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).
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Patent number: 10344829Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Gary Avery
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Publication number: 20180351434Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Sebastian WACHTER
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Patent number: 10038354Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Werner Schiek, Leo Spiegel, Immo Stache, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
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Publication number: 20180175690Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johannes Lange, Tobias Engelhardt, Stefan Schmitz, Axel Heitmann, Jan Nägelkrämer, Stefan Oechslen, Daniel Knoblauch, Wolfgang Thaler, Stefan Heinz
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Publication number: 20180119779Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel KNOBLAUCH, Gary AVERY
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Patent number: 9905039Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Alessandro Mulloni, Daniel Wagner
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Patent number: 9855830Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Daniel Knoblauch
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Patent number: 9625021Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Falk Heilfort
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Patent number: 9566852Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Dr. Ing h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Martin Fuechtner
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Patent number: 9541121Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Daniel Knoblauch
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Patent number: 9501725Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Bojan Vrcelj, Daniel Knoblauch, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, Serafin Diaz Spindola
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Patent number: 9457658Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Posche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Daniel Knoblauch
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Patent number: 9443350Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Daniel Wagner, Alessandro Mulloni, Gerhard Reitmayr, Daniel Knoblauch
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Publication number: 20160146322Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
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Publication number: 20160006321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Werner Schiek, Leo Spiegel, Immo Stache, Daniel Knoblauch, Gerhard Spengler
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Patent number: 9221334Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Daniel Knoblauch
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Patent number: 9199527Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Daniel Knoblauch
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Publication number: 20150306955Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
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Publication number: 20150294499Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Daniel Wagner, Alessandro Mulloni, Gerhard Reitmayr, Daniel Knoblauch
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Patent number: 9148041Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Daniel Knoblauch