Patents by Inventor Christian Wirth

Christian Wirth 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: 10843770
    Abstract: An electric drive for a bicycle includes an electric motor having a drive shaft, a driven shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving gear for coupling to a wheel drive of the bicycle. The electric drive includes a transmission, which drivingly connects the drive shaft to the driven shaft. The transmission has a driven wheel, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driven shaft in a rotational drive direction, and at least two output gears, the at least two output gears including a first output gear and a second output gear, which in each case engage with the driven gear offset to one another in the circumferential direction in order to drive the driven wheel; and wherein the transmission has a power distribution, which divides a drive power of the electric motor to the output gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Enrico Doeppner, Amir Oploh, Sebastian Stoll, Christian Wirth
  • Publication number: 20200365317
    Abstract: A primary-sided arrangement of primary winding structures of a system, wherein the primary-sided arrangement includes at least three phase lines and at least one winding structure per phase line, wherein each winding structure includes at least one subwinding structure, wherein the winding structures extend along a longitudinal axis of the primary-sided arrangement, wherein a pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of a first winding structure and a second winding structure is chosen from an interval of a length of one subwinding structure, and wherein a pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of the first winding structure and the third winding structure is smaller than the pitch between corresponding first and second subwinding structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Wirth, Robert Czainski, Rudolf Lindt
  • Patent number: 10836266
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (11, 21, 41) for transferring electric energy to a vehicle, in particular to a track bound vehicle such as a light rail vehicle (81) or to a road automobile, wherein—the arrangement (11, 21, 41) comprises an electric conductor arrangement (41) for producing an alternating electromagnetic field and for thereby transferring the energy, —the conductor arrangement (41) comprises a plurality of consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5), wherein the segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) extend in the direction of travel of the vehicle, —each of the consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) comprises at least one alternating current line (44a, 44b, 44c) for carrying a phase of an alternating current in order to produce the alternating electromagnetic field, —each of the consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) is combined with an assigned controller (CTR1; 31) adapted to control the operation of the segment (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) independently of the other segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Wirth
  • Publication number: 20200317041
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drive device for a vehicle axle, especially a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle includes an axle differential, which can be connected at the input end to a primary drive machine and at the output end to flange shafts arranged on either side with vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein the vehicle axle is associated with a shiftable superimposing gear, which can be shifted to a torque distribution mode by a torque distribution shift element, in which a drive torque generated by an additional drive machine in a first load path can be coupled to one of the flange shafts in order to change a torque distribution on the two vehicle wheels, and the drive torque generated by the additional drive machine can be coupled to the input side of the axle differential in a second load path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Udo PINSCHMIDT, Steffen HUMMEL, Christian WIRTH
  • Publication number: 20200276897
    Abstract: A drive device for a vehicle axle, in particular a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle includes an axle differential, which is connectable on the input side to a primary drive machine and is connectable on the output side via flanged shafts arranged on both sides to vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein an additional drive machine and a shiftable superimposed transmission are associated with the vehicle axle, which transmission is shiftable into a torque distribution gear step, in which a drive torque generated by the additional drive machine is generated, in dependence on the dimension and rotational direction of which a torque distribution on the two vehicle wheels is changeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Udo PINSCHMIDT, Steffen HUMMEL, Christian WIRTH
  • Publication number: 20200271208
    Abstract: A drive device for a vehicle axle, especially a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle includes an axle differential, which can be connected at the input end to a primary drive machine and can be connected at the output end across flange shafts arranged on either side to vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein the vehicle axle is associated with an additional drive machine and a shiftable superimposing gear, which can be shifted to a torque distribution gear in which a drive torque is generated by the additional drive machine, a torque distribution on the two vehicle wheels can be changed depending on the magnitude and direction of rotation of the drive torque, and shifting can be done to a hybrid mode in which the drive torque generated by the additional drive machine can be coupled to both flange shafts of the vehicle wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Udo PINSCHMIDT, Steffen HUMMEL, Christian WIRTH
