Patents by Inventor Dirk Zeise

Dirk Zeise 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: 9579966
    Abstract: A hybrid powertrain for a motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine and an electric machine that is connected to power electronics and to an electric energy storage device. The internal combustion engine is coupled to an internal combustion engine driveshaft and the rotor of the electric machine is coupled to an electric machine driveshaft that is connected to a planetary gear set with a sun gear, a planet carrier, and a ring gear, one element of which functions as an input element and another as an output element. The rotor of the electric machine can be selectively connected either to the input element or to the output element of the planetary gear set by way of a shiftable clutch).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg-Friedrich Luehrs, Dirk Zeise
  • Publication number: 20150298535
    Abstract: A hybrid powertrain for a motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine and an electric machine that is connected to power electronics and to an electric energy storage device. The internal combustion engine is coupled to an internal combustion engine driveshaft and the rotor of the electric machine is coupled to an electric machine driveshaft that is connected to a planetary gear set with a sun gear, a planet carrier, and a ring gear, one element of which functions as an input element and another as an output element. The rotor of the electric machine can be selectively connected either to the input element or to the output element of the planetary gear set by way of a shiftable clutch).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: GEORG-FRIEDRICH LUEHRS, DIRK ZEISE
  • Publication number: 20080022798
    Abstract: A running gear toothing for gearwheels and a process for producing such running gear is provided. In order to be able to work complex shapes (e.g. reinforcing ribs) into running gear, a preforged or precast gearwheels are produced oversized, and are then finished using an electrochemical erosion process. The invention eliminates complex machining operations and permits gear teeth finishing in highly spaced-constrained applications, thereby eliminating the need for production and assembly complex multi-component gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: DamilerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Dirk Zeise
  • Patent number: 6811511
    Abstract: In a gearwheel pairing, in which one of a pair of gearwheels has, at least at one side thereof a lid-shaped stop structure for engaging the other gearwheel for retaining it in engagement with the other gear wheel. The arrangement is expediently used in a differential transmission in particular a crown-wheel differential transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Dirk Zeise
  • Publication number: 20030060319
    Abstract: In a gearwheel pairing, in which one of a pair of gearwheels has, at least at one side thereof a lid-shaped stop structure for engaging the other gearwheel for retaining it in engagement with the other gear wheel. The arrangement is expediently used in a differential transmission in particular a crown-wheel differential transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventor: Dirk Zeise