Patents by Inventor Roland MACHERHAMMER

Roland MACHERHAMMER 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: 11541738
    Abstract: A vehicle battery housing which enables an electric vehicle to have an increased battery on-board capacity. The vehicle battery housing is mounted on a vehicle having a ladder frame and includes a first battery accommodating portion arranged in a first space between two side rails constituting the ladder frame and a second battery accommodating portion greater in vehicle-widthwise dimension than the first battery accommodating portion and connected to the first battery accommodating portion to be located in a second space vehicle-heightwise below the first space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Daimler Truck AG, AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Vikram Menon, Markus Uhl, Roland Macherhammer, Peter Del Negro
  • Patent number: 11465482
    Abstract: A support device of a vehicle battery pack of a vehicle. The vehicle battery pack includes a first battery accommodating portion disposed in a first space of the vehicle and a second battery accommodating portion, where the second battery accommodating portion is greater in a vehicle-widthwise dimension than the first battery accommodating portion, where the second battery accommodating portion is connected to the first battery accommodating portion, where the second battery accommodating portion is disposed in a second space, and where the second space is below the first space in a vehicle-heightwise dimension. A frame-side bracket is disposed at a vehicle-widthwise outer surface of a web of a side rail of a ladder frame of the vehicle and projects outward in a vehicle-widthwise direction and a connecting member elastically connects the second battery accommodating portion to the frame-side bracket to suspend the vehicle battery pack to the ladder frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Daimler AG, AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Vikram Menon, Markus Uhl, Roland Macherhammer, Peter Del Negro
  • Publication number: 20210146765
    Abstract: A support device of a vehicle battery pack of a vehicle. The vehicle battery pack includes a first battery accommodating portion disposed in a first space of the vehicle and a second battery accommodating portion, where the second battery accommodating portion is greater in a vehicle-widthwise dimension than the first battery accommodating portion, where the second battery accommodating portion is connected to the first battery accommodating portion, where the second battery accommodating portion is disposed in a second space, and where the second space is below the first space in a vehicle-heightwise dimension. A frame-side bracket is disposed at a vehicle-widthwise outer surface of a web of a side rail of a ladder frame of the vehicle and projects outward in a vehicle-widthwise direction and a connecting member elastically connects the second battery accommodating portion to the frame-side bracket to suspend the vehicle battery pack to the ladder frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: Daimler AG, AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Vikram MENON, Markus UHL, Roland MACHERHAMMER, Peter DEL NEGRO
  • Publication number: 20210107344
    Abstract: A vehicle battery housing which enables an electric vehicle to have an increased battery on-board capacity. The vehicle battery housing is mounted on a vehicle having a ladder frame and includes a first battery accommodating portion arranged in a first space between two side rails constituting the ladder frame and a second battery accommodating portion greater in vehicle-widthwise dimension than the first battery accommodating portion and connected to the first battery accommodating portion to be located in a second space vehicle-heightwise below the first space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicants: Daimler AG, AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Vikram MENON, Markus UHL, Roland MACHERHAMMER, Peter DEL NEGRO