  • Publication number: 20200262289
    Abstract: A drive device for a vehicle axle, especially a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle comprises an axle differential, which can be connected at the primary end to a primary drive machine and can be connected at the output end across flange shafts arranged on either side to vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein the vehicle axle is associated with an additional drive machine and a shiftable superimposing gear, which can be shifted to a torque distribution gear in which a drive torque is generated by the additional drive machine, depending on the magnitude and direction of rotation of which a torque distribution on the two vehicle wheels can be changed, and shifted to a hybrid mode in which the drive torque generated by the additional drive machine can be coupled to both flange shafts of the vehicle wheels, evenly distributed across the axle differential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Udo PINSCHMIDT, Steffen HUMMEL, Christian WIRTH
  • Publication number: 20200247237
    Abstract: A drive device for a vehicle axle, especially a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle includes an axle differential, which can be connected at the input end to a primary drive machine and can be connected at the output end across flange shafts arranged on either side to vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein the vehicle axle is associated with an additional drive machine and a shiftable superimposing gear, which can be shifted to a torque distribution gear in which a drive torque is generated by the additional drive machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Udo PINSCHMIDT, Steffen HUMMEL, Christian WIRTH
  • 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: 20200240494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission (100) for a hybrid drive arrangement which can be coupled to two drive assemblies (7, 8), comprising an input shaft (10) and an output shaft (11), at least one first and one second shifting element (SE1, SE2) and at least one double planetary gear (5). The input shaft (10) is connected to the planetary carrier of the double planetary gear (5) and the output shaft (11) can be coupled to the first ring gear of the double planetary gear (5) by means of the first shifting element (SE1) and can be coupled to the second ring gear of the double planetary gear (5) and by means of the second shifting element (SE2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Rolf Lucius Dempel, Dominik Eszterle, Thomas Huber, Christian Wirth, Simon Brummer, Tom Smejkal
  • Publication number: 20200223305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission (100) for a hybrid drive arrangement which can be coupled to two drive assemblies (7, 8), comprising an input shaft (10), and an output shaft (11), at least one first, second and third shifting element (SE1, SE2, SE3), and at least one first planetary gear (5). The input shaft (10) can be coupled to a first transmission shaft (16) by means of the first shifting element (SE1). The first transmission shaft (16) can be coupled to the sun gear of the planetary gear (5) by means of the second shifting element (SE2) and the ring gear of the planetary gear (5) is coupled to the first transmission shaft (16). The input shaft (10) can be coupled to the sun gear of the planetary gear (5) by means of the third shifting element (SE3). The output shaft (11) is coupled to the planet carrier of the planetary gear (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Rolf Lucius Dempel, Dominik Eszterle, Thomas Huber, Christian Wirth, Simon Brummer, Tom Smejkal
  • Publication number: 20200180421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission (100) for a hybrid drive arrangement which can be coupled to two drive assemblies (7, 8), comprising an input shaft (10), and an output shaft (11), at least one first, second and third shifting element (SE1, SE2, SE3), and at least one double planetary gear (5), comprising a first sun gear and a first ring gear and a second sun gear and a second ring gear and a planet carrier. The input shaft (10) can be coupled to the planet carrier of double planetary gear (5) by means of the first shifting element (SE1) and can be coupled to the first sun gear of the double planetary gear (5) by means of the second shifting element (SE2), and can be coupled to the first ring gear of the double planetary gear (5) by means of the third shifting element (SE3) and the output shaft (11) is coupled to the planet carrier of the double planetary gear (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Rolf Lucius Dempel, Dominik Eszterle, Thomas Huber, Christian Wirth, Simon Brummer, Tom Smejkal
  • Publication number: 20200172194
    Abstract: An electric drive for a bicycle includes an electric motor having a drive shaft, a driven shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving gear for coupling to a wheel drive of the bicycle. The electric drive includes a transmission, which drivingly connects the drive shaft to the driven shaft. The transmission has a driven wheel, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driven shaft in a rotational drive direction, and at least two output gears, the at least two output gears including a first output gear and a second output gear, which in each case engage with the driven gear offset to one another in the circumferential direction in order to drive the driven wheel; and wherein the transmission has a power distribution, which divides a drive power of the electric motor to the output gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Enrico Doeppner, Amir Oploh, Sebastian Stoll, Christian Wirth
  • Publication number: 20200171932
