Patents by Inventor Philipp NEIDHARDT

Philipp NEIDHARDT 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: 20260238054
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine, with rotor shaft, with plurality of rotor poles distributed in circumferential direction with magnet unit, with lamination stack which has a lamination core and insert segment for each rotor pole. The lamination core has a central shaft receptacle for receiving the rotor shaft and, for each rotor pole, a radially outwardly open segment receptacle for receiving the magnet units and the insert segments, and with a wrap surrounding the lamination stack which the magnet units and the insert segments are in the respective segment receptacle. The shaft receptacle has a plurality of supporting surfaces distributed in circumferential direction, and the rotor shaft has a plurality of mating surfaces (22) distributed in circumferential direction, and a supporting surface is supported in each instance at a mating surface of rotor shaft in radial direction with reference to rotational axis of rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Matthias WESA, Philipp NEIDHARDT, David WÖRZLER, Ignacio LOBO CASANOVA
  • Patent number: 12640626
    Abstract: An electric machine for a vehicle that has a housing, a rotor assembly which can rotate about a rotational axis in the housing, a contactless power transmission device for transmitting electricity to the rotor assembly, in which the power transmission device contains a housing transmitter and a rotor transmitter, wherein the housing transmitter contains a primary core and primary coil, and the rotor transmitter contains a secondary core and a secondary coil, wherein there is a fluid tube for supplying the rotor assembly with fluid that runs coaxially through the rotor assembly, in which the fluid tube has at least one fluid outlet inside the power transmission device, such that a fluid flow path runs through the power transmission device in order to cool the power transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jörg Bender, Tobias Dieckhoff, Philipp Neidhardt, Joao Bonifacio, Alexander Büttner, Tobias Höche, Rene Budach, Robert Lechner, Jens Schönekäs
  • Patent number: 12578010
    Abstract: An oil guiding component for an oil guiding arrangement has a body rotationally fixedly connectable to a stationary component of the oil guiding arrangement, the stationary component defining a main oil channel. The body defines a first chamber opening in a radial direction toward an outer side of the body and being fluidly connectable to the main oil channel. The body also defines a second chamber opening in the radial direction toward an inner side of the body. The first chamber is outside of the second chamber in the radial direction and overlaps the second chamber in an axial direction. The first chamber is fluidly connected to the second chamber via a connection passage. The second chamber is fluidly connectable to a shaft passage through which an outer side and an inner space of a second output shaft of the oil guiding arrangement are in fluid communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Philipp Neidhardt, Philip Dötschel, Tamas Gyarmati
  • Publication number: 20250137522
    Abstract: An oil guiding component for an oil guiding arrangement has a body rotationally fixedly connectable to a stationary component of the oil guiding arrangement, the stationary component defining a main oil channel. The body defines a first chamber opening in a radial direction toward an outer side of the body and being fluidly connectable to the main oil channel. The body also defines a second chamber opening in the radial direction toward an inner side of the body. The first chamber is outside of the second chamber in the radial direction and overlaps the second chamber in an axial direction. The first chamber is fluidly connected to the second chamber via a connection passage. The second chamber is fluidly connectable to a shaft passage through which an outer side and an inner space of a second output shaft of the oil guiding arrangement are in fluid communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Philipp Neidhardt, Philip Dötschel, Tamas Gyarmati
  • Publication number: 20240356412
    Abstract: An electric machine for a vehicle that has a housing, a rotor assembly which can rotate about a rotational axis in the housing, a contactless power transmission device for transmitting electricity to the rotor assembly, in which the power transmission device contains a housing transmitter and a rotor transmitter, wherein the housing transmitter contains a primary core and primary coil, and the rotor transmitter contains a secondary core and a secondary coil, wherein there is a fluid tube for supplying the rotor assembly with fluid that runs coaxially through the rotor assembly, in which the fluid tube has at least one fluid outlet inside the power transmission device, such that a fluid flow path runs through the power transmission device in order to cool the power transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jörg Bender, Tobias Dieckhoff, Philipp Neidhardt, Joao Bonifacio, Alexander Büttner, Tobias Höche, Rene Budach, Robert Lechner, Jens Schönekäs
  • Publication number: 20220294305
    Abstract: An electric motor is described, having a rotor, a stator, a housing surrounding the elements having a circumferential wall and an end wall, and an air-guiding element arranged axially between the end wall and an end surface of the rotor. The air-guiding element has a first section that is disk-shaped about the axis (A) and axially spaced apart from the end wall and which extends radially and a second section of tubular form about the axis (A) and which adjoins the first section radially at the inside and which extends in the direction of an end surface of the rotor. The air-guiding element forms an air channel with a heat-exchange region situated between the first section and the end wall and with an intake region running within the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Philipp NEIDHARDT