Dietmar Lagies

Title: Dietmar Lagies and Automotive Powertrain Inventions.

Introduction

Dietmar Lagies is an inventor associated with Wolfsburg, Germany, and Volkswagen AG. His patent work includes vehicle powertrain and mounting arrangements. The supplied information lists 4 patents.

Latest Patents

**Mounting Arrangement of an Automobile Drive Unit Having a Combustion Engine and a Transmission.** This invention describes a compact mounting arrangement for a combustion engine and transmission. The crankshaft and an auxiliary shaft driven by it extend along the vehicle’s length. The engine’s cylinders are divided into at least two angled rows, with one row positioned horizontally or nearly horizontally.

**Drive Arrangement for a Vehicle.** This invention describes a drive assembly with a crankcase and an oil sump that closes one side of it. An indentation in the sump accommodates a differential gear, while an opening allows an axle shaft to extend from the differential. A tunnel-like indentation connects this area to an opening for the gear’s output shaft and encloses the shaft relative to the sump.

Career Highlights

Lagies’s listed inventions address the packaging and integration of vehicle powertrain components, including the engine, transmission, differential, and shafts. His work is associated with Volkswagen AG.

Collaborations

The supplied information names Ferdinand Piëch and Nico Schreeck as Lagies’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the listed patent inventions.

Conclusion

Dietmar Lagies’s listed patents focus on compact automotive drive-unit layouts and the integration of powertrain components, reflecting his connection to Volkswagen AG and the automotive industry.