Patents Assigned to BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
  • Patent number: 9929558
    Abstract: An electrical protective device (20) and method are for selective disconnection of a subsystem (6a, 6b) in the event of a second fault in an ungrounded power supply system (2) with a main system (4) and at least one subsystem (6a, 6b), the subsystem (6a, 6b) having a differential current measuring device (12a, 12b) and a switching device (14a, 14b) for separating the subsystem (6a, 6b). The invention is based on generating and applying a measuring signal voltage (Um) between one or more phase(s) of the main system (4) or from a neutral point of the main system (4) against ground (9) using a resonant coupling circuit (22) that has a measuring signal generator (24) and a series resonant circuit (26) connected in series to the measuring signal generator (24), a resonant frequency (f0AK) of the series resonant circuit (26) being set to correspond to the measuring signal frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Bender GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Hackl
  • Patent number: 9891262
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for insulation monitoring between a low-voltage supply system and a high-voltage supply system, wherein the apparatus can be connected both to a high-voltage positive connection and also to a high-voltage negative connection and also to the low-voltage supply system, wherein the apparatus has a plurality of electrical contacts for coupling monitoring connections to the high-voltage circuit by means of a respective high-voltage positive connection and by means of a respective high-voltage negative connection, it being possible for said contacts to be connected in different sections of the high-voltage supply system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA, BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sven Kullick, Mario Lehr, Hans-Jürgen Jäger, Carsten Weiβ
  • Patent number: 9817225
    Abstract: A telescopic sight has an objective lens system, an eyepiece lens system and an inversion system disposed in the optical path between the objective lens system and the eye piece lens system and pivotably supported by means of a height adjustment device, a lateral adjustment device, a reticle, and a projection means disposed at the end of the inversion system on the eyepiece side. The inversion system generates an image plane at the end on the eyepiece side having a perpendicular alignment relative to the inversion system optical axis. The projection means generates a projection in the field of view of the sight, which is located in a projection plane, wherein the projection plane is aligned perpendicularly relative to the optical axis and in the image plane of the inversion system. A display means assigned to the inversion system generates information and/or a target mark in the projection plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anastasia Gotz, Manuel Schmidt, Helke Karen Hesse, Karlheinz Gerlach
  • Patent number: 9632131
    Abstract: A method for monitoring and measuring an insulation resistance in ungrounded and grounded power supply systems includes the method steps of generating a periodic measuring signal, coupling in the measuring signal between active conductors of the power supply system to be monitored and ground, and detecting and evaluating measured values of the measuring signal. In one embodiment of the invention, the generated measuring signal is formed as a multi-frequency signal by the superposition of a finite number of harmonic oscillations with at least three harmonics. Alternatively, the multi-frequency signal can also be realized by means of a targeted, portioned construction of the signal shape in the time domain on the basis of a binary sequence optimization or by generating the measuring signal by means of the time-division multiplexing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Eckhard Broeckmann, Burkhard Macht, Dieter Hackl
  • Patent number: 9594110
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation monitoring device for simultaneously monitoring an ungrounded power supply system comprising network sections that can be interconnected via coupling switches, comprising a signal generator for generating a measuring signal and a coupling circuit for coupling the measuring signal to the power supply system. According to the invention, the insulation monitoring device comprises a coupling circuit for each interconnectable network section to be monitored, a switchable electrical connecting element being arranged for connecting adjacent coupling circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Mario Lehr, Carsten Weiss, Hans-Juergen Jaeger
  • Patent number: 9543756
    Abstract: A pulse generator circuit arrangement for the search for insulation faults in IT networks includes a rectifier circuit for transforming an IT network voltage into a DC intermediate circuit and switching elements having a trigger signal input for switching on and off a DC intermediate circuit voltage. A circuit device downstream of the switching elements generates a pulsed current to be supplied to the IT network. The circuit arrangement includes a control and evaluating logic for determining the insulation resistance of the IT network and also a circuit device for generating the pulsed current, which is formed as a current regulating device and allows a dynamic adjustment of the pulsed current depending on the determined insulation resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Carsten Weiss, Tobias Groh
