Patents by Inventor Bradford Liu

Bradford Liu 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: 9321342
    Abstract: A modular electrically variable transmission includes at least one of a sun-shared module and a sun and ring-shared module assembled to form a two-module electrically variable transmission having a shiftable motor speed reducer subassembly and an electrically variable transmission subassembly. The sun-shared module includes a first motor-generator, an input, and primary and secondary planetary gear sets each having respective primary and secondary ring gears, carriers and associated pinion gears. The pinion gears are in meshing engagement with a single first shared sun gear that is non-rotatably coupled to the first motor-generator. The sun and ring-shared module includes a second motor-generator, a second input, a second shared sun gear and a shared ring gear, and primary and second secondary planetary gear sets. The secondary planetary gear set includes a secondary carrier supporting outer and inner pinion gears. The second shared sun gear is non-rotatably coupled to the second motor-generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Bradford Liu, Feisel F Weslati
  • Publication number: 20150337926
    Abstract: A modular electrically variable transmission includes at least one of a sun-shared module and a sun and ring-shared module assembled to form a two-module electrically variable transmission having a shiftable motor speed reducer subassembly and an electrically variable transmission subassembly. The sun-shared module includes a first motor-generator, an input, and primary and secondary planetary gear sets each having respective primary and secondary ring gears, carriers and associated pinion gears. The pinion gears are in meshing engagement with a single first shared sun gear that is non-rotatably coupled to the first motor-generator. The sun and ring-shared module includes a second motor-generator, a second input, a second shared sun gear and a shared ring gear, and primary and second secondary planetary gear sets. The secondary planetary gear set includes a secondary carrier supporting outer and inner pinion gears. The second shared sun gear is non-rotatably coupled to the second motor-generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Bradford Liu, Feisel F. Weslati