Patents by Inventor Patric Lau

Patric Lau 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).

  • Transmission with a separate breather element
    Patent number: 11067161
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle, includes a housing (1), which has a first housing part (10) and a second housing part (20), wherein, in the assembled state of the transmission, the first housing part (10) and the second housing part (20) are joined together, having a vent duct (30), through which air can escape from the transmission, and having a separate breather element (31), which extends into the first housing part (10) and forms at least one first duct wall of the vent duct (30), and the breather element (31) is located in a plug-in position in the first housing half (10) and has a fixing stop (37), against which the second housing part (20) bears in the assembled state of the transmission and thus securely fixes the breather element (31) in the plug-in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Getrag Ford Transmissions GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Soehnge, Stephan Scheve, Patric Lau, Frank Pricken
  • Transmission With A Separate Breather Element
    Publication number: 20200278021
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle, includes a housing (1), which has a first housing part (10) and a second housing part (20), wherein, in the assembled state of the transmission, the first housing part (10) and the second housing part (20) are joined together, having a vent duct (30), through which air can escape from the transmission, and having a separate breather element (31), which extends into the first housing part (10) and forms at least one first duct wall of the vent duct (30), and the breather element (31) is located in a plug-in position in the first housing half (10) and has a fixing stop (37), against which the second housing part (20) bears in the assembled state of the transmission and thus securely fixes the breather element (31) in the plug-in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Soehnge, Stephan Scheve, Patric Lau, Frank Pricken