  • Patent number: 9509108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bus connector system having a bus circuit board for producing an electrical connection between electrical equipment, the bus circuit board being attached in a removable manner to a housing of the electrical equipment. The underlying idea of the present invention is advantageously based on the bus circuit board being connected directly to the housing of the electrical equipment. Thus, no support rail is necessary for producing the electrical contact between the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Kalkreuter, Helmut Mess, Gerhard Mueller
  • Patent number: 9397494
    Abstract: A monitoring device and a method safeguards the function of a type A residual current device (RCD) in a power supply system. The monitoring device includes a measuring current transformer circuit for detecting a DC fault current (IF), an evaluation unit for processing the current detected by the measuring current transformer circuit, and a communication interface connected to the output of evaluation unit. In one embodiment, the monitoring device forms part of an electrical protection device with a type A residual current device (RCD) for ensuring the function of the type A residual current device (RCD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hofheinz, Harald Sellner
  • Patent number: 9316678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for determining a maximum leakage current in unearthed power supply networks with a plurality of conductors. The method comprises the steps of: feeding of a measurement signal UP with a measurement frequency fpuls into a conductor arrangement, setting the measurement frequency fPuls, measuring a line-to-line voltage UL-E for each conductor, determining a maximum occurring line-to-line voltage UL-Emax from the measured line-to-line voltages UL-E, determining a voltage UZe across a measurement resistance RM for calculating a leakage impedance ZE, calculating the leakage impedance ZE, and calculating a maximum leakage current THC. The device comprises a signal generator for feeding in the UP with the fPuls, a network coupling circuit between the signal generator and the conductor arrangement, a voltage measuring circuit for measuring the UL-E, and an impedance measuring circuit for determining the Ze by means of the determining of the UZe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Oliver Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9272626
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an electrical protection and monitoring device with an insulation monitoring instrument and a differential current monitoring instrument in an electric vehicle for safe driving operation and also for safe charging and energy recovery operation of the electric vehicle at a charging station. The invention further relates to a device for the safe charging and energy recovery operation of an electric vehicle at a charging station with electrical protection and monitoring devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Harald Sellner, Winfried Moell, Matthias Oehler, Wolfgang Hofheinz
  • Patent number: 9250435
    Abstract: An optical assembly includes a connecting bridge to link up two autonomous optical units. The optical units are electronically connected to an analyzer. The connecting bridge is fitted each time with at least one coupling for each optical unit, said coupling making it possible, besides a mechanical coupling action, for the transmission of electronic signals and/or setting up an electric connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Hilmar Graf vom Hagen, Sven Roman Mueller
  • Patent number: 9182431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining an actual insulation resistance RISO in IT systems grounded with a functional grounding resistance RHRG, comprising constant insulation monitoring. In one embodiment of the invention, the functional grounding resistance RHRG is determined during the initial inspection of the IT system, determining a total insulation resistance Rges is carried out during the constant insulation monitoring, and the actual insulation resistance RISO is determined during the operation of the IT system from the functional grounding resistance RHRG and the total insulation resistance Rges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hofheinz
  • Patent number: 9164140
    Abstract: A method and device for insulation fault monitoring in ungrounded electrical networks. The method includes the following steps: measuring an insulation resistance, determining a responding value for the insulation resistance, and triggering a warning signal if the measured insulation resistance falls below the responding value, wherein the responding value is determined dynamically as a momentary responding value in a warning value establishment process downstream of the insulation resistance measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Winfried Moell, Karl Schepp, Carsten Wiess
  • Patent number: 9157944
    Abstract: A method and device for impressing a measuring-signal voltage (U) on a power supply network in which a generator signal (Usig) is alternately sampled by two sample-and-hold elements (20, S1, S3), the sampled values are alternately allocated to a first pulse sequence (P1) and a second pulse sequence (P2), the pulse sequences (P1, P2) are separately inductively transmitted and the secondary-side measuring-signal voltage (U) is formed by adding the induced partial voltages (U1, U2) together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Hackl, Burkhard Macht
