Patents by Inventor Josef Schmidt

Josef Schmidt 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: 11362596
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system having a rectifier which is suppliable from an electric AC-voltage supply network, an inverter which feeds an electric motor, and a DC/DC converter which is connected to an energy accumulator, the DC-voltage side connection of the inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the electric motor is supplied from the AC-voltage side connection of the inverter, a first DC-voltage side connection of the DC/DC converter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the DC-voltage side connection of the inverter and the first DC-voltage side connection of the DC/DC converter are connected in parallel, the DC/DC converter has a housing in which a device for current acquisition is situated, which acquires either the current, in particular network phase currents, flowing into the rectifier at the AC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, or the current emerging from the rectifier at the DC-volt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Matthias Hauck, Jochen Weber
  • Patent number: 11300132
    Abstract: A fan arrangement includes a fan and toothed ring, and a converter motor includes a fan arrangement. The fan includes a base body on which fan blades are premolded, and the fan includes an annular region, which is premolded on the side of the fan blades facing away from the base body. The toothed ring is situated within the annular region, and thus, in particular, is set apart from the base body, and thus, in particular, is set apart from the base body via the fan blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Firat Altan, Thomas Zöller, Jens Schäfer, Christian Schumann, Matthias Hauck
  • Publication number: 20220075389
    Abstract: A system includes vehicles, a central control unit, and a stationary transceiver module connected to the central control unit via a bidirectional communications channel. Each has a transceiver module for bidirectional communication with the stationary transceiver module and/or a vehicle. The transceiver module has a controllable light source and a light sensor. The central control unit transmits driving orders to the vehicles via the stationary transceiver module. A first vehicle that is located within the spatial transmission area of the stationary transceiver module forwards a driving order to a second vehicle that is located outside the spatial transmission area of the stationary transceiver module, and the second vehicle transmits data via the first vehicle and the stationary transceiver module to the central control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Josef SCHMIDT, Zhidong HUA, Thomas SCHÄFER
  • Publication number: 20220059736
    Abstract: A method of fabricating closely spaced pcLEDs (100) arranged in a matrix array (200) of perpendicular rows and columns comprises an initial phosphor deposition step in which phosphor (803, 905) is deposited at alternating locations (pixels) in the matrix array in a checkerboard pattern, so that the locations (504) in the array at which phosphor (803, 905) is deposited are not adjacent to each other. In a subsequent phosphor deposition step phosphor is deposited at the alternating locations at which phosphor was not deposited in the first deposition step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Rene BOHMER, Jacques Heuts, Ken SHIMIZU, Peter Josef SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210403805
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for providing a luminescent particle with a hybrid coating, the method comprising: (i) providing a luminescent core comprising a primer layer on the luminescent core; (ii) providing a main ALD coating layer onto the primer layer by application of a main atomic layer deposition process, the main ALD coating layer comprising a multilayer with two or more layers having different chemical compositions, and wherein in the main atomic layer deposition process a metal oxide precursor is selected from a group of metal oxide precursors comprising Al, Zn, Hf, Ta, Zr, Ti, Sn, Nb, Y, Ga, and V; (iii) providing a main sol-gel coating layer onto the main ALD-coating layer by application of a main sol-gel coating process, the main sol-gel coating layer having a chemical composition different from one or more of the layers of the multilayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jens Meyer, Andreas Tücks, Peter Josef Schmidt, Erik Roeling
  • Patent number: 11211831
    Abstract: In a system having primary conductor sections supplied with alternating current by respective feed-in devices, and having at least one mobile part, and in a method for operating such a system, in which the mobile part has a secondary winding, in particular on its underside, which is able to be, in particular is, inductively coupled with one of the primary conductor sections, the feed-in devices inject respective alternating currents of different frequencies into the primary conductor sections, and the mobile part has a device for acquiring the frequency of the alternating current injected into the primary conductor section inductively coupled with the secondary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Thomas Schäfer, Jens Schäfer, Jochen Mahlein, Ulrich Stockenberger
  • Patent number: 11208593
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a luminescent ceramic including a first phase and a second phase. The first phase is R3?x?y?z+w2A1.5x+y?w2MzSi6?w1?w2Alw1?w2N11?y?w1Oy+w1. R is selected from the group comprising trivalent La, Gd, Tb, Y, Lu; A is selected from the group comprising bivalent Ca, Mg, Sr, Ba, and Eu; and M is selected from the group comprising trivalent Ce, Pr and Sm. The second phase may be or comprise, for example, RE3ASi5N9O2 and RESi3N5, wherein RE is at least one rare-earth element selected from the group consisting of La, Gd, Lu, Y, Ce and Sc and wherein A is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg, Zn and Eu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Martiny, Peter Josef Schmidt, Christian Maak, Wolfgang Schnick
