Patents by Inventor Bastian Rupp

Bastian Rupp 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: 11994202
    Abstract: During operation of a wet-running gearbox, vapours and/or air can arise in a housing of the gearbox, which can increase an internal pressure in the housing and thus can influence the operating safety of the gearbox. The problem addressed by the invention is that of creating a gearing unit, which is distinguished by an advantageous arrangement of a venting device. To this end, a gearing unit 1 for a drive assembly is specified having: a gearing device 4 for converting a drive torque of the drive assembly, the gearing device 4 having an input shaft 8, and the input shaft 8 defining a main axis H; a gearing housing 2 for accommodating the gearing device 4, the gearing housing 2 defining an accommodation space 3 for the gearing device 4; and a venting device 10 for venting the accommodation space 3, the venting device 10 being mounted on the gearing housing 2, wherein the venting device 10 is arranged coaxially with the main axis H and on an axial end face of the input shaft 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bastian Rupp, Jochen Loeffelmann
  • Patent number: 11933423
    Abstract: A method for determining a switching point of a solenoid valve. A solenoid coil is energized to raise a solenoid armature to unblock a flow opening. For a signal profile characteristic of a current profile in the solenoid coil, multiple periods each different from one another and each having the same predefined temporal length are determined. Within each period, a minimal and a maximal value of the signal profile and associated points in time are ascertained and a product of a difference between the maximal and minimal value and a difference between the associated points in time are ascertained. On the basis of the points in time of the minimal and maximal value of that period, which corresponds to a maximal value of the product, the switching point is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Rupp, Bastian Reineke, Paul Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20230400091
    Abstract: An electrically operable drive train of a motor vehicle, including an electric motor and a transmission arrangement, in which drive train the electric motor and the transmission arrangement form a structural unit, and the structural unit includes a first housing part and a second housing part, the first housing part and/or the second housing part having fastening means which bring about predefined positioning of the first housing part relative to the second housing part, and the first housing part is formed from a metal material, the second housing part being shaped from a plastics material by means of primary shaping processes, in particular by means of an injection moulding process, and having at least one insert part which is surrounded by plastics material in such a way that it is arranged in the second housing part such that it transmits axial and/or radial force and/or torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Merken, Joerg Bauer, Christian Berft, Bastian Rupp, Carolin Welscher
  • Publication number: 20220390002
    Abstract: During operation of a wet-running gearbox, vapours and/or air can arise in a housing of the gearbox, which can increase an internal pressure in the housing and thus can influence the operating safety of the gearbox. The problem addressed by the invention is that of creating a gearing unit, which is distinguished by an advantageous arrangement of a venting device. To this end, a gearing unit 1 for a drive assembly is specified having: a gearing device 4 for converting a drive torque of the drive assembly, the gearing device 4 having an input shaft 8, and the input shaft 8 defining a main axis H; a gearing housing 2 for accommodating the gearing device 4, the gearing housing 2 defining an accommodation space 3 for the gearing device 4; and a venting device 10 for venting the accommodation space 3, the venting device 10 being mounted on the gearing housing 2, wherein the venting device 10 is arranged coaxially with the main axis H and on an axial end face of the input shaft 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bastian Rupp, Jochen Loeffelmann