Patents Assigned to Magna Powertrain Bad Homburg GmbH
  • Patent number: 10704694
    Abstract: A rotary valve comprising a housing with a valve chamber, wherein the valve chamber has at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein the inlet and/or the outlet are at least partially closable, as required, by a valve body which is rotatable about an axis and is arranged in the valve chamber, wherein, on that side of the housing facing the valve body, the inlet and/or the outlet is enclosed by a sliding seal, and wherein the sliding seal bears sealingly, under elastic preload, against that surface of the valve body facing the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Hannes Hofstetter, Viktor Racz
  • Patent number: 10498133
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor having a plurality of electrical windings and a control circuit operatively connected thereto. The control circuit includes a plurality of switches configured for a time-dependent application of an electrical voltage from an external voltage supply to the windings. A measuring device is also provided for generating an electrical signal depending on the current flow IB from the external voltage supply through the control circuit. An overcurrent fuse is further provided for protecting the control circuit and the windings. In order to achieve particularly high integration of the control circuit, the invention proposes supplying a voltage drop across the overcurrent fuse to the measuring device as an input value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Gössling, Mirko Kress, Mauro Ras, Volker Steigerwald
  • Patent number: 10458406
    Abstract: A seal arrangement for a vane cell pump of cartridge design which is configured such that it can be switched into multiple flows is described. The seal arrangement comprises a first seal which is arranged so as to run around the circumference of a side plate of the vane cell pump, and a second seal which is arranged so as to run around a shaft leadthrough which is provided in the side plate. The seal arrangement is distinguished by a third seal which, apart from at least one first fluid connection, shuts off at least a second fluid connection with respect to the at least one first fluid connection within a region which is configured between the first seal and the second seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Müller, Kerstin Rosenkranz
  • Patent number: 10451077
    Abstract: An axial fan with an electric motor, on the rotor of which a an wheel is mounted, the rotor having a portion with a cylindrically pot-shaped configuration, onto which the wheel is pushed with a completely or partially cylindrical part so as to fit, and the fan wheel lying completely behind the plane predetermined by the bottom surface of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Erich Maier, Paul McLennan, Robert Jones
  • Patent number: 10451058
    Abstract: A pump insert without a dedicated housing includes a first pressure plate, a cam ring, a rotor, a second pressure plate, and radially displaceable vanes arranged in slots of the rotor and which run with a vane upper edge thereof engaging a contour of the cam ring during rotation of the rotor. The cam ring includes stagnation point protrusions which are configured as separate, moveable components fastened to the cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Popelka, Boris Zinke
  • Patent number: 10378555
    Abstract: An electric compressor for compressing a gas, and in particular, an electric compressor for a motor vehicle comprising a compressor wheel, an electric motor, wherein the compressor wheel can be driven by the electric motor, a control unit, wherein the electric motor can be controlled by the control unit, and a housing having at least one open end for receiving the control unit. The housing has at least one recess on the inner circumference at the open end that is designed so as to be open in the direction of the housing interior. The control unit can be inserted into the housing in such a way that it closes the open end of the housing and the recess on the inner circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Back, Nicolai Schmolzer, Gerd Schlager
  • Patent number: 10333451
    Abstract: A blockage detector for detecting a blocked state of an electrical machine has: a first power determiner and a second power determiner for determining a first power consumption and a second power consumption of the electrical machine while a first phase voltage and a second phase voltage for operating at a first rotating field speed and a second rotating field speed are applied to the electrical machine, a quotient former for producing a power quotient between the first power consumption and the second power consumption; and a comparator for comparing the power quotient with a threshold value for the power quotient. The invention also relates to an inverter controller, an inverter, a drive, ventilation or air-conditioning system and a vehicle having a blockage detector according to the invention. In addition, the invention relates to a corresponding method for detecting a blocked state of an electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Dierk Ortmann
  • Patent number: 10288067
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor-driven motor-vehicle vacuum pump (1), having a drive shaft (3) which has, in particular, two bearings and extends with a shaft stub (5; 35; 45) into a rotor (8) which is connected fixedly to the shaft stub so as to rotate with it. In the rotor, the shaft stub has a centring region (26; 36; 46) which serves to center the rotor, without guiding the rotor in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Dietmar Moeser, Benjamin Pyrdok, Freddy Schönwald, Carsten Sczesny, Daniel Ziehr
  • Patent number: 10253676
    Abstract: A cooling fan assembly operable for cooling a radiator of a vehicle includes a brushless motor and a fan element having a plurality of fan blades. The brushless motor includes a stator and a rotor. The fan element is attached at the rotor such that rotation of the rotor by the motor imparts rotation of the fan blades to enhance air flow at the radiator of the vehicle. The rotor is a molded polymeric rotor formed by injection molding a thermoplastic material. During injection molding of the rotor, a plurality of magnetic elements are at least partially overmolded by the thermoplastic material to establish the magnetic elements at the molded polymeric rotor. The rotor may have a bell-like shape, and the magnetic elements may be disposed at an inside facing surface of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Gossling, Michael Ciop
  • Patent number: 10094383
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle vacuum pump having a pump housing surface, on which a noise absorption cap is mounted, said cap defining a noise damping volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Magna Powertrain Bad Homburg GmbH
    Inventors: Freddy Schonwald, Benjamin Pyrdok, Jurgen Jakubowski, Daniel Ziehr, Carsten Sczesny
  • Patent number: 10060524
