Patents by Inventor Benjamin SCHLAEPFER

Benjamin SCHLAEPFER 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: 11814101
    Abstract: A front-end structure for a motor vehicle includes two first bodyshell parts spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction of the vehicle for a self-supporting body of the motor vehicle, and includes a bulkhead in the form of a second bodyshell part for the self-supporting body. At least one assembly carrier forwardly overlaps at least a partial region of the bulkhead in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is in the form of a third bodyshell part for the body, and via which the two first bodyshell parts are connected to each another. A carrier element is formed separately from the assembly carrier and separately from the first bodyshell parts, and is mounted on the assembly carrier in a vibration-damped manner via bearing elements and on which at least one component for the motor vehicle, which component is formed separately from the bodyshell parts, separately from the carrier element and separately from the bearing elements, is held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Eck, Andreas Mayer, Benjamin Schlaepfer, Florian Traub
  • Patent number: 11424668
    Abstract: A rotor of an electric machine has multiple segments arranged adjacent to one another in an axial direction, wherein each of the segments has multiple magnetic poles which are arranged coaxially with respect to an axis of rotation of the electric machine and so as to be evenly distributed in a circumferential direction of the segment. The segments are arranged in the circumferential direction such that the magnetic poles of adjacent segments which are adjacent to one or more middle segments are rotationally offset in a first angular direction in relation to the magnetic poles of the one or more middle segments. The magnetic poles of segments which adjoin the adjacent segments toward the outside are rotationally offset in a second angular direction which is opposite to the first angular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Pilz, Benjamin Schlaepfer, Juntao Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220081035
    Abstract: A front-end structure for a motor vehicle includes two first bodyshell parts spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction of the vehicle for a self-supporting body of the motor vehicle, and includes a bulkhead in the form of a second bodyshell part for the self-supporting body. At least one assembly carrier forwardly overlaps at least a partial region of the bulkhead in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is in the form of a third bodyshell part for the body, and via which the two first bodyshell parts are connected to each another. A carrier element is formed separately from the assembly carrier and separately from the first bodyshell parts, and is mounted on the assembly carrier in a vibration-damped manner via bearing elements and on which at least one component for the motor vehicle, which component is formed separately from the bodyshell parts, separately from the carrier element and separately from the bearing elements, is held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hans-Peter ECK, Andreas MAYER, Benjamin SCHLAEPFER, Florian TRAUB
  • Publication number: 20200412218
    Abstract: A rotor of an electric machine has multiple segments arranged adjacent to one another in an axial direction, wherein each of the segments has multiple magnetic poles which are arranged coaxially with respect to an axis of rotation of the electric machine and so as to be evenly distributed in a circumferential direction of the segment. The segments are arranged in the circumferential direction such that the magnetic poles of adjacent segments which are adjacent to one or more middle segments are rotationally offset in a first angular direction in relation to the magnetic poles of the one or more middle segments. The magnetic poles of segments which adjoin the adjacent segments toward the outside are rotationally offset in a second angular direction which is opposite to the first angular direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Maximilian PILZ, Benjamin SCHLAEPFER, Juntao ZHU