Patents by Inventor Monika Rößner
Monika Rößner 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).
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Patent number: 11962226Abstract: A rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine and to a hybrid module with such a rotor carrier. The rotor carrier includes a tubular base body having elements on an outer circumferential surface facing the rotor for connection between base body and rotor, the base body is connected to a hub by a connection element. The connection element has an axial portion which extends along a part of the axial length of the base body and runs coaxial to the latter, in that receptacles for parts of a clutch are provided on an inner circumferential surface of the axial portion remote of the base body, and in that the connection element has a flange area adjoining the axial portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Wolfgang Großpietsch, Angelika Ebert, Monika Rößner, Christoph Margraf, Thomas Bauer
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Patent number: 11852202Abstract: A cooling oil guiding device for rotating component parts. An annular oil channel extends in radial direction and cooling oil can be supplied from radially inward. The oil channel is partially open radially outwardly. A sealing area is provided in a radially outer area of the oil channel having blocking elements and outlet elements. The blocking elements are arranged radially inwardly of the outlet elements and have at least two passages in radial direction which are distributed along the circumference. Outlet channels aligned with the passages and inlets which are disposed between the outlet channels in circumferential direction are formed by the outlet elements. An annular channel is provided between the blocking elements and the outlet elements to connect the inlets with the outlet channels and passages, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Steffen Matschas, Axel Rohm, Ingo Krafft, Monika Rößner, Angelika Ebert, Julian Larbig
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Patent number: 11807099Abstract: A rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine and to a hybrid module with such a rotor carrier. The rotor carrier includes a pot-shaped base body. The base body overlaps only a portion of the axial extension of the rotor, in that the rotor carrier comprises a second supporting body that has elements on an outer circumferential surface for a positive engagement connection and/or frictional engagement connection between supporting body and rotor, in that the supporting body has a radially extending flange, and in that the bottom of the base body and the flange of the supporting body are connected to one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Wolfgang Großpietsch, Angelika Ebert, Monika Rößner, Christoph Margraf, Thomas Bauer
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Patent number: 11767889Abstract: A cooling oil guiding device for a clutch actuatable by an axially movable piston. The piston is radially inward of the clutch, and separates a pressure space and a compensation space. The compensation space is delimited by an axially stationary compensation space cover and a seal cover coupled to the piston. The compensation space cover and the seal cover axially overlap radially outwardly and are axially movable relative to one another via a sealing element. An overflow opening connects the compensation space to an oil channel in the seal cover between the seal cover and the piston, the oil channel opens radially outward. A control edge is provided at a component part axially immovable relative to the piston, by which an oil flow exiting from the oil channel is guided through the clutch when the clutch is closed and is guided past the clutch when the clutch is open.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Steffen Matschas, Axel Rohm, Ingo Krafft, Monika Rößner, Angelika Ebert, Julian Larbig
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Patent number: 11752855Abstract: A hybrid module having a damper hub connected to an internal combustion engine, a housing, a clutch, an electric machine which has a rotor and a stator connected to the housing, a torque converter has a converter housing connected to a central hub and a turbine shaft, and an output shaft. The rotor of the electric machine is connected to the central hub or the converter housing. The turbine shaft is connected to the output shaft to be fixed with respect to rotation and the clutch is arranged between the damper hub and the torque converter The central hub is supported at the output shaft via at least one bearing and is supported at the damper hub via at least two bearings and the damper hub is supported at the housing by a bearing.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Monika RÖßner, Gerald Viernekes, Wolfgang Kundermann, Wolfgang Großpietsch, Martin Brehmer, Thilo Schmidt, Thomas Riedisser
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Patent number: 11732762Abstract: A clutch arrangement (3) with a friction clutch (8) and a dog clutch (9), wherein the output side of the friction clutch (8) and the output side of the dog clutch (9) are connectible to a flywheel mass device (4). A powertrain unit having such clutch arrangement is also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Guido Schmitt, Alexander Bartha, Wolfgang Kundermann, Axel Rohm, Gerald Viernekes, Alessio Paone, Monika Rössner, Michael Kunth
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Patent number: 11686376Abstract: Connecting section for a two-part hub that support a driven shaft of a hybrid drive module having a first hub section and a second hub section. The connecting section can be arranged coaxially with the first hub section and the second hub section and can be arranged between the first hub section and the second hub section. The connecting section is designed as a sliding bearing.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Monika Rößner, Gerald Viernekes
