Patents by Inventor Valentin LEHNER

Valentin LEHNER 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: 11962210
    Abstract: A stator and a method for producing a stator are provided. For this purpose, a connection element is used which includes multiple busbars and a star bar. The connection element has multiple contact points for the busbars and multiple contact points of the star bar. The connection element surrounds the winding ends of the winding head. The winding ends are bent relative to the contact points of the connection element and contact the contact points electrically, by a bending ridge which is positioned on the connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Valentin Lehner
  • Publication number: 20220337140
    Abstract: A strip-shaped winding unit for a stator winding has a first winding conductor, which is led in a plurality of layers of the winding unit and includes: a. a plurality of straight groove portions which run in a transverse direction of the winding unit and are arranged mutually parallel; b. a first curved end portion, which connects a first groove portion in the first layer to a second groove portion in a second layer adjacent to the first layer and is arranged on a first longitudinal side of the winding unit; c. a second curved end portion, which connects the second groove portion in the second layer to a third groove portion in the first layer and is arranged on a second longitudinal side of the winding unit opposite the first longitudinal side; d. a third curved end portion, which connects the third groove portion in the first layer with a fourth groove portion in the second layer and is arranged on the first longitudinal side of the winding unit; and e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Valentin Lehner, Fabian Oehler
  • Publication number: 20220158516
    Abstract: A stator and a method for producing a stator are provided. For this purpose, a connection element is used which includes multiple busbars and a star bar. The connection element has multiple contact points for the busbars and multiple contact points of the star bar. The connection element surrounds the winding ends of the winding head. The winding ends are bent relative to the contact points of the connection element and contact the contact points electrically, by a bending ridge which is positioned on the connection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Valentin LEHNER