Patents by Inventor Daniel Knoblauch

Daniel Knoblauch 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: 10344829
    Abstract: An electric axle drive has a transmission arrangement with two gears, with an electric machine for driving two output shafts of the axle of the motor vehicle, a first spur gear stage which can be driven by the electric machine for driving an intermediate shaft and a planetary carrier of a planetary gear mechanism, which planetary carrier is connected fixedly to the intermediate shaft and receives planetary gears, and with an internal gear of the planetary gear mechanism for driving a second spur gear stage, a sun gear of the planetary gear mechanism and shifting elements for shifting the two gears. A first shifting element is configured as a clutch, by way of which the internal gear and the sun gear or the internal gear and the planetary carrier or the sun gear and the planetary carrier can be connected in a torque-transmitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Gary Avery
  • Publication number: 20180351434
    Abstract: An electric machine, in particular for an electric vehicle. The machine includes a rotor which can be rotated with respect to a stator and has at least one rotor shaft. The machine includes a duct system for cooling the machine, through which duct system a coolant can flow. The duct system runs at least in sections within the rotor shaft. Here, the duct system includes a cooling duct. The cooling duct is configured so as to run conically at least in sections in the longitudinal direction of the rotor shaft, such that the coolant can be conveyed in the direction of an increasing duct diameter by way of a rotational movement of the rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Sebastian WACHTER
  • Patent number: 10038354
    Abstract: An arrangement (1) for driving a wheel of a motor vehicle has an electric machine (6) and a transmission (4). The transmission (4) is downstream of the electric machine (6) and is arranged within the electric machine (6). A common cooling device (14) with a cooling water jacket (15) is utilized for cooling both the electric machine (6) and the transmission (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Schiek, Leo Spiegel, Immo Stache, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
  • Publication number: 20180175690
    Abstract: Described is a method for producing a stator, in particular for electric motors. In a first step, a plurality of flexible electrical conductors are combined to form a conductor bundle. In a second step, two end regions of the conductor bundle are pressed in such a way that a central region of the conductor bundle formed between the two end regions remains flexible. Also described is a corresponding stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes Lange, Tobias Engelhardt, Stefan Schmitz, Axel Heitmann, Jan Nägelkrämer, Stefan Oechslen, Daniel Knoblauch, Wolfgang Thaler, Stefan Heinz
  • Publication number: 20180119779
    Abstract: An electric axle drive has a transmission arrangement with two gears, with an electric machine for driving two output shafts of the axle of the motor vehicle, a first spur gear stage which can be driven by the electric machine for driving an intermediate shaft and a planetary carrier of a planetary gear mechanism, which planetary carrier is connected fixedly to the intermediate shaft and receives planetary gears, and with an internal gear of the planetary gear mechanism for driving a second spur gear stage, a sun gear of the planetary gear mechanism and shifting elements for shifting the two gears. A first shifting element is configured as a clutch, by way of which the internal gear and the sun gear or the internal gear and the planetary carrier or the sun gear and the planetary carrier can be connected in a torque-transmitting manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel KNOBLAUCH, Gary AVERY
  • Patent number: 9905039
    Abstract: One disclosed example method for view independent color equalized 3D scene texturing includes capturing a plurality of keyframes of an object; accessing a 3D representation of the object comprising a surface mesh model for the object, the surface mesh model comprising a plurality of polygons; for each polygon, assigning one of the plurality of keyframes to the polygon based on one or more image quality characteristics associated with a portion of the keyframe corresponding to the polygon; reducing a number of assigned keyframes by changing associations between assigned keyframes; and for each polygon of the surface mesh model having an assigned keyframe: equalizing a texture color of at least a portion of the polygon based at least in part on one or more image quality characteristics of the plurality of keyframes associated with the polygon; and assigning the equalized texture color to the 3D representation of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Alessandro Mulloni, Daniel Wagner
  • Patent number: 9855830
