Patents by Inventor Heiner Kunckel

Heiner Kunckel 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: 11679658
    Abstract: An electric drive device for a motor vehicle has a housing, a first planetary gearset arranged in the housing and which has a first sun gear as first elements, a first planetary support, and a first gear ring. A second planetary gearset is arranged in the housing and has a second sun gear that is coupled or can be coupled non-rotationally to the first gear ring as second elements and a second planetary support and a second gear ring. The device has an electric motor, which has a stator and a rotor, an input shaft that can be driven by the rotor and is permanently non-rotationally connected to the first sun gear, an output shaft, having a differential transmission, a lateral shaft and having a first switching element, which is provided to connect the first sun gear non-rotationally to the housing. The rotor, the first planetary gearset, the second planetary gearset, and the differential transmission are arranged coaxially to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Tobias Schilder, Tobias Haerter, Philip Gansloser, Heiner Kunckel
  • Publication number: 20230100344
    Abstract: An electric drive device for a motor vehicle has a housing, a first planetary gearset arranged in the housing and which has a first sun gear as first elements, a first planetary support, and a first gear ring. A second planetary gearset is arranged in the housing and has a second sun gear that is coupled or can be coupled non-rotationally to the first gear ring as second elements and a second planetary support and a second gear ring. The device has an electric motor, which has a stator and a rotor, an input shaft that can be driven by the rotor and is permanently non-rotationally connected to the first sun gear, an output shaft, having a differential transmission, a lateral shaft and having a first switching element, which is provided to connect the first sun gear non-rotationally to the housing. The rotor, the first planetary gearset, the second planetary gearset, and the differential transmission are arranged coaxially to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias SCHILDER, Tobias HAERTER, Philip GANSLOSER, Heiner KUNCKEL
  • Patent number: 9054353
    Abstract: A supply assembly and a fuel cell system having a supply assembly that demonstrates a cost-effective and/or resilient design in operation. A supply assembly for coupling to a fuel cell device is proposed, having a gas-to-gas humidifier that is designed and/or arranged in order to humidify the oxidation means A for the fuel cell device by means of the humidity from the exhaust gases B of the fuel cell device has an exhaust gas region and an oxidation means region that are separated from one another by a separation layer. The separation layer enables a transmission of the humidity from the exhaust gas region into the oxidation means region for humidification of the oxidation means A, wherein the gas-to-gas humidifier has a monolithic honeycomb structure for fowling the exhaust gas region and the oxidation means region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Konrad, Heiner Kunckel, Martin Heumos
  • Patent number: 8765319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for operating a fuel cell system (1) having a recirculation blower (11) disposed in a fuel circuit of the fuel cell system (1) by means of which the fuel (BS) exiting the fuel cell system (1) on the anode side is resupplied, said blower being driven by an air-driven drive turbine (12), wherein the air-driven drive turbine (12) is impacted by compressed air (vL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Konrad, Heiner Kunckel
  • Patent number: 8216728
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices for operating fuel cells. According to the invention, the two functions “cooling” and “humidification” are combined in a functional unit (10) to adjust the temperature of the air (1) supplied as the reaction medium and to humidify it. Membranes (5) are used that consist of a temperature-resistant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Konrad, Heiner Kunckel
  • Publication number: 20110223498
    Abstract: A supply assembly and a fuel cell system having a supply assembly that demonstrates a cost-effective and/or resilient design in operation. A supply assembly for coupling to a fuel cell device is proposed, having a gas-to-gas humidifier that is designed and/or arranged in order to humidify the oxidation means A for the fuel cell device by means of the humidity from the exhaust gases B of the fuel cell device. The gas-to-gas humidifier has an exhaust gas region and an oxidation means region that are separated from one another by a separation layer. The separation layer enables a transmission of the humidity from the exhaust gas region into the oxidation means region for humidification of the oxidation means A, wherein the gas-to-gas humidifier has a monolithic honeycomb structure for forming the exhaust gas region and the oxidation means region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Konrad, Heiner Kunckel, Martin Heumos
  • Publication number: 20100203365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for operating a fuel cell system (1) having a recirculation blower (11) disposed in a fuel circuit of the fuel cell system (1) by means of which the fuel (BS) exiting the fuel cell system (1) on the anode side is resupplied, said blower being driven by an air-driven drive turbine (12), wherein the air-driven drive turbine (12) is impacted by compressed air (vL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Konrad, Heiner Kunckel
  • Publication number: 20100086818
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices for operating fuel cells. According to the invention, the two functions “cooling” and “humidification” are combined in a functional unit (11, 12) to adjust the temperature of the air (1) supplied as the reaction medium and to humidify it, wherein the known hollow fiber design for membrane humidifiers having a high specific surface can preferably be used for the charge air cooler (3). These hollow fibers may also consist of a temperature-resistant membrane material (5) and give off water vapor to the inlet gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Konrad, Heiner Kunckel
  • Publication number: 20100009226
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices for operating fuel cells. According to the invention, the two functions “cooling” and “humidification” are combined in a functional unit (10) to adjust the temperature of the air (1) supplied as the reaction medium and to humidify it. Membranes (5) are used that consist of a temperature-resistant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Konrad, Heiner Kunckel