Patents by Inventor Michael Wansner

Michael Wansner 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).

  • Drive device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10112599
    Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle, having an internal combustion engine that outputs to a gearbox or transmission. A plurality of gear ratios steps provides shiftable driving gears from a starting gear to a highest driving gear. The gearbox has at least one gear ratio step that provides an overrun gear, which cannot be engaged in the traction mode, but only in an overrun mode, in which the vehicle drags the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Josef Winkler, Karin Vogtherr, Michael Wansner
  • DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170253232
    Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle, having an internal combustion engine that outputs to a gearbox or transmission. A plurality of gear ratios steps provides shiftable driving gears from a starting gear to a highest driving gear. The gearbox has at least one gear ratio step that provides an overrun gear, which cannot be engaged in the traction mode, but only in an overrun mode, in which the vehicle drags the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Josef WINKLER, Karin VOGTHERR, Michael WANSNER
  • Energy storage arrangement
    Patent number: 9754732
    Abstract: Energy storage arrangement with a rechargeable energy storage device, wherein the energy storage device includes a plurality of lithium-based storage elements. The energy storage device is composed of three lithium-based storage elements and one lithium titanate-based storage element, or four lithium-titanate-based storage elements and one lithium-based storage element, or three lithium-based storage elements and two nickel metal hydride-based storage elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Josef Winkler, Michael Wansner
  • Storage element including multiple lithium cells
    Patent number: 9698445
    Abstract: A storage element is disclosed including a plurality of lithium cells, which are arranged beside one another as a stack and are clamped via two clamping plates arranged at the ends, the plates being connected to each other via clamping elements, wherein the cell stack consists of prismatic cells inducing a housing and at least one pouch cell, which is accommodated in a cell holder, the external dimension of which corresponds to that of a housing of a prismatic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Wansner, Josef Winkler
  • STORAGE ELEMENT INCLUDING MULTIPLE LITHIUM CELLS
    Publication number: 20150155591
    Abstract: A storage element is disclosed including a plurality of lithium cells, which are arranged beside one another as a stack and are clamped via two clamping plates arranged at the ends, the plates being connected to each other via clamping elements, wherein the cell stack consists of prismatic cells inducing a housing and at least one pouch cell, which is accommodated in a cell holder, the external dimension of which corresponds to that of a housing of a prismatic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Michael Wansner, Josef Winkler
  • ENERGY STORAGE ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20140300181
    Abstract: Energy storage arrangement with a rechargeable energy storage device, wherein the energy storage device includes a plurality of lithium-based storage elements. The energy storage device is composed of three lithium-based storage elements and one lithium titanate-based storage element, or four lithium-titanate-based storage elements and one lithium-based storage element, or three lithium-based storage elements and two nickel metal hydride-based storage elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Josef Winkler, Michael Wansner