Patents by Inventor Carsten Trautmann

Carsten Trautmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20230112146
    Abstract: A plate link chain includes a chain running direction, an axial direction, a radial direction, a plate link, and a rocker pin pair. Each rocker pin has a plate link side contact surface, a rolling surface, and axially opposite end faces. The end faces are inclined axially inwards from radially outside to radially inside, aligned transversely to the axial direction, and arranged for force transmitting contact with a conical pulley pair. The end faces have respective curvatures having a first curvature portion defined by a radial radius about a first axis parallel to the chain running direction, and a second curvature portion defined by an azimuthal radius about a second axis parallel to the radial direction. A magnitude of the radial radius increases from radially outside to radially central, or a magnitude of the azimuthal radius increases from forward to central with respect to the chain running direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Carsten Trautmann
  • Patent number: 11619290
    Abstract: An assembly set for transmission devices for motor vehicles. Each of the transmission devices has an input shaft which can be operatively connected to a drive device of the motor vehicle, as well as a first output shaft, and a second output shaft, and has a spur gear differential transmission designed as a planetary transmission, via which the input shaft and an intermediate shaft that is coupled or can be coupled to an electric machine arranged coaxially to the input shaft are coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. The electric machine is coupled to the input shaft in a first shift position of a shift device and to the intermediate shaft in a second shift position of the shift device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten Trautmann, Christian Meixner, Christian Wirth, Jürgen Tschullik
  • Patent number: 11242910
    Abstract: A plate link chain for a continuously variable cone pulley transmission is disclosed. The plate link chain includes a first chain link, a second chain link, and a third chain link having plates and being connected to one another by joints having rocker pins. The rocker pins have end faces configured to transmit friction forces between the plate link chain and cone pulleys, wherein at least one of the plates has at least one overlapping tip. The first, second, and third chain links form a triplet and have different plate assemblies comprised of a first plate unit or a second plate unit, each of the chain links having at least one plate positioned transversely to a running direction of the plate link chain and are repeated in the running direction of the plate link chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alaa Harmouch, Yudhi Lukito, Stephan Penner, Carsten Trautmann
  • Patent number: 11168773
    Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle, having an input shaft, which is operatively connectable to a drive device of the motor vehicle, and a first output shaft and a second output shaft, and comprising a spur gear differential transmission which is designed as a planetary transmission, by means of which the input shaft is coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. It is provided that the spur gear differential transmission comprises a first sun gear coupled to the first output shaft and a second sun gear coupled to the second output shaft, wherein the first sun gear meshes with a first planet gear which is rotatably mounted on a planet gear carrier coupled to the input shaft, which first planet gear also meshes with a second planet gear which is likewise rotatably mounted on the planet gear carrier and which meshes with the second sun gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten Trautmann, Christian Meixner, Christian Wirth, Jürgen Tschullik
  • Publication number: 20210310550
    Abstract: An assembly set for transmission devices for motor vehicles. Each of the transmission devices has an input shaft which can be operatively connected to a drive device of the motor vehicle, as well as a first output shaft, and a second output shaft, and has a spur gear differential transmission designed as a planetary transmission, via which the input shaft and an intermediate shaft that is coupled or can be coupled to an electric machine arranged coaxially to the input shaft are coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. The electric machine is coupled to the input shaft in a first shift position of a shift device and to the intermediate shaft in a second shift position of the shift device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten TRAUTMANN, Christian MEIXNER, Christian WIRTH, Jürgen TSCHULLIK
  • Patent number: 11137072
    Abstract: A transmission device and method for operating a transmission for a motor vehicle, which transmission device has an input shaft which is operatively connectable to a drive device of the motor vehicle, and has a first output shaft and a second output shaft, and has a spur gear differential transmission configured as a planetary transmission, whereby the input shaft and an intermediate shaft are coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. An electric machine is coupled to the input shaft in a first shifting position of the shifting device and to the intermediate shaft in a second shifting position of the shifting device, and the electric machine is operated for applying a torque to the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten Trautmann, Christian Meixner
