Patents by Inventor BJOERN BECKER

BJOERN BECKER 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: 11318835
    Abstract: A drive train for a vehicle includes a drive shaft, a transmission, a differential, and a wheel drive shaft. An axle drive gear wheel of the differential and a gear wheel of the transmission, which mesh with one another are at least partially in the oil sump in a splashing fashion. An end plate has a bearing retainer for receiving a bearing. The efficiency of the drive train is increased and splashing losses are avoided by the end plate, which has a flange-like circumferential region extending radially in the direction of the oil sump. At least one of the end plate or the circumferential region is or are formed to divide the oil sump into a first and a second oil sump region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eugen Lamm, Bjoern Becker
  • Patent number: 11054019
    Abstract: An oil container for cooling and/or lubricating bearings of a drive train of a vehicle. The drive train has a driveshaft, a gear mechanism, a differential and a wheel driveshaft. The differential has a final drive gearwheel in engagement with a gearwheel of the gear mechanism and they splash at least partially in an oil sump region. The gearwheels of the gear mechanism and/or the final drive gearwheel form at least two gear stages. The structural complexity of a drive train is reduced or the efficiency of a drive train is increased when the oil container is functionally configured and/or arranged such that the oil container is arranged in the region between the two gear stages and substantially on the side of the driveshaft and/or the wheel driveshaft lying opposite the oil sump region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eugen Lamm, Bjoern Becker
  • Publication number: 20200254871
    Abstract: A drive train for a vehicle includes a drive shaft, a transmission, a differential, and a wheel drive shaft. An axle drive gear wheel of the differential and a gear wheel of the transmission, which mesh with one another are at least partially in the oil sump in a splashing fashion. An end plate has a bearing retainer for receiving a bearing. The efficiency of the drive train is increased and/or splashing losses are avoided by the end plate, which has a flange-like circumferential region extending radially in the direction of the oil sump. The end plate and/or the circumferential region is or are formed to divide the oil sump into a first and a second oil sump region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: EUGEN LAMM, BJOERN BECKER
  • Publication number: 20200256455
    Abstract: An oil container for cooling and/or lubricating bearings of a drive train of a vehicle. The drive train has a driveshaft, a gear mechanism, a differential and a wheel driveshaft. The differential has a final drive gearwheel in engagement with a gearwheel of the gear mechanism and they splash at least partially in an oil sump region. The gearwheels of the gear mechanism and/or the final drive gearwheel form at least two gear stages. The structural complexity of a drive train is reduced or the efficiency of a drive train is increased when the oil container is functionally configured and/or arranged such that the oil container is arranged in the region between the two gear stages and substantially on the side of the driveshaft and/or the wheel driveshaft lying opposite the oil sump region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: EUGEN LAMM, BJOERN BECKER