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: 9145065
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a structure (1) for accommodating an electrical energy storage means and having power electronics (2) for an electric machine of the motor vehicle. In such a motor vehicle, there is provision according to the invention that the power electronics (2) are integrated into the structure (1). Such a vehicle is defined by a small installation space requirement, a low weight and a low degree of expenditure on assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Patent number: 9140335
    Abstract: A shift gearbox (1) has two gears. An input shaft (2) of the gearbox (1) can be driven by an electric machine (3). The input shaft (2) is connected via at least one single-direction clutch (4) to an output shaft (5) of the gearbox (1). A planetary stage (6) arranged parallel to the clutch (4) is connected to the output shaft (5) of the gearbox (1) for driving a wheel (30) of a motor vehicle, or an axle (7) that has wheels (30). The planetary stage (6) is switchable. A shift gearbox of this type permits simple shifting of the gears of the gearbox while being of simple design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Patent number: 9123135
    Abstract: A mobile device tracks a relative pose between a camera and a target using Vision aided Inertial Navigation System (VINS), that includes a contribution from inertial sensor measurements and a contribution from vision based measurements. When the mobile device detects movement of the target, the contribution from the inertial sensor measurements to track the relative pose between the camera and the target is reduced or eliminated. Movement of the target may be detected by comparing vision only measurements from captured images and inertia based measurements to determine if a discrepancy exists indicating that the target has moved. Additionally or alternatively, movement of the target may be detected using projections of feature vectors extracted from captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arvind Ramanandan, Christopher Brunner, Mahesh Ramachandran, Abhishek Tyagi, Daniel Knoblauch, Murali Ramaswamy Chari
  • Publication number: 20150243069
    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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel KNOBLAUCH, Alessandro MULLONI, Daniel WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20150226297
    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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Falk Heilfort
  • Patent number: 9102233
    Abstract: A drive train (2) of a purely electrically drivable motor vehicle has at least one electric machine (13, 14), a transmission (21), a planetary differential (22) and a drivable axle (2). The axle (2) can be driven by the electric machine (13, 14) via the transmission (21) and the differential (22). The planetary differential (22) has an input (32, 33) connected to the electric machine (13, 14), a first output (28, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) connected to a first section (4) of the drivable axle (2), and a second output (30, 31, 42) connected to a second section (5) of the drivable axle (2). Rotational axes of the input and outputs of the planetary differential (22) form an intermediate axis (53) arranged between an axle (15) of a rotor (17) of the electric machine (13, 14) and the drivable axle (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Martin Fuechtner
  • Patent number: 9096126
    Abstract: A drive train (1) of a purely electrically all-wheel drivable motor vehicle has a first axle (2) with axle halves (7, 8) and a differential (9) connecting them, a second axle (3) with axle halves (4, 5) and a differential connecting them, and first and second electric machines (19, 20) for driving the axles (2, 3). The first electric machine (19) is connected via a first transmission (24) to one axle half (7) of the the first axle (2) and the second electric machine (20) is connected via a second transmission (25) to the other axle half (8) of the first axle (2). The two differentials (6, 9) are connected to each other via a shaft (13). The drive train provides an all-wheel drive with simple construction, and standardization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20150175030
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a structure (1) for accommodating an electrical energy storage means and having power electronics (2) for an electric machine of the motor vehicle. In such a motor vehicle, there is provision according to the invention that the power electronics (2) are integrated into the structure (1). Such a vehicle is defined by a small installation space requirement, a low weight and a low degree of expenditure on assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Patent number: 9033843
    Abstract: A torque transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle has a drive element (4) and at least one output element connected to one another via a transmission (6) and a shift clutch arrangement (8). The shift clutch arrangement (8) has an actuator (40) that moves a first clutch element (32) axially in the direction of a second clutch element (34) via a displacement element (42, 44) in such a way that a positive connection can be produced between the drive element (4) and the output element. The first clutch element (32) bears via an axial bearing arrangement (50) against the displacement element (42, 44) as seen in the axial direction. The axial bearing arrangement (50) has a rolling bearing (58) and a bearing disk element (62) directed toward the first clutch element (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Simon Singer
  • Publication number: 20150021109
    Abstract: A drive train (2) of a purely electrically drivable motor vehicle has at least one electric machine (13, 14), a transmission (21), a planetary differential (22) and a drivable axle (2). The axle (2) can be driven by the electric machine (13, 14) via the transmission (21) and the differential (22). The planetary differential (22) has an input (32, 33) connected to the electric machine (13, 14), a first output (28, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) connected to a first section (4) of the drivable axle (2), and a second output (30, 31, 42) connected to a second section (5) of the drivable axle (2). Rotational axes of the input and outputs of the planetary differential (22) form an intermediate axis (53) arranged between an axle (15) of a rotor (17) of the electric machine (13, 14) and the drivable axle (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Martin Fuechtner
  • Publication number: 20140371016
    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: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20140363048
    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: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Bojan Vrcelj, Daniel Knoblauch, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, Serafin Diaz Spindola
  • Publication number: 20140333161
    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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20140332301
    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: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Martin Fuechtner
  • Publication number: 20140335999
    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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20140295979
    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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20140284130
    Abstract: A drive train (1) of a purely electrically all-wheel drivable motor vehicle has a first axle (2) with axle halves (7, 8) and a differential (9) connecting them, a second axle (3) with axle halves (4, 5) and a differential connecting them, and first and second electric machines (19, 20) for driving the axles (2, 3). The first electric machine (19) is connected via a first transmission (24) to one axle half (7) of the the first axle (2) and the second electric machine (20) is connected via a second transmission (25) to the other axle half (8) of the first axle (2). The two differentials (6, 9) are connected to each other via a shaft (13). The drive train provides an all-wheel drive with simple construction, and standardization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20140256493
    Abstract: A shift gearbox (1) has two gears. An input shaft (2) of the gearbox (1) can be driven by an electric machine (3). The input shaft (2) is connected via at least one single-direction clutch (4) to an output shaft (5) of the gearbox (1). A planetary stage (6) arranged parallel to the clutch (4) is connected to the output shaft (5) of the gearbox (1) for driving a wheel (30) of a motor vehicle, or an axle (7) that has wheels (30). The planetary stage (6) is switchable. A shift gearbox of this type permits simple shifting of the gears of the gearbox while being of simple design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20140174840
    Abstract: A subframe (1) in a body of a motor vehicle is provided for connecting longitudinal and cross members for wheels (12) of an axle of the motor vehicle. A region (2) of the subframe (1) is designed as a supporting ring (3) for holding an electric energy accumulator (4). The subframe achieves a structurally simple and stable holding of an electric energy accumulator in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F .Porche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Johannes Lange
  • Publication number: 20140158493
    Abstract: A torque transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle has a drive element (4) and at least one output element connected to one another via a transmission (6) and a shift clutch arrangement (8). The shift clutch arrangement (8) has an actuator (40) that moves a first clutch element (32) axially in the direction of a second clutch element (34) via a displacement element (42, 44) in such a way that a positive connection can be produced between the drive element (4) and the output element. The first clutch element (32) bears via an axial bearing arrangement (50) against the displacement element (42, 44) as seen in the axial direction. The axial bearing arrangement (50) has a rolling bearing (58) and a bearing disk element (62) directed toward the first clutch element (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesllschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Simon Singer