Patents Assigned to Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co.
  • Patent number: 11404908
    Abstract: A system for non-contact transmission of electrical energy to a mobile part has a double floor in which a primary part is situated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Böser, Thomas Krempel, Björn Egger, Nils-Malte Jahn
  • Patent number: 11402008
    Abstract: A gear includes helical toothing and is composed of segments, and each segment has a toothing section that has a helical toothing. Each toothing section of each segment is connected via first and second webs as well as connecting sections to the connection region, the connecting sections, and the first and the second webs are set apart from each other or are at least sectionally set apart from each other, e.g., such that the segment has a plurality of axially uninterrupted recesses, in particular three or more. The axial region covered by the first webs is set apart from the axial region covered by the second webs, in particular so that the segment has at least one recess that is uninterrupted in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Zili Wu
  • Publication number: 20220224194
    Abstract: In a drive includes an electric motor having a rotor shaft, an angle sensor, and a hood part and a connection module, and a method for producing a drive, the connection module has a top part, a holding part, and a bottom part, the bottom part is detachably connected to the top part, the bottom part is detachably connected to the holding part, the holding part projecting through a slot of the hood part, e.g., a slot aligned in parallel with the axis of rotation of the rotor shaft, and the connection module is fastened to the hood part by clamping the hood part between the bottom part and the holding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jochen RIESER, Tobias STARK, Gerolf FICHTNER-PFLAUM
  • Publication number: 20220219743
    Abstract: In a rail system with a rail and mobile parts movable along the rail, e.g., rail vehicles, a profiled part is arranged on the rail and includes a cavity, which, e.g., terminates at an opening into the environment. Regions of a mobile part, e.g., regions of each mobile part, at least partially project into the cavity, and at least one transmitter and receiver are situated in the respective region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael LINDENFELSER, Andreas WANJEK, Zhidong HUA, Thomas SCHÄFER
  • Patent number: 11384796
    Abstract: A coupling includes a shaft at least partially inserted into a hollow shaft and a ring part, in particular of a clamping ring, slipped onto the hollow shaft. The ring part is axially restricted by a collar provided on the shaft, in particular a radially projecting collar, and/or the ring part is resting against a collar, or the collar, of the shaft, in particular against a collar provided on the shaft, in particular a radially projecting collar. The hollow shaft has slots, in particular axial slots, which are set apart from the collar. The ring part has a chamfer, in particular on its inner side and/or at its ring opening and/or in particular in its axial end region facing the collar, so that the inner diameter of the ring part in the axial region covered by the chamfer is greater than the inner diameter in the particular axial region in which the ring part is in contact with the hollow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sascha Haller, Jens Schillinger, Max Denkhaus
  • Publication number: 20220196133
    Abstract: In a gear unit that includes a rotatably mounted toothed part and a method for manufacturing a gear unit that includes a toothed part, the toothed part has bearing seats and a toothing, and the toothed part, e.g., together with the toothing, is produced from sintered metal powder. The toothed part is, for example, arranged as one piece, e.g., in an integral fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver BÜHN, Miki TEGELTIJA, Michael Josef HERBERGER
  • Publication number: 20220200597
    Abstract: In a switching device and a system for converting a differential input signal into a ground-referenced output signal using a control signal, error states are detected, and detected error states lead to the deactivation of the ground-referenced output signal and are indicated on the control signal in addition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin NORENBURG, Christian SENFT, Sebastian RICHTER, Hans Jürgen KOLLAR, Marco MADER
  • Publication number: 20220196077
    Abstract: In an assembly for connecting an adapter shaft to a shaft in a force-fitting manner using a clamping ring, the clamping ring is mounted on the adapter shaft, the shaft is inserted into the adapter shaft, the clamping ring has a first radially uninterrupted threaded bore into which a first screw part is screwed, in particular a first threaded pin, which exerts pressure on the adapter shaft, the clamping ring has a second radially uninterrupted threaded bore into which a second screw part is screwed, in particular a second threaded pin, and the second screw part projects at least partially into a recess of the adapter shaft and in particular exerts pressure on the adapter shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens SCHILLINGER, Sascha HALLER, Markus WÖPPERMANN
  • Publication number: 20220201899
    Abstract: An electric appliance includes a housing part, and first, second, and third cooling fins are premolded or provided on the housing part. The housing part has a wall, e.g., a topside, and two side walls, and of the cooling fins extends along the wall and at least one of the side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Franz DAMINGER, Ralph MAYER
  • Publication number: 20220196136
    Abstract: A transmission includes a first housing part, a second housing part connected to the first housing part, and bearings accommodated in the first housing part and supporting an input shaft in a rotatable manner. The input shaft projects through a recess that extends through the second housing part, and a cover part is connected to the first housing part. The cover part or a flange part inserted into the cover part accommodates a sealing system, which provides sealing with respect to the input shaft. The second housing part has an inlet for lubricating oil, which terminates in an axial bore being open with respect to the side of the first housing part facing the cover part, and in a second annular space. The opening of the axial bore facing the cover part is covered and