Patents by Inventor Philipp Knopfle

Philipp Knopfle 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).

  • Patent number: 9834083
    Abstract: A drive train for a motor vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine which has a crankshaft and is designed to provide drive power for the motor vehicle. A clutch arrangement has an input member and at least one output member, the input member being connected to the crankshaft. A transmission arrangement implements a plurality of gear stages, the transmission arrangement having a transmission housing, at least one input shaft, and at least one output shaft. The output shaft is connectable to driven wheels of the motor vehicle. An electric machine is designed to provide drive power for the motor vehicle and is connected to a transmission shaft of the transmission arrangement. The transmission shaft has a shaft section which extends from the transmission housing and is connected to the electric machine via a traction drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe—und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagen
    Inventors: Uli Christian Blessing, Jörg Meissner, Thomas Hoffmeister, Harald Ihben, Philipp Knöpfle
  • Patent number: 9120481
    Abstract: Method for controlling a hybrid drivetrain which has a drive engine and a dual-clutch gearbox which, to establish two power transmission paths, has a first and a second friction clutch and a first and a second component gearbox. An electric machine is connected to the second power transmission path downstream of the second friction clutch in the power flow direction. Purely electric driving operation can be realized by means of the second component gearbox assigned to the second friction clutch. In the event of a gear change in the second component gearbox during purely electric driving operation, a fill-in torque is provided. The fill-in torque is provided from inertial energy of the previously cranked, non-fired drive engine, wherein the drivetrain also has an electric starter motor, and wherein the starter motor is used to crank the drive engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Uli Christian Blessing, Thomas Hoffmeister, Ingo Matusche, Thorsten Stepper, Philipp Knopfle
  • Publication number: 20140283647
    Abstract: A drive train for a motor vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine which has a crankshaft and is designed to provide drive power for the motor vehicle. A clutch arrangement has an input member and at least one output member, the input member being connected to the crankshaft. A transmission arrangement implements a plurality of gear stages, the transmission arrangement having a transmission housing, at least one input shaft, and at least one output shaft. The output shaft is connectable to driven wheels of the motor vehicle. An electric machine is designed to provide drive power for the motor vehicle and is connected to a transmission shaft of the transmission arrangement. The transmission shaft has a shaft section which extends from the transmission housing and is connected to the electric machine via a traction drive mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Uli Christian Blessing, Jörg Meissner, Thomas Hoffmeister, Harald Ihben, Philipp Knöpfle
  • Publication number: 20140073480
    Abstract: Method for controlling a hybrid drivetrain which has a drive engine and a dual-clutch gearbox which, to establish two power transmission paths, has a first and a second friction clutch and a first and a second component gearbox. An electric machine is connected to the second power transmission path downstream of the second friction clutch in the power flow direction. Purely electric driving operation can be realized by means of the second component gearbox assigned to the second friction clutch. In the event of a gear change in the second component gearbox during purely electric driving operation, a fill-in torque is provided. The fill-in torque is provided from inertial energy of the previously cranked, non-fired drive engine, wherein the drivetrain also has an electric starter motor, and wherein the starter motor is used to crank the drive engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Uli Christian Blessing, Thomas Hoffmeister, Ingo Matusche, Thorsten Stepper, Philipp Knopfle