Patents Assigned to Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co.
  • Publication number: 20250003458
    Abstract: A brake arrangement includes, for example, a shaft to be braked and a housing part, and further includes a magnet body, an armature plate, an intermediate part, and a ring winding. The ring winding is accommodated in a recess in the magnet body, and the intermediate part is arranged between the housing part and the magnet body. The intermediate part includes radially inwardly projecting stop regions than project further in the axial direction towards the armature plate than a pole face formed on the magnet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Gerolf FICHTNER-PFLAUM
  • Publication number: 20240418241
    Abstract: A gear motor includes an electric motor and a gearbox. The electric motor has a stator housing, a rotor shaft, and a first bearing for mounting the rotor shaft. A coupling sleeve is fitted onto the rotor shaft and is connected to the rotor shaft for conjoint rotation. An inner ring of a second bearing, e.g., a roller bearing, a ball bearing, etc., is fitted onto the coupling sleeve, and the outer ring of the second bearing is accommodated in an adapter ring which is connected to a housing part of the gearbox for conjoint rotation. The adapter ring is connected, on the side thereof facing away from the housing part, to an annular circular flange which is connected, on the side thereof facing away from the adapter ring, to a circular flange connected to the stator housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens SCHILLINGER, Sven WURZER, Stefan HANNET, Markus LUTZ, Markus WÖPPERMANN, Philipp ABELE
  • Publication number: 20240410558
    Abstract: In an electrical appliance having a housing, a cable bushing projects through a recess in the housing, a cable is passed through the cable bushing, a printed circuit board including a luminous device is surrounded by the housing, and the cable bushing is made of a transparent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jochen MAHLEIN, Harald WOLF, Alexander HEIER, Detlev SCHROEDER, Adam MILES, Will FRANCIS
  • Publication number: 20240392870
    Abstract: A planetary-gear mechanism includes a driving shaft and a first sun gear. The first sun gear is connected to the driving shaft for cojoint rotation. The driving shaft has a bore, e.g., an axial bore. The first sun gear has a stub portion, and a screw is screwed into a threaded bore in the stub portion. The screw head presses onto a plate part, which presses onto the stub portion via a spring device or via a spring device and at least one spacer, and the plate part bears against the driving shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus LUTZ, Martin LÖFFEL
  • Publication number: 20240384785
    Abstract: A transmission includes a housing part and a cover. A bead which borders a surface region of the housing part is molded onto the housing part, and a precision-machined surface is formed on the bead. The cover is connected to the housing part, and a seal, e.g., a flat seal, which is arranged on the surface, is arranged between the cover and the surface. A spatial region is delimited by the cover and the surface region and the bead. A bearing cover is arranged in the spatial region, and the bearing cover is connected to the housing part and rests against another surface which is formed on an additional bead. The other surface has an interrupted configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Zili WU
  • Patent number: 12146565
    Abstract: A gear unit includes a shaft and a housing part. A bearing is received in the housing part, and a flange part is connected to the housing part. The flange part is sealed from the shaft using a first and a second labyrinth seal, and the first labyrinth seal is axially spaced apart from the second labyrinth seal. The shaft has an elevation that is arranged axially, e.g., in the axial direction, between the first labyrinth seal and the second labyrinth seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Zili Wu
  • Patent number: 12142987
    Abstract: A drive includes an electric motor, having a rotor shaft rotatably mounted in a motor housing by bearing(s), and a transmission, having a transmission housing including a housing part and a cover part connected together. A bayonet guide region is arranged on, and projects into a recess of, the housing part. An adapter flange is connected to the motor housing in a torsion-resistant manner and includes a lug region engageable behind the bayonet guide region. The recess is restricted in the circumferential direction by a holding fin provided on the housing part, extending from a bearing receptacle of the bearing of the input shaft of the transmission in the radial direction and is restricted counter to the circumferential direction by a further holding fin provided on the housing part, extending from a bearing receptacle of the bearing of the input shaft in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roland Denefleh, Oliver Bühn, Henning Unterburg, Martin Kerschbaum
  • Publication number: 20240369984
