Patents by Inventor Marco Igel

Marco Igel 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).

  • Combined power electronics for an electric drive and a transmission control of the electric drive, inverter with such combined power electronics, electric drive with such an inverter
    Patent number: 12058831
    Abstract: A power module for an electric axle drive may include a plurality of semiconductor switching elements, where the semiconductor switching elements are attached to a substrate. The power module may also include a control unit electrically connected to the plurality of semiconductor switching elements, where the plurality of semiconductor switching elements includes a first set of semiconductor switching elements dedicated to the electric axle drive. The plurality of semiconductor switching elements may also include a second set of second set of semiconductor switching elements dedicated to a transmission connected to the electric axle drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Michael Kohr, Maxim Pereverzev, Wolfgang Scherm, Marco Igel, Pengshuai Wang, Roman Huff
  • COMBINED POWER ELECTRONICS FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVE AND A TRANSMISSION CONTROL OF THE ELECTRIC DRIVE, INVERTER WITH SUCH COMBINED POWER ELECTRONICS, ELECTRIC DRIVE WITH SUCH AN INVERTER
    Publication number: 20220140724
    Abstract: A power module for an electric axle drive may include a plurality of semiconductor switching elements, where the semiconductor switching elements are attached to a substrate. The power module may also include a control unit electrically connected to the plurality of semiconductor switching elements, where the plurality of semiconductor switching elements includes a first set of semiconductor switching elements dedicated to the electric axle drive. The plurality of semiconductor switching elements may also include a second set of second set of semiconductor switching elements dedicated to a transmission connected to the electric axle drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Michael Kohr, Maxim Pereverzev, Wolfgang Scherm, Marco Igel, Pengshuai Wang, Roman Huff