Patents by Inventor Helmut Stelzl

Helmut Stelzl 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: 7083541
    Abstract: An axle drive block for a motor vehicle, comprising a first and a second differential in a driven housing. Both of the differentials are coaxially aligned planetary spur gears, the sun wheels of which are drivably connected to the semiaxes of the first driven axle. The planet wheels of both differentials mesh the joint ring gear of the sun wheels. In order to lock the interaxle differential, the housing is provided with a first striking surface interacting with a second striking surface which is pressed thereto by ball ramps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hermann Pecnik, Helmut Stelzl
  • Patent number: 6880664
    Abstract: An all-wheel drive with hybrid drive has an internal combustion engine (1), a first drive train (4) for a first driven axle (2), a second drive train (10) for a second driven axle (3), an electric machine (15) in the second drive train (10; 110), and a first clutch (20) upstream of the electric machine (15) and a second clutch (21) downstream of the electric machine (15). In order to improve all the electrical functions and to provide an all-wheel drive which meets all requirements, the electric machine (15) is composed of a stator (17) and of a rotor (18) which is connected to a first element (44) of a three-element planetary gear mechanism (19), whose second element (45) is connected to the first clutch (20) and whose third element (46) is connected to the second clutch (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG& Co. KG
    Inventors: Hermann Pecnik, Helmut Stelzl
  • Publication number: 20050049103
    Abstract: An axle drive block for a motor vehicle, comprising a first and a second differential in a driven housing. Both of the differentials are coaxially aligned planetary spur gears, the sun wheels of which are drivably connected to the semiaxes of the first driven axle. The planet wheels of both differentials mesh the joint ring gear of the sun wheels. In order to lock the interaxle differential, the housing is provided with a first striking surface interacting with a second striking surface which is pressed thereto by ball ramps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hermann Pecnik, Helmut Stelzl
  • Publication number: 20030234124
    Abstract: An all-wheel drive with hybrid drive has an internal combustion engine (1), a first drive train (4) for a first driven axle (2), a second drive train (10) for a second driven axle (3), an electric machine (15) in the second drive train (10; 110), and a first clutch (20) upstream of the electric machine (15) and a second clutch (21) downstream of the electric machine (15). In order to improve all the electrical functions and to provide an all-wheel drive which meets all requirements, the electric machine (15) is composed of a stator (17) and of a rotor (18) which is connected to a first element (44) of a three-element planetary gear mechanism (19), whose second element (45) is connected to the first clutch (20) and whose third element (46) is connected to the second clutch (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Hermann Pecnik, Helmut Stelzl