    Abstract: A hydraulic transmission control system including a vane pump including a stroke ring defining a compartment. An outlet line and an inlet line are fluidly connected to the compartment. A control pressure chamber and a compensation chamber are defined adjacent to opposite sides of the stroke ring, each for varying a pump outlet pressure based on a pressure change within the chambers. A pump controller is connected to the outlet line and the pressure control chamber for adjusting a pressure in the pressure control chamber. The outlet line is further connected to the compensation chamber, a primary hydraulic circuit and a primary pressure control valve. A secondary hydraulic circuit is connected to the primary pressure control valve. A shift valve is disposed between the outlet line and the primary control valve and configured to selectively connect the pump controller and the primary pressure control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Ludger Holtmann, Thilo Mauser, Van Doan Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10024587
    Abstract: An evaporator heat exchanger unit for a heating cooling module for a motor vehicle is disclosed. In one aspect, the evaporator heat exchanger unit includes at least one collector expansion tank for collecting a refrigerant and one evaporator, by which at least a part of the refrigerant can be converted into gaseous form. The evaporator heat exchanger unit also includes a housing enclosing an inner chamber, wherein in the inner chamber, the collector expansion tank, the evaporator, and a cooling medium are arranged, and wherein an expansion organ is arranged on the housing, by which the refrigerant is supplied to the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Tilo Schaefer, Gholam Reza Zakeri
  • Patent number: 10018198
    Abstract: Pump arrangement (20) for conveying a fluid, with a housing (22), with a first rotatably mounted pump member (24), and with a second rotatably mounted pump member (26), wherein a fluid-conveying effect is produced by means of a relative rotary movement between the first and the second pump member (24, 26), wherein the first pump member (24) can be driven by an electric motor (42) which is arranged concentrically to the first pump member (24) and which has a stator (44) and a rotor (46), wherein the rotor (46) is fixed to the first pump member (24) and wherein the pump arrangement (20) is constructed in such a way that fluid is present in an annular gap (58) between the rotor (46) and the stator (44). In this case, the pump arrangement has temperature control means for heating the fluid in the annular gap (58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Elmar Hoppach
  • Patent number: 9915264
    Abstract: A pump, particularly a vacuum pump for boosting braking power on a motor vehicle, including a housing, a rotor mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable, an oil riser groove arranged in the housing in the area of the rotor mounting, and a transverse bore arranged in the rotor transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rotor and which can be connected to the oil riser groove. The rotor mounting area is connected to an oil supply bore. The transverse bore interacts with an axial bore in the rotor which leads to a coupling section within the rotor, in which a coupling is arranged which can be engaged by a fastener having a central bore running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Joerg Wallenfels
  • Patent number: 9909585
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pump having adjustable conveying volumes, in particular a vane, roller-cell or pendulum-slide pump, comprising a rotation assembly, a lifting ring and a rotationally driven rotor with extendable and retractable vanes, rollers or pendulum sliders that are guided in slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Thilo Mauser
  • Patent number: 9874209
    Abstract: A variable displacement transmission pump having a controller for adjusting the displaced volume, which controller actuates corresponding adjuster actuators of the adjustable pump via a control valve, so that the pump can be adjusted from minimum to maximum displaced volume in order to achieve a constant pump outlet pressure for supplying a hydraulically operated transmission, wherein for different operating points of both the adjustable pump and the transmission, the input variables of the controller are adjusted in such a way that, independently of the individual operating points, the overall damping of the control system comprising pump and transmission—that is, using corresponding influence variables from these systems—can be maintained substantially constant under variable operating conditions by means of adjustable controller amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Thilo Mauser, Van Doan Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9863422
    Abstract: The invention concerns an outlet valve, in particular of a vacuum pump, with a main valve spring which, in a closed state of the outlet valve, closes at least one outlet opening from which the main valve spring lifts off on opening of the outlet valve, and with a hold-down element which forms a stop for the main valve spring on opening, wherein at least one additional valve spring is arranged between the main valve spring and the hold-down element. The invention is distinguished in that in closed state of the outlet valve, the additional valve spring is partly spaced from the main valve spring in the opening direction, in particular spaced with a free end from a free end of the main valve spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Iustin Tirgovet
  • Patent number: 9863420
    Abstract: A vacuum pump having a housing composed of light metal, in which a rotor composed of light metal is rotatably mounted. The rotor driving at least one vane, wherein the rotor is composed of light metal and has at least three different diameters along the axis of rotation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Marcel Walder, Oleksandr Kozin, Remigius Szczepanek, Jörg Wallenfels, Rolf Gerschwinat, Kornelia Frowein
  • Patent number: 9845681
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum pump for a motor vehicle, comprising a pump housing surface, on which a noise reduction hood delimiting a sound damping volume is mounted. The invention is characterized in that a multi-functional decoupling element is located between the pump housing surface and the noise reduction hood, said element carrying out a sealing function and a valve function in addition to a sound decoupling function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Magna Powertrain Bad Homburg GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Ziehr, Freddy Schönwald, Carsten Sczesny, Benjamin Pyrdok, Dietmar Moeser
  • Patent number: 9787243
    Abstract: A controller for a brushless direct-current motor having an upstream converter, which has a half-bridge having a pair of switching means for each phase winding of the motor, includes a measuring device or has a signal connection to a measuring device. The measuring device is associated with a half-bridge and by means of the measuring device, the induced voltage, the counterelectromotive force of a phase winding, can be detected for rotor position detection in the current-free state, for which purpose the controller, in an operating mode that causes the braking and in which the switching means cause a short circuit of the phase windings, briefly opens the switching means associated with the measuring device in order to determine a rotor motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Schüssler