Patents by Inventor Thomas Margraf

Thomas Margraf 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: 11962226
    Abstract: A rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine and to a hybrid module with such a rotor carrier. The rotor carrier includes a tubular base body having elements on an outer circumferential surface facing the rotor for connection between base body and rotor, the base body is connected to a hub by a connection element. The connection element has an axial portion which extends along a part of the axial length of the base body and runs coaxial to the latter, in that receptacles for parts of a clutch are provided on an inner circumferential surface of the axial portion remote of the base body, and in that the connection element has a flange area adjoining the axial portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Großpietsch, Angelika Ebert, Monika Rößner, Christoph Margraf, Thomas Bauer
  • Publication number: 20160121585
    Abstract: A method of repairing a manufactured component having a damaged area including: laying a preformed thermoplastic polymer repair patch over the damaged area; heating the thermoplastic polymer repair patch to easily and quickly deform said patch to said damaged area; and bonding said composite patch to said damaged area of said manufactured part. The thermoplastic polymer repair patch including an adhesive layer and a thermoplastic polymer selected from acrylic-polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate glycol-modified (PETG), high impact polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, and high density polyethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Spintech, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Jennings, Matthew Everhart, Thomas Margraf, John Riggins