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Patent number: 11621596Abstract: A rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine and to a hybrid module. The rotor carrier includes a tubular base body and receptacles for parts of a clutch are provided on an inner circumferential surface remote of the rotor. The base body is connected to a hub by a connection element arranged adjacent to the receptacles. The connection element is formed by a radially extending annular flange, and in that the radially extending annular flange is arranged in axial direction between the receptacles and one end of the base body, or is characterized in that the base body is formed integral with a converter housing, and in that the connection element is formed by a radially extending housing wall or a housing cover of the converter housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Wolfgang Großpietsch, Angelika Ebert, Monika Rößner
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Publication number: 20230058555Abstract: A hybrid module for arranging between an internal combustion engine, an electric machine and a transmission, wherein the hybrid module has an input shaft which is connectible to a torsional damper mounted at the internal combustion engine, wherein a starting element is provided, wherein a transmission shaft is connectible to the output side of the starting element, wherein the electric machine is arranged axially parallel to the input shaft, and wherein the electric machine is connected to the starting element by a traction mechanism drive, characterized in that a bearing plate is provided which is arranged directly adjacent the torsional damper, in that a disconnect clutch is provided between the input shaft and the starting element, and in that the disconnect clutch is constructed as dog clutch. The invention is further directed to a motor vehicle having such a hybrid module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Alessio PAONE, Alexander BARTHA, György MÜLLER, Monika RÖSSNER, Sebastian NEUGEBAUER, Steffen MATSCHAS
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Patent number: 11536359Abstract: An arrangement of at least one sensor track-scanning rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) of an electric machine (EM) in a hybrid transmission housing (2) that includes a torque converter (3) and a housing-affixed oil supply plate arrangement is provided. The rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) is attached on an oil-supply-plate side, and a sensor ring (8), as a sensor track, is attached on a converter side. A hybrid transmission housing (2) including the arrangement is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Thomas Riedisser, Carl Schilling, Andreas Geiger, Gerald Viernekes, Matthias Weidner, Monika Rößner, Christopher Allnoch
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Patent number: 11486489Abstract: A drive train unit (HY, G) for a motor vehicle includes a first shaft (TW), a second shaft (PW), and a third shaft (AN). The first shaft (TW) is rotatably mounted at an inner diameter of the second shaft (PW) with a first bearing (L1). The second shaft (PW) is rotatably mounted at an inner diameter of the third shaft (AN) with a second bearing (L2, L2x). A lube oil feed to the first bearing (L1) and the second bearing (L2, L2x) takes place through a bore hole (B1) arranged in the first shaft (TW). An oil baffle chamber (S) is formed at an inner surface of the second shaft (PW) and includes a first outflow (S1) and a second outflow (S2). A drive train for a motor vehicle may include such a drive train unit (HY, G).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Andre Willburger, Oliver Angele, Angelika Ebert, Monika Rößner, Christian Staiger, Eberhard Biermann, Markus Herrmann, Tobias Miller, Florian Lanz
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Publication number: 20220282779Abstract: A housing is provided with a receiving area for a mounting part of a mount assembly fastened to the receiving area by a substance-to-substance bond. The receiving area has a centering portion for the mounting part and possibly a positioning portion for the mounting part which is operative in axial direction and transitions into an adjacent housing wall via a housing edge. The receiving area is provided in the radial extension region of the housing edge with a clearance operative in axial direction relative to the mounting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Monika RÖSSNER, Thomas BAUER
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Publication number: 20220221010Abstract: A cooling oil guiding device for rotating component parts. An annular oil channel extends in radial direction and cooling oil can be supplied from radially inward. The oil channel is partially open radially outwardly. A sealing area is provided in a radially outer area of the oil channel having blocking elements and outlet elements., The blocking elements are arranged radially inwardly of the outlet elements and have at least two passages in radial direction which are distributed along the circumference. Outlet channels aligned with the passages and inlets which are disposed between the outlet channels in circumferential direction are formed by the outlet elements. An annular channel is provided between the blocking elements and the outlet elements to connect the inlets with the outlet channels and passages, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Steffen MATSCHAS, Axel ROHM, Ingo KRAFFT, Monika RÖßNER, Angelika EBERT, Julian LARBIG