  • Patent number: 11111994
    Abstract: An assembly set for transmission devices for motor vehicles. Each of the transmission devices has an input shaft which can be operatively connected to a drive device of the motor vehicle, as well as a first output shaft, and a second output shaft, and has a spur gear differential transmission designed as a planetary transmission, via which the input shaft and an intermediate shaft that is coupled or can be coupled to an electric machine arranged coaxially to the input shaft are coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. The electric machine is coupled to the input shaft in a first shift position of a shift device and to the intermediate shaft in a second shift position of the shift device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten Trautmann, Christian Meixner, Christian Wirth, Jürgen Tschullik
  • Patent number: 11105400
    Abstract: A gearbox unit for a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has a first wheel axle and a second wheel axle, with the second wheel axle being composed of at least one first sub-axle and one second sub-axle. Provided here are a first connecting shaft, which is operatively connectible to the first sub-axle, a second connecting shaft, which is operatively connectible to the second sub-axle, as well as a coupling gearbox with a drive input shaft, which is operatively connectible to a drive assembly of the motor vehicle, and with a drive output shaft, which is operatively connectible to the first wheel axle, wherein, by way of the coupling gearbox, the drive input shaft is operatively connected to the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft in a torque-splitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christian Meixner, Carsten Trautmann, Christian Wirth, Jürgen Tschullik
  • Patent number: 11085519
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a transmission housing, a first pinion shaft, and a second pinion shaft, which is arranged coaxially to the first pinion shaft, and having a first transmission output shaft and a second transmission output shaft. The first pinion shaft is mounted by a first bearing, and the second pinion shaft is mounted by a second bearing, on the transmission housing, and a first pinion meshing with a first crown gear arranged on the first transmission output shaft is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the first pinion shaft, and a second pinion meshing with a second crown gear arranged on the second transmission output shaft is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the second pinion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christian Meixner, Carsten Trautmann
  • Publication number: 20210231191
    Abstract: A plate link chain for a continuously variable cone pulley belt transmission of a motor vehicle includes a plurality of cradle thrust pieces arranged in joints, a plurality of link plates coupled by the joints, and a contact device disposed between a pair of the joints. The contact device includes a contact surface arranged to contact a pulley surface. In an example embodiment, the contact device is arranged in a free space of the plate link chain facing towards the pulley surface. In an example embodiment the contact device is attached to a one of the plurality of link plates. In an example embodiment, the plate link chain includes a frame, and the contact device is attached to the frame. In an example embodiment, the contact surface is convexly curved. In an example embodiment, the contact surface is elastic relative to the pulley surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Carsten Trautmann
  • Publication number: 20210190180
    Abstract: A gearbox unit for a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has a first wheel axle and a second wheel axle, with the second wheel axle being composed of at least one first sub-axle and one second sub-axle. Provided here are a first connecting shaft, which is operatively connectible to the first sub-axle, a second connecting shaft, which is operatively connectible to the second sub-axle, as well as a coupling gearbox with a drive input shaft, which is operatively connectible to a drive assembly of the motor vehicle, and with a drive output shaft, which is operatively connectible to the first wheel axle, wherein, by way of the coupling gearbox, the drive input shaft is operatively connected to the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft in a torque-splitting manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christian MEIXNER, Carsten TRAUTMANN, Christian WIRTH, Jürgen TSCHULLIK
  • Publication number: 20210164553
    Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle, having an input shaft, which is operatively connectable to a drive device of the motor vehicle, and a first output shaft and a second output shaft, and comprising a spur gear differential transmission which is designed as a planetary transmission, by means of which the input shaft is coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. It is provided that the spur gear differential transmission comprises a first sun gear coupled to the first output shaft and a second sun gear coupled to the second output shaft, wherein the first sun gear meshes with a first planet gear which is rotatably mounted on a planet gear carrier coupled to the input shaft, which first planet gear also meshes with a second planet gear which is likewise rotatably mounted on the planet gear carrier and which meshes with the second sun gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten TRAUTMANN, Christian MEIXNER, Christian WIRTH, Jürgen TSCHULLIK