    Abstract: An electric axle drive (1) for a motor vehicle has an electric machine (2) for driving at least one output shaft (15, 16) of the axle (13) of the motor vehicle and has a spur gear unit (5) with two spur gear stages (6, 7). The electric machine (2) can drive the spur gear stages (6, 7), which, in turn, can drive a planetary gear unit (14). The planetary gear unit (14) can be shifted between two gears. In the first gear, a transmission ratio is shifted in the planetary gear unit (14), and, in the second gear, the planetary gear unit (14) is shifted as a block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Patent number: 9625021
    Abstract: An electric portal axle (1) for electrically driving a motor vehicle has a housing (28), a single electric machine (2) and two spur gear stages (13, 14) for driving two wheels of the axle. A shiftable transmission (5) is downstream of the electric machine (2) and is embodied as a planetary gear mechanism with a freewheel (6) and a differential (7). The portal axle (1) has a shifting mechanism (23) for shifting two gear stages of the portal axle (1). In a first gear stage, a ring gear (9) of the transmission (5) and a clutch body (27) that is fixed to the housing are connected, and a clutch (29) between the ring gear (9) and a planetary carrier (11) of the transmission (5) is opened. In a second gear stage the ring gear (9) and the clutch body (27) are disconnected and the clutch (29) is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Falk Heilfort
  • Patent number: 9566852
    Abstract: A drive train (1) of an all-electrically drivable motor vehicle has a first axle (2) with a differential (6), and two electric machines (15, 16). The first axle (2) can be driven by the electric machines (15, 16) via a transmission (17). One (16) of the two electric machines (15, 16) can be decoupled from the transmission (17) via a switchable clutch (23). Different driving conditions of the motor vehicle operated by the drive train can be executed with a particularly good efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dr. Ing h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Martin Fuechtner
  • Patent number: 9541121
    Abstract: A transmission (3) for an electrically driveable axle (1) of a motor vehicle has a drive input shaft (4) that can be driven by at least one electric machine (2, 12), for driving the axle (1) of the motor vehicle. The drive input shaft (4) is a hollow shaft with radially internal toothing (13) and can receive an electric machine coupling shaft (21) that can be inserted into the hollow shaft (4). The hollow shaft (4) has radially external toothing (22) that interacts with the radially internal toothing (13). A transmission of said type can be used universally, specifically for electric machines with different rotor shafts and/or for one or two electric machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Patent number: 9501725
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described for capturing compact representations of three-dimensional objects suitable for offline object detection, and storing the compact representations as object representation in a database. One embodiment may include capturing frames of a scene, identifying points of interest from different key frames of the scene, using the points of interest to create associated three-dimensional key points, and storing key points associated with the object as an object representation in an object detection database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bojan Vrcelj, Daniel Knoblauch, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, Serafin Diaz Spindola
  • Patent number: 9457658
    Abstract: A drive train (1) of a purely electrically all-wheel drivable motor vehicle, has a first axle (2), a second axle and two electric machines (10) arranged in the direction of travel (3) of the motor vehicle. The first axle (2) can be driven by the electric machines (10) via a transmission (11). The transmission (11) and the first axle (2) are connected to each other by at least one bevel gear toothing (20, 7; 20, 27), and the transmission (11) and a shaft for driving the second axle are connected to each other by at least a further toothing (22, 23; 22, 28). In this way, an all-wheel drive can be achieved with a simple construction by the use of such a drive train in a motor vehicle that is to be operated in a purely electrical manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Posche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Patent number: 9443350
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed facilitate resource utilization efficiencies in Mobile Stations (MS) during 3D reconstruction. In some embodiments, camera pose information for a first color image captured by a camera on an MS may be obtained and a determination may be made whether to extend or update a first 3-Dimensional (3D) model of an environment being modeled by the MS based, in part, on the first color image and associated camera pose information. The depth sensor, which provides depth information for images captured by the camera, may be disabled, when the first 3D model is not extended or updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Wagner, Alessandro Mulloni, Gerhard Reitmayr, Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20160146322
