Patents by Inventor Nils TRÜMPER

Nils TRÜMPER 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).

  • Axle drive for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 12007016
    Abstract: An axle drive for a motor vehicle, comprising an electric machine coupled by a rotor shaft to a transmission for the axle drive, wherein a torque can be transferred from the electric machine to an intermediate shaft with a first gear stage and from the intermediate shaft to another gear train, in particular a differential, with a second gear stage, wherein the rotor shaft or a shaft segment coupled to the rotor shaft is supported in a bearing element, wherein a fluid supply is designed to convey a liquid, in particular oil, into an intermediate space between the bearing element and a side shaft on the axle drive through a fluid channel, and from the intermediate space into the rotor chamber in the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kölbl, Stephan Brandl, Heidi Bartlsperger, Nils Trümper, Christina Weber, Sophia Schubert, Alois Biereder
  • AXLE DRIVE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230400092
    Abstract: An axle drive for a motor vehicle, comprising an electric machine coupled by a rotor shaft to a transmission for the axle drive, wherein a torque can be transferred from the electric machine to an intermediate shaft with a first gear stage and from the intermediate shaft to another gear train, in particular a differential, with a second gear stage, wherein the rotor shaft or a shaft segment coupled to the rotor shaft is supported in a bearing element, wherein a fluid supply is designed to convey a liquid, in particular oil, into an intermediate space between the bearing element and a side shaft on the axle drive through a fluid channel, and from the intermediate space into the rotor chamber in the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thomas KÖLBL, Stephan BRANDL, Heidi BARTLSPERGER, Nils TRÜMPER, Christina WEBER, Sophia SCHUBERT, Alois BIEREDER