Patents by Inventor Alexander KLAR

Alexander KLAR 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: 20230045513
    Abstract: A chain drive mechanism includes a chain extending around a drive sprocket and a driven sprocket for transmitting torque therebetween. The chain drive mechanism also includes a snubber including one or more guide shoes, each having an engagement surface that contacts a side of the chain between the drive sprocket and the driven sprocket. The engagement surface of the guide shoe defines a recess with an opening therein, with the recess configured to convey lubricant fluid, such as oil, from the chain and through the opening by motion of the chain along the engagement surface. The recess has a wedge shape including two side walls converging toward the opening, and a floor that slopes downwardly away from the engagement surface and toward the opening. The snubber includes one or more guide shoes that are inside, outside, or some combination of inside and outside of the chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Manfred EICHINGER, Alexander KLAR, Matthias KOHLHAUSER
  • Patent number: 10907725
    Abstract: Wet-running flexible drive mechanism (1) for the transmission of torque having a drive element (2, 2?) and an output element (3, 3?), the drive element (2, 2?) and the output element (3, 3?) being drive-connected to one another via a flexible drive (14), the flexible drive (14) being arranged partially in a lubricant sump (4), characterized in that at least one guiding element (5) is arranged in the region of the lubricant sump (4), the guiding element (5) being shaped in such a way that a constriction (6) in the form of a gap which tapers in a wedge-shaped manner is formed between the flexible drive (14) which is arranged partially in the lubricant sump (4) and the guiding element (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Alexander Klar, Wolfgang Schweiger, Helmut Martin Waser
  • Patent number: 10641346
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement for a drive train of a motor vehicle comprising a switching element with a control geometry, an actuator, an actuating element, and a running roller. The switching element is arranged on an output element such that it is fixed in terms of rotation but can be moved axially into a first switching position and into a second switching position, an actuator operable for movement of the switching element from the first switching position into the second switching position and/or vice versa. The actuating element, via the actuator, actuates movement of the switching element from the first switching position into the second switching position and/or vice versa. The running roller is arranged on the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Magna Powertrain GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Alexander Hehenberger, Kurt Kippes, Alexander Klar, Wolfgang Schweiger
  • Publication number: 20190072175
    Abstract: Wet-running flexible drive mechanism (1) for the transmission of torque having a drive element (2, 2?) and an output element (3, 3?), the drive element (2, 2?) and the output element (3, 3?) being drive-connected to one another via a flexible drive (14), the flexible drive (14) being arranged partially in a lubricant sump (4), characterized in that at least one guiding element (5) is arranged in the region of the lubricant sump (4), the guiding element (5) being shaped in such a way that a constriction (6) in the form of a gap which tapers in a wedge-shaped manner is formed between the flexible drive (14) which is arranged partially in the lubricant sump (4) and the guiding element (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander KLAR, Wolfgang SCHWEIGER, Helmut Martin WASER
  • Publication number: 20180231070
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement for a drive train of a motor vehicle comprising a switching element with a control geometry, an actuator, an actuating element, and a running roller. The switching element is arranged on an output element such that it is fixed in terms of rotation but can be moved axially into a first switching position and into a second switching position, an actuator operable for movement of the switching element from the first switching position into the second switching position and/or vice versa. The actuating element, via the actuator, actuates movement of the switching element from the first switching position into the second switching position and/or vice versa. The running roller is arranged on the actuating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander HEHENBERGER, Kurt KIPPES, Alexander KLAR, Wolfgang SCHWEIGER