    Abstract: An electric axle drive (1) for a motor vehicle has an electric machine (2) for driving at least one output shaft (15, 16) of the axle (13) of the motor vehicle and has a spur gear unit (5) with two spur gear stages (6, 7). The electric machine (2) can drive the spur gear stages (6, 7), which, in turn, can drive a planetary gear unit (14). The planetary gear unit (14) can be shifted between two gears. In the first gear, a transmission ratio is shifted in the planetary gear unit (14), and, in the second gear, the planetary gear unit (14) is shifted as a block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20160006321
    Abstract: An arrangement (1) for driving a wheel of a motor vehicle has an electric machine (6) and a transmission (4). The transmission (4) is downstream of the electric machine (6) and is arranged within the electric machine (6). A common cooling device (14) with a cooling water jacket (15) is utilized for cooling both the electric machine (6) and the transmission (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Werner Schiek, Leo Spiegel, Immo Stache, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
  • Patent number: 9221334
    Abstract: A drive train (1) of a solely electrically driven motor has an axle (2) with first and second axle sections (4, 5) connected to different outputs of a differential (35). The drive train also has a first and second electric motors (13, 14) that co-operate with first and second transmissions (15) respectively to drive the axle (2). A first clutch can connect the first transmission (15) to an entry wheel (34) of the differential (35) for driving the two axle sections (4, 5) of the axle (2). A second clutch (37) can connect the first transmission (15) to the first axle section (4) while the first clutch (36) is open and a third clutch (38) can connect the second transmission (16) to a second axle section (5) while the first clutch (36) is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Patent number: 9199527
    Abstract: A drive train (1) of a purely electrically all-wheel drivable motor vehicle has a first axle (2) having a differential (23), a second axle (3) having a differential (26), and at least one electric machine (11, 32) for driving the two axles (2, 3). The at least one electric machine (11, 32) is arranged transversely to the direction of travel (4) of the motor vehicle and is connected to the first axle (2) of the drive train (1) via a spur gear (12). The first axle (2) and the second axle (3) each have a crown wheel (25). The crown wheels (25) are connected to each other via a shaft (27) that has pinions (28) at its respective ends, which engage into a respective crown wheel (25). The drive train allows retrofitting the drive train with simple construction, from an initial state with only one driven axle to all-wheel drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20150306955
    Abstract: A drive train (1) of a purely electrically all-wheel drivable motor vehicle, has a first axle (2), a second axle and two electric machines (10) arranged in the direction of travel (3) of the motor vehicle. The first axle (2) can be driven by the electric machines (10) via a transmission (11). The transmission (11) and the first axle (2) are connected to each other by at least one bevel gear toothing (20, 7; 20, 27), and the transmission (11) and a shaft for driving the second axle are connected to each other by at least a further toothing (22, 23; 22, 28). In this way, an all-wheel drive can be achieved with a simple construction by the use of such a drive train in a motor vehicle that is to be operated in a purely electrical manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20150294499
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed facilitate resource utilization efficiencies in Mobile Stations (MS) during 3D reconstruction. In some embodiments, camera pose information for a first color image captured by a camera on an MS may be obtained and a determination may be made whether to extend or update a first 3-Dimensional (3D) model of an environment being modeled by the MS based, in part, on the first color image and associated camera pose information. The depth sensor, which provides depth information for images captured by the camera, may be disabled, when the first 3D model is not extended or updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Wagner, Alessandro Mulloni, Gerhard Reitmayr, Daniel Knoblauch
  • Patent number: 9148041
    Abstract: An electric machine (1) has a hollow rotor shaft (3) and a stationary cooling lance (13) that penetrates the hollow shaft (3) axially. The cooling lance (13) has an inlet (16) and an outlet (17) for a cooling medium. A cooling duct (18) penetrates the cooling lance (13) axially and is connected to the inlet (16) and the outlet (17) for guiding the cooling medium through the cooling lance (13). The cooling lance (13) also has an inlet (24) and an outlet (25) for oil. An oil duct (26) penetrates the cooling lance (13) axially and is connected to the oil inlet (24) and outlet (25) for guiding the oil through the cooling lance (13). The outlet (25) for the oil is connected to an annular space (27) between the cooling lance (13) and the rotor shaft (3). The annular space (27) has an opening (28) for the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch