Patents by Inventor Marc STROELIN

Marc STROELIN 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).

  • Publication number: 20250136077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a braking device (10) with a fluid path (12) through which a fluid can flow and which has two line sections (14, 16), in which a pump element (18), a cooler (64) and a valve device (34) which has a valve inlet (26) and a valve outlet (28) and which can be moved between two valve positions (30, 32) is arranged, wherein the valve device is fluidically connected to the pump element (18) via the valve inlet (26) by means of a first of the line sections (14), with a hydraulic sump (80) fluidically connected to the fluid path (12), with a retarder (38), which has a stator (40), a rotor (42) and a retarder inlet (44), wherein the valve inlet (26) is fluidically connected to the valve outlet (28) in a first of the valve positions (30), whereby the fluid flowing through the first line section (14) can be conveyed through the valve device (34) to the retarder inlet (44) via the second line section (16), and the valve inlet (26) is not fluidically connected to the valve outlet (28) in the second
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Frank STEFFENS, Marc STRÖLIN
  • Patent number: 12228196
    Abstract: An electric drive system has a group transmission with a main group and a range group with a planetary gear set. First and second input shafts of the main group are respectively coupled with first and second electric engines. An output shaft of the main group is coupled with a first element of the planetary gear set and a second element of the planetary gear set is coupled with an output drive shaft of the group transmission. Two idler wheels are disposed coaxially to the first input shaft and two further idler wheels are disposed coaxially to the second input shaft. The first and second input shafts are coupled with the output shaft via two fixed gears. A first fixed gear engages with the first and third idler wheels and a second fixed gear engages with the second and fourth idler wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
    Inventors: Frank Steffens, Marc Stroelin, Jens Luckmann
  • Publication number: 20250020197
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric axle drive (10) for an axle (16) of a motor vehicle comprising two vehicle wheels (12, 14), having an electric machine (18) which has a stator (20) and a rotor (22), and having a planetary gear set (26) which has a ring gear (30), a planet carrier (32) and a sun gear (28) as a drive unit (34), via which drive torques which can be provided by the rotor (22) can be introduced into the planetary gear set (26), a first output shaft (36), from which a first of the vehicle wheels (12, 14) can be driven, being connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the ring gear (30) as the first output (38) of the planetary gear set (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Frank STEFFENS, Jens LUCKMANN, Marc STRÖLIN, Marc KLEIN, Florian VINCON
  • Publication number: 20250003472
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric drive system (10) for a motor vehicle, comprising an electric machine (20) with a rotor (24). A differential (38) with a differential gear (40) is provided. A gear unit (58) is provided, which is arranged in the torque flow between the rotor (24) and the differential gear (40) with respect to a torque flow emanating from the electric machines (20), and has a first input shaft (60) an output shaft (68) arranged parallel and axially offset to the first input shaft (60) and at least two gear wheels (72, 74) arranged coaxially to the first input shaft (60), namely a first gear wheel (72) and a second gear wheel (74), and two gear wheels (76, 78) arranged coaxially to the output shaft (68), namely a third gear wheel (76) and a fourth gear wheel (78).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Marc Strölin, Jens Luckmann, Martin Schneider
  • Patent number: 12140211
    Abstract: A group transmission device includes an upshift assembly with a first transmission element, a second transmission element and a third transmission element. A downshift assembly has a first transmission element, a second transmission element and a third transmission element. A main shaft is arranged coaxially to the upshift assembly and a layshaft is arranged parallel to the main shaft. A first idler gear is arranged coaxially to the main shaft and axially between the upshift assembly and the downshift assembly and is connectable to the main shaft for conjoint rotation by a first shift unit. The first idler gear is connectable to the third transmission element of the downshift assembly for conjoint rotation by a second shift unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
    Inventors: Frank Steffens, Marc Stroelin, Jens Luckmann, Marc Klein, Detlef Schnitzer
  • Patent number: 12018736
    Abstract: A group transmission device includes a main transmission which has a main shaft, a countershaft and a spur gear pair which includes a first spur gear arranged coaxially and axially overlapping with the main shaft and a second spur gear arranged coaxially and axially overlapping with the countershaft. A range group has a first shaft non-rotationally connected to the main shaft, a second shaft non-rotationally connected to a transmission output shaft, a third shaft and a blocking switching unit. A first switching unit non-rotationally connects the third shaft to a housing. A second switching unit has an axially shiftable switching element and non-rotationally connects the third shaft to the first spur gear. The main shaft is coupled non-rotationally to a transmission input shaft. A third switching unit has an axially shiftable further switching element and non-rotationally connects the first spur gear to the first shaft of the range group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
    Inventors: Frank Steffens, Marc Stroelin, Jens Luckmann
  • Publication number: 20240141972
    Abstract: A group transmission device includes a main transmission which has a main shaft, a countershaft and a spur gear pair which includes a first spur gear arranged coaxially and axially overlapping with the main shaft and a second spur gear arranged coaxially and axially overlapping with the countershaft. A range group has a first shaft non-rotationally connected to the main shaft, a second shaft non-rotationally connected to a transmission output shaft, a third shaft and a blocking switching unit. A first switching unit non-rotationally connects the third shaft to a housing. A second switching unit has an axially shiftable switching element and non-rotationally connects the third shaft to the first spur gear. The main shaft is coupled non-rotationally to a transmission input shaft. A third switching unit has an axially shiftable further switching element and non-rotationally connects the first spur gear to the first shaft of the range group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Frank STEFFENS, Marc STROELIN, Jens LUCKMANN
  • Publication number: 20240141971
    Abstract: A group transmission device includes an upshift assembly with a first transmission element, a second transmission element and a third transmission element. A downshift assembly has a first transmission element, a second transmission element and a third transmission element. A main shaft is arranged coaxially to the upshift assembly and a layshaft is arranged parallel to the main shaft. A first idler gear is arranged coaxially to the main shaft and axially between the upshift assembly and the downshift assembly and is connectable to the main shaft for conjoint rotation by a first shift unit. The first idler gear is connectable to the third transmission element of the downshift assembly for conjoint rotation by a second shift unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Frank STEFFENS, Marc STROELIN, Jens LUCKMANN, Marc KLEIN, Detlef SCHNITZER
  • Publication number: 20240026960
    Abstract: An electric drive system has a group transmission with a main group and a range group with a planetary gear set. First and second input shafts of the main group are respectively coupled with first and second electric engines. An output shaft of the main group is coupled with a first element of the planetary gear set and a second element of the planetary gear set is coupled with an output drive shaft of the group transmission. Two idler wheels are disposed coaxially to the first input shaft and two further idler wheels are disposed coaxially to the second input shaft. The first and second input shafts are coupled with the output shaft via two fixed gears. A first fixed gear engages with the first and third idler wheels and a second fixed gear engages with the second and fourth idler wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Frank STEFFENS, Marc STROELIN, Jens LUCKMANN