Patents by Inventor Alexander Mühlbauer

Alexander Mühlbauer 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: 20230398862
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically driveable drive axle (19) for an all-terrain utility vehicle, comprising a first drivetrain (20) with a first electric motor (21), with a first transmission (22) and with a first drive output (23), and comprising a second drivetrain (30) with a second electric motor (31), with a second transmission (32) and with a second output (33), wherein the first drivetrain (20) and the second drivetrain (30) are arranged in a common housing (40) and/or on the common housing (40), and wherein the first drivetrain (20) forms a first torque path and the second drivetrain (30) forms a second torque path. The drive axle (10) according to the invention is characterized in that the first torque path and the second torque path are mechanically separate from one another. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Maximilian Winkler, Alexander Mühlbauer, Florian Felbinger, Willi Rometsch, Franz Reitinger, Johannes Auburger, Ulrich Solka, Hendrik Frisch
  • Publication number: 20230382219
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrically operable drive train (10), having a first transfer case (11), a first electric motor (12), and a first axle (13, 13?) as well as a second transfer case (14), a second electric motor (15, 15), and a second axle (16, 16?). The first transfer case (11) has a first input (17), a first axle output (18), and a first coupling output (19). The second transfer case (14) has a second input (20), a second axle output (21), and a second coupling output (22). The first coupling output (19) can be coupled with the second coupling output (22) by way of a coupling shaft (23). The drive train (10) according to the invention is distinguished in that the first transfer case (11) further has a first power take-off (24). The invention relates further to a corresponding vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Pfeffer, Franz Reitinger, Alexander Mühlbauer, Tobias Brilka
  • Publication number: 20230373245
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically drivable steering axle (10) having an axle housing (11), an electric motor (12), a transmission (13), a differential (14) with a first output shaft (18) and a second output shaft (18?), a first wheel head (15), a second wheel head (16) and a steering linkage (17, 17?, 17?). The electric motor (12) is drive-connected to the first wheel head (15) and to the second wheel head (16) via the transmission (13) and the differential (14). The steering axle (10) according to the invention is distinguished by the fact that the electric motor (12), the transmission (13), and the differential (14) are arranged coaxially with the first output shaft (18) and the second output shaft (18?). The invention additionally relates to a corresponding vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andreas PFEFFER, Franz REITINGER, Alexander MÜHLBAUER, Tobias BRILKA
  • Publication number: 20230101199
    Abstract: A drive device (7) for a motor vehicle drive train of an electric vehicle has a plurality of electric machines (12, 13, 14) and a transmission, where different transmission ratios between an input shaft and an output side can be selected. In this case, a first electric machine (13) is connected to the input shaft of the transmission or can be connected thereto, and the output side of the transmission is coupled to at least one output drive (9, 10), which is used in the motor vehicle drive train to connect a respective drive axle of the electric vehicle. In order to achieve the highest possible driving comfort by means of this drive device (7), a second electric machine (14) is also permanently connected to the output side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Tobias Brilka, Franz Reitinger, Andreas Pfeffer, Alexander Mühlbauer
  • Publication number: 20230060296
    Abstract: A drive unit for an electric vehicle has at least one electric machine, a multi-speed transmission, and a distributor device. The rotor of each electric machine is connected to an associated input shaft of the multi-speed transmission. The multi-speed transmission is connected on the output side to the distributor device with different transmission ratios being selectable in the multi-speed transmission. In addition, a drive power introduced into the distributor device can be distributed to at least two outputs of the distributor device. In order to provide a compact drive unit for an electric vehicle with permanent all-wheel drive or selectable all-wheel drive, the distributor device can be used to provide a longitudinal distribution of the introduced drive power in that the outputs of the distributor device are each provided for coupling to a respective drive axle of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Pfeffer, Alexander Mühlbauer, Franz Reitinger, Tobias Brilka