Patents by Inventor Joerg Zuern

Joerg Zuern 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).

  • Starter-generator device for internal combustion engines and method for operating the device
    Patent number: 6710579
    Abstract: A device with a starter-generator for internal combustion engines, the combustion engine having a centrifugal mass for stabilizing its smoothness of running, with at least one first nonpositive clutch and a flywheel generator, which can be actuated by means of an electrical energy source and is in effective connection with a selectable gearbox, the nonpositive clutch being provided between the flywheel generator, which can be actuated by means of an electrical energy source, and the combustion engine, and the flywheel generator forming the centrifugal mass of the combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Ebel, Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Gernot Spiegelberg, Volker Wilhelmi, Joerg Zuern
  • Starter-generator device for internal combustion engines and method for operating the device
    Publication number: 20020125861
    Abstract: A device with a starter-generator for internal combustion engines, the combustion engine having a centrifugal mass for stabilizing its smoothness of running, with at least one first nonpositive clutch and a flywheel generator, which can be actuated by means of an electrical energy source and is in effective connection with a selectable gearbox, the nonpositive clutch being provided between the flywheel generator, which can be actuated by means of an electrical energy source, and the combustion engine, and the flywheel generator forming the centrifugal mass of the combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Ebel, Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Gernot Spiegelberg, Volker Wilhelmi, Joerg Zuern