Patents by Inventor Rahim Pour

Rahim Pour 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).

  • Electric machine for dampening vibrations in a drive train and method of using the same
    Patent number: 6209692
    Abstract: An electric machine with a stator and a rotor arranged in the drive train of a drive unit is disclosed. A vibration insulation device is incorporated in the rotor of the electric machine. The electric machine can function as a starter/generator, a generator vehicle brake, an auxiliary drive and/or an active vibration damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignees: ISAD Electronic Systems GmbH & Co., KG, Bayerische Moloren Werke
    Inventors: Thomas Pels, Klaus-Peter Zeyen, Ullrich Masberg, Rahim Pour, Michael Maurer, Willibald Birzl, Wolfgang Wall
  • Torque transmitter connection assembly with vibration damper and method of making same
    Patent number: 6041901
    Abstract: A driving connection is provided for torque transmission in the drive train of a motor vehicle for releasable connection of a crankshaft with a coaxial hydrodynamic torque converter. A torsional vibration damper located outside the torque converter is interposed between the crankshaft and the torque converter. The connection between the torque converter and the torsional vibration damper is a shaft-hub connection provided with lengthwise teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Werner, Anton Stephan, Rahim Pour
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting torque by using a clutch of an automatic planetary transmission as a start clutch in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 5836849
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting torque in a motor vehicle having an automatically-shifted transmission, which uses a friction clutch rather than a known hydrodynamic converter to transmit torque. An electronic control system controls the friction clutch automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Detlef Mathiak, Rahim Pour