Patents by Inventor Katrin MARTINI

Katrin MARTINI 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).

  • Vehicle operable by motor and by muscular energy
    Patent number: 9555854
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided which is operable to motor power and/or pedal power, in particular an electric bicycle, which includes a crankshaft drive having a bottom bracket spindle, a chain ring, which outputs a drive torque for the vehicle to a chain, an electric drive, and a cone ring transmission for the continuous variation of a gear step ratio, the cone ring transmission and the electric drive being situated at the crankshaft drive, and the cone ring transmission being connected to the crankshaft drive and set up in such a way that a torque generated by the rider is transmitted to the chain ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Bendel, Hans-Peter Dommsch, Katrin Martini, Gerd Dornhoefer
  • VEHICLE OPERABLE BY MOTOR AND BY MUSCULAR ENERGY
    Publication number: 20160090151
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided which is operable to motor power and/or pedal power, in particular an electric bicycle, which includes a crankshaft drive having a bottom bracket spindle, a chain ring, which outputs a drive torque for the vehicle to a chain, an electric drive, and a cone ring transmission for the continuous variation of a gear step ratio, the cone ring transmission and the electric drive being situated at the crankshaft drive, and the cone ring transmission being connected to the crankshaft drive and set up in such a way that a torque generated by the rider is transmitted to the chain ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Karl BENDEL, Hans-Peter DOMMSCH, Katrin MARTINI, Gerd DORNHOEFER