Patents by Inventor Johann Oswald
Johann Oswald 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).
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Publication number: 20240146134Abstract: A stator of an electric axial flux machine as well as to an electric axial flux machine are provided. The stator of the axial flux machine includes multiple axially protruding stator teeth, a first winding being wound about at least one stator tooth, the first winding being spaced from the stator tooth by at least one radial spacing element such that a gap is formed between a radially inner face of the first winding and the stator tooth in order for a cooling fluid to be able to flow therethrough. The stator of an axial flux machine and the axial flux machine equipped with this stator afford durable units which ensure efficient cooling and thus high performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Michael MENHART, Stefan RIESS, Carsten SONNTAG, Andrä CAROTTA, Johann OSWALD
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Publication number: 20230412024Abstract: A rotor of an electric rotating machine, more particularly an axial flux machine, and an electric rotating machine equipped therewith. The rotor of the electric rotating machine, more particularly an axial flux machine, includes a plurality of magnets and a magnet carrier for fixing the magnets, with which carrier the magnets are positioned on a periphery with respect to a hub of the rotor. The magnet carrier extends radially outwards further than the magnets and has a first axial width at the periphery of the positioning of the magnets and forms a widened portion radially outside the magnets which has a second axial width which is greater than the first axial width. Using the rotor proposed here and the electric rotating machine equipped therewith, devices can be provided which, in a simple and cost-effective manner, guarantee efficient and low-wear operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stefan RIESS, Michael MENHART, Johann OSWALD, Daniel MAHLER
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Publication number: 20230378836Abstract: An electromagnetic element for an electric machine, having multiple slots arranged in the circumferential direction of the electromagnetic element, said slots extending in the axial direction of the electromagnetic element and having an open side in the radial direction. A coil device is arranged in the slots, said coil device having winding heads on (at least) one axial end face of the electromagnetic element, and a cooling channel is formed in the slots in order to dispense heat from the coil device using a fluid. A wall element is also provided which has a first region that is arranged in the region of the winding head in the circumferential direction. and a second region of the wall element, said second region adjoining the first region and having teeth which extend in the axial direction and are arranged on the open side of the slots in the intermediate spaces between the slots in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Keune, Thomas Hurle, Jonas Kniel, Patrick Gramann, Michael Heilmann, Niels Wehlau, Johann Sontheim, Michael Menhart, Johann Oswald
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Publication number: 20230369925Abstract: A stator for an axial flux motor having a laminated stator core which is fastened to a flange, wherein the laminated stator core has a rear side which is interlockingly and frictionally fastened to a front side of the flange, and/or a cooling channel between the laminated stator core and the flange is formed in the region of the fastening. An axial flux motor is also provided having a rotor which is arranged between two stators, of which one or both are as described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Holger WITT, Michael MENHART, Stefan RIESS, Johann OSWALD, Carsten SONNTAG, Andrä CAROTTA, Daniel MAHLER
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Publication number: 20220271632Abstract: A method for producing a stator for an electrical machine, the stator having a substantially hollow-cylindrical stator core, which has a plurality of grooves spaced apart in a circumferential direction, the method including: providing at least one strip-shaped winding unit having a first winding conductor with a plurality of groove portions running straight in a transverse direction that are mutually parallel; fastening a first end of the winding unit to a lateral surface of a mandrel; winding the winding unit onto the mandrel such that it is bent around the lateral surface of the mandrel spirally; inserting the mandrel, together with the winding unit, into a cavity in the stator core; and unwinding the winding unit from the mandrel with the groove portions of the winding unit being inserted into the grooves of the stator core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stefan RIESS, Michael MENHART, Johann OSWALD, Oliver STEFFEN, Johannes GOESSWEIN
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Publication number: 20220216758Abstract: A stator for an electric machine, comprising a stator core and a stator winding, wherein the stator core has a plurality of slots, which are spaced apart in a circumferential direction and have a depth running in the radial direction, and allows the arrangement of slot sections of the stator winding in a plurality of radially spaced-apart radial positions, wherein the stator has a strip-like winding unit comprising a first and a second winding conductor, wherein the two winding conductors run in a first and a second layer of the winding unit and each comprises: a plurality of straight slot sections which run in a transverse direction of the winding unit and are arranged in parallel, a plurality of first bent end sections which each interconnect two slot sections of the associated winding conductor and are arranged on a first longitudinal side of the winding unit, a plurality of second bent end sections which each interconnect two slot sections of the associated winding conductor and are arranged on a second lType: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Richard Bernauer, Stefan Rieß, Johann Oswald, Michael Menhart
