Patents by Inventor Christian Rudel

Christian Rudel 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: 11387702
    Abstract: A stator device with a plurality of windings, on a winding carrier, that electromotive interaction with a rotor. The windings are parallel to one another and to the center axis. The windings can be individually electrically contacted with winding terminals of a winding wire. The windings are assigned to at least two disk-shaped and/or ring-shaped electrically conductive interconnection rings so that they are electrically insulated from one another. The winding terminals are connected using the interconnection ring assigned to this terminal polarity (U; V; W) for external permanent common contact by welding hooks formed on the radial inner side on the interconnection ring. A ring-shaped deflection disk, with deflection pins, is provided in the axial direction on the interconnection end disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thirza Weiser, Christian Rudel, Achim Honold, Hassan Ghodsi-Khameneh
  • Publication number: 20210075290
    Abstract: A stator device with a plurality of windings, on a winding carrier, that electromotive interaction with a rotor. The windings are parallel to one another and to the center axis. The windings can be individually electrically contacted with winding terminals of a winding wire. The windings are assigned to at least two disk-shaped and/or ring-shaped electrically conductive interconnection rings so that they are electrically insulated from one another. The winding terminals are connected using the interconnection ring assigned to this terminal polarity (U; V; W) for external permanent common contact by welding hooks formed on the radial inner side on the interconnection ring. A ring-shaped deflection disk, with deflection pins, is provided in the axial direction on the interconnection end disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Thirza WEISER, Christian RUDEL, Achim HONOLD, Hassan GHODSI-KHAMENEH
  • Patent number: 9232265
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for determining an operation mode of an audio-video (AV) device. In an embodiment, communication logic of the AV device may be configured at different times for different ones of a plurality of operation modes including an AV source operation mode for providing AV information to another device and an AV sink operation mode for receiving AV information from another device. In response to a detected event, control logic initializes the communication logic of the AV device into a default mode which prevents operation of the communication logic as an AV source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Conrad Arlo Maxwell, Lance Davies, Graeme P. Jones, Glenn L. Marks, Jonathan Regalado-Hawkey, Christian Rudel
  • Patent number: 8324892
    Abstract: An electric motor (10) has: a stator (12) and a rotor (14) having a shaft (87). The rotor (14) has a sensor magnet (82) having a number SP of sensor poles (71, 72, 73, 74) for generating a predetermined distribution of the magnetic flux density, such that SP=2, 4, 6, 8, etc. The motor also has at least two rotor position sensors (450, 455, 460, 465) for generating rotor position signals (B_S1, B_S2) characterizing the magnetic flux density, the rotor position sensors (450, 455, 460, 465) being arranged in the region (30) of the circumference of the sensor magnet (82). The motor also has an evaluation apparatus (32) that ascertains, from the rotor position signals (B_S1, B_S2), an absolute value (phi_el, phi_mech) for the rotational position of the rotor (14). A method of generating an absolute value for the rotational position of an electric motor is likewise described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: EBM-Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Rudel, Jörg Hornberger, Michael Schäuble, Michael Kisch
  • Publication number: 20120274857
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for determining an operation mode of an audio-video (AV) device. In an embodiment, communication logic of the AV device may be configured at different times for different ones of a plurality of operation modes including an AV source operation mode for providing AV information to another device and an AV sink operation mode for receiving AV information from another device. In response to a detected event, control logic initializes the communication logic of the AV device into a default mode which prevents operation of the communication logic as an AV source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Conrad Arlo Maxwell, Lance Davies, Graeme P. Jones, Glenn L. Marks, Jonathan Regalado-Hawkey, Christian Rudel
  • Patent number: 7965004
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator (12) as well as a rotor (14) rotatable about a rotation axis (85) and a sensor magnet (82) having an even number of sensor poles (71, 72, 73, 74). The sensor magnet (82) is configured to generate a magnetic flux having a magnetic flux density that changes sinusoidally with respect to the rotation angle. Two analog rotor position sensors (460, 465) are arranged on a support structure (468) at a distance from one another such that, during operation, they generate two sinusoidal signals (B_S1, B_S2) having a phase shift of 90° to each other. A signal generator (90) serves to generate at least one pulse-shaped signal (A, B) from the two sinusoidal rotor position signals (B_S1, B_S2) that are phase-shifted by 90°. The instantaneous rotation speed can be accurately determined from this pulse-shaped signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: EBM—Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Hornberger, Christian Rudel, Siegfried Schreiner
  • Patent number: 7893579
