Patents by Inventor Lars Weinschenker

Lars Weinschenker 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: 7753822
    Abstract: A pump drive for a vehicle transmission pump. A transmission input torque member is operable to carry prime mover torque. A source of pump torque includes a pump input torque member circumscribing the transmission input torque member to apply torque to the transmission pump. An overrunning clutch is interposed between the pump input torque member and the transmission input torque member to carry the prime mover torque from the transmission input torque member to the pump torque output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignees: Chrysler Group LLC, GM Global Technology Operations, Daimler AG, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lars Weinschenker, Zhenxing Fu, Robert Inderka
  • Publication number: 20090242292
    Abstract: In a method for operating an electric machine which is coupled to a drive shaft, the electric machine is connected to a high voltage direct-current power supply line (HDVC) by a switch and the rotational speed of the connected electric machine or of the drive shaft coupled with the electric machine is determined and the electric machine is disconnected from the high-voltage direct-current power supply line (HVDC) when the rotational speed of the electric machine or, respectively, the driveshaft is above a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Marcus Heller, Robert Inderka, Franz Nietfeld, Lars Weinschenker
  • Publication number: 20090220850
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled battery, in particular in the form of an energy store for an electrical drive in a motor vehicle is provided. The battery has a plurality of storage cells 2 and at least one volume 4 which makes thermally conductive contact with the storage cells 2 and through which a cooling medium can flow. Each of the storage cells 2 has a safety valve 12 which opens the storage cell when a predetermined media pressure in it is exceeded, and connects the volume of the storage cell to the surrounding area. The safety valve 12 is arranged in the storage cell 2 and the storage cell 2 is arranged with respect to the volume 4 through which the cooling medium can flow such that a connection is produced between the volume 4 through which the cooling medium can flow, and the interior of the storage cell 2 if the safety valve 2 is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Otmar Bitsche, Markus Bulling, Wolfgang Duerr, Wolfgang Schwienbacher, Thomas Soczka-Guth, Lars Weinschenker
  • Patent number: 7489097
    Abstract: A method of controlling a brushless direct current motor without a position sensor. The motor includes a plurality phase windings adapted to be energized by an active inverter circuit that synchronously applies drive voltages through a plurality of phases to produce drive currents in the phase windings. Back electromotive force voltages are detected when the inverter circuit is inactive for sensorless detection of motor position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignees: Chrysler LLC, Daimler AG, GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Zhenxing Fu, Lars Weinschenker, JingChuan Li
  • Publication number: 20080106224
    Abstract: A method of controlling a brushless direct current motor without a position sensor. The motor includes a plurality phase windings adapted to be energized by an active inverter circuit that synchronously applies drive voltages through a plurality of phases to produce drive currents in the phase windings. Back electromotive force voltages are detected when the inverter circuit is inactive for sensorless detection of motor position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Zhenxing Fu, Lars Weinschenker, JingChuan Li
  • Publication number: 20080108469
    Abstract: A pump drive for a vehicle transmission pump. A transmission input torque member is operable to carry prime mover torque. A source of pump torque includes a pump input torque member circumscribing the transmission input torque member to apply torque to the transmission pump. An overrunning clutch is interposed between the pump input torque member and the transmission input torque member to carry the prime mover torque from the transmission input torque member to the pump torque output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Lars Weinschenker, Zhenxing Fu, Robert Inderka
  • Patent number: 7353895
    Abstract: A vehicle having a transmission for transmitting a torque from a drive machine to drive wheels, with the transmission having an transmission output shaft and a transmission input shaft, in which the torque can be transmitted from the drive machine to the transmission output shaft, and having an electrical machine which has a rotor and a stator, which means being provided in order to connect the electric-motor torque of the electrical machine optionally to the transmission input shaft or to the transmission output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Otmar Bitsche, Karl-Ernst Noreikat, Tobias Ostertag, Alfons Rennefeld, Wolfgang Schwienbacher, Sven Stephan, Lars Weinschenker
  • Publication number: 20060060398
    Abstract: A vehicle having a transmission for transmitting a torque from a drive machine to drive wheels, with the transmission having an transmission output shaft and a transmission input shaft, in which the torque can be transmitted from the drive machine to the transmission output shaft, and having an electrical machine which has a rotor and a stator, which means being provided in order to connect the electric-motor torque of the electrical machine optionally to the transmission input shaft or to the transmission output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Otmar Bitsche, Karl-Ernst Noreikat, Tobias Ostertag, Alfons Rennefeld, Wolfgang Schwienbacher, Sven Stephan, Lars Weinschenker
  • Publication number: 20040079565
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle having a transmission for transmitting a torque from a drive machine to drive wheels, with the transmission having a transmission output shaft and a transmission input shaft, in which the torque can be transmitted from the drive machine to the transmission output shaft, and having an electrical machine which has a rotor and a stator, with means being provided in order to connect the electric-motor torque of the electrical machine optionally to the transmission input shaft or to the transmission output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG.
    Inventors: Otmar Bitsche, Karl-Ernst Noreikat, Tobias Ostertag, Alfons Rennefeld, Wolfgang Schwienbacher, Sven Stephan, Lars Weinschenker
  • Patent number: 6695082
    Abstract: A vehicle having a transmission for transmitting a torque from a drive machine to drive wheels, with the transmission having a transmission output shaft and a transmission input shaft, in which the torque can be transmitted from the drive machine to the transmission output shaft, and having an electrical machine which has a rotor and a stator, with means being provided in order to connect the electric-motor torque of the electrical machine optionally to the transmission input shaft or to the transmission output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Otmar Bitsche, Karl-Ernst Noreikat, Tobias Ostertag, Alfons Rennefeld, Wolfgang Schwienbacher, Sven Stephan, Lars Weinschenker
  • Publication number: 20020053475
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle having a transmission for transmitting a torque from a drive machine to drive wheels, with the transmission having a transmission output shaft and a transmission input shaft, in which the torque can be transmitted from the drive machine to the transmission output shaft, and having an electrical machine which has a rotor and a stator, with means being provided in order to connect the electric-motor torque of the electrical machine optionally to the transmission input shaft or to the transmission output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Otmar Bitsche, Karl-Ernst Noreikat, Tobias Ostertag, Alfons Rennefeld, Wolfgang Schwienbacher, Sven Stephan, Lars Weinschenker