Patents by Inventor Gunter Bittlingmaier

Gunter Bittlingmaier 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: 20240066973
    Abstract: A wheel side comprises: a motor for generating a drive power that comprises a rotor and a stator; a wheel hub; an offset gear that comprises a drive gear coaxial to an input axis for receiving the drive power from the motor and a driven gear coaxial to an output axis offset with respect to the input axis for outputting the drive power to the wheel hub; a drive shaft that is connected to the rotor of the motor, on the one hand, and to the drive gear of the offset gear, on the other hand, for a common rotation; a driven shaft that is connected to the driven gear of the offset gear for a common rotation and that connects the offset gear to the wheel hub; and a driven shaft support for supporting the driven shaft and the driven gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Günter BITTLINGMAIER
  • Publication number: 20240066980
    Abstract: A wheel side comprises: an offset gear that has an input coaxial to an input axis for receiving drive power and an output coaxial to an output axis, which is offset with respect to the input axis, for outputting the drive power; a hub carrier; a wheel hub that is supported at the hub carrier by means of a wheel support; and a driven shaft that extends along the output axis through the hub carrier and that connects the offset gear to the wheel hub in order to transmit the drive power from the offset gear to the wheel hub. In this respect, provision is made that the wheel side has a first lubrication space, in which the offset gear is arranged, and a second lubrication space, in which the wheel support is arranged, with the first lubrication space and the second lubrication space being separate from one another and sealed with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Günter BITTLINGMAIER
  • Publication number: 20230113055
    Abstract: An axle drive for a vehicle comprising at least one drivable vehicle axle oriented transversely to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle comprises: a drive shaft that extends in parallel with the longitudinal direction and that is configured to receive drive power from an electric motor at an input section and to output said drive power at an output section; a driven shaft that extends in parallel with the drive shaft and that is configured to receive drive power from the output section of the drive shaft at an input section and to output said drive power to the vehicle axle via a bevel gear arranged at a first end of the driven shaft; and a brake, in particular a parking brake, having a brake disk that is arranged at a second end of the driven shaft and that is arranged between the input section of the drive shaft and the input section of the driven shaft with respect to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Günter BITTLINGMAIER
  • Patent number: 11428302
    Abstract: An axle drive for a vehicle comprising at least one drivable vehicle axle comprises a drive shaft that extends along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, starting from a first side of the axle drive, to a second side of the axle drive and that is configured to receive drive power from an electric motor arranged at the first side and to output said drive power at the second side to a driven shaft that extends at the second side of the axle drive offset from the drive shaft and that is configured to output drive power to the vehicle axle via a bevel gear facing towards the first side. The axle drive further comprises a brake, in particular a parking brake, comprising a brake disk that is arranged at the second side of the axle drive, in a manner facing away from the first side, at the drive shaft or at the driven shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: KESSLER & CO. GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Günter Bittlingmaier
  • Patent number: 9579974
    Abstract: The wheel side of a drive axle with wheel member steering having a drop center rim, preferably made of steel, is provided on the wheel hub and is combined with a disc brake, which is axially inwardly offset relative to the wheel plane and which preferably has compressed an actuation. The necessary space for the disc brake arrangement is guaranteed by the sufficiently low diameter of the wheel hub in the region of the brake disc and by a comparatively large axial space for the brake system, which is created by an axially narrow design of the wheel hub transmission and a by a new design of the steering knuckle bearing and of the pertaining axle guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gunter Bittlingmaier
  • Patent number: 9499015
    Abstract: A rotary feedthrough for a motor vehicle wheel having tire pressure regulation comprises a wheel carrier and a wheel hub rotatably supported on the wheel carrier. A compressed air annular space and at least one annular lubricant space, which are sealed with respect to one another, are configured in an intermediate space between the wheel carrier and the wheel hub. In this respect, the compressed air annular space communicates with a compressed air passage of the wheel carrier and with a compressed air passage of the wheel hub, wherein the compressed air passage of the wheel hub communicates with a controllable valve in order selectively to fill a tire of the motor vehicle wheel with compressed air or to deflate the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gunter Bittlingmaier
  • Publication number: 20160052389
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheel side of as drive axle with wheel member steering. A drop Centre rim, preferably made of steel, is provided on the wheel hub and is combined with a disc brake, which is axially inwardly offset relative to the wheel plane and which preferably has compressed an actuation. The necessary space for the disc brake arrangement is guaranteed by the sufficiently low diameter of the wheel hub in the region of the brake disc and by a comparatively large axial space for the brake system, which is created by an axially narrow design of the wheel hub transmission and a by a new design of the steering knuckle bearing and of the pertaining axle guard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Gunter BITTLINGMAIER
  • Publication number: 20150352911
    Abstract: A rotary feedthrough for a motor vehicle wheel having tire pressure regulation comprises a wheel carrier and a wheel hub rotatably supported on the wheel carrier. A compressed air annular space and at least one annular lubricant space, which are sealed with respect to one another, are configured in an intermediate space between the wheel carrier and the wheel hub. In this respect, the compressed air annular space communicates with a compressed air passage of the wheel carrier and with a compressed air passage of the wheel hub, wherein the compressed air passage of the wheel hub communicates with a controllable valve in order selectively to fill a tire of the motor vehicle wheel with compressed air or to deflate the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Gunter Bittlingmaier
  • Patent number: 8955623
    Abstract: A hub arrangement has hub parts which are rotatable relative to one another. Each hub is assigned a braking device, which is actuatable jointly with the braking device of the respective other hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Günter Bittlingmaier, Thomas Bauer
  • Publication number: 20140125112
    Abstract: A hub arrangement has hub parts which are rotatable relative to one another. Each hub is assigned a braking device, which is actuatable jointly with the braking device of the respective other hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Kessler & Co., GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Günter Bittlingmaier, Thomas Bauer