Patents by Inventor Christoph Heukenroth

Christoph Heukenroth 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: 20230378852
    Abstract: An integrated axle drive for an at least partially electrically driven motor vehicle, having an electric machine which has a rotor which is mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotor axis, a transmission which is coupled to the electric machine, an inverter which is arranged on the transmission and which is electrically conductively connected to the electric machine, wherein the transmission is arranged between the electric machine and the inverter, a multi-part rotor position sensor, having a sensor target which is arranged and/or formed on the rotor in a rotationally fixed manner and a sensor board which is arranged, with an air gap to the sensor target, on an end shield of the electric machine, wherein the end shield carrying the sensor board is arranged between the transmission and the rotor, and the sensor board is electrically conductively connected to the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies Germany GMBH
    Inventors: Andy Holland, Lennart Leopold, Christoph Heukenroth, Henrique Ramos Pereira, Lucas Schmieder
  • Publication number: 20180298861
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to internal combustion engines. Various embodiments thereof may include a piezo injector for fuel injection. For example, an injector may include: a nozzle unit with a nozzle needle; a piezoelectric actuator unit; and a hydraulic coupler unit coupling the nozzle unit to the actuator unit. The coupler unit includes a coupler piston, a coupler cylinder, and a coupler spring. The coupler piston has a top side facing toward the coupler cylinder and a bottom side. The coupler spring pushes the coupler piston against a face side of the nozzle needle oriented toward the bottom side of the coupler piston and has a contact area with the nozzle needle. The coupler piston includes a passage opening providing a flow connection from the bottom side of the coupler piston to the top side of the coupler piston, arranged within the contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Schmutzler, Christoph Heukenroth