Patents by Inventor Bram ROBBERECHTS

Bram ROBBERECHTS 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: 12208667
    Abstract: An electromagnetic propulsion unit for a land-based wheeled or tracked vehicle is provided. The propulsion unit includes a balancing plate assembly with an outer plate designed to couple to a rotor assembly. In the balancing plate assembly, the outer plate includes a lip that, during rotor assembly rotation, pumps one or more fluids from an air gap formed between the rotor assembly and a stator and the outer plate is constructed out of a non-electrically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: DANA BELGIUM N.V.
    Inventors: Steven Vanhee, Stephan Schlimpert, Bart Peremans, Bram Robberechts, Jasper Nonneman
  • Patent number: 12206291
    Abstract: An electromagnetic propulsion unit for a land-based wheeled or tracked vehicle is provided. The propulsion unit includes a rotor stack, a rotor shaft, and a balancing plate assembly. The balancing plate assembly include a base plate fixating the rotor stack to the rotor shaft, where the base plate includes an air channel that axially extends through the base plate and a planar channel formed between the rotor stack and the base plate and in fluidic communication with the air channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: DANA BELGIUM N.V.
    Inventors: Steven Vanhee, Stephan Schlimpert, Bart Peremans, Bram Robberechts, Jasper Nonneman
  • Publication number: 20240410288
    Abstract: There is provided a rotation device comprising a rotor, a stator, a target component, and a sealing device. The rotor is arranged to rotate along a rotation axis relative to the stator. The stator is arranged radial outward of the rotor to form a gap between the rotor and the stator. The sealing device is attached to the rotor to hydrodynamically seal the g against a fluid. The sealing device is adapted to direct the fluid to the target component to exchange heat between the target component and the fluid, and/or to lubricate the target component with the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan SCHLIMPERT, Bart PEREMANS, Bram ROBBERECHTS, Jasper NONNEMAN
  • Publication number: 20230127634
    Abstract: An electromagnetic propulsion unit for a land-based wheeled or tracked vehicle is provided. The propulsion unit includes a rotor stack, a rotor shaft, and a balancing plate assembly. The balancing plate assembly include a base plate fixating the rotor stack to the rotor shaft, where the base plate includes an air channel that axially extends through the base plate and a planar channel formed between the rotor stack and the base plate and in fluidic communication with the air channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Steven VANHEE, Stephan SCHLIMPERT, Bart PEREMANS, Bram ROBBERECHTS, Jasper NONNEMAN
  • Publication number: 20230126006
    Abstract: An electromagnetic propulsion unit for a land-based wheeled or tracked vehicle is provided. The propulsion unit includes a balancing plate assembly with an outer plate designed to couple to a rotor assembly. In the balancing plate assembly, the outer plate includes a lip that, during rotor assembly rotation, pumps one or more fluids from an air gap formed between the rotor assembly and a stator and the outer plate is constructed out of a non-electrically conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Steven VANHEE, Stephan SCHLIMPERT, Bart PEREMANS, Bram ROBBERECHTS, Jasper NONNEMAN