    Abstract: An automation system includes a control device, a system bus, a first field device, and a second field device. The control device includes a system bus interface for communication with the field devices by the system bus, and each field device includes a data interface for communication by the system bus. Each field device includes a monitoring input for receiving a monitoring signal and a monitoring output for outputting a monitoring signal. The monitoring input of the first field device is coupled to the monitoring output of the second field device by the system bus, and the monitoring input of the second field device is coupled to the monitoring output of the first field device by the system bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roland BRECHT, Freddy HEINZELMANN, Claus BEAURY
  • Publication number: 20240367542
    Abstract: In a method for operating a battery, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef SCHMIDT, Matthias HAUCK, Jens SCHÄFER, Thomas ZÖLLER, Manuel BAENA
  • Publication number: 20240344602
    Abstract: A gear is composed of segments, and each segment includes a support region, a first flange region which is arranged at the front in the circumferential direction, and a second flange region which is arranged at the rear in the circumferential direction. A first surface region of the first flange region of each segment lies against the second surface region of the second flange region of the next adjacent segment to the respective segment, and at least one screw which passes through the first flange region of the respective segment and the flange region of the respective next adjacent segment connects the segments. A toothing is introduced into the support region of the segment, and the toothing is arranged as helical toothing. The first surface region extends parallel to the tooth, which is next adjacent to the surface region, of the toothing of the respective segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Zili WU
  • Publication number: 20240344603
    Abstract: In an adapter series for geared motors, and a method for producing an adapter from a modular system, which include a first housing part, a second housing part, an intermediate flange, and a first bearing, a first adapter or a second adapter is selectively produced. To produce the first adapter, the first housing part is directly connected to the second housing part, and the outer ring of the first bearing is accommodated in the first and second housing parts and centers the first housing part with respect to the second housing part. To produce the second adapter, the first housing part is connected directly to the intermediate flange, the intermediate flange is connected directly to the second housing part on the side thereof facing away from the first housing part, and the outer ring of the first bearing is accommodated in the first housing part and in the intermediate flange and centers the first housing part with respect to the intermediate flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Philipp MERKEL, Michael BASIEWICZ, Billy PARRIS, Jürgen KASPER
  • Patent number: 12103795
    Abstract: A system for transporting goods, includes a transport container for holding goods, a driverless transport vehicle for transporting the transport container, and a transfer station, on which the transport container is positionable. The transport container includes a locking device, which is lockable to a first locking unit of the driverless transport vehicle, and to a second locking unit of the transfer station. In a method for transporting goods: the locking device of the transport container is locked to the first locking unit; the transport container is transported by the driverless transport vehicle to the transfer station; the locking device of the transport container is unlocked from the first locking unit; and the locking device of the transport container is locked to the second locking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Maximilian Winter, Friedrich Lagier, Frank Schönung, Josef Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12107481
    Abstract: A system includes an electric motor having a terminal box into which a three-phase power cable is guided and in which the stator winding, e.g., the wire ends of the winding wire of the stator winding, of the electric motor is electrically connected to electrical lines of the three-phase power cable. A data collector is arranged in the terminal box of the electric motor, which has a data store and which is electrically connected to at least one sensor arranged in and/or on the electric motor, and the data collector has an electronic circuit for the modulation and demodulation of voltage portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Stanek
  • Publication number: 20240308793
    Abstract: A locking apparatus for locking to a movable frame includes a base, a latching hook which is pivotable relative to the base about a pivot pin extending in a transverse direction between a locking position and an unlocking position, and a latching apparatus for blocking the latching hook on the base in the locking position. The latching hook has a latching portion and a control portion, and the latching portion has a capturing contour for receiving a profile of a frame in the locking position. The latching hook is arranged such that, when a locking force is applied to the control portion, the latching hook is pivoted from the unlocking position into the locking position, and the latching apparatus is configured and arranged such that the latching hook is blocked automatically by the latching apparatus when the locking position is reached, in which the latching apparatus comes into a blocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marc HAMMER, Dirk DEGEN, Sascha JOCHEM
