Patents Assigned to Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
  • Patent number: 10973145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixing apparatus for fixing one or more printed circuit boards to a housing wall having a frame part that comprises at least one locking means for fixing the frame part to the housing wall and at least one wedge body displaceably supported within the frame part, wherein the wedge body is displaceable into a position relative to the frame part in which a compressive force applied to the frame part by the wedge body deforms the outer frame wall at least regionally outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventor: Hubert Grau
  • Patent number: 10634515
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for the position determination of a cylinder piston located in a cylinder liner, said apparatus comprising: a port for coupling an electrical signal into or out of the interior of the cylinder liner, wherein a signal coupled into the interior of the cylinder liner interacts with the cylinder piston. The present disclosure is characterized by a unit for determining the position of the cylinder piston which is connected to the port and which is configured to determine the position of the cylinder piston in the cylinder liner with the aid of a vectorial measurement of a signal decoupled from the cylinder liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Paolo Leutenegger, Michael Scheidt, Sebastian Braun, Michael Kipp
  • Patent number: 10361542
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high-pressure feedthrough for feeding through a coaxial cable from a low-pressure zone into a high-pressure zone, wherein the high-pressure feedthrough has a support structure having at least one elongate bore that extends from a low-pressure side of the support structure up to a high-pressure side of the support structure; wherein the elongate bore is suitable for receiving at least the inner conductor of a coaxial cable that can be continuously fed through the elongate bore from the low-pressure side to the high-pressure side; and wherein the high-pressure feedthrough has one or more components that serve in the axial direction of the elongate bore as an outer conductor and/or dielectric of the inner conductor of the coaxial cable fed through the elongate bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Paolo Leutenegger, Tobias Zinner, Michael Scheidt, Michael Stucke
  • Patent number: 10361552
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid state power controller, comprising: a power switch for interrupting a line; a current sensor for measuring a current flow on the line; and a control unit for controlling the power switch and that is configured to prevent a time-dependent overcurrent on the line on the basis of the current measured by the current sensor, wherein the control unit comprises a counter that is adapted to increment a count when the measured current is larger than a threshold value and to decrement the count when the measured current is smaller than the threshold value; and wherein the power switch is adapted to interrupt the line when the counter reaches or exceeds a predefined count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Rodolphe De Maglie, Erich Riedisser, Nejat Mahdavi
  • Patent number: 9778015
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a piston-cylinder unit with a cylinder jacket and a piston rod longitudinally shiftably guided in the cylinder jacket as well as an evaluation unit which determines the position of the piston rod with respect to the cylinder jacket by the intrinsic electrical properties of an interconnection of cylinder jacket, piston rod and piston, wherein the piston rod is short-circuited against the cylinder or the cylinder head in a manner suitable for high frequencies via one or more contact elements in the region of the exit opening of the piston rod out of the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Dropmann, Alfred Engler
  • Patent number: 9601931
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for monitoring and balancing the cell voltages of at least two energy storage cells, which are electrically connected in series, of a multi-cell energy storage stack having at least one energy storage element, a voltage measuring unit, a first combinatorial circuit that is connected to each energy storage cell and the voltage measuring unit, a second combinatorial circuit that is connected to the energy storage element, the voltage measuring unit, and the first combinatorial circuit, and controls a control unit, which is connected to the voltage measuring unit and the first and second combinatorial circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Nejat Mahdavi Tabatabaei, Michael Kipp, Aly Mashaly, Erich Riedisser
  • Patent number: 9571014
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive circuit for an electric motor having an aerodynamic bearing of the motor shaft, wherein the drive circuit comprises at least one storage means for storing electrical energy by which the electric motor can be fed with electrical energy on a failure of the supply voltage or DC-link voltage to obtain a minimum speed of the motor shaft required for the air support at least at times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Nejat Mahdavi, Ralf Cremer, Pierre Brodeau
  • Patent number: 9214758
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a housing arrangement, in particular to a hermetic housing arrangement, having at least one housing for connecting a plug-in connector, wherein the housing arrangement has at least one seal. The housing arrangement in accordance with the present disclosure is characterized in that the at least one seal can be placed in at least one opening provided in the housing and/or in an opening provided in a plug flange of the plug-in connector and designed as a milled portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Matuschek, Hubert Grau
