Patents by Inventor Jonathan ZEIBIG

Jonathan ZEIBIG 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: 12358362
    Abstract: A hybrid drive device includes an internal combustion engine, an electric motor having a rotor, and a gearbox having an input planetary gearing with a main axis of rotation. The internal combustion engine is connected to the input planetary gearing via a disconnect clutch. The input planetary gearing has exactly two planetary gear sets each with three elements. The third element is connected to the sixth element to conjointly rotate and the second element is connected to the fifth element to conjointly rotate. The rotor is coupled to the third element such that torque originating from the rotor is introduced into the gearbox via the third element and the sixth element. The gearbox has a third planetary gear set with three further elements. The second element is connected to the seventh element to conjointly rotate and the eighth element is connected to a driven gear to conjointly rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Carsten Gitt, Jonathan Zeibig, Peter Hahn, Tobias Schilder
  • Patent number: 12311756
    Abstract: An electric drive unit includes a first electric engine having a first rotor, a second electric engine having a second rotor, and a transmission unit having a differential transmission with exactly three first shafts arranged coaxially with one another. The three first shafts are a sum shaft to which the first rotor is connected such that torques provided by the first rotor can be introduced into the transmission unit via the sum shaft, a first differential shaft coupled to a first vehicle wheel such that torques can be discharged from the transmission unit and transmitted to the first vehicle wheel via the first differential shaft, and a second differential shaft coupled to a second vehicle wheel such that torques can be discharged from the transmission unit and transmitted to the second vehicle wheel via the second differential shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Tobias Schilder, Tobias Haerter, Jonathan Zeibig, Philip Gansloser, Carsten Gitt
  • Publication number: 20250163997
    Abstract: An electric drive unit has a first electric engine with a first rotor, a second electric engine which with a second rotor, and a gear unit having a differential, which has exactly three first shafts arranged coaxially to each other. The three first shafts are a sum shaft to which the first rotor is connected in such a way that torques supplied by the first rotor can be introduced into the gear unit via the sum shaft, a first differential shaft coupled to a first vehicle wheel in such a way that torques can be discharged from the gear unit via the first differential shaft and transmitted onto the first vehicle wheel, and a second differential shaft coupled to a second vehicle wheel in such a way that torques can be discharged from the gear unit via the second differential shaft and transmitted onto the second vehicle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Tobias SCHILDER, Jonathan ZEIBIG, Tobias HAERTER, Carsten GITT, Klaus RIEDL
  • Publication number: 20250162409
    Abstract: An electric drive unit includes a first electric engine having a first rotor, a second electric engine having a second rotor, and a transmission unit having a differential transmission with exactly three first shafts arranged coaxially with one another. The three first shafts are a sum shaft to which the first rotor is connected such that torques provided by the first rotor can be introduced into the transmission unit via the sum shaft, a first differential shaft coupled to a first vehicle wheel such that torques can be discharged from the transmission unit and transmitted to the first vehicle wheel via the first differential shaft, and a second differential shaft coupled to a second vehicle wheel such that torques can be discharged from the transmission unit and transmitted to the second vehicle wheel via the second differential shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Tobias SCHILDER, Tobias HAERTER, Jonathan ZEIBIG, Philip GANSLOSER, Carsten GITT
  • Patent number: 12281698
    Abstract: A drive axle for a motor vehicle includes two vehicle wheels, a first shaft by which a first of the vehicle wheels can be driven and a second shaft by which the second vehicle wheel can be driven. The drive axle also includes a first electric motor having a first stator and a first rotor, a differential gear by which the shafts can be driven and, via the shafts, the vehicle wheels can be driven by the first rotor of the first electric motor, and a second electric motor having a second stator and a second rotor. Only one of the shafts is assigned a clutch, by means of which the one shaft can be connected to the second rotor in a torque-transmitting manner, bypassing the other shaft and the differential gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Tobias Haerter, Tobias Schilder, Jonathan Zeibig, Peter Hahn
  • Publication number: 20250116318
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a housing, an electric motor, a planetary gearbox, and an axle drive. The planetary gearbox has exactly one sun gear and exactly one planetary carrier, which carries a set of first planetary gears and a set of second planetary gears, the first planetary gears have a larger diameter than the second planetary gears. Exactly one ring gear is provided that engages with the second planetary gears. A first freewheel is provided between the ring gear and the housing so that the ring gear is coupled to the housing to block rotation of the ring gear in a forward direction of rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Tobias SCHILDER, Tobias HAERTER, Jonathan ZEIBIG
  • Patent number: 12270463