  • Publication number: 20210394806
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system having a rail, a stationary unit, rail-guided mobile parts, and a slotted hollow waveguide, either a first one of the mobile parts or the stationary unit functions as a transmitter, and a second one of the mobile parts functions as a receiver. The transmitter is configured for the simultaneous transmission of an electromagnetic signal and an acoustic signal, e.g., at a first instant. The receiver, which is set apart from the transmitter, is configured to detect the arrival of the electromagnetic signal at a second instant and to detect the arrival of the acoustic signal at a third instant. The second mobile part has an evaluation unit which is configured to determine the distance between the transmitter and the receiver based on the acquired second and third instants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Zhidong HUA, Jonas Felix BÜRGEL, Michael LINDENFELSER, Andreas WANJEK, Thomas SCHÄFER, Josef SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210364633
    Abstract: In a method and system for position capture of a vehicle along a driving route, situated on a concrete floor having a reinforcement: the vehicle carries out a reference drive along the driving route, the vehicle records measuring points along the driving route, and each measuring point allocates a signal from the reinforcement to a position on the driving route; a reference profile of the driving route is determined based on the measuring points ascertained during the reference drive; the vehicle drives along the driving route and records further measuring points; a profile segment is determined from the further measuring points; the profile segment is uniquely allocated to a segment of the reference profile, e.g., using a correlation method; a position on the driving route is uniquely allocated to the vehicle with the aid of the profile segment allocated to the reference profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Josef SCHMIDT, Jürgen BÖCKLE, Zhidong HUA, Thomas SCHÄFER, Andreas WANJEK
  • Patent number: 11181931
    Abstract: A system includes vehicles, a central control unit, and a stationary transceiver module connected to the central control unit via a bidirectional communications channel. Each vehicle has a transceiver module for bidirectional communication with the stationary transceiver module and/or a vehicle. The transceiver module has a controllable light source and a light sensor. The central control unit transmits driving orders to the vehicles via the stationary transceiver module. A first vehicle that is located within a spatial transmission area of the stationary transceiver module forwards a driving order to a second vehicle that is located outside the spatial transmission area of the stationary transceiver module, and the second vehicle transmits data via the first vehicle and the stationary transceiver module to the central control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Zhidong Hua, Thomas Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20210354061
    Abstract: A filter device for fluids, having a filter housing (1), in which element receptacles (31) for a plurality of filter elements (33) are provided, the filter medium (35) of which separates in the filter housing (1) a dirt side (5) from a clean side (7), wherein the filter housing (1) can be opened for inserting and removing the filter elements (33), and wherein for the filter elements (33) a support in the manner of a basket (19) is provided, which can be inserted into the filter housing (1) and removed from the filter housing (1) and to which the filter elements (33) can be detachably fixed, is characterized in that the filter elements (33) have in addition to the filter medium (35) for particle filtration an adsorption medium (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf WNUK, Hans-Josef SCHMIDT, Pascal Eric VITTE
  • Publication number: 20210359618
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system, which includes a first inverter which feeds a first electric motor, and a second inverter which feeds a second electric motor, the DC-voltage side connection of the first inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of a rectifier which is supplied from an electrical AC-voltage supply network, the DC-voltage side connection of the second inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the two DC-voltage side connections of the inverters are switched in parallel, and a controller is provided, in particular in the first inverter, which controls the current accepted and acquired by the first inverter at its DC-voltage side terminal toward a setpoint value in that the torque of the first electric motor fed by the first inverter is the controlled variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Thomas Zöller, Jens Schäfer, Matthias Hauck
  • Patent number: 11155489
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a transparent material such as glass including a metal such as bismuth, particles of luminescent material such as a nitride phosphor disposed in the transparent material, and a coating disposed over the particles of luminescent material. The coating is formed to prevent reaction between the particles of luminescent material and the metal. The coating may be silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Peter Josef Schmidt, Cas Groenendijk
  • Patent number: 11142683
