Patents by Inventor Nikola BRK

Nikola BRK 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: 20240117823
    Abstract: A supply device for an apparatus includes: a first flow path through which a fluid can flow; a first consumer which is arranged in the first flow path and can be supplied with the fluid via the first flow path; a pump which is arranged in the first flow path and by which the fluid can be pumped out of a reservoir through the first flow path; a throttle which is arranged in the first flow path upstream of the first consumer and downstream of the pump; a second flow path through which the fluid can flow and which is fluidically connected to the first flow path at a first connection point located in the first flow path upstream of the throttle and downstream of the pump; and a second consumer which is arranged in the second flow path and can be supplied with the fluid via the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Richard BAEUMLER, Nikola BRK
  • Patent number: 11378137
    Abstract: A drive train includes a drive element, an output element and a thermal overload safeguard. The thermal overload safeguard is configured in such a way that there is a connection between the drive element and the output element below a critical temperature, and the drive element and the output element are decoupled mechanically from one another above the critical temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Nikola Brk
  • Patent number: 11231103
    Abstract: A lubricant supply for a powertrain in an electrically driven motor vehicle has a hydraulic oil pump, which can be driven by a drive actuator, a lubricant supply point and a lubricant reservoir. The hydraulic oil pump can generate a first lubricant volume flow from the lubricant reservoir to the lubricant supply point and a second lubricant flow volume from the lubricant supply point or an additional lubricant supply point in the lubricant reservoir. The drive actuator is an electric motor. The lubricant supply point is arranged in a traction motor with a rotor shaft and a motor housing. The additional lubricant supply location is disposed in a traction transmission. The lubricant supply points can be supplied with lubricant by way of the first lubricant volume flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Staake, Richard Baeumler, Nikola Brk
  • Patent number: 11073181
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle is provided. The transmission has a hydraulically or electrically operable gearshift sleeve, a clutch pack, an input shaft, and an output shaft, a gearshift sleeve, a gearshift sleeve claw, and an opposing output claw associated with the output shaft. The gearshift sleeve can be moved from an initial position into a first position, in which the gearshift sleeve transfers an axial force by way of the first ramp element and the second ramp element to the clutch pack for synchronization of the disks, and into a second position, in which the gearshift sleeve claw is connected to the output claw interlockingly in the direction of rotation and thus the input shaft and the output shaft are interlockingly coupled. A method for shifting such a transmission is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Nikola Brk
  • Publication number: 20200063803
    Abstract: A drive train includes a drive element, an output element and a thermal overload safeguard. The thermal overload safeguard is configured in such a way that there is a connection between the drive element and the output element below a critical temperature, and the drive element and the output element are decoupled mechanically from one another above the critical temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Nikola BRK
  • Publication number: 20190353211
    Abstract: A transmission, in particular for a motor vehicle, is provided. The transmission has a hydraulically or electrically operable gearshift sleeve, a dutch pack, an input shaft, and an output shaft, which are rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, a first ramp element, and a second ramp element. The gearshift sleeve has a gearshift sleeve claw, and the output shaft has an output claw, which is arranged so as to lie opposite. The gearshift sleeve can be moved from an initial position into a first position, in which the gearshift sleeve transfers an axial force by way of the first ramp element and the second ramp element to the clutch pack for synchronization of the disks, and into a second position, in which the gearshift sleeve claw is connected to the output claw interlockingly in the direction of rotation and thus the input shaft and the output shaft are interlockingly coupled. A method for shifting such a transmission is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Nikola BRK
  • Publication number: 20190120369
    Abstract: A lubricant supply for a powertrain in an electrically driven motor vehicle has a hydraulic oil pump, which can be driven by a drive actuator, a lubricant supply point and a lubricant reservoir. The hydraulic oil pump can generate a first lubricant volume flow from the lubricant reservoir to the lubricant supply point and a second lubricant flow volume from the lubricant supply point or an additional lubricant supply point in the lubricant reservoir. The drive actuator is an electric motor. The lubricant supply point is arranged in a traction motor with a rotor shaft and a motor housing. The additional lubricant supply location is disposed in a traction transmission. The lubricant supply points can be supplied with lubricant by way of the first lubricant volume flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Michael STAAKE, Richard BAEUMLER, Nikola BRK
  • 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
  • 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