Patents by Inventor Andreas Manner

Andreas Manner 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: 7485061
    Abstract: A drive train (1) of a hybrid vehicle having one internal combustion engine and one transmission (3), between the internal combustion engine and the transmission (3), at least one electric machine (7) with one stator (8) and one rotor (9) is situated wherein the rotor (9) can be connected by at least one friction clutch with a crankshaft (4) of the internal combustion engine and/or with an input shaft (16) of the transmission (3) and/or with a third shaft in which the rotor (9) is firmly connected with a rotor carrier (24) which supports component parts of the clutch on its radial inner side. The drive train is to be developed so that at least one wet-running clutch, actuatable by pressure medium, is situated so that it is very compactly designed and allows an active cooling of both the clutch discs and of the rotor carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Matthias Reisch, Andreas Männer
  • Publication number: 20070049445
    Abstract: A drive train (1) of a hybrid vehicle having one internal combustion engine and one transmission (3), between the internal combustion engine and the transmission (3), at least one electric machine (7) with one stator (8) and one rotor (9) is situated wherein the rotor (9) can be connected by at least one friction clutch with a crankshaft (4) of the internal combustion engine and/or with an input shaft (16) of the transmission (3) and/or with a third shaft in which the rotor (9) is firmly connected with a rotor carrier (24) which supports component parts of the clutch on its radial inner side. The drive train is to be developed so that at least one wet-running clutch, actuatable by pressure medium, is situated so that it is very compactly designed and allows an active cooling of both the clutch discs and of the rotor carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Matthias Reisch, Andreas Manner