Patents by Inventor Anton Spengler

Anton Spengler 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: 12522334
    Abstract: A boat drive is provided for driving a water vehicle. The boat drive includes a drive housing made from a first metallic material and a propeller shaft made from a second metallic material. Moreover, the propeller shaft is designed to receive a drive propeller and the propeller shaft is mounted in the drive housing. In addition, a propeller shaft isolator is provided to electrically isolate the propeller shaft from the drive housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Spengler, Johannes Heller, Frank Despineux
  • Publication number: 20250153829
    Abstract: A shaft profile is provided for an outboard drive. The shaft profile includes a base body extending along a longitudinal axis, the base body including a receiving space configured to receive a shaft of the outboard drive; and at least three support ribs extending in a direction of the longitudinal axis and configured to radially guide the shaft, the at least three support ribs arranged on an inner side of the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Anton SPENGLER, Marcel STRICKER, Maurice BAJOHR
  • Publication number: 20250153834
    Abstract: A rear cap is provided for forming a component of a housing of a drive unit. The rear cap includes a cover section that closes the housing at a rear and includes a propeller shaft opening that defines an axial direction and through which a propeller shaft of the drive unit is guided out of the housing; and a hollow-cylindrical mounting section that, as seen in the axial direction, is arranged on a side facing away from the propeller shaft opening. The mounting section has a cylindrical mounting surface with a mounting thread, such that the rear cap is configured to be screwed onto a corresponding housing-side thread of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Anton SPENGLER, Marcel STRICKER
  • Publication number: 20250145267
    Abstract: A boat drive is provided for driving a boat. The boat drive includes a motor nacelle with a housing. At least one attachment retainer is provided on the housing for receiving an attaching part in a form-fitting manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Anton SPENGLER, Marcel STRICKER, Claus STEINBERG
  • Publication number: 20230192259
    Abstract: A boat drive is provided for driving a water vehicle. The boat drive includes a drive housing made from a first metallic material and a propeller shaft made from a second metallic material. Moreover, the propeller shaft is designed to receive a drive propeller and the propeller shaft is mounted in the drive housing. In addition, a propeller shaft isolator is provided to electrically isolate the propeller shaft from the drive housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Anton SPENGLER, Johannes Heller, Frank Despineux
  • Publication number: 20230143541
    Abstract: An underwater propulsion unit is provided for an outboard motor or a pod drive. The underwater propulsion unit includes a plastic housing designed for water to flow around, and a metal housing in which an electrical drive is received. The electrical drive is received in the metal housing so as to be sealed off from the surroundings in a watertight manner, and the metal housing is arranged inside the plastic housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Dominik BUSSE, Anton SPENGLER, Cedric GOETZE
  • Patent number: 11091241
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a boat drive for driving a boat, comprising a drive unit comprising an electric motor and a mounting connected to the drive unit for connecting the boat drive to the boat, wherein the mounting is provided for distancing the drive unit from a hull of the boat, wherein a decoupling arrangement for decoupling of oscillations (S) generated in the drive unit is arranged between the drive unit and the mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Despineux, Anton Spengler
  • Publication number: 20200031447
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a boat drive for driving a boat, comprising a drive unit comprising an electric motor and a mounting connected to the drive unit for connecting the boat drive to the boat, wherein the mounting is provided for distancing the drive unit from a hull of the boat, wherein a decoupling arrangement for decoupling of oscillations (S) generated in the drive unit is arranged between the drive unit and the mounting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Despineux, Anton Spengler
  • Patent number: 10472036
    Abstract: A boat drive for a boat having a boat hull with a bottom. The boat drive includes an underwater pod; an electric motor disposed in the underwater pod, the electric motor driving, via a drive shaft, a propeller attached to the underwater pod; and an electrical supply line for supplying energy to the electric motor. The boat drive further includes an inner tube connected to the underwater pod and displaceably disposed in an outer tube, wherein the electrical supply line is routed through the inner tube. The boat drive further includes a mounting body attachable to the bottom of the boat hull, wherein the outer tube is passed through the mounting body. At least one annular sealing element is disposed between the inner and outer tubes, wherein the at least one annular sealing element seals the inner tube and the outer tube in a radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Spengler, Frank Despineaux