Patents by Inventor Gilbert SCHANTL

Gilbert SCHANTL 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: 11912118
    Abstract: A unit mounting for a drive unit of an electrical motor vehicle, including at least one first unit bearing and one second unit bearing which are arranged spaced apart from one another in the vehicle transverse direction on an auxiliary frame. The unit bearings each support the drive unit via a unit support. The first unit bearing and the second unit bearing are arranged asymmetrically in relation to one another on a crossbeam of the auxiliary frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Gilbert Schantl
  • Patent number: 11878737
    Abstract: A fastening assembly for fastening an axle support on a vehicle body. The axle support is screwed onto the vehicle body on multiple attachment points. On at least one of the attachment points, a bearing bracket for mounting a unit for the axle drive is arranged between the axle support and the vehicle body and also screwed on. A method for installing and fastening an axle support on a vehicle body in the mass production of motor vehicles is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: AUDI AG, DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG
    Inventors: Gilbert Schantl, Thomas Artner, Hans-Peter Frensch, Marek Bujak, Thomas Wittenschläger, Stefan Rugies, Thomas Achleitner
  • Patent number: 11780504
    Abstract: A frame device for a vehicle, including a subframe which can be attached to a structure of the vehicle and which has two side members spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction of the subframe and at least one cross member via which the side members are interconnected. The frame device also includes at least one support element, which is formed separately from the subframe and has at least one attachment element by which at least one component of the vehicle can be attached to the support element, and a steering gear which is formed separately from the subframe and separately from the support element for a steering system of the vehicle. Both the steering gear and the support element are attached to the subframe by one and the same fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Gilbert Schantl, Ruben Goldberg, Thomas Klinger, Marek Bujak, Hans-Peter Frensch, Martin Dobel, Eike Malte Manske
  • Publication number: 20230114926
    Abstract: A fastening assembly for fastening an axle support on a vehicle body. The axle support is screwed onto the vehicle body on multiple attachment points. On at least one of the attachment points, a bearing bracket for mounting a unit for the axle drive is arranged between the axle support and the vehicle body and also screwed on. A method for installing and fastening an axle support on a vehicle body in the mass production of motor vehicles is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: AUDI AG, DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG
    Inventors: Gilbert SCHANTL, Thomas ARTNER, Hans-Peter FRENSCH, Marek BUJAK, Thomas WITTENSCHLÄGER, Stefan RUGIES, Thomas ACHLEITNER
  • Publication number: 20220227422
    Abstract: A unit mounting in a vehicle, in which a drive unit is attached via a unit bearing to a body-side bearing bracket, which unit bearing is a rubber-metal bearing having a sleeve-shaped bearing core, which is screwed together with the body-side bearing bracket by a bearing bolt guided through the sleeve-shaped bearing core. The drive unit has a unit housing, in which a bearing receptacle is formed for the unit bearing. The housing-side bearing receptacle is formed as a bearing cup open on one side having a hollow cylindrical receptacle space, specifically in particular having a closed bearing base, from which a cylindrical circumferential peripheral wall is raised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Gilbert SCHANTL, Marek BUJAK, Stefan RUGIES, Hans-Peter FRENSCH, Andreas WEBER, Korbinian WEBER, Thomas WITTENSCHLÄGER
  • Publication number: 20220144343
    Abstract: A frame device for a vehicle, including a subframe which can be attached to a structure of the vehicle and which has two side members spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction of the subframe and at least one cross member via which the side members are interconnected. The frame device also includes at least one support element, which is formed separately from the subframe and has at least one attachment element by which at least one component of the vehicle can be attached to the support element, and a steering gear which is formed separately from the subframe and separately from the support element for a steering system of the vehicle. Both the steering gear and the support element are attached to the subframe by one and the same fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Gilbert SCHANTL, Ruben GOLDBERG, Thomas KLINGER, Marek BUJAK, Hans-Peter FRENSCH, Martin DOBEL, Eike Malte MANSKE
  • Publication number: 20210379976
    Abstract: A unit mounting for a drive unit of an electrical motor vehicle, including at least one first unit bearing and one second unit bearing which are arranged spaced apart from one another in the vehicle transverse direction on an auxiliary frame. The unit bearings each support the drive unit via a unit support. The first unit bearing and the second unit bearing are arranged asymmetrically in relation to one another on a crossbeam of the auxiliary frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Gilbert SCHANTL