Patents by Inventor Viktor Ruder

Viktor Ruder 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).

  • Publication number: 20250163999
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a motor vehicle drivetrain includes a differential configured for driving a first output shaft and a second output shaft about a center axis and for allowing the first output shaft and the second output shaft to rotate about the center axis at different speeds, and planet gears each rotatably mounted on a respective planet carrier. The planet gears each include a radially extending surface and blades circumferentially spaced part from each other. The blades axially protrude from the radially extending surface for directing a fluid flow axially toward the differential during operation of the drive assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Viktor RUDER, Andreas ROSENWALD, Gunter Volkel
  • Patent number: 12196270
    Abstract: A switching device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes a housing in which a first and a second driveshaft are rotatably mounted. The first and second driveshafts are arranged coaxially with one another so that they have a common rotation axis; The switching device further including switchable clutch device arranged between the first and the second driveshaft. The clutch device is transferrable into a disengaged open switched position, in which the first driveshaft is freely rotatable relative to the second driveshaft, and into an engaged switched position, in which the first driveshaft is connected to the second driveshaft via the clutch device for conjoint rotation. The control element is formed by a sliding sleeve, with an annular space being formed between each of the clutch elements, the corresponding drive shaft and the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oleg Weitner, Viktor Ruder
  • Patent number: 12188553
    Abstract: A gearbox for a motor vehicle drivetrain is provided including a gearbox housing; and a differential inside of the gearbox housing configured for driving a first output shaft and a second output shaft about a center axis and for allowing the first output shaft and the second output shaft to rotate about the center axis at different speeds. The differential includes a first side gear on a first side of the differential configured for being drivingly connected to the first output shaft; a second side gear on a second side of the differential configured for being drivingly connected to the second output shaft; a differential housing radially surrounding the first and second side gears; and a first bearing rotatably supporting the differential housing with respect to the gearbox housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Viktor Ruder, Andreas Rosenwald, Gunter Volkel
  • Patent number: 12169016
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a motor vehicle drivetrain includes a differential configured for driving a first output shaft and a second output shaft about a center axis and for allowing the first output shaft and the second output shaft to rotate about the center axis at different speeds. The differential includes a first side gear on a first side of the differential configured for being drivingly connected to the first output shaft; a second side gear on a second side of the differential configured for being drivingly connected to the second output shaft; a differential housing enclosing the first and second side gears; support pins non-rotatably fixed to the differential housing; and spider gears rotatably mounted on the support pins and positioned between the first side gear and the second side gear. Each of the spider gears intermeshes with both the first side gear and the second side gear to transmit power from the support pins to the first side gear and the second side gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Viktor Ruder, Andreas Rosenwald, Gunter Volkel
  • Patent number: 12160160
    Abstract: A drive assembly with passive cooling and/or lubrication. The drive assembly includes a housing, an electric motor having a shaft that is rotatably drivable about an axis of rotation, and a gear assembly located in the housing. The gear assembly is rotatably drivable by the shaft, and includes a plurality of gears that are rotatable in a rotational drive direction. An oil removal opening is located on an inner wall of the housing aligned with the gears, with the oil removal opening being located between ?45 and +45 degrees from a horizontal plane that extends through the axis of rotation on a rotationally upward moving side of the gears in the rotational drive direction. The oil removal opening has an upper edge that is angled and faces counter to the rotational drive direction. An oil delivery channel extends from the oil removal opening to a feed port for the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Rosenwald, Günter Völkel, Viktor Ruder, Fritz Wiesinger, Benjamin Kaestner, Carlo Vinci
  • Patent number: 12140189
    Abstract: A shifting device (1) for the powertrain of a motor vehicle, including a control shaft (10) for adjusting a control element (9), the control shaft (10) has a first sub-section (15) which can be driven by an actuator (36) and a second sub-section (16) which is designed to adjust the control element (9). The first sub-section (15) is rotatably mounted relative to the second sub-section (16). A spring element (11), via which a torque of the first sub-section (15) can be transmitted to the second sub-section (16), is provided between the two sub-sections (15, 16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Loeffelmann, Viktor Ruder, Felix Reuss, Thomas Huemmer, Alexander Wagner, Alexander Wirth
  • Patent number: 12049926
    Abstract: A shifting device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, includes a housing which a first and a second drive shaft are rotatably mounted. The first and second drive shafts are arranged coaxially to one another such that they have a common axis of rotation. The shifting device also includes a shiftable clutch device which is arranged between the first and the second drive shaft. The clutch device has an open shift position in which the first drive shaft is freely rotatable with respect to the second drive shaft, and the clutch device has a closed shift position in which the first drive shaft is connected non-rotatably by the clutch device to the second drive shaft. A control element is displaceable in the direction of the axis of rotation of the drive shafts and, depending on its displacement position, shifts the clutch device to the open or closed shift position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Loeffelmann, Thomas Huemmer, Viktor Ruder
  • Publication number: 20230265896
    Abstract: A shifting device (1) for the powertrain of a motor vehicle, including a control shaft (10) for adjusting a control element (9), the control shaft (10) has a first sub-section (15) which can be driven by an actuator (36) and a second sub-section (16) which is designed to adjust the control element (9). The first sub-section (15) is rotatably mounted relative to the second sub-section (16). A spring element (11), via which a torque of the first sub-section (15) can be transmitted to the second sub-section (16), is provided between the two sub-sections (15, 16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen LOEFFELMANN, Viktor RUDER, Felix REUSS, Thomas HUEMMER, Alexander WAGNER, Alexander WIRTH
  • Publication number: 20230228300
    Abstract: A switching device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicleincludes a housing in which a first and a second driveshaft are rotatably mounted. The first and second driveshafts are arranged coaxially with one another so that they have a common rotation axis; The switching device further including switchable clutch device arranged between the first and the second driveshaft. The clutch device is transferrable into a disengaged open switched position, in which the first driveshaft is freely rotatable relative to the second driveshaft, and into an engaged switched position, in which the first driveshaft is connected to the second driveshaft via the clutch device for conjoint rotation. The control element is formed by a sliding sleeve, with an annular space being formed between each of the clutch elements, the corresponding drive shaft and the control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Oleg Weitner, Viktor Ruder
  • Publication number: 20230145280
    Abstract: A shifting device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, includes a housing which a first and a second drive shaft are rotatably mounted. The first and second drive shafts are arranged coaxially to one another such that they have a common axis of rotation. The shifting device also includes a shiftable clutch device which is arranged between the first and the second drive shaft. The clutch device has an open shift position in which the first drive shaft is freely rotatable with respect to the second drive shaft, and the clutch device has a closed shift position in which the first drive shaft is connected non-rotatably by the clutch device to the second drive shaft. A control element is displaceable in the direction of the axis of rotation of the drive shafts and, depending on its displacement position, shifts the clutch device to the open or closed shift position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Jochen LOEFFELMANN, Thomas HUEMMER, Viktor RUDER
  • Publication number: 20140064435
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel assembly for boiling water reactor is provided. The nuclear fuel assembly includes a base, a head, a bundle of fuel rods extending longitudinally between the base and the head, a tubular fuel channel encasing the bundle of fuel rods, and at least one fuel channel spacer for transversely spacing the fuel assembly from an adjacent element. The or each fuel channel spacer includes a support having at least one plate and at least one corresponding leaf spring supported by the corresponding plate, the or each plate being fixed to a corresponding sidewall of the fuel channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Dirk Blavius, Erhard Friedrich, Bernd Block, Viktor Ruder, Corey Long, Michael Walker