Patents by Inventor Michael Patla

Michael Patla 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: 9133809
    Abstract: An arrangement for an internal combustion engine, including a flywheel connectable the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, a starter generator arranged in a housing of the flywheel, and a friction clutch, which connects the flywheel to a transmission. An intermediate piece is fastened to the output side of the flywheel, such that a torque-transmitting fastening of the intermediate piece to the flywheel is arranged radially to the inside of a torque-transmitting fastening of the intermediate piece to the friction clutch, with respect to the radial spacing from the axis of rotation of the flywheel, and that the intermediate piece forms the abutment for a friction lining of the friction clutch at an abutment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Werner Vogel, Markus Lampalzer, Josef Geissler, Bernd Schreiner, Michael Patla
  • Patent number: 8836151
    Abstract: An arrangement connectable to an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft, the arrangement including a flywheel, which is connectable to the crankshaft and coupled by a coupling device to output elements. An intermediate piece is arranged in a torque-transmitting manner between the flywheel and the coupling device. A starter generator is arranged within a flywheel housing and operatively connected to the crankshaft. The intermediate piece has in the center thereof an opening in which a shaft body is mounted in an axially movable manner, and the shaft body is connected to the coupling device by means of a flexible transmission element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Man Truck & Bus AG
    Inventors: Werner Vogel, Markus Lampalzer, Josef Geissler, Bernd Schreiner, Michael Patla