Patents by Inventor Fabian Kutter

Fabian Kutter 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: 20200001697
    Abstract: A transmission has an input shaft, an output shaft coaxial to the input shaft, an intermediate shaft, a differential gear, and only one electric machine for driving a hybrid vehicle. The rotational axes of the input shaft, the intermediate shaft, the differential gear, and a rotor of the electric machine are axially parallel. The differential gear includes torque-transmitting interfaces to drive shafts connected to driving wheels of the hybrid vehicle. Torque is transmitted between the output shaft and the differential gear via the intermediate shaft. The rotor is permanently connected, via a constant gear ratio, to either the input shaft or a further shaft of the transmission. The rotational axis of the intermediate shaft is arranged spatially below a connection line between the rotational axes of the input shaft and the differential gear, and the rotational axis of the rotor is arranged spatially above the connection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Oliver Bayer, Martin Brehmer, Leschek Debernitz, Christian Michel, Fabian Kutter, Peter Ziemer
  • Publication number: 20190346025
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle has a transversely oriented drive train, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first brake, a first clutch, and a second clutch. The first clutch is operatively connected to a first element of the first planetary gear set, the second clutch is operatively connected to at least one element of the second planetary gear set, and the first brake is operatively connected to a second element of the first planetary gear set. The first and second clutches are axially between the first and second planetary gear sets and directly next to each other, with the second clutch being directly adjacent to the second planetary gear set. The first planetary gear set is axially furthest from a face end of the transmission having a transmission-external drive unit interface. The first brake is at least partially radially outside the second clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Ziemer, Martin Brehmer, Leschek Debernitz, Oliver Bayer, Fabian Kutter, Christian Michel
  • Publication number: 20190283564
    Abstract: A drive system (1) of a motor vehicle includes a first planetary gear set (2), a first electric machine (13) coupled to a ring gear (5) of the first planetary gear set (2) directly or indirectly via a second planetary gear set (3), and a second electric machine (14) coupled to a sun gear (4) of the first planetary gear set (2) directly via a third form-fit shift element (C) or indirectly via the second planetary gear set (3). The sun gear (4) of the first planetary gear set (2) is braked against the housing by engaging a first form-fit shift element (A). The sun gear (4) of the first planetary gear set (2) is coupleable to a carrier (6) of the first planetary gear set (2) via a second form-fit shift element (B) while providing a direct drive at the first planetary gear set (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Johannes Kaltenbach, Fabian Kutter, Stefan Beck, Matthias Horn, Uwe Griesmeier, Michael Roske