Patents by Inventor Michael Mainusch

Michael Mainusch 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).

  • Layout for electrical drive unit
    Patent number: 12680603
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Hombauer, Michael Mainusch, Georg Johann Meingassner
  • Layout for Electrical Drive Unit
    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