Patents by Inventor Roman Morawek

Roman Morawek 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: 8089230
    Abstract: In a method for limiting the excess force of a closing part of an adjusting device, the closing part is actuated by external force. An anti-jamming system determines, during an adjusting operation, current adjusting force values at least within a partial area of the adjusting path and respectively, in predetermined positions of the closing part, and compares the values to adjusting force comparative values which are already stored in a storage device. At least one of the stored adjusting force comparative values are adapted to mechanical technical conditions of the adjusting device and the extent of the adaptation is predetermined according to the service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Fuchs, Stefan Holzmann, Roman Morawek
  • Publication number: 20110046856
    Abstract: In a computer-aided detection of the jamming of an object, wherein, when adjusting a component of a motor vehicle using an adjusting drive (6), measurement values related to the adjusting force (F) are compared to a prescribed threshold value (FR), initiating a slowdown, stop, or reversing of the adjusting motion when said value is reached. A spring rate correcting term characterizing the rigidity of the object is determined for correcting the relationship between the adjusting force (F) and the threshold value (FR), and is considered in the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas Egger, Stefan Holzmann, Roman Morawek
  • Publication number: 20100315032
    Abstract: Method for determining the angular position of the rotor of a mechanically commutated DC servo motor (5), which is arranged in the transverse branch of a bridge circuit, and the armature current of which is preset by an electromechanically activated switching device (28), —with a control and analysis unit (17) which analyzes the current ripple (3) present in the armature current (2) and attributable to the mechanical commutation, characterized in that—from each switch contact (6, 7) of the switching device (28), a contact-voltage feedback signal (9, 10) is fed back to the control and analysis device (17) by means of a feedback circuit (20), and in that the control and analysis unit (17), by using the at least one contact-voltage feedback signal (9, 10), determines a contact vibration time interval (4) and performs an estimate of current ripple (3) during this contact vibration time interval (4), during which an analysis of the current ripple due to contact vibrations which are caused by a switching process of
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Leandro Crocomo, Wolfgang Köllner, Roman Morawek, Alexandre Pozzer
  • Publication number: 20100259249
    Abstract: In a method and a device for determining the position of a closing part of a vehicle, that can be moved by a direct-current motor, a motor current signal is derived from the direct-current motor and converted into a digital signal by an analog-digital converter. The signal is filtered and forwarded to a position counter for counting the current ripple. The scanning frequency of the analog-digital converter is modified according to the rotational speed of the direct-current motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Roman Morawek
  • Publication number: 20100256876
    Abstract: In a method and device for correcting temperature-dependent changes in the mechanical properties of a closing part of a vehicle, the closing part can be moved by a direct current motor. As part of the production of the vehicle, the mechanical properties of the mobile closing part are ascertained during a closing procedure at a first ambient temperature and stored in a non-volatile manner in the form of a first reference characteristic in a memory of the vehicle. While the vehicle is running at least one more reference characteristic is ascertained and likewise stored in a non-volatile manner in the memory of the vehicle, whereby every additional reference characteristic is associated with a different ambient temperature. The stored reference characteristics are compared to a calculated characteristic while the vehicle is running in order to check whether jamming exists or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Roman Morawek
  • Publication number: 20100223025
    Abstract: In a method and a device for balancing production related inaccuracies of the magnetic wheel of an electromotive drive of a vehicle, correction factors are used, the initial value of which is factory preset, and which are modified in the course of an adaption process until the production-related inaccuracies of the magnetic wheel have been balanced as much as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Holzmann, Roman Morawek, Daniel Zuffer
  • Publication number: 20100211273
    Abstract: In a method and a device for increasing the precision of the position determination of a motor-driven closure element of a vehicle, the data corresponding to a force-displacement reference curve and the data corresponding to a force-displacement actual value curve are used, a correlation function is calculated, the maximum thereof is found, and the counter status of a position counter is corrected by using the position offset associated with the determined maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Köllner, Roman Morawek, Peter Stephan Mulacz
  • Publication number: 20100179733
    Abstract: For the purpose of detecting a jam during the adjustment of a component of a motor vehicle using an adjustment drive, wherein measured values related to the adjustment force (F) are compared to a threshold value (FREF) and when the threshold value is reached, the adjusting movement is slowed or stopped, and optionally reversed, it is proposed that the component speed or a parameter correlated therewith is detected and the threshold value (FREF) modified accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Egger, Roman Morawek, Peter Stephan Mulacz
  • Publication number: 20100138046
    Abstract: In a method for operating an electromechanical adjusting device, having an actuating part driven by a controller controlled motor, and which can be adjusted according to a manual specification for a controller operating element between a first and a second end position, the controller detects the precise position of a blockage of an adjusting movement from fed sensor signals, wherein user action performed on the operating element adjusts the actuating part by a first movement directed toward the end position to a position at which mechanical blockage occurs in order to determine a reference position, and adjusts the actuating part by a second movement into the second end position to examine the validity of the previously determined reference position by a test program which decides whether an automatic operating mode, in which an actuating process runs automatically, is activated, or blocked, as a function of the test result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Holzmann, Roman Morawek, Daniel Zuffer
  • Publication number: 20100097026
    Abstract: In order to track the position of a component driven by an electric motor, wherein rotational movements of the electric motor are detected and used for a position count, deviations from an anticipated position count are determined and added to the position given by the position count as an uncertainty region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Holzmann, Roman Morawek, Alexandre Pozzer
  • Publication number: 20100026224
    Abstract: In order to determine a drive force (FAct) produced by an electric motor, the motor current (Ia) supplied to the electric motor (10) from a power supply source (32) is measured and a force is calculated from this; in addition, the motor voltage (UBat) applied to the electric motor (10) is measured, and drive force fluctuations which result from voltage fluctuations that occur during operation of the power supply source are compensated for, with at least one compensation force component being determined which is based on the measured motor voltage (UBat), including voltage fluctuations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Köllner, Roman Morawek, Martin Meissl, Peter Stephan Mulacz
  • Publication number: 20090019772
    Abstract: In a method for limiting the excess force of a closing part of an adjusting device, the closing part is actuated by external force. An anti-jamming system determines, during an adjusting operation, current adjusting force values at least within a partial area of the adjusting path and respectively, in predetermined positions of the closing part, and compares the values to adjusting force comparative values which are already stored in a storage device. At least one of the stored adjusting force comparative values are adapted to mechanical technical conditions of the adjusting device and the extent of the adaptation is predetermined according to the service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Gerhard Fuchs, Stefan Holzmann, Roman Morawek