Patents by Inventor Thomas WEILAND

Thomas WEILAND 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).

  • Modular electric drive axle
    Patent number: 10480631
    Abstract: An electric drive axle, including: a first and a second drive shaft being axially aligned, an electric drive module and a differential module, wherein the electric drive module includes an electric motor and a planetary gear set, wherein both the electric motor and the planetary gear set are coaxially arranged about the drive shafts, wherein output means of the electric drive module is connected to input means of the differential module, wherein the input means is or can be set in drive connection with the drive shafts, such that a drive force generated by the electric drive module can be transferred to the first and/or second drive shaft, and a coupling between the output means and the input means, wherein the coupling is arranged to allow for the output means and the input means to slide into engagement in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmet Dzafic, Mathias Jörgensson, Thomas Weiland
  • MODULAR ELECTRIC DRIVE AXLE
    Publication number: 20190078674
    Abstract: An electric drive axle, including: a first and a second drive shaft being axially aligned, an electric drive module and a differential module, wherein the electric drive module includes an electric motor and a planetary gear set, wherein both the electric motor and the planetary gear set are coaxially arranged about the drive shafts, wherein output means of the electric drive module is connected to input means of the differential module, wherein the input means is or can be set in drive connection with the drive shafts, such that a drive force generated by the electric drive module can be transferred to the first and/or second drive shaft, and a coupling between the output means and the input means, wherein the coupling is arranged to allow for the output means and the input means to slide into engagement in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Ahmet DZAFIC, Mathias JÖRGENSSON, Thomas WEILAND