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Patent number: 10743798Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of generating and measuring transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) acoustic signals generated in the cochlea using a scheme of stimulating both inner ears simultaneously, left ear alone, and right ears alone with at least two different first and second averaging buffers per ear in a switching scheme with automated detection of contralateral suppression of TEOAE via statistical analysis of the differences of suppressed and unsuppressed responses.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: PATH medical GmbHInventors: Andre Lodwig, Johann Oswald, Thomas Janssen
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Patent number: 9708056Abstract: Wheel drive unit for attachment to an aircraft running gear, said wheel drive unit including a drive motor or a drive motor with subsequent transmission and comprising the following features: (a) a mounting component adapted to be mounted to a supporting component of the aircraft running gear; (b) a coupling component releasably anchored to the mounting component in non-rotatable fashion; (c) the drive motor being supported by means of the coupling component such that the coupling component provides for torque support of the drive motor; (d) and a pluggable connection for connecting at least one pair of electric line sections and/or at least one pair of fluid line sections; (e) the torque output of the drive motor or of the subsequent transmission being adapted to establish a torque-transmitting connection to a wheel of the aircraft running gear when the wheel drive unit is attached to the aircraft running gear; (f) and the wheel drive unit—without the mounting component—, when the anchoring to the mounting cType: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET-MOTOR GMBHInventors: Peter Ehrhart, Johann Oswald
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Patent number: 9573570Abstract: A drive unit for an aircraft ground wheel associated with a brake unit for braking the ground wheel includes: a driving motor drivingly coupleable to the ground wheel; and a cooling system including at least a drive cooling unit configured to generate a drive cooling air stream for cooling the drive unit and a brake cooling unit configured to generate a brake cooling air stream by sucking in air from the brake unit. A method of controlling such drive unit in which the cooling system is driven by the driving motor of the drive unit includes: decoupling the driving motor from the ground wheel and increasing the rotational speed of the driving motor to increase the amount of generated drive cooling air, when an operating condition of the ground wheel and/or of the drive unit is switched from a propulsion mode to a non-propulsion mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET-MOTOR GMBHInventors: Anton Mueller, Johann Oswald
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Publication number: 20160256083Abstract: A method of generating and measuring transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) acoustic signals generated in the cochlea using a scheme of stimulating both ears simultaneously and one of each ears in a switching scheme with automated detection of contralateral suppression of TEOAE via statistical analysis of suppressed and unsuppressed responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Andre Lodwig, Johann Oswald, Thomas Janssen
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Patent number: 9359068Abstract: A drive unit (16) for an aircraft running gear (2) having at least a first wheel (4) and a second wheel (6) on a common wheel axis (A), wherein the drive unit (16) is drivingly coupleable to at least one of the first and second wheels (4, 6), is characterized in that the drive unit (16) comprises at least one power output assembly (122, 124) for driving at least one of the first and second wheels (4, 6), with each of the at least one power output assembly (122, 124) comprising a power transmission chain (136) selectively engageable with a sprocket element (108, 110) coupled to one of the first and second wheels (4, 6).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET-MOTOR GMBHInventors: Johann Oswald, Manfred Heeg
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Publication number: 20160009383Abstract: A drive unit (16) for an aircraft running gear (2) having at least a first wheel (4) and a second wheel (6) on a common wheel axis (A) is characterized in that the drive unit (16) is drivingly coupleable to the first and second wheels (4, 6) such that a direction of longitudinal extension (C) of the drive unit (16) is in a plane orthogonal to the common wheel axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET-MOTOR GMBHInventors: Johann Oswald, Manfred Heeg
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Publication number: 20150342505Abstract: A method of generating and measuring transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) acoustic signals generated in the cochlea using automated detection to determine contralateral suppression of TEOAE via statistical analysis of suppressed and unsuppressed responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Andre Lodwig, Johann Oswald, Thomas Janssen
