Patents by Inventor Meinrad Franz Hofstetter

Meinrad Franz Hofstetter 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).

  • Linear motor having a plurality of sensor units and a modular stator setup
    Patent number: 10050507
    Abstract: A linear motor, comprises at least one stator device (14) with a plurality of permanent magnets (18, 18-1, 18-2) of different polarity and with at least one carrier rail (24), and at least one rotor device (12) with at least three electrical coils (44) and with at least one supporting means (26), which can be or which is supported on the carrier rail (24) of the stator device (14), wherein the rotor device (12) and the stator device (14) are moveable to and fro with respect to each other along a movement direction (FR) defined by the carrier rail (24) by interaction of magnetic fields of the permanent magnets (18, 18-1, 18-2) with the magnetic fields of the coils (44), through which current flows if required, wherein the stator device (14) is formed from at least one stator module (16-1, 16-2), wherein the stator module (16-1, 16-2) is configured such that a stator device (16) with two or more consecutively arranged stator modules (16-1, 16-2) can be formed, and wherein at the stator module (16-1, 16-2) at le
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Bonaduz AG
    Inventors: Meinrad Franz Hofstetter, Eduard Nawrocki, Hanspeter Romer, Vinzenz Kirste
  • LINEAR MOTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF SENSOR UNITS AND A MODULAR STATOR SETUP
    Publication number: 20150028699
    Abstract: A linear motor, comprises at least one stator device (14) with a plurality of permanent magnets (18, 18-1, 18-2) of different polarity and with at least one carrier rail (24), and at least one rotor device (12) with at least three electrical coils (44) and with at least one supporting means (26), which can be or which is supported on the carrier rail (24) of the stator device (14), wherein the rotor device (12) and the stator device (14) are moveable to and fro with respect to each other along a movement direction (FR) defined by the carrier rail (24) by interaction of magnetic fields of the permanent magnets (18, 18-1, 18-2) with the magnetic fields of the coils (44), through which current flows if required, wherein the stator device (14) is formed from at least one stator module (16-1, 16-2), wherein the stator module (16-1, 16-2) is configured such that a stator device (16) with two or more consecutively arranged stator modules (16-1, 16-2) can be formed, and wherein at the stator module (16-1, 16-2) at le
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: HAMILTON BONADUZ AG
    Inventors: Meinrad Franz Hofstetter, Eduard Nawrocki, Hanspeter Romer, Vinzenz Kirste