Patents by Inventor Frank Fickel

Frank Fickel 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).

  • Device for driving a vehicle
    Patent number: 8876643
    Abstract: A device for driving a vehicle includes a housing, an electric motor, a differential gear unit, and a planetary gear unit. The planetary gear unit includes a sun gear connected to the electric motor, a ring gear coupleable via a first coupling to the housing, a plurality of planetary gears disposed between the ring gear and the sun gear and mounted on a planet carrier coupled to the differential gear unit, the planet carrier coupleable to the ring gear by a second coupling, the second coupling being disposed in a plane with the first coupling parallel to the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr
    Inventors: Frank Fickel, Jens Liebold, Erik Schneider
  • DEVICE FOR DRIVING A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120295750
    Abstract: A device for driving a vehicle includes a housing, an electric motor; a differential gear unit, and a planetary gear unit. The planetary gear unit includes a sun gear connected to the electric motor, a ring gear coupleable via a first coupling to the housing, a plurality of planetary gears disposed between the ring gear and the sun gear and mounted on a planet carrier coupled to the differential gear unit, the planet carrier coupleable to the ring gear by a second coupling, the second coupling being disposed in a plane with the first coupling parallel to the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: IAV GMBH INGENIEURGESELLSCHAFT AUTO UND VERKEHR
    Inventors: Frank Fickel, Jens Liebold, Erik Schneider