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Publication number: 20150314863Abstract: Wheel drive unit for attachment to an aircraft running gear, said wheel drive unit including a drive motor or a drive motor with subsequent transmission and comprising the following features: (a) a mounting component adapted to be mounted to a supporting component of the aircraft running gear; (b) a coupling component releasably anchored to the mounting component in non-rotatable fashion; (c) the drive motor being supported by means of the coupling component such that the coupling component provides for torque support of the drive motor; (d) and a pluggable connection for connecting at least one pair of electric line sections and/or at least one pair of fluid line sections: (e) the torque output of the drive motor or of the subsequent transmission being adapted to establish a torque-transmitting connection to a wheel of the aircraft running gear when the wheel drive unit is attached to the aircraft running gear; (f) and the wheel drive unit—without the mounting component—, when the anchoring to the mounting cType: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Peter Ehrhart, Johann Oswald
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Patent number: 9169005Abstract: A drive unit (16) for an aircraft running gear (2) having at least a first wheel (4) and a second wheel (6) on a common wheel axis (A) is characterized in that the drive unit (16) is drivingly coupleable to the first and second wheels (4, 6) such that a direction of longitudinal extension (C) of the drive unit (16) is in a plane orthogonal to the common wheel axis (A).Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: L-3 Communications Magnet-Motor GmbHInventors: Johann Oswald, Manfred Heeg
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Publication number: 20150257684Abstract: A reversible electric motor driven pump mounted within a housing with one end in communication and seals with the ear canal when inserted therein has a drive shall employing pump controls operably associated with the electric motor to selectively control the start, stop, operating speed, position and direction of the drive shaft in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction to drive a rotating gear with lever structure configured to reciprocate when driven by the drive shaft to selectively compress the bellows and piston forcing air through a port to create positive pressure is the ear canal in one mode, and expand the bellows and harmonic piston to withdraw air from the ear canal and create negative pressure therein in another mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Florian Kandzia, Andre Lodwig, Johann Oswald
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Publication number: 20150097078Abstract: A drive unit for an aircraft ground wheel associated with a brake unit for braking the ground wheel includes: a driving motor drivingly coupleable to the ground wheel; and a cooling system including at least a drive cooling unit configured to generate a drive cooling air stream for cooling the drive unit and a brake cooling unit configured to generate a brake cooling air stream by sucking in air from the brake unit. A method of controlling such drive unit in which the cooling system is driven by the driving motor of the drive unit includes: decoupling the driving motor from the ground wheel and increasing the rotational speed of the driving motor to increase the amount of generated drive cooling air, when an operating condition of the ground wheel and/or of the drive unit is switched from a propulsion mode to a non-propulsion mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: L-3 Communications Magnet-Motor GmbHInventors: Anton Mueller, Johann Oswald
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Publication number: 20140225421Abstract: A drive unit (16) for an aircraft running gear (2) having at least a first wheel (4) and a second wheel (6) on a common wheel axis (A), wherein the drive unit (16) is drivingly coupleable to at least one of the first and second wheels (4, 6), is characterized in that the drive unit (16) comprises at least one power output assembly (122, 124) for driving at least one of the first and second wheels (4, 6), with each of the at least one power output assembly (122, 124) comprising a power transmission chain (136) selectively engageable with a sprocket element (108, 110) coupled to one of the first and second wheels (4, 6).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: L-3 Communication Magnet-Motor GMBHInventors: Johann Oswald, Manfred Heeg
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Publication number: 20130200210Abstract: A drive unit (16) for an aircraft running gear (2) having at least a first wheel (4) and a second wheel (6) on a common wheel axis (A) is characterized in that the drive unit (16) is drivingly coupleable to the first and second wheels (4, 6) such that a direction of longitudinal extension (C) of the drive unit (16) is in a plane orthogonal to the common wheel axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: L-3 Communications Magnet-Motor GmbHInventors: Johann Oswald, Manfred Heeg
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Patent number: 7980989Abstract: A double clutch of a double clutch transmission is described and illustrated, and can include an inner clutch which is connected to an inner shaft and has an inner disk carrier for inner disks; an outer clutch which is connected to a hollow shaft arranged co-axially with respect to the inner shaft and has an outer disk carrier for outer disks; and a drive member arranged on a drive shaft and having inner and outer drive disks which can be operatively connected to the inner or outer disks and which form an inner clutch pack or an outer clutch pack together with the disks; wherein a common disk carrier for both clutch packs is attached to the drive member; the disk carrier includes two hubs associated with the clutch packs and engaged within one another; and each hub comprises a plurality of teeth.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik GmbHInventors: Johann Oswald, Filip De Maziere, Didier Genouw, Hendrik Pecceu