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a housing, an electric motor, a planetary gearbox, and an axle drive. The planetary gearbox has exactly one sun gear and exactly one planetary carrier, which carries a set of first planetary gears and a set of second planetary gears, the first planetary gears have a larger diameter than the second planetary gears. Exactly one ring gear is provided that engages with the second planetary gears. A first freewheel is provided between the ring gear and the housing so that the ring gear is coupled to the housing to block rotation of the ring gear in a forward direction of rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Tobias Schilder, Tobias Haerter, Jonathan Zeibig
  • Publication number: 20250100369
    Abstract: A hybrid drive device includes an internal combustion engine, an electric motor having a rotor, and a gearbox having an input planetary gearing with a main axis of rotation. The internal combustion engine is connected to the input planetary gearing via a disconnect clutch. The input planetary gearing has exactly two planetary gear sets each with three elements. The third element is connected to the sixth element to conjointly rotate and the second element is connected to the fifth element to conjointly rotate. The rotor is coupled to the third element such that torque originating from the rotor is introduced into the gearbox via the third element and the sixth element. The gearbox has a third planetary gear set with three further elements. The second element is connected to the seventh element to conjointly rotate and the eighth element is connected to a driven gear to conjointly rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Carsten GITT, Jonathan ZEIBIG, Peter HAHN, Tobias SCHILDER
  • Patent number: 12253152
    Abstract: An electric drive device includes a transmission with a first planetary gear set having a first element, a second element, and a third element. The transmission includes a second planetary gear set having a fourth element connected to the third element for conjoint rotation, a fifth element and a sixth element. A first output shaft is connected to the fifth element for conjoint rotation and a second output shaft is connected to the fourth element for conjoint rotation. A first electric machine has a first rotor that is or can be coupled to the sixth element such that torques provided by the first rotor can be introduced into the transmission via the sixth element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Tobias Schilder, Carsten Gitt, Tobias Haerter, Jonathan Zeibig
  • Patent number: 12246698
    Abstract: A method for controlling a hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle involves, in an operation in which both the internal combustion engine and the electric machine introduce drive torques into the hybrid gearbox to drive the drive wheel, employing third limit torques for the third gearbox gear are provided in a first mode, and second limit torques for the second gearbox gear are provided in a second mode. A maximum third limit torque of the first mode is greater than a maximum second limit torque of the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Jonathan Zeibig, Nils Tonius, Peter Fritzmann
  • Patent number: 12246587
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric machine having a first rotor, a differential having a differential input shaft and a first differential output shaft and a second differential output shaft. The two differential output shafts are arranged coaxially with respect to the first rotor. A first side shaft is coupled to the first differential output shaft for conjoint rotation. A second side shaft is coupled, or is couplable, to the second differential output shaft for conjoint rotation. A second electric machine has a second rotor arranged coaxially with respect to the first rotor. A first switching element is configured to couple the first rotor to the first side shaft for conjoint rotation. A second switching element is configured to couple the second rotor to the second side shaft for conjoint rotation. The first rotor is coupled, or couplable, to the differential input shaft for conjoint rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Tobias Schilder, Tobias Haerter, Jonathan Zeibig, Philip Gansloser, Carsten Gitt, Klaus Riedl
  • Patent number: 12247650
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric machine with a first rotor, a second electric machine with a second rotor, and a planetary transmission which has a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft, and a output input shaft. The first input shaft introduces first torques originating from the first electric machine into the planetary transmission. The second input shaft introduces second torques originating from the second electric machine into the planetary transmission. The first output shaft discharges third torques from the planetary transmission. The second output shaft discharges fourth torques from the planetary transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Jonathan Zeibig, Tobias Haerter, Carsten Gitt, Tobias Schilder
  • Publication number: 20250067329
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric machine with a first rotor, a second electric machine with a second rotor, and a planetary transmission which has a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft, and a output input shaft. The first input shaft introduces first torques originating from the first electric machine into the planetary transmission. The second input shaft introduces second torques originating from the second electric machine into the planetary transmission. The first output shaft discharges third torques from the planetary transmission. The second output shaft discharges fourth torques from the planetary transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan ZEIBIG, Tobias HAERTER, Carsten GITT, Tobias SCHILDER
  • Publication number: 20250060029