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator (224) having a bearing tube (238) made of a magnetically transparent material; it also has a rotor (222) having a rotor shaft (234) that is at least partially journaled in the bearing tube (238), and has a ring magnet (250) that is fixedly arranged on the rotor shaft (234) inside the bearing tube (238). Two magnetic-field-dependent analog sensors (248?, 248?) are arranged on a circuit board (246) outside the bearing tube (238), at an angular distance (PHI) from one another, in order to generate rotor position signals as a function of the rotational position of the ring magnet (250). A corresponding device (150) that serves to control the motor is provided, in order to process these rotor position signals into a signal that indicates the absolute rotational position of the rotor (222).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Ebm-Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Rudel, Joerg Hornberger, Michael Schaeuble
  • Publication number: 20090230824
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator (12) as well as a rotor (14) rotatable about a rotation axis (85) and a sensor magnet (82) having an even number of sensor poles (71, 72, 73, 74). The sensor magnet (82) is configured to generate a magnetic flux having a magnetic flux density that changes sinusoidally with respect to the rotation angle. Two analog rotor position sensors (460, 465) are arranged on a support structure (468) at a distance from one another such that, during operation, they generate two sinusoidal signals (B_S1, B_S2) having a phase shift of 90° to each other. A signal generator (90) serves to generate at least one pulse-shaped signal (A, B) from the two sinusoidal rotor position signals (B_S1, B_S2) that are phase-shifted by 90°. The instantaneous rotation speed can be accurately determined from this pulse-shaped signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: EBM-PAPST ST. GEORGEN GMBH & CO., KG
    Inventors: Joerg Hornberger, Christian Rudel, Siegfried Schreiner
  • Publication number: 20080272723
    Abstract: An electric motor (10) has: a stator (12) and a rotor (14) having a shaft (87). The rotor (14) has a sensor magnet (82) having a number SP of sensor poles (71, 72, 73, 74) for generating a predetermined distribution of the magnetic flux density, such that SP=2, 4, 6, 8, etc. The motor also has at least two rotor position sensors (450, 455, 460, 465) for generating rotor position signals (B_S1, B_S2) characterizing the magnetic flux density, the rotor position sensors (450, 455, 460, 465) being arranged in the region (30) of the circumference of the sensor magnet (82). The motor also has an evaluation apparatus (32) that ascertains, from the rotor position signals (B_S1, B_S2), an absolute value (phi_el, phi_mech) for the rotational position of the rotor (14). A method of generating an absolute value for the rotational position of an electric motor is likewise described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Christian Rudel, Jorg Hornberger, Michael Schauble, Michael Kisch
  • Publication number: 20080174212
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator (224) having a bearing tube (238) made of a magnetically transparent material; it also has a rotor (222) having a rotor shaft (234) that is at least partially journaled in the bearing tube (238), and has a ring magnet (250) that is arranged nonrotatably on the rotor shaft (234) inside the bearing tube (238). Two magnetic-field-dependent analog sensors (248?, 248?) are arranged on a circuit board (246) outside the bearing tube (238), at an angular distance (PHI) from one another, in order to generate rotor position signals as a function of the rotational position of the ring magnet (250). A corresponding device (150) that serves to control the motor is provided in order to process these rotor position signals into a signal that indicates the absolute rotational position of the rotor (222).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Christian Rudel, Joerg Hornberger, Michael Schaeuble
  • Patent number: 7049776
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator and an external rotor (40). Its external rotor (40) has a sensor magnet (54) having a plurality SP of sensor poles (55). The motor also has: at least one rotor position sensor (42, 44) for generating a rotor position signal and a rotor position evaluation arrangement for generating an absolute value for the rotor position, which apparatus comprises an A/D converter (144) having a resolution of at least two bits, the at least one rotor position sensor (42, 44) being connected to the A/D converter. In order to enable obtaining different digital values, even at rotational positions within the angle range of one sensor pole, each analog rotor position sensor signal is converted by the A/D converter into a digital value having at least two bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jörg Hornberger, Hermann Rappenecker, Christian Rudel, Siegfried Schreiner
  • Publication number: 20060056821
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator and an external rotor (40). Its external rotor (40) has a sensor magnet (54) having a plurality SP of sensor poles (55). The motor also has: at least one rotor position sensor (42, 44) for generating a rotor position signal and a rotor position evaluation arrangement for generating an absolute value for the rotor position, which apparatus comprises an A/D converter (144) having a resolution of at least two bits, the at least one rotor position sensor (42, 44) being connected to the A/D converter. In order to enable obtaining different digital values, even at rotational positions within the angle range of one sensor pole, each analog rotor-position sensor signal is converted by the A/D converter into a digital value having at least two bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Jorg Hornberger, Hermann Rappenecker, Christian Rudel, Stegfreid Schreiner