Patents by Inventor Markus Hinterkausen

Markus Hinterkausen 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: 11247749
    Abstract: A drive assemblage is described for a vehicle drivable by muscle energy and/or—in particular additionally—by motor energy, to an electric bicycle, e-bike, or pedelec, having: a crank spindle rotatable around a rotation axis for receiving a first torque that is generated in particular by muscle energy; and a transfer device that is embodied to transfer the first torque from the crank spindle to an output drive element couplable to a drive wheel of the vehicle, and is embodied, by way of an—in particular automatically—shiftable spur gear transmission, for a variable conversion ratio, in which: the spur gear transmission has a first shiftable spur gear transmission and a second shiftable spur gear transmission separate therefrom; the first shiftable spur gear transmission and the second shiftable spur gear transmission have a common transmission output to the couplable output drive element; and the first shiftable spur gear transmission and the second shiftable spur gear transmission are couplable alternatingly
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Hinterkausen, Peter Kimmich
  • Publication number: 20190193812
    Abstract: A drive assemblage is described for a vehicle drivable by muscle energy and/or—in particular additionally—by motor energy, to an electric bicycle, e-bike, or pedelec, having: a crank spindle rotatable around a rotation axis for receiving a first torque that is generated in particular by muscle energy; and a transfer device that is embodied to transfer the first torque from the crank spindle to an output drive element couplable to a drive wheel of the vehicle, and is embodied, by way of an—in particular automatically—shiftable spur gear transmission, for a variable conversion ratio, in which: the spur gear transmission has a first shiftable spur gear transmission and a second shiftable spur gear transmission separate therefrom; the first shiftable spur gear transmission and the second shiftable spur gear transmission have a common transmission output to the couplable output drive element; and the first shiftable spur gear transmission and the second shiftable spur gear transmission are couplable alternatingly
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Markus Hinterkausen, Peter Kimmich
  • Patent number: 9855991
    Abstract: A vehicle which is operable by a motor and/or muscular energy, in particular an electric bicycle, which includes an electric motor, a crankshaft drive having a first crank, a second crank, and a crankshaft, a torque sensor for detecting a torque applied by a rider at the crankshaft drive, and a control unit, which is set up to actuate the electric motor based on at least the values acquired by the torque sensor to drive the vehicle, the torque sensor being situated at the crankshaft drive and the torque sensor including at least one surface acoustic wave sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Bendel, Peter Kimmich, Markus Hinterkausen, Marko Liebler
  • Publication number: 20170305499
    Abstract: A friction ring transmission for a vehicle operable using motor power and/or pedal power, including a crankshaft for pedal cranks, in particular, for an electric bicycle, the friction ring transmission including an inner friction ring and an outer friction ring, and at least one rotatable double tapered roller situated on a roller carrier, which frictionally engages with the inner friction wheel and the outer friction ring, in each case with a contact force, when a torque is transmitted via the friction ring transmission, a force return device for transmitting a contact force from one friction ring to the other friction ring being situated in a power flow path from the inner friction ring to the outer friction ring, one of the friction rings being rotatably fixedly situated in relation to the force return device and the other friction ring being rotatably situated in relation to the force return device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Hinterkausen, Juergen Hilzinger, Peter Kimmich
  • Publication number: 20170240247
    Abstract: A friction-ring gear unit for a vehicle that is operable by motor power and/or pedaling power, in particular for an electrical bicycle having an electric motor, comprising a crankshaft for pedal cranks, and an inner friction ring (26) and an outer friction ring, as well as at least one rotatable dualcone roller which is situated on a roller carrier and is in frictional engagement with the inner friction ring and the outer friction ring, the friction-ring gear unit being situated coaxially around the crankshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Hinterkausen, Juergen Hilzinger, Peter Kimmich
  • Publication number: 20160185419
    Abstract: A vehicle which is operable by a motor and/or muscular energy, in particular an electric bicycle, which includes an electric motor, a crankshaft drive having a first crank, a second crank, and a crankshaft, a torque sensor for detecting a torque applied by a rider at the crankshaft drive, and a control unit, which is set up to actuate the electric motor based on at least the values acquired by the torque sensor to drive the vehicle, the torque sensor being situated at the crankshaft drive and the torque sensor including at least one surface acoustic wave sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Karl BENDEL, Peter Kimmich, Markus Hinterkausen, Marko Liebler