Patents by Inventor Fritz POBITZER

Fritz POBITZER 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: 11892041
    Abstract: A coupling device has two components which are rotatable relative to one another, a recess which is provided on the first component, and a locking element which is held movably on the second component and is movable relative to the components between a locking position in which the locking element engages in the recess and a release position in which engagement of the locking element in the recess is prevented. An actuating device is provided which is displaceable relative to the components and relative to the locking element and which has an actuating element formed from a first material, by which a movement of the locking element out of one of the positions into the other position can be effected by displacement of the actuating device. The actuating device has a main body which is formed from a second material which is different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Fritz Pobitzer
  • Publication number: 20230356583
    Abstract: A hybrid drive assembly includes an internal combustion engine as a first drive machine having a first drive shaft, an electromechanical energy converter as a second drive machine having a second drive shaft, a switchable traction transmission device with a first transmission input shaft selectively connected to the first drive shaft, and a second transmission input shaft connected to the second drive shaft. The traction transmission device has an input planetary gear set having at least three transmission shafts, an input sun gear shaft, an input ring gear shaft, and an input planet carrier shaft. One of which is the first transmission input shaft, with a first torsional vibration reducing device arranged between it and the first drive shaft. Another of which is the second transmission input shaft, with a second torsional vibration reducing device arranged between it and the second drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin KLUGE, Sebastian LIEBERT, Ulrich OHNEMUS, Fritz POBITZER
  • Patent number: 11518233
    Abstract: A hybrid drive train for a vehicle has at least one internal combustion engine with an internal combustion engine drive shaft, in particular a crankshaft, and at least one first electrical machine with a first electrical machine drive shaft. The internal combustion engine and the first electrical machine are designed to transfer a torque to at least one drive axle. A transmission has a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft which is operatively connected to a first drive axle that can be driven by the internal combustion engine. The transmission input shaft of the transmission is connected at least to the internal combustion engine drive shaft of the internal combustion engine in order to transfer a torque from the internal combustion engine to the transmission input shaft and further to the first drive axle. The transmission input shaft and the internal combustion engine drive shaft of the internal combustion engine are arranged parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benjamin Kluge, Ulrich Ohnemus, Fritz Pobitzer
  • Publication number: 20220299070
    Abstract: A coupling device has two components which are rotatable relative to one another, a recess which is provided on the first component, and a locking element which is held movably on the second component and is movable relative to the components between a locking position in which the locking element engages in the recess and a release position in which engagement of the locking element in the recess is prevented. An actuating device is provided which is displaceable relative to the components and relative to the locking element and which has an actuating element formed from a first material, by which a movement of the locking element out of one of the positions into the other position can be effected by displacement of the actuating device. The actuating device has a main body which is formed from a second material which is different from the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ulrich OHNEMUS, Fritz POBITZER
  • Patent number: 11359719
    Abstract: Shifting device for shifting a transmission, having a first group of shift elements and a second group of shift elements, a selector shaft, which is arranged in such a way that it can be moved in translation along a longitudinal axis and rotated about the longitudinal axis, wherein it is possible, by moving the selector shaft into one of a plurality of possible translational positions, to select at least one shift element of the first group and at least one shift element of the second group and, by rotating the selector shaft, to actuate the selected shift elements. The at least one selected shift element of the first group can be actuated in phase or with an overlapping phase displacement or an offset phase displacement with respect to the at least one selected shift element of the second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Ohnemus, Fritz Pobitzer
  • Publication number: 20210362583
    Abstract: A hybrid drive train for a vehicle has at least one internal combustion engine with an internal combustion engine drive shaft, in particular a crankshaft, and at least one first electrical machine with a first electrical machine drive shaft. The internal combustion engine and the first electrical machine are designed to transfer a torque to at least one drive axle. A transmission has a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft which is operatively connected to a first drive axle that can be driven by the internal combustion engine. The transmission input shaft of the transmission is connected at least to the internal combustion engine drive shaft of the internal combustion engine in order to transfer a torque from the internal combustion engine to the transmission input shaft and further to the first drive axle. The transmission input shaft and the internal combustion engine drive shaft of the internal combustion engine are arranged parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin KLUGE, Ulrich OHNEMUS, Fritz POBITZER
  • Patent number: 10875518
    Abstract: A combined multistage hybrid transmission has a transmission housing; a transmission input shaft; a transmission output shaft; a first planetary gear set with a first sun pinion, a first ring gear, and a first carrier shaft on which at least one first planetary gear is rotatably mounted; a second planetary gear set with a second sun pinion, a second ring gear, and a second carrier shaft on which at least one second planetary gear is rotatably mounted. An electromechanical energy converter is rotationally fixed to the first sun pinion, wherein the first ring gear is rotationally fixed to the second sun pinion by an intermediate shaft. The transmission output shaft is arranged axially parallel and at a radial distance to the transmission input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benjamin Kluge, Sebastian Liebert, Ulrich Ohnemus, Fritz Pobitzer
  • Publication number: 20190344772
    Abstract: A combined multistage hybrid transmission has a transmission housing; a transmission input shaft; a transmission output shaft; a first planetary gear set with a first sun pinion, a first ring gear, and a first carrier shaft on which at least one first planetary gear is rotatably mounted; a second planetary gear set with a second sun pinion, a second ring gear, and a second carrier shaft on which at least one second planetary gear is rotatably mounted. An electromechanical energy converter is rotationally fixed to the first sun pinion, wherein the first ring gear is rotationally fixed to the second sun pinion by an intermediate shaft. The transmission output shaft is arranged axially parallel and at a radial distance to the transmission input shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin KLUGE, Sebastian LIEBERT, Ulrich OHNEMUS, Fritz POBITZER
  • Publication number: 20150300489
    Abstract: Shifting device for shifting a transmission, having a first group of shift elements and a second group of shift elements, a selector shaft, which is arranged in such a way that it can be moved in translation along a longitudinal axis and rotated about the longitudinal axis, wherein it is possible, by moving the selector shaft into one of a plurality of possible translational positions, to select at least one shift element of the first group and at least one shift element of the second group and, by rotating the selector shaft, to actuate the selected shift elements. The at least one selected shift element of the first group can be actuated in phase or with an overlapping phase displacement or an offset phase displacement with respect to the at least one selected shift element of the second group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Ulrich OHNEMUS, Fritz POBITZER