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Publication number: 20220213937Abstract: A cooling oil guiding device for a clutch actuatable by an axially movable piston. The piston is radially inward of the clutch, and separates a pressure space and a compensation space. The compensation space is delimited by an axially stationary compensation space cover and a seal cover coupled to the piston. The compensation space cover and the seal cover axially overlap radially outwardly and are axially movable relative to one another via a sealing element. An overflow opening connects the compensation space to an oil channel in the seal cover between the seal cover and the piston, the oil channel opens radially outward. A control edge is provided at a component part axially immovable relative to the piston, by which an oil flow exiting from the oil channel is guided through the clutch when the clutch is closed and is guided past the clutch when the clutch is open.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Steffen MATSCHAS, Axel ROHM, Ingo KRAFFT, Monika RÖßNER, Angelika EBERT, Julian LARBIG
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Publication number: 20220196127Abstract: Connecting section for a two-part hub that support a driven shaft of a hybrid drive module having a first hub section and a second hub section. The connecting section can be arranged coaxially with the first hub section and the second hub section and can be arranged between the first hub section and the second hub section. The connecting section is designed as a sliding bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Monika RÖßNER, Gerald VIERNEKES
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Patent number: 11280375Abstract: A torsional damper arrangement for a motor vehicle with a housing. The housing encloses a wet space. A momentum start clutch arrangement is arranged in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Monika Rößner, Gerald Viernekes, Alessio Paone, Axel Rohm, Alexander Bartha, Michael Kunth, Guido Schmitt, Wolfgang Kundermann, Stephan Stroph, Thomas Riedisser
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Publication number: 20220037958Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rotor carrier for an electric machine provided for the drive of a motor vehicle, which has, on the circumference, a rotor carrier connecting portion, which extends in a radial direction of the rotor carrier for connecting to a disk carrier connecting portion of a disk carrier of a multi-disk clutch. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a disk carrier for a multi-disk clutch for decoupling an electric machine provided for the drive of a motor vehicle from an internal combustion engine, which has, on the outer circumference, a disk carrier connecting portion for connecting to a rotor carrier connecting portion of a rotor carrier of the electric machine. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a system having a rotor carrier and a disk carrier as well as a method for producing such a system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Monika Rößner, Gerald Viernekes, Simon Schuhmacher, Günter Fahl, Peter Schömig
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Publication number: 20210341020Abstract: An apparatus for damping torsional vibrations in a drivetrain, including a drive device and an output device, which drive device and output device are arranged so as to be rotatable around a common axis, a damping device that connects the drive device and the output device to one another, and a thrust bearing device for axial support of drive device and the output device. The drive device, cover device, and thrust bearing device are arranged such that a partially enclosed spatial region is formed, and at least one damping element of the damping device is arranged in the spatial region. Elements of the drive device, the cover device, the output device and the thrust bearing device are arranged to inhibit liquid entry into the spatial region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Stefan HERZOG, Laura RÖDER, Marcel WINKLER, Miroslav CIZEK, Jakub SKLENICKA, Monika RÖßNER, Gerald VIERNEKES, Manfred ZIMMER
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Publication number: 20210328479Abstract: A rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine and to a hybrid module with such a rotor carrier. The rotor carrier includes a tubular base body having elements on an outer circumferential surface facing the rotor for connection between base body and rotor, the base body is connected to a hub by a connection element. The connection element has an axial portion which extends along a part of the axial length of the base body and runs coaxial to the latter, in that receptacles for parts of a clutch are provided on an inner circumferential surface of the axial portion remote of the base body, and in that the connection element has a flange area adjoining the axial portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Wolfgang GROßPIETSCH, Angelika EBERT, Monika RÖßNER, Christoph MARGRAF, Thomas BAUER
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Publication number: 20210268889Abstract: A rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine and to a hybrid module with such a rotor carrier. The rotor carrier includes a pot-shaped base body. The base body overlaps only a portion of the axial extension of the rotor, in that the rotor carrier comprises a second supporting body that has elements on an outer circumferential surface for a positive engagement connection and/or frictional engagement connection between supporting body and rotor, in that the supporting body has a radially extending flange, and in that the bottom of the base body and the flange of the supporting body are connected to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Wolfgang GROßPIETSCH, Angelika EBERT, Monika RÖßNER, Christoph MARGRAF, Thomas BAUER