    Abstract: An electric drive device includes a transmission with a first planetary gear set having a first element, a second element, and a third element. The transmission includes a second planetary gear set having a fourth element connected to the third element for conjoint rotation, a fifth element and a sixth element. A first output shaft is connected to the fifth element for conjoint rotation and a second output shaft is connected to the fourth element for conjoint rotation. A first electric machine has a first rotor that is or can be coupled to the sixth element such that torques provided by the first rotor can be introduced into the transmission via the sixth element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Tobias SCHILDER, Carsten GITT, Tobias HAERTER, Jonathan ZEIBIG
  • Patent number: 12228199
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric engine having a first rotor, a second electric engine having a second rotor, and a planetary transmission, which has a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft and a second output shaft. The first input shaft is designed to introduce first torques originating from the first electric engine into the planetary transmission. The second input shaft is designed to introduce second torques originating from the second electric engine into the planetary transmission. The first output shaft is designed to divert third torques from the planetary transmission. The second output shaft is designed to divert fourth torques from the planetary transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Jonathan Zeibig, Tobias Schilder, Tobias Haerter, Carsten Gitt
  • Patent number: 12228198
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric machine with a first rotor, a second electric machine with a second rotor, and a reduced coupling gearing, which has a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft, and a second output shaft. The first input shaft introduces first torques emanating from the first electric machine into the reduced coupling gearing. The second input shaft introduces second torques emanating from the second electric machine into the reduced coupling gearing. The first output shaft diverts third torques from the reduced coupling gearing. The second output shaft diverts fourth torques from the reduced coupling gearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Peter Appeltauer, Tobias Schilder, Tobias Haerter, Jonathan Zeibig, Peter Hahn, Andreas Kolb, Klaus Riedl
  • Publication number: 20250043856
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric machine with a first rotor, a second electric machine with a second rotor, and a reduced coupling gearing, which has a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft, and a second output shaft. The first input shaft introduces first torques emanating from the first electric machine into the reduced coupling gearing. The second input shaft introduces second torques emanating from the second electric machine into the reduced coupling gearing. The first output shaft diverts third torques from the reduced coupling gearing. The second output shaft diverts fourth torques from the reduced coupling gearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Peter APPELTAUER, Tobias SCHILDER, Tobias HAERTER, Jonathan ZEIBIG, Peter HAHN, Andreas KOLB, Klaus RIEDL
  • Publication number: 20250043857
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric engine having a first rotor, a second electric engine having a second rotor, and a planetary transmission, which has a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft and a second output shaft. The first input shaft is designed to introduce first torques originating from the first electric engine into the planetary transmission. The second input shaft is designed to introduce second torques originating from the second electric engine into the planetary transmission. The first output shaft is designed to divert third torques from the planetary transmission. The second output shaft is designed to divert fourth torques from the planetary transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan ZEIBIG, Tobias SCHILDER, Tobias HAERTER, Carsten GITT
  • Patent number: 12172507
    Abstract: A motor vehicle electric drive system includes first and second electric machines, arranged coaxial to each other and respectively having first and second rotors, a differential gear having a differential input shaft and a first and second differential output shafts arranged coaxially to the first rotor. A transmission stage has a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft. The transmission output shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the differential input shaft. A first switching element couples the first rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the first differential output shaft. A second switching element couples the second rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the second differential output shaft. A third switching element couples the first rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the differential input shaft. A fourth switching element couples the second rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the transmission input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Tobias Schilder, Tobias Haerter, Jonathan Zeibig, Carsten Gitt, Klaus Riedl
  • Publication number: 20240401682
    Abstract: A drive axle for a motor vehicle includes two vehicle wheels, a first shaft by which a first of the vehicle wheels can be driven and a second shaft by which the second vehicle wheel can be driven. The drive axle also includes a first electric motor having a first stator and a first rotor, a differential gear by which the shafts can be driven and, via the shafts, the vehicle wheels can be driven by the first rotor of the first electric motor, and a second electric motor having a second stator and a second rotor. Only one of the shafts is assigned a clutch, by means of which the one shaft can be connected to the second rotor in a torque-transmitting manner, bypassing the other shaft and the differential gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Tobias HAERTER, Tobias SCHILDER, Jonathan ZEIBIG, Peter HAHN