Patents Assigned to Alber GmbH
  • Patent number: 12636207
    Abstract: An auxiliary drive device for a wheelchair has at least one freely pivotable electrically driven drive wheel and a coupling mechanism for coupling the auxiliary drive device to the wheelchair. The coupling mechanism includes a movable locking element which is movably supported in the coupling mechanism. The movable locking element can be in a locking position in which it causes locking in a positive-locking manner so that the auxiliary drive device is coupled to the wheelchair and, by operation of a handle, the locking element can be moved in a release position in which uncoupling of the auxiliary drive device from the wheelchair is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: ALBER GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Menig, Miroslaw Rodewald
  • Patent number: 12594201
    Abstract: An auxiliary drive device for a wheelchair has at least one freely pivotable electrically driven drive wheel and a coupling mechanism for coupling the auxiliary drive device to the wheelchair. The coupling mechanism includes a movable locking element which is movably supported in the coupling mechanism. The movable locking element can be in a locking position in which it causes locking in a positive-locking manner so that the auxiliary drive device is coupled to the wheelchair and, by operation of a handle, the locking element can be moved in a release position in which uncoupling of the auxiliary drive device from the wheelchair is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: ALBER GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Menig, Bernd Engels
  • Patent number: 12582565
    Abstract: An auxiliary drive device for a wheelchair has at least one freely pivotable electrically driven drive wheel and a coupling mechanism for coupling the auxiliary drive device to the wheelchair. The coupling mechanism includes a movable locking element which is movably supported in the coupling mechanism. The movable locking element can be in a locking position in which it causes locking in a positive-locking manner so that the auxiliary drive device is coupled to the wheelchair and, by operation of a handle, the locking element can be moved in a release position in which uncoupling of the auxiliary drive device from the wheelchair is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: ALBER GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Menig, Miroslaw Rodewald
  • Patent number: 12558275
    Abstract: An auxiliary drive device for a wheelchair has at least one freely pivotable electrically driven drive wheel and a coupling mechanism for coupling the auxiliary drive device to the wheelchair. The coupling mechanism includes a movable locking element which is movably supported in the coupling mechanism. The movable locking element can be in a locking position in which it causes locking in a positive-locking manner so that the auxiliary drive device is coupled to the wheelchair and, by operation of a handle, the locking element can be moved in a release position in which uncoupling of the auxiliary drive device from the wheelchair is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: ALBER GMBH
    Inventor: Joachim Menig
  • Patent number: 12485048
    Abstract: An auxiliary drive device for a wheelchair has at least one freely pivotable electrically driven drive wheel and a coupling mechanism for coupling the auxiliary drive device to the wheelchair. The coupling mechanism includes a movable locking element which is movably supported in the coupling mechanism. The movable locking element can be in a locking position in which it causes locking in a positive-locking manner so that the auxiliary drive device is coupled to the wheelchair and, by operation of a handle, the locking element can be moved in a release position in which uncoupling of the auxiliary drive device from the wheelchair is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: ALBER GMBH
    Inventors: Gerd Dziobek, Joachim Menig
  • Patent number: 11642256
    Abstract: An auxiliary drive device for a wheelchair has at least one electrically driven drive wheel and a coupling mechanism for coupling the auxiliary drive device to the wheelchair. The electrically driven drive wheel is supported at a steering shaft and freely pivotable with respect to the auxiliary drive device. The steering shaft is arranged such that, when the auxiliary drive device is coupled at a wheelchair ready to be operated, a castor is provided for the electrically driven drive wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Alber GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Menig
  • Patent number: 11576830
    Abstract: An auxiliary drive device for a wheelchair has at least one electrically driven drive wheel and a coupling mechanism for coupling the auxiliary drive device to the wheelchair. The coupling mechanism includes a movable locking element which is movably supported in the coupling mechanism. The movable locking element can be in a locking position in which it causes locking in a positive-locking manner so that the auxiliary drive device is coupled to the wheelchair and, by operation of a handle, the locking element can be moved in a release position in which uncoupling of the auxiliary drive device from the wheelchair is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ALBER GMBH
    Inventor: Joachim Menig
  • Patent number: 10461598
    Abstract: A direct current machine comprises a stator and a rotor, wherein one of these two has a plurality of magnets which are alternatively magnetized north and south, and the respective other part has a plurality of coils which are formed by teeth around which insulated wire is wound, wherein between these coils there are formed respective slots and the coils are combined in coil groups; and a current controlled inverter for driving the machine; wherein each coil group has a front terminal and a rear terminal and the coil groups are connected such that a defined wiring concept is formed and wherein the front terminals and end terminals are connected via an interconnection element which is specifically designed for a defined wiring concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Alber GmbH
    Inventors: Paul-Gerhard Bitzer, Harald Kauffmann
  • Patent number: 10199896
    Abstract: A direct current machine comprises a stator and a rotor, one of them having a plurality of magnets alternatively magnetized north and south and the other one of them having a plurality of coils formed by winding insulated wire around teeth in order to provide a three-phase winding, wherein slots are formed between said coils and the coils are grouped in coil groups of four coils each, and a current controlled inverter for driving said machine, wherein each coil group has the same winding pattern so that each first coil of a coil group, seen in a direction of rotation, is wound in the same winding direction and two, in the direction of rotation, consecutive coil groups of the same phase are connected such that current flows through one in the direction of rotation and through the other one in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Alber GmbH
    Inventors: Paul-Gerhard Bitzer, Harald Kauffmann
  • Publication number: 20170040857
    Abstract: A direct current machine comprises a stator and a rotor, wherein one of these two has a plurality of magnets which are alternatively magnetized north and south, and the respective other part has a plurality of coils which are formed by teeth around which insulated wire is wound, wherein between these coils there are formed respective slots and the coils are combined in coil groups; and a current controlled inverter for driving the machine; wherein each coil group has a front terminal and a rear terminal and the coil groups are connected such that a defined wiring concept is formed and wherein the front terminals and end terminals are connected via an interconnection element which is specifically designed for a defined wiring concept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Alber GmbH
    Inventors: Paul - Gerhard Bitzer, Harald Kauffmann
  • Publication number: 20160380498
    Abstract: A direct current machine comprises a stator and a rotor, one of them having a plurality of magnets alternatively magnetized north and south and the other one of them having a plurality of coils formed by winding insulated wire around teeth in order to provide a three-phase winding, wherein slots are formed between said coils and the coils are grouped in coil groups of four coils each, and a current controlled inverter for driving said machine, wherein each coil group has the same winding pattern so that each first coil of a coil group, seen in a direction of rotation, is wound in the same winding direction and two, in the direction of rotation, consecutive coil groups of the same phase are connected such that current flows through one in the direction of rotation and through the other one in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Alber GmbH
    Inventors: Paul - Gerhard Bitzer, Harald Kauffmann