  • Patent number: 10962091
    Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle, having an input shaft, which is operatively connectable to a drive device of the motor vehicle, and a first output shaft and a second output shaft, and including a spur gear differential transmission which is designed as a planetary transmission, by which the input shaft is coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft, An electric machine arranged coaxially to the input shaft can be coupled by a shifting device to the input shaft and/or an intermediate shaft coupled across the spur gear differential transmission to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. The electric machine is coupled across a transmission gearing to the shifting device. The transmission gearing has at least two planetary gear sets which are coupled to one another and either have identical stationary gear ratios or are within a determined stationary gear range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten Trautmann, Christian Meixner
  • Publication number: 20200347917
    Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle, having an input shaft, which is operatively connectable to a drive device of the motor vehicle, and a first output shaft and a second output shaft, and including a spur gear differential transmission which is designed as a planetary transmission, by which the input shaft is coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft, An electric machine arranged coaxially to the input shaft can be coupled by a shifting device to the input shaft and/or an intermediate shaft coupled across the spur gear differential transmission to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. The electric machine is coupled across a transmission gearing to the shifting device. The transmission gearing has at least two planetary gear sets which are coupled to one another and either have identical stationary gear ratios or are within a determined stationary gear range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Carsten TRAUTMANN, Christian MEIXNER
  • Publication number: 20200318725
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a transmission housing, a first pinion shaft, and a second pinion shaft, which is arranged coaxially to the first pinion shaft, and having a first transmission output shaft and a second transmission output shaft. The first pinion shaft is mounted by a first bearing, and the second pinion shaft is mounted by a second bearing, on the transmission housing, and a first pinion meshing with a first crown gear arranged on the first transmission output shaft is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the first pinion shaft, and a second pinion meshing with a second crown gear arranged on the second transmission output shaft is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the second pinion shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christian MEIXNER, Carsten TRAUTMANN
  • Publication number: 20200240498
    Abstract: An assembly set for transmission devices for motor vehicles. Each of the transmission devices has an input shaft which can be operatively connected to a drive device of the motor vehicle, as well as a first output shaft, and a second output shaft, and has a spur gear differential transmission designed as a planetary transmission, via which the input shaft and an intermediate shaft that is coupled or can be coupled to an electric machine arranged coaxially to the input shaft are coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. The electric machine is coupled to the input shaft in a first shift position of a shift device and to the intermediate shaft in a second shift position of the shift device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten TRAUTMANN, Christian MEIXNER, Christian WIRTH, Jürgen TSCHULLIK
  • Publication number: 20200240518
    Abstract: A transmission device and method for operating a transmission for a motor vehicle, which transmission device has an input shaft which is operatively connectable to a drive device of the motor vehicle, and has a first output shaft and a second output shaft, and has a spur gear differential transmission configured as a planetary transmission, whereby the input shaft and an intermediate shaft are coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. An electric machine is coupled to the input shaft in a first shifting position of the shifting device and to the intermediate shaft in a second shifting position of the shifting device, and the electric machine is operated for applying a torque to the input shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten TRAUTMANN, Christian MEIXNER
  • Publication number: 20180223952
    Abstract: A plate link chain for a continuously variable cone pulley transmission is disclosed. The plate link chain includes a first chain link, a second chain link, and a third chain link having plates and being connected to one another by joints having rocker pins. The rocker pins have end faces configured to transmit friction forces between the plate link chain and cone pulleys, wherein at least one of the plates has at least one overlapping tip. The first, second, and third chain links form a triplet and have different plate assemblies comprised of a first plate unit or a second plate unit, each of the chain links having at least one plate positioned transversely to a running direction of the plate link chain and are repeated in the running direction of the plate link chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alaa Harmouch, Yudhi Lukito, Stephan Penner, Carsten Trautmann