  • Patent number: 12092161
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a shaft, a first bearing, and a nut. The nut has a thread, which is screwed onto a threaded region formed on the shaft, and a bearing seat formed on the shaft adjoins the threaded region. The inner ring of the first bearing contacts the bearing seat, and the nut contacts the inner ring of the first bearing. The inner ring of the first bearing is arranged spaced apart from the threaded region of the shaft. A runout region of a thread cut into the threaded region of the shaft is arranged in a subsection of the bearing seat adjoining the threaded region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ermalt Lamaj, Jens Blömeke, Norbert Schneider, Thomas Huber, Markus Lutz, Sven Wurzer
  • Patent number: 12091068
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system having a rail, a stationary unit, rail-guided mobile parts, and a slotted hollow waveguide, either a first one of the mobile parts or the stationary unit functions as a transmitter, and a second one of the mobile parts functions as a receiver. The transmitter is configured for the simultaneous transmission of an electromagnetic signal and an acoustic signal, e.g., at a first instant. The receiver, which is set apart from the transmitter, is configured to detect the arrival of the electromagnetic signal at a second instant and to detect the arrival of the acoustic signal at a third instant. The second mobile part has an evaluation unit which is configured to determine the distance between the transmitter and the receiver based on the acquired second and third instants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Zhidong Hua, Jonas Felix Bürgel, Michael Lindenfelser, Andreas Wanjek, Thomas Schäfer, Josef Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12093778
    Abstract: A system, e.g., an installation, includes a mobile part that is movable along a coding region. A camera is arranged on the mobile part and is connected to an evaluation unit of the mobile part. The coding region has coded regions arranged successively. A one-part or multi-part cover covers coded regions, and has an opening through which an image of the first coded region can be taken by the camera. The evaluation unit is adapted to temporally recurrently determined the deviation of the first coded region with respect to the viewing direction of the camera and/or to the straight line, which is aligned in parallel with the viewing direction of the camera and passes through the central point of the image sensor of the camera, and/or to a reference point in the coding region and immobile relative to the mobile part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Frank Erb
  • Publication number: 20240305171
    Abstract: A converter motor includes a braking resistor, and an electric motor with a junction box. The junction box is formed from a bottom part and a cover placed on the bottom part, and a printed circuit board of the converter is fastened to the cover. A braking resistor is thermally conductively connected to the bottom part and/or fastened on the bottom part, and a metal sheet is connected to the bottom part. The braking resistor is arranged on that side of the metal sheet which is averted from the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ralph MAYER, Franz DAMINGER, Steffen KLAUCK, Marc STAMMBERGER
  • Publication number: 20240306337
    Abstract: A drive system includes a central module, distributors, and drives. Each drive is assigned a respective distributor. A first hybrid cable is led from the respective drive through a respective first cable gland of the respective distributor into the respective distributor, a second hybrid cable is led from the central module through a second cable gland into a first distributor, and a further second hybrid cable is led from a respective distributor through a further second cable gland into a respective distributor arranged downstream. A respective first data cable is led from the respective drive through a respective third cable gland into the respective distributor, and a respective second data cable is led from the respective drive through a respective third cable gland into the respective distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Tobias NITTEL, Martin SÜß
  • Patent number: 12085425
    Abstract: In a method for detecting the position of a movable part by a sensor which, as sensor signals coding the position, has a first signal and a second signal, the position detected by the sensor is coded by the first and second signal, an actual variable is determined from the sensor signals in a chronologically recurring manner, the determination of a control value is triggered by a trigger signal, the determination of the control value is executed such that the actual variable is regulated toward a target variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Müller, Manuel Heil, Matthias Rümmele