Patents by Inventor Hanspeter Putzer

Hanspeter Putzer 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: 12590627
    Abstract: An actuator assembly comprises a housing part with a sleeve-shaped portion and a flange-shaped portion, a ball ramp mechanism with a support ring and an setting ring, wherein at least the support ring is radially spaced from an outer face of the sleeve-shaped portion; an actuating element which is held axially movably coaxially to the ball ramp mechanism on the flange-shaped portion of the housing part, an annular gap being formed between the outer face of the sleeve-shaped portion and the actuating element; and a spring element which is arranged radially outside an actuating face of the actuating element axially between the housing part and the actuating element in order to exert a restoring force on the actuating element. A differential assembly with such an actuator assembly is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Jan Haupt, Hanspeter Putzer, Thomas Messner
  • Publication number: 20260027892
    Abstract: An electric drive assembly for driving a motor vehicle, comprising a housing, an electric machine with a motor shaft designed as a hollow shaft which is rotatably drivable about an axis of rotation; a planetary gearing; a differential unit with a differential, a disc clutch for adjusting a locking effect of the differential and a controllable ball ramp mechanism for actuating the disc clutch, wherein a side gear of the differential has an inner spline for inserting a shaft and a disc carrier portion which at least partially have an axial overlap; wherein the disc clutch is arranged inside and the ball ramp mechanism is arranged outside the differential carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Hanspeter Putzer, Thomas Messner
  • Publication number: 20250122931
    Abstract: A method for assembling a component of a drive train is provided. The component includes at least a first part with a plurality of threaded holes and a second part with a corresponding number of through holes. The threaded holes and through holes each extend along an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Florian Künig, Hanspeter Putzer, Sigmund Senoner, Carlo Faustini
  • Publication number: 20250067328
    Abstract: An actuator assembly comprises a housing part with a sleeve-shaped portion and a flange-shaped portion, a ball ramp mechanism with a support ring and an setting ring, wherein at least the support ring is radially spaced from an outer face of the sleeve-shaped portion; an actuating element which is held axially movably coaxially to the ball ramp mechanism on the flange-shaped portion of the housing part, an annular gap being formed between the outer face of the sleeve-shaped portion and the actuating element; and a spring element which is arranged radially outside an actuating face of the actuating element axially between the housing part and the actuating element in order to exert a restoring force on the actuating element. A differential assembly with such an actuator assembly is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jan Haupt, Hanspeter Putzer, Thomas Messner
  • Patent number: 12203507
    Abstract: A fluid guide assembly for a friction disk clutch comprises an inner disk carrier having a carrier portion, a shoulder portion, and a shaft portion. The carrier portion has a connecting structure for receiving inner disks in a rotationally fixed and axially movable manner; and a fluid guide element which is fixedly connected to the inner disk carrier and which comprises an annular catching portion in which inflowing fluid can be caught, and a plurality of circumferentially distributed tab portions which extend in the axial direction and which each have a radial through-opening. The inner disk carrier has, directed radially outwardly, a plurality of longitudinal grooves which extend axially from the shoulder portion into the carrier portion and which are covered by tab portions of the fluid guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Kurt Thomaser, Peter Raffin, Thomas Messner, Hanspeter Putzer
  • Publication number: 20240288036
    Abstract: A fluid guide assembly for a friction disk clutch comprises an inner disk carrier having a carrier portion, a shoulder portion, and a shaft portion. The carrier portion has a connecting structure for receiving inner disks in a rotationally fixed and axially movable manner; and a fluid guide element which is fixedly connected to the inner disk carrier and which comprises an annular catching portion in which inflowing fluid can be caught, and a plurality of circumferentially distributed tab portions which extend in the axial direction and which each have a radial through-opening. The inner disk carrier has, directed radially outwardly, a plurality of longitudinal grooves which extend axially from the shoulder portion into the carrier portion and which are covered by tab portions of the fluid guide element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kurt Thomaser, Peter Raffin, Thomas Messner, Hanspeter Putzer
  • Patent number: 11674577
    Abstract: Differential arrangement, e.g., for a drive axle of a motor vehicle. The differential arrangement comprises a drive wheel; a differential gear having an input part; a shift clutch operatively arranged between the drive wheel and the differential gear, wherein in the closed state of the shift clutch torque is transmitted from the drive wheel to the differential gear and in the open state of the shift clutch a torque transmission is interrupted. A first clutch part of the shift clutch is fixedly connected to the input part or to a differential housing of the differential gear, and a second clutch part of the shift clutch is fixedly connected to the respective other one of the input part and the differential housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Matthias Zingerle, Nikolaus Mayr, Sigmund Senoner, Hanspeter Putzer
  • Publication number: 20220194223
    Abstract: Differential arrangement, e.g., for a drive axle of a motor vehicle. The differential arrangement comprises a drive wheel; a differential gear having an input part; a shift clutch operatively arranged between the drive wheel and the differential gear, wherein in the closed state of the shift clutch torque is transmitted from the drive wheel to the differential gear and in the open state of the shift clutch a torque transmission is interrupted. A first clutch part of the shift clutch is fixedly connected to the input part or to a differential housing of the differential gear, and a second clutch part of the shift clutch is fixedly connected to the respective other one of the input part and the differential housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Matthias Zingerle, Nikolaus Mayr, Sigmund Senoner, Hanspeter Putzer
  • Patent number: 10753405
    Abstract: A clutch assembly for a driveline of a motor vehicle comprises a friction plate clutch having an inner plate carrier, to which inner plates are connected in a rotationally fixed and axially movable way, and having an outer plate carrier to which outer plates are connected in a rotationally fixed and axially movable way, and wherein the inner plates and the outer plates jointly form a plate package, wherein the inner plate carrier comprises at least one bore in an axial overlapping region with the plate package through which bore oil can flow to the plate package, a supporting plate against which the plate package is axially supported, an axially movable pressure plate for axially loading the plate package, an operating device for operating the friction plate clutch by axially moving the pressure plate, a flow controller for controlling an oil volume flow rate through the at least one bore of the inner plate carrier, wherein the flow controller comprises a setting member which is operable by the operating devi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: GKN Driveline Bruneck AG
    Inventors: Hanspeter Putzer, Sigmund Senoner, Kurt Thomaser, Peter Raffin, Ivan Gruber, Dieter Huber, Thomas Widmann
  • Publication number: 20180216672
    Abstract: A clutch assembly for a driveline of a motor vehicle comprises a friction plate clutch having an inner plate carrier, to which inner plates are connected in a rotationally fixed and axially movable way, and having an outer plate carrier to which outer plates are connected in a rotationally fixed and axially movable way, and wherein the inner plates and the outer plates jointly form a plate package, wherein the inner plate carrier comprises at least one bore in an axial overlapping region with the plate package through which bore oil can flow to the plate package, a supporting plate against which the plate package is axially supported, an axially movable pressure plate for axially loading the plate package, an operating device for operating the friction plate clutch by axially moving the pressure plate, a flow controller for controlling an oil volume flow rate through the at least one bore of the inner plate carrier, wherein the flow controller comprises a setting member which is operable by the operating devi
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Hanspeter Putzer, Sigmund Senoner, Kurt Thomaser, Peter Raffin, Ivan Gruber, Dieter Huber, Thomas Widmann