended for rotationally coupling to an internal combustion engine, an output intended for rotationally coupling to an input of a gearbox, an electric machine arranged in the housing and having a stator and a rotor arranged within the stator radially, a separation clutch and a torsional vibration damper. The separation clutch and the torsional vibration damper are arranged within the rotor in both the radial and axial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Reinhard Simkovics, Lothar Wolf, Alexander Martin
  • Publication number: 20170036529
    Abstract: A hybrid module for a powertrain includes a drive, a first coupling section that couples the hybrid module to a transmission, and a second coupling section that couples the hybrid module to an internal combustion engine. The second coupling section includes a shifting arrangement having at least two shift elements which can take an initial and a shift position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ulrich OHNEMUS, Edmund BAUCHROWITZ, Markus NUSSBAUMER, Alexander MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20150300489
    Abstract: Shifting device for shifting a transmission, having a first group of shift elements and a second group of shift elements, a selector shaft, which is arranged in such a way that it can be moved in translation along a longitudinal axis and rotated about the longitudinal axis, wherein it is possible, by moving the selector shaft into one of a plurality of possible translational positions, to select at least one shift element of the first group and at least one shift element of the second group and, by rotating the selector shaft, to actuate the selected shift elements. The at least one selected shift element of the first group can be actuated in phase or with an overlapping phase displacement or an offset phase displacement with respect to the at least one selected shift element of the second group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Ulrich OHNEMUS, Fritz POBITZER
  • Patent number: 8801563
    Abstract: A 9-speed planetary gear-automatic transmission includes precisely one gearbox input element, precisely one gearbox output element, precisely four planetary gear sets and precisely six shifting devices for selecting the individual gears of the planetary gear-automatic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Tilo Marschall, Alexander Martin, Lothar Wolf, Andreas Senft
  • Publication number: 20130291374
    Abstract: A method for mounting the drive train components of a hybrid drive including providing an automatic transmission, which comprises a transmission casing and a transmission input shaft; a hybrid head, which is premounted as a separate assembly and which has a hybrid head casing, a rotor drive element and an output element; and an electric machine, which has a stator and a rotor, wherein the hybrid head casing is connected by flanges to the transmission casing and the output element is coupled in rotation to the transmission input shaft by means of a shaft-hub connection, and wherein the electric machine is subsequently installed in the hybrid head casing, wherein the stator is connected to the hybrid head casing and the rotor is connected to the rotor drive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Ulrich OHNEMUS, Reinhard SIMKOVICS, Lothar WOLF, Alexander MARTIN
  • Patent number: 8568267
    Abstract: A planetary-gear automatic transmission, in particular a planetary-gear automatic transmission includes at least eight forward gear positions. For shifting the individual gear positions, shifting devices formed by clutches and/or brakes are provided. For actuating the shifting devices, shift actuators are provided which generate assigned actuating forces. The planetary-gear automatic transmission is constructed such that all shift actuators can be arranged or are arranged directly on or directly in the area of the assigned shifting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Tilo Maschall, Alexander Martin, Lothar Wolf