Patents by Inventor Christophe LAFAYE

Christophe LAFAYE 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: 20240131924
    Abstract: A drive device has two electric drive machines for distributing the torque between two wheels of an axle of a motor vehicle and an inverter unit which is electrically connected to the drive machines for converting an electrical DC signal into a drive-machine-specific electrical AC signal. The two drive machines are arranged spaced apart from one another in the axial direction to form an intermediate space, and components of the inverter unit are arranged in a first area, located in the intermediate space and oriented in a first direction transversely with respect to the axial direction, of the drive device, and in a second area, adjoining the intermediate space and oriented parallel to the axial direction, of the drive device, to form a low-inductance, T-shaped inverter architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Norbert AMANN, David BOCK, Christophe LAFAYE
  • Patent number: 11404216
    Abstract: A capacitor assembly has a capacitor, a first terminal, a cooling device and a housing which contains the capacitor. The first terminal has a first heat absorbing part and a first heat dissipating part. The first terminal dissipates heat from a first side of the capacitor to the cooling device via the first heat absorbing part and the first heat dissipating part. The first side of the capacitor faces away from the cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erick Maximiliano Haas Rugel, Roman Hamerski, Christophe Lafaye, Christoph Sudan
  • Publication number: 20190108945
    Abstract: A capacitor assembly has a capacitor, a first terminal, a cooling device and a housing which contains the capacitor. The first terminal has a first heat absorbing part and a first heat dissipating part. The first terminal dissipates heat from a first side of the capacitor to the cooling device via the first heat absorbing part and the first heat dissipating part. The first side of the capacitor faces away from the cooling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Erick Maximiliano HAAS RUGEL, Roman HAMERSKI, Christophe LAFAYE, Christoph SUDAN