Patents by Inventor Alexander Voit

Alexander Voit 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: 20260152054
    Abstract: An electric machine for generating electrical energy and for generating a torque for a hybrid vehicle, includes a housing having an axial opening for installing a stator and a rotor and having an outer housing wall part which delimits the electric machine relative to the environment, a torsional vibration damper for damping torsional vibrations of an internal combustion engine, and a torque-switching safety clutch) for preventing component-damaging differences in torque between the electric machine and the engine. The electric machine has a sealing device that seals the axial opening of the housing and subdivides the interior of the housing into two sections of space in the axial direction. The torsional vibration damper is arranged in one of the sections and the safety clutch is arranged in the other section. A drive unit for a hybrid vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander VOIT, Dominik HANS, Steffen LEHMANN
  • Patent number: 12441175
    Abstract: A drive unit for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, in particular a hybrid motor vehicle, and to a drive assembly. The drive unit is for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, and includes a first electric rotary machine for generator operation and a second electric rotary machine for drive motor operation, and a transmission. A rotor of the first electric rotary machine is for direct mechanical coupling to an output element of an internal combustion engine, and a rotor of the second electric rotary machine is or can be rotationally coupled to an input of the transmission, with no torque-transmitting connection being provided between the first electric rotary machine and the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Voit, Steffen Lehmann
  • Patent number: 12140194
    Abstract: A drive train unit for a drive train of a motor vehicle includes an input component for introducing a torque, a torsion damper for damping rotational non-uniformities, an output component for outputting the torque, and an intermediate hub. The torsion damper is connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the input component. The torsion damper includes a main damper having a spring element, and a radial inner side. The output component is connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the torsion damper. The output component is arranged radially outside of the spring element. The intermediate hub connects the torsion damper to the output component on the radial inner side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Björn Reuter, Alexander Voit, Frank Wille
  • Publication number: 20230322071
    Abstract: A drive unit for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, in particular a hybrid motor vehicle, and to a drive assembly. The drive unit is for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, and includes a first electric rotary machine for generator operation and a second electric rotary machine for drive motor operation, and a transmission. A rotor of the first electric rotary machine is for direct mechanical coupling to an output element of an internal combustion engine, and a rotor of the second electric rotary machine is or can be rotationally coupled to an input of the transmission, with no torque-transmitting connection being provided between the first electric rotary machine and the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander VOIT, Steffen LEHMANN
  • Publication number: 20220252133
    Abstract: A drive train unit for a drive train of a motor vehicle includes an input component for introducing a torque, a torsion damper for damping rotational non-uniformities, an output component for outputting the torque, and an intermediate hub. The torsion damper is connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the input component. The torsion damper includes a main damper having a spring element, and a radial inner side. The output component is connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the torsion damper. The output component is arranged radially outside of the spring element. The intermediate hub connects the torsion damper to the output component on the radial inner side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Björn Reuter, Alexander Voit, Frank Wille
  • Patent number: 5583386
    Abstract: The invention discloses a safety circuit for electrically operated devices, which turns on the device in question, based on its position and design, only if handling and posture by the operator is completely correct and proper and the circuit, moreover, is static and insensitive to outside influences due to the use of sensor switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Pi-Patente GmbH, Entwicklung und Verwertung
    Inventors: Hans-Werner Meixner, Alexander Voit