Patents by Inventor Ullrich Noack

Ullrich Noack 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: 9302734
    Abstract: A drive device for an electric bicycle with a drive housing in which a hollow shaft is mounted which is connected to a chain wheel of a chain drive of the electric bicycle, a pedal crankshaft arranged coaxial to the hollow shaft and is couplable thereto, which crankshaft is connected to pedal cranks on each of its two ends and an electric motor the output of which can be coupled to the hollow shaft via a traction mechanism drive which drive means comprises a belt drive with a flexible traction mechanism in the form of a toothed belt, a flat belt, or a V-belt, or said drive means comprises a chain drive with a flexible traction mechanism in the form of a single or double roller chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommandtigesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Udo Getta, Ullrich Noack, Karl-Heinz Fleischmann
  • Patent number: 9266583
    Abstract: A drive device for an electric bicycle, contains a drive housing in which a hollow shaft is mounted, which is connected to a chain wheel of a chain transmission of an electric bicycle, a pedal crank shaft which is arranged coaxially with respect to the hollow shaft and is connected at both ends to pedal cranks, a first clutch which is shifted depending on the rotation direction and which is arranged between the hollow shaft and the pedal crank shaft, and an electric motor whose output is connected to the hollow shaft via a second clutch which is shifted depending on the rotation direction. The hollow shaft can be coupled to the pedal crank shaft in both rotation directions of the pedal crank shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Udo Getta, Ullrich Noack, Karl-Heinz Fleischmann
  • Publication number: 20150101874
    Abstract: A drive device for an electric bicycle with a drive housing in which a hollow shaft is mounted which is connected to a chain wheel of a chain drive of the electric bicycle, a pedal crankshaft arranged coaxial to the hollow shaft and is couplable thereto, which crankshaft is connected to pedal cranks on each of its two ends and an electric motor the output of which can be coupled to the hollow shaft via a traction mechanism drive which drive means comprises a belt drive with a flexible traction mechanism in the form of a toothed belt, a flat belt, or a V-belt, or said drive means comprises a chain drive with a flexible traction mechanism in the form of a single or double roller chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Udo Getta, Ullrich Noack, Karl-Heinz Fleischmann
  • Publication number: 20140138174
    Abstract: A drive device for an electric bicycle, contains a drive housing in which a hollow shaft is mounted, which is connected to a chain wheel of a chain transmission of an electric bicycle, a pedal crank shaft which is arranged coaxially with respect to the hollow shaft and is connected at both ends to pedal cranks, a first clutch which is shifted depending on the rotation direction and which is arranged between the hollow shaft and the pedal crank shaft, and an electric motor whose output is connected to the hollow shaft via a second clutch which is shifted depending on the rotation direction. The hollow shaft can be coupled to the pedal crank shaft in both rotation directions of the pedal crank shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Udo Getta, Ullrich Noack, Karl-Heinz Fleischmann