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission (100) for a hybrid drive arrangement which can be coupled to two drive assemblies (7, 8), comprising an input shaft (10), and an output shaft (11), at least one first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth shifting element (SE1, SE2, SE3, SE4, SE5, SE6), and at least one planetary gear (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Rolf Lucius Dempel, Dominik Eszterle, Thomas Huber, Christian Wirth, Simon Brummer, Tom Smejkal
  • Publication number: 20200086947
    Abstract: An electric drive for a bicycle is disclosed. The drive includes an electric motor including an drive shaft, a driven shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving gear for coupling to a wheel drive, and a transmission structured and arranged to drivingly connect the drive shaft to the driven shaft. The transmission includes a driven wheel, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driven shaft in a rotational drive direction, and at least two output gears. The at least two output gears includes a first output gear and a second output gear that each engage with the driven gear offset to one another in a circumferential direction to drive the driven wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Enrico Doeppner, David Moczko, Amir Oploh, Sebastian Stoll, Christian Wirth
  • Patent number: 10510482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a primary-sided arrangement (1) of primary winding structures (W1, W2, W3) of a system for inductive power transfer, wherein the primary-sided arrangement (1) comprises at least three phase lines and at least one winding structure (W1, W2, W3) per phase line, wherein each winding structure (W1, W2, W3) comprises at least one subwinding structure (SW1_1, . . . , SW3_3), wherein the winding structures (W1, W2, W3) extend along a longitudinal axis (x) of the primary-sided arrangement (1), wherein a pitch (P12_1, . . . , P32_3) between corresponding subwinding structures (SW1_1, . . . , SW3_3) of the winding structures (W1, W2, W3) varies along the longitudinal axis (x) and/or a length (L_SW1_1, . . . , LSW1_3) of the subwinding structures (SW1_1, . . . , SW3_3) of the winding structures (W1, W2, W3) varies along the longitudinal axis (x).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wirth, Robert Czainski, Rudolf Lindt
  • Patent number: 10328787
    Abstract: A drive device for a hybrid-drive motor vehicle, having an internal combustion engine as a primary drive, an electric engine as a secondary drive, and having planetary gear units that are coupled with one another that can be shifted into different gear steps through shift elements and brakes. The planetary gear units being connectable to a common output shaft by way of input elements and output elements. The reaction elements thereof can be coupled or firmly braked, wherein the drive device can be operated in an electromotor drive, a primary drive having gear steps (gears), or in a hybrid drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tassilo Scholle, Christian Wirth, Simon Brummer
  • Patent number: 10199882
    Abstract: The invention relates to an object detection system for an inductive power transfer system, in particular for transferring power to a vehicle on a surface of a route, wherein the inductive power transfer system includes a primary winding structure and a secondary winding structure, wherein a charging volume is assigned to the inductive power transfer system during inductive power transfer, wherein the object detection system includes at least one sensing device, wherein the sensing device has a detection volume, wherein the at least one sensing device is arranged such that the detection volume is fully arranged outside the charging volume or includes only an edge portion of the charging volume. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for detecting a foreign object, an inductive power transfer system and a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventors: Marnix Lannoije, Robert Czainski, Christian Wirth
  • Publication number: 20180264964
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (11, 21, 41) for transferring electric energy to a vehicle, in particular to a track bound vehicle such as a light rail vehicle (81) or to a road automobile, wherein—the arrangement (11, 21, 41) comprises an electric conductor arrangement (41) for producing an alternating electro-magnetic field and for thereby transferring the energy,—the conductor arrangement (41) comprises a plurality of consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5), wherein the segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) extend in the direction of travel of the vehicle,—each of the consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) comprises at least one alternating current line (44a, 44b, 44c) for carrying a phase of an alternating current in order to produce the alternating electromagnetic field,—each of the consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) is combined with an assigned controller (CTR1; 31) adapted to control the operation of the segment (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) independently of the other segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5),—
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Christian Wirth
  • Publication number: 20180204675
    Abstract: A primary-sided arrangement of primary winding structures of a system, wherein the primary-sided arrangement includes at least three phase lines and at least one winding structure per phase line, wherein each winding structure includes at least one subwinding structure, wherein the winding structures extend along an axis of the primary-sided arrangement, wherein a pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of a first and second winding structures is chosen from an interval of a length of one subwinding structure, wherein a pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of the first winding structure and the third winding structure is smaller than the pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of the first and second winding structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Wirth, Robert Czainski, Rudolf Lindt