Patents by Inventor Benno Pichler

Benno Pichler 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: 10953919
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a vehicle including a chassis that is moveable in a driving direction, two rear wheels moveably carrying the chassis on the rear side seen in the driving direction, two front wheels moveably carrying the chassis on the front side seen in the driving direction, a steering wheel for turning a steering column around a rotation axis for steering the front wheels, and a steering angle sensor for measuring a rotation angle of the steering column around the rotation axis with an encoder that is stationary to the steering column and with a magnet sensor that is disposed axially displaced distance from the encoder on the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Bourns, Inc.
    Inventors: Sommer Andreas, Johann Jahrstorfer, Miguel Cano, Benno Pichler
  • Patent number: 10551259
    Abstract: A stator to guide a location-dependent magnetic field in a circumferential direction around a rotation axis. In one example, the stator includes a first stator ring revolving around the rotation axis, and a second stator ring revolving around the rotation axis and arranged concentrically with the first stator ring. The first and second stator rings include claws which are arranged so as to revolve around the rotation axis and at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction and engage with one another at least on a toothing axial plane. The claws are separated from one another by an air gap so that, when the magnetic field is arranged in the toothing axial plane, the magnetic field is guided towards the stator rings via the claws according to a relative angular position. Each claw has the contour of a mathematically smooth curve when viewed across the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: BOURNS, INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Berner, Benno Pichler, Andreas Sommer
  • Publication number: 20190233008
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a vehicle including a chassis that is moveable in a driving direction, two rear wheels moveably carrying the chassis on the rear side seen in the driving direction, two front wheels moveably carrying the chassis on the front side seen in the driving direction, a steering wheel for turning a steering column around a rotation axis for steering the front wheels, and a steering angle sensor for measuring a rotation angle of the steering column around the rotation axis with an encoder that is stationary to the steering column and with a magnet sensor that is disposed axially displaced distance from the encoder on the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Sommer Andreas, Johann Jahrstorfer, Miguel Cano, Benno Pichler
  • Publication number: 20180340853
    Abstract: A stator to guide a location-dependent magnetic field in a circumferential direction around a rotation axis. In one example, the stator includes a first stator ring revolving around the rotation axis, and a second stator ring revolving around the rotation axis and arranged concentrically with the first stator ring. The first and second stator rings include claws which are arranged so as to revolve around the rotation axis and at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction and engage with one another at least on a toothing axial plane. The claws are separated from one another by an air gap so that, when the magnetic field is arranged in the toothing axial plane, the magnetic field is guided towards the stator rings via the claws according to a relative angular position. Each claw has the contour of a mathematically smooth curve when viewed across the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Sebastian Berner, Benno Pichler, Andreas Sommer