Patents by Inventor Bernhard STEINER

Bernhard STEINER 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: 11913548
    Abstract: An electric drive axle for a motor vehicle includes a first half shaft, a second half shaft, a first parking lock unit associated with the first half shaft, and a second parking lock unit associated with the second half shaft. The first parking lock unit and the second parking lock unit are mechanically connected to one another via a connecting linkage. A central actuator arrangement is adjustingly connected to the connecting linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Steiner, Herbert Steindl
  • Publication number: 20230383840
    Abstract: An electric drive axle for a motor vehicle includes a first half shaft, a second half shaft, a first parking lock unit associated with the first half shaft, and a second parking lock unit associated with the second half shaft. The first parking lock unit and the second parking lock unit are mechanically connected to one another via a connecting linkage. A central actuator arrangement is adjustingly connected to the connecting linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Bernhard Steiner, Herbert Steindl
  • Publication number: 20230366464
    Abstract: Parking brake assembly for a transmission in a vehicle with an electric actuation of the parking brake via a mechanism and with an emergency actuator with a lift magnet on a spring accumulator for application of the parking brake. The spring accumulator has a pawl rotatable about a pivot point connected to the lift magnet and a mass element connected to the pawl and rotatable about a second pivot point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Bernhard STEINER, Andras KRISTOFCSAK
  • Patent number: 11703125
    Abstract: An electric drive axle for a motor vehicle includes a first half shaft, a second half shaft, a first parking lock unit associated with the first half shaft, and a second parking lock unit associated with the second half shaft. The first parking lock unit and the second parking lock unit are mechanically connected to one another via a connecting linkage. A central actuator arrangement is adjustingly connected to the connecting linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Steiner, Herbert Steindl
  • Publication number: 20220299111
    Abstract: An electric drive axle for a motor vehicle includes a first half shaft, a second half shaft, a first parking lock unit associated with the first half shaft, and a second parking lock unit associated with the second half shaft. The first parking lock unit and the second parking lock unit are mechanically connected to one another via a connecting linkage. A central actuator arrangement is adjustingly connected to the connecting linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Bernhard Steiner, Herbert Steindl
  • Patent number: 10107396
    Abstract: A locking arrangement for a transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising a locking toothing; a locking pawl, wherein the locking pawl is pivotable about a first rotary axis; a control element, wherein the locking pawl can be brought optionally into engagement with the locking toothing via the control element; a drive unit, wherein the control element can be brought by means of the drive unit into a release position and a locking position; a holding mechanism, wherein the control element can be held by means of the holding mechanism in the release position and in the locking position; and a safety mechanism comprising an electromagnet, an actuator and a first elastic element, wherein the actuator is pretensioned in a first actuator position by the first elastic element and can be held in a second actuator position by the electromagnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Rainer Hofkirchner, Stefan Merz, Christian Reisinger, Michael Schaffenberger, Bernhard Steiner, Andreas Schmidhofer, Christoph Ă–berseder
  • Publication number: 20170234427
    Abstract: A locking arrangement for a transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising a locking toothing; a locking pawl, wherein the locking pawl is pivotable about a first rotary axis; a control element, wherein the locking pawl can be brought optionally into engagement with the locking toothing via the control element; a drive unit, wherein the control element can be brought by means of the drive unit into a release position and a locking position; a holding mechanism, wherein the control element can be held by means of the holding mechanism in the release position and in the locking position; and a safety mechanism comprising an electromagnet, an actuator and a first elastic element, wherein the actuator is pretensioned in a first actuator position by the first elastic element and can be held in a second actuator position by the electromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Rainer HOFKIRCHNER, Stefan MERZ, Christian REISINGER, Michael SCHAFFENBERGER, Bernhard STEINER, Andreas SCHMIDHOFER, Christoph Ă–BERSEDER