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for providing luminescent particles (100) with a hybrid coating, the method comprising (i) providing a first coating layer (110) onto the luminescent particles (100) by application of a sol-gel coating process, thereby providing coated luminescent particles; and (ii) providing a second coating layer (120) onto the coated luminescent particles by application of an atomic layer deposition process. The invention also provides luminescent particles (100) comprise a luminescent core (102), a first coating layer (110) having a first coating layer thickness (d1) in the range of 50-300 nm, and a second coating layer (120) having a second coating layer thickness (d2) in the range of 5-250 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Josef Schmidt, Andreas Tücks, Baby Seriyati Schreinemacher
  • Publication number: 20210305468
    Abstract: The invention provides luminescent material comprising E1-wSc1-x-y-u-wMyZuA2wSi2-z-uGezAluO6:Crx, wherein: E comprises one or more of Li, Na, and K; M comprises one or more of Al, Ga, In, Tm, Yb, and Lu; Z comprises one or more of Ti, Zr, and Hf; A comprises one or more of Mg, Zn, and Ni; 0<x?0.25; 0?y?0.75; 0?z?2; 0?u?1; 0?w?1; x+y+u+w?1; and z+u?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Peter Josef Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11121636
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system, which includes a first inverter which feeds a first electric motor, and a second inverter which feeds a second electric motor, the DC-voltage side connection of the first inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of a rectifier which is supplied from an electrical AC-voltage supply network, the DC-voltage side connection of the second inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the two DC-voltage side connections of the inverters are switched in parallel, and a controller is provided, in particular in the first inverter, which controls the current accepted and acquired by the first inverter at its DC-voltage side terminal toward a setpoint value in that the torque of the first electric motor fed by the first inverter is the controlled variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Thomas Zöller, Jens Schäfer, Matthias Hauck
  • Patent number: 11101409
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device configured to provide white lighting device light, the lighting device comprising (i) a light source, configured to provide blue light source light, and (ii) a luminescent material element, configured to absorb at least part of the blue light source light and to convert into luminescent material light, wherein the luminescent material element comprises a luminescent material which consists for at least 80 wt. % of a M2-2xEu2xSi5-yAlyOyN8-y phosphor, wherein M comprises one or more of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, with a molar ratio of (Mg+Ca+Sr)/(Ba)?0.1, wherein x is in the range of 0.001-0.02, wherein y is in the range of ?0.2, and wherein the white lighting device light comprises said blue light source light and said luminescent material light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Josef Schmidt, Walter Mayr, Volker Weiler, Hans-Helmut Bechtel
  • Patent number: 11092687
    Abstract: In a method and system for position capture of a vehicle along a driving route, situated on a concrete floor having a reinforcement: the vehicle carries out a reference drive along the driving route, the vehicle records measuring points along the driving route, and each measuring point allocates a signal from the reinforcement to a position on the driving route; a reference profile of the driving route is determined based on the measuring points ascertained during the reference drive; the vehicle drives along the driving route and records further measuring points; a profile segment is determined from the further measuring points; the profile segment is uniquely allocated to a segment of the reference profile, e.g., using a correlation method; a position on the driving route is uniquely allocated to the vehicle with the aid of the profile segment allocated to the reference profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Jürgen Böckle, Zhidong Hua, Thomas Schäfer, Andreas Wanjek
  • Patent number: 11092969
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a vehicle, the system includes the vehicle and a concrete floor, which has at least one reinforcement rod, the vehicle is disposed on the concrete floor so as to be movable, the vehicle has an evaluation device and a first sensor group, which has at least two sensors, the sensors are situated along a first reference line at a distance from one another, the sensors are adapted to detect the reinforcement rod, and the evaluation device is connected to the sensors and adapted to determine the driving direction based on the signals from the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Jürgen Böckle, Zhidong Hua, Thomas Schäfer, Andreas Wanjek
  • Publication number: 20210194379
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system having a rectifier which is suppliable from an electric AC-voltage supply network, an inverter which feeds an electric motor, and a DC/DC converter which is connected to an energy accumulator, the DC-voltage side connection of the inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the electric motor is supplied from the AC-voltage side connection of the inverter, a first DC-voltage side connection of the DC/DC converter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the DC-voltage side connection of the inverter and the first DC-voltage side connection of the DC/DC converter are connected in parallel, the DC/DC converter has a housing in which a device for current acquisition is situated, which acquires either the current, in particular network phase currents, flowing into the rectifier at the AC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, or the current emerging from the rectifier at the DC-volt
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef SCHMIDT, Matthias HAUCK, Jochen WEBER