Patents Examined by Dang Pinh Le
  • Drive system
    Patent number: 6528918
    Abstract: A drive system includes an electric machine with a rotor arrangement which is connectable to a drive shaft for joint rotation therewith and a stator arrangement. The drive system further includes a coupling device such as a hydrodynamic coupling device with an inlet region that is connectable to the drive shaft for joint rotation therewith. A coupling element that is connectable to the drive shaft supports a rotor interaction region of the rotor arrangement is connectable to the inlet region of the coupling device for joint rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Mannesman Sachs AG
    Inventors: Jutta Paulus-Neues, Wolfgang Kundermann, Armin Denner