  • Patent number: 9134345
    Abstract: A method and a device for galvanically isolated, AC/DC sensitive current measurement including a control current transformer having a temporally changeable magnetic control flux which is not coupled to the magnetic flux in a measuring current transformer and forms a magnetic circuit in such a manner that a segment of the magnetic circuit of the measuring current transformer is formed as a shared segment with the magnetic circuit of the control current transformer so that the material forming the shared segment is permeated by the control flux and in connection with a nonlinear magnetic characteristic curve causes a change of the relative permeability in the material forming the segment and thus an induced partial voltage in the secondary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Hackl
  • Patent number: 9069025
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the insulation of an ungrounded DC and/or AC voltage network. The method includes the following steps: (a) generating a measurement DC voltage Umess= that is connected to a ground on one side for a tvar; predeterminable measuring time frame tvar; (b) generating and superposing at least one measurement AC voltage Umess˜ connected to a ground and having a measurement duration tcons with the measurement DC voltage Umess? for forming a total measurement voltage Umess; (c) feeding the total measurement voltage Umess into the voltage network to be monitored; and (d) determining an insulating resistance R= from the measurement DC voltage Umess? and an insulating impedance Z from the measurement AC voltage Umess˜. The devise is configured to carry out the above method. The method and the device are suited in particular for monitoring the insulation in electric and hybrid vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Bender GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Schaefer, Karl Schepp
  • Publication number: 20150177308
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for insulation monitoring between a low-voltage supply system and a high-voltage supply system, wherein the apparatus can be connected both to a high-voltage positive connection and also to a high-voltage negative connection and also to the low-voltage supply system, wherein the apparatus has a plurality of electrical contacts for coupling monitoring connections to the high-voltage circuit by means of a respective high-voltage positive connection and by means of a respective high-voltage negative connection, it being possible for said contacts to be connected in different sections of the high-voltage supply system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co., BENDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sven Kullick, Mario Lehr, Hans-Jürgen Jäger, Carsten Weiß
  • Patent number: 8958149
    Abstract: Regarding a sighting telescope comprising a reversing system which is configured between an objective and is fitted an ocular and fitted with an objective-proximate field lens and at least two mutually displaceable optical elements near the ocular, further comprising an objective-proximate image plane situated between the objective and the field lens and spaced from latter, further with an ocular-proximate image plane situated between the reversing system and the ocular, where, when displacing the said optical elements, an intermediate image projected by the objective into the ocular-proximate image plane is erected and reproduced at a variable magnification in the ocular proximate image plane, and at a magnification of at least 4×, the invention stipulates configuring a correcting field lens element between the objective-proximate image plane and the field lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Helke Karen Hesse
  • Patent number: 8950101
    Abstract: The sighting telescope comprises an external tube and receives within it an inner tube that contains an optical reversal system with at least two optical elements which are fitted into optical mounts and are displaceably supported in the direction of the sighting telescope's longitudinal axis, as a result of which a displacement of the lenses causes a change in magnification, the mounts within a guide sleeve being supported while prestressed by an elastic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Schmitt, Jonas Hoeller, Helke Karen Hesse
  • Patent number: 8943732
    Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic sight for a firearm which has a telescope body (2) with an eyepiece (3) and an objective (4) and an illuminating device for an illuminated graticule, wherein the illuminating device has a control electronics unit (22) and an energy store (23). Further, the invention relates to an illuminating module (7) for a telescopic sight of this kind and a programming adapter (30) for an illuminating module of this kind. In order to enable an individual adjustment of the illumination characteristic, the control electronics unit (22) is arranged in a housing (10) which can be releasably accommodated in a saddle (8) on an outside of the telescopic sight (1), wherein the housing (10) with the control electronics unit (22) forms an independently manageable illuminating module (7) which can be fitted into a programming adapter (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Schmidt & Bender GmbH Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Schmidt, Manuel Schmidt