Patents by Inventor Udo Mai

Udo Mai 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: 4814672
    Abstract: Circuitry for limiting a rectified operating voltage.To recover energy from unutilized power from the secondary winding of a switching-network transformer, it is recirculated to the primary winding through a diode. When appliances fail, the excess energy component can increase to the extent that components are destroyed because the operating voltage increases.To prevent this situation the excess energy is recirculated into a higher operating voltage U.sub.S through a diode and through another secondary winding of the transformer. The number of turns in the second secondary winding and its polarity ensure that the flyback voltage U.sub.R will be higher than the difference between U.sub.S and U.sub.B.Switching-network components in conjunction with rectifier modulators in television receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Dieterle, Uwe Hartmann, Udo Mai
  • Patent number: 4795947
    Abstract: A device enables to reproduce without flicker mixed signals from VT and/or BTX decoders during the reproduction of television signals (mixed operation). This is obtained by a video frequency scanning field compensation in the vertical direction effected by a video frequency additional connectable scanning amplifier which supplies a reduced inductivity additional scanning winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH
    Inventors: Gunter Gleim, Uwe Hartmann, Udo Mai, Fritz Ohnemus
  • Patent number: 4727464
    Abstract: An arrangement in which the horizontal deflection circuit with deflection winding, driver circuit and storage inductance are associated with a side linked with the network, whereas the windings for production of high and operational voltage as well as the horizontal oscillator with phase comparator and the vertical deflection coil, together with their trigger circuits are separated or isolated from the network. The regulating information for the regulation of the circuit network part mounted on the side linked to the network is taken from a regulation circuit separate from the network and transmitted by way of a network-separating combining circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Hartmann, Udo Mai
  • Patent number: 4469992
    Abstract: A circuit is provided for the correction of east-west pincushion distortions on the picture screen of a television receiver. The circuit includes a diode modulator, which is controlled via a coupling coil from a control stage switched by a horizontal scanning frequency, frame frequency modulated rectangular signal as well as a diode connected to the coupling coil for returning of stored energy to an electrical energy supply source of the television receiver. An electronic switch is connected in parallel to the diode. A rectangular pulse signal is applied to the control electrode of the electronic switch. The polarity of the switching connection provided by the electronic switch is opposite to that of the diode. The electronic switch permits a current directed oppositely to the current running through the diode to pass through the coupling coil during the nonconducting phase of the control stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Favreau, Uwe Hartmann, Udo Mai