Patents by Inventor Michael Hombauer

Michael Hombauer 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: 20230204095
    Abstract: An electrical drive unit includes an electric motor having a first transverse end and an opposite second transverse end, and a gearbox including a main gearbox portion and a transverse projection portion. The motor is attached to the gearbox at the second transverse end of the motor and is located on a first transverse side of the main gearbox portion in a first transverse direction. The transverse projection portion of the gearbox includes at least one gear of the gearbox and extends from the first transverse side of the main gearbox portion such that the transverse projection portion and at least a portion of the at least one gear extends in the first transverse direction beyond the second transverse end of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Michael HOMBAUER, Michael Mainusch, Georg Johann Meingassner
  • Patent number: 11059365
    Abstract: A drive device for a hybrid-driven motor vehicle includes a primary drive, a secondary drive, and a variable speed gearbox. The primary and secondary drives are configured to drive the gearbox separately or jointly. The gearbox includes a first input shaft connectable to the primary drive, a second input shaft connectable to the secondary drive, an output shaft, and switching elements. In a first state of the gearbox, a rotational movement of a first fixed toothed wheel of a first intermediate shaft is synchronously coupled with a rotational movement of the output shaft by a first switching element. In a second state, a rotational movement of a first idler toothed wheel on the first input shaft is synchronously coupled with a rotational movement of a second idler toothed wheel on the first input shaft by a second switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Michael Hombauer
  • Publication number: 20180170167
    Abstract: A drive device for a hybrid-driven motor vehicle is provided. The drive device includes a primary drive, a secondary drive, and a variable speed gearbox. The primary and secondary drives are configured to drive down the gearbox separately or jointly. The gearbox includes a first input shaft connectable to the primary drive, a second input shaft connectable to the secondary drive, an output shaft, and switching elements. In a first state of the gearbox, a rotational movement of a first fixed toothed wheel of a first intermediate shaft is synchronously coupled with a rotational movement of the output shaft by way of a first switching element. In a second state, a rotational movement of a first idler toothed wheel on the first input shaft is synchronously coupled with a rotational movement of a second idler toothed wheel on the first input shaft by way of a second switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Michael HOMBAUER
  • Patent number: 9995370
    Abstract: A coupling assembly is provided for a transmission assembly, in particular for a multiple spider planetary gear transmission, wherein the transmission assembly has two speed-change gear units coupled to each other. A first shaft and a second shaft are coupleable with one of the speed-change gear units, wherein by blocking of one of the shafts two shifting stages of the transmission assembly are shiftable. A third shaft is provided as well as a first shifting element and a second shifting element, each of which couples the first shaft and the second shaft with the third shaft. A third shifting element is provided which can brake and/or block the third shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Staake, Michael Hombauer, Nikola Brk
  • Patent number: 9939029
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for a drive train of a vehicle is disclosed. In one aspect, the drive arrangement includes at least one transmission element configured to transmit a force and/or a torque and at least one joint. The transmission element and the joint are configured to be connected reversibly in a force transmitting manner and/or in a torque-transmitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: Neumayer Tekfor Engineering GmbH, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Szentmihályi, Alexander Ebert, Thomas Etzold, Martin Lehmann, Tobias Hertter, Michael Hombauer
  • Publication number: 20170191551
    Abstract: A coupling assembly is provided for a transmission assembly, in particular for a multiple spider planetary gear transmission, wherein the transmission assembly has two speed-change gear units coupled to each other. A first shaft and a second shaft are coupleable with one of the speed-change gear units, wherein by blocking of one of the shafts two shifting stages of the transmission assembly are shiftable. A third shaft is provided as well as a first shifting element and a second shifting element, each of which couples the first shaft and the second shaft with the third shaft. A third shifting element is provided which can brake and/or block the third shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Michael STAAKE, Michael HOMBAUER, Nikola BRK
  • Publication number: 20160223082
    Abstract: A parking lock for motor vehicles includes an activation device with a shaft for coupling to an actuator. The shaft is pivotable about an activation axis between an activation position and a release position. A latching system is coupled to the activation device and has a latch pivotable about the activation axis between a latching position and an unlatching position. A pawl is pivotable about a pawl bearing axis between a locking position and a release position, and a parking lock gearwheel is rotatable about a parking lock axis and coupled to a motor vehicle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Peter STRENG, Michael HOMBAUER, Tobias HERTTER
  • Publication number: 20150240885
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for a drive train of a vehicle is disclosed. In one aspect, the drive arrangement includes at least one transmission element configured to transmit a force and/or a torque and at least one joint. The transmission element and the joint are configured to be connected reversibly in a force transmitting manner and/or in a torque-transmitting manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Volker Szentmihályi, Alexander Ebert, Thomas Etzold, Martin Lehmann, Tobias Hertter, Michael Hombauer