Patents by Inventor Burkhard Lips

Burkhard Lips 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 and generator with intermediate shaft
    Patent number: 12546388
    Abstract: An arrangement, including a gearbox, a generator, an intermediate shaft configured as a hollow shaft which is mounted at least partially in a housing of the gearbox, wherein a rotor of the generator is non-rotatably connected to the intermediate shaft and is supported by the intermediate shaft, and an intermediate piece arranged at least partially in the intermediate shaft. An output shaft of the gearbox is non-rotatably and detachably connected to the intermediate piece. The intermediate piece is non-rotatably and detachably connected to the intermediate shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignees: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN N.V.
    Inventors: Warren Smook, Burkhard Lips, Sven Moers
  • Planetary gear set with unevenly distributed planetary gears
    Patent number: 12352335
    Abstract: A planetary gearbox, including N planet gears, a sun gear with zS teeth, and a ring gear with zH teeth. Axes of rotation of two of the N planet gears are arranged offset relative to a center axis of the sun gear by an angle ?? determined according to the following equation: ? ? ? = 360 ? ° N ? ( 1 + N - 1 z H - z S ) .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Burkhard Lips
  • PLANETARY GEAR SET WITH UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED PLANETARY GEARS
    Publication number: 20250020188
    Abstract: A planetary gearbox, including N planet gears, a sun gear with ZS teeth, and a ring gear with ZH teeth. Axes of rotation of two of the N planet gears are arranged offset relative to a center axis of the sun gear by an angle ?? determined according to the following equation: ? ? ? = 360 ? ° N ? ( 1 + N - 1 z H - z S ) .
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventor: Burkhard LIPS
  • TRANSMISSION AND GENERATOR WITH INTERMEDIATE SHAFT
    Publication number: 20240410461
    Abstract: An arrangement, including a gearbox, a generator, an intermediate shaft configured as a hollow shaft which is mounted at least partially in a housing of the gearbox, wherein a rotor of the generator is non-rotatably connected to the intermediate shaft and is supported by the intermediate shaft, and an intermediate piece arranged at least partially in the intermediate shaft. An output shaft of the gearbox is non-rotatably and detachably connected to the intermediate piece. The intermediate piece is non-rotatably and detachably connected to the intermediate shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Warren Smook, Burkhard Lips, Sven Moers