Patents by Inventor Peter Foessl

Peter Foessl 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 UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A CAR, AND MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20260254311
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive unit for a motor vehicle, comprising a machine having a rotor, which has a shaft, and which can be rotated about an axis of rotation relative to at least one component of the machine, and comprising a diverting device designed for diverting electrical currents from the rotor, which has a contact element that can be moved relative to the component and is electrically connected to the component, which in turn has a first sliding contact surface in contact with a second sliding contact surface of the shaft that can be rotated about the axis of rotation relative to the contact element, whereby an electrically conductive sliding contact is formed between the sliding contact surfaces, via which the electrical currents can be transmitted from the rotor, via the contact element, to the component, and can thus be diverted from the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Inventors: Peter FOESSL, Jürgen FREISMUTH, Hermann WATZINGER
  • Belt drive for auxiliary units of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7367916
    Abstract: A belt drive for a secondary unit of an internal combustion engine includes a friction wheel drive having a friction wheel, a cam device for adjusting the engagement of the friction wheel to the drive wheel of the secondary unit, the cam device having a cam, a swivel arm by which the friction wheel is connected to the cam which is rotationally mounted on a side of the engine, and a spring biasing the swivel arm in a tension direction. The friction wheel is in permanent position of frictional engagement with a drive wheel of the secondary unit to drive the secondary unit and with an outside of a belt on a drive wheel of the internal combustion engine or of another secondary unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Rudolf Wimmer, Peter Foessl, Philipp Wieser, Heinz Lemberger
  • Belt drive for auxiliary units of an internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20050215392
    Abstract: A belt drive for a secondary unit of an internal combustion engine includes a friction wheel drive having a friction wheel, a cam device for adjusting the engagement of the friction wheel to the drive wheel of the secondary unit, the cam device having a cam, a swivel arm by which the friction wheel is connected to the cam which is rotationally mounted on a side of the engine, and a spring biasing the swivel arm in a tension direction. The friction wheel is in permanent position of frictional engagement with a drive wheel of the secondary unit to drive the secondary unit and with an outside of a belt on a drive wheel of the internal combustion engine or of another secondary unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Wimmer, Peter Foessl, Philipp Wieser, Heinz Lemberger