Patents by Inventor Bernhard Feier

Bernhard Feier 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).

  • TRANSMISSION UNIT
    Publication number: 20120031215
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle including a transmission housing for receiving a transmission and an actuator for actuating the transmission. The actuator comprises an electric motor having a stator, a rotor, and a drive shaft protruding into an interior of the transmission housing. The actuator further comprises a control circuit for controlling the electric motor, and a heat sink device thermally conductively coupled to the control circuit. The stator of the electric motor is directly attached to the transmission housing. The heat sink device is attached to the transmission housing independently of the mounting of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
    Inventor: Bernhard Feier
  • Transmission unit
    Patent number: 7973437
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission for a motor vehicle with a transmission housing, with an electrical actuator for the actuation of the transmission and with an electrical control device for the control of the actuator. The transmission has a heat sink device 24 thermoconductively connected to the device and a heat insulating layer between a housing of the actuator and the heat sink device for the thermal insulation of the actuator housing and of the heat sink device, with the actuator housing being thermoconductively connected to the transmission housing or being part of the transmission housing. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding actuator unit for a transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Feier, Walter Furlan, Martin Kiessner-Haiden, Peter Koncic
  • Transmission unit
    Publication number: 20090078489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission for a motor vehicle with a transmission housing, with an electrical actuator for the actuation of the transmission and with an electrical control device for the control of the actuator. The transmission has a heat sink device 24 thermoconductively connected to the device and a heat insulating layer between a housing of the actuator and the heat sink device for the thermal insulation of the actuator housing and of the heat sink device, with the actuator housing being thermoconductively connected to the transmission housing or being part of the transmission housing. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding actuator unit for a transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Feier, Walter Furlan, Martin Kiessner-Haiden, Peter Koncic