  • Patent number: 9027460
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a piston-cylinder unit with a device for determining position, the device comprising at least one exciter that is indirectly or directly electrically connected with the cylinder jacket and the cylinder piston of the piston-cylinder unit, and that excites the electrical oscillating circuit formed by the piston-cylinder unit and the contact lines to oscillate at its resonant frequency, it being possible to measure an electrical signal characterizing the resonant frequency on the piston-cylinder unit. The invention also relates to a construction machine or piece of hoisting equipment with such a piston-cylinder unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Rodolphe de Maglie, Alfred Engler, Ralf Cremer, Hans-Peter Lavergne
  • Patent number: 8976243
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera for use in a digital network, in particular as a surveillance camera in a working device, including an integrated router having at least two ports for communication with further network components, in particular having a first port for communication with a terminal and having a second port for communication with a further camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Marquart, Marcel Brasch
  • Publication number: 20120199448
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a short-travel key comprising a touch body for actuating the short-travel key, wherein at least two redundantly arranged microswitches are provided which are actuable via the touch body and wherein the short-travel key has only one tactile pressure point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Zimmer, Roger Birost
  • Publication number: 20120187774
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for monitoring and balancing the cell voltages of at least two energy storage cells, which are electrically connected in series, of a multi-cell energy storage stack having at least one energy storage element, a voltage measuring unit, a first combinatorial circuit that is connected to each energy storage cell and the voltage measuring unit, a second combinatorial circuit that is connected to the energy storage element, the voltage measuring unit, and the first combinatorial circuit, and controls a control unit, which is connected to the voltage measuring unit and the first and second combinatorial circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Nejat Mahdavi Tabatabaei, Michael Kipp, Aly Mashaly, Erich Riedisser
  • Publication number: 20120174771
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a piston-cylinder unit with a device for determining position, the device comprising at least one exciter that is indirectly or directly electrically connected with the cylinder jacket and the cylinder piston of the piston-cylinder unit, and that excites the electrical oscillating circuit formed by the piston-cylinder unit and the contact lines to oscillate at its resonant frequency, it being possible to measure an electrical signal characterizing the resonant frequency on the piston-cylinder unit. The invention also relates to a construction machine or piece of hoisting equipment with such a piston-cylinder unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Rodolphe De Maglie, Alfred Engler, Ralf Cremer, Hans-Peter Lavergne
  • Publication number: 20120112825
    Abstract: A module for an active mains filters for determining reference currents for a subsequent current adjustment control with transformation of the inflowing currents, first determines active power of the load, then directly calculates the reference currents taking into account the active power and the ?-? components of the mains voltage. A module for an active mains filter for compensating one or more harmonic currents or voltages using selective signal analysis and an active mains filter for a 3-phase supply mains with a reference module for determining reference currents are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Engler, Sebastian Liebig
  • Patent number: 8117908
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a position measuring device for a fluidic cylinder, which includes a cylinder jacket and a piston rod longitudinally movable in the cylinder jacket, wherein the position measuring device includes an evaluation unit which determines the position of the piston rod with respect to the cylinder jacket with reference to the intrinsic capacitance of the capacitor formed by cylinder jacket, piston rod and a dielectric fluid acting as a dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Engler, Nejat Mahdavi, Christian Thuerigen
  • Publication number: 20100089144
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a position measuring device for a fluidic cylinder, which includes a cylinder jacket and a piston rod longitudinally movable in the cylinder jacket, wherein the position measuring device includes an evaluation unit which determines the position of the piston rod with respect to the cylinder jacket with reference to the intrinsic capacitance of the capacitor formed by cylinder jacket, piston rod and a dielectric fluid acting as a dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Engler, Nejat Mahdavi, Christian Thuerigen
  • Publication number: 20100020173
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera for use in a digital network, in particular as a surveillance camera in a working device, including an integrated router having at least two ports for communication with further network components, in particular having a first port for communication with a terminal and having a second port for communication with a further camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Marquart, Marcel Brasch
  • Patent number: D722575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Zimmer
  • Patent number: D722576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Zimmer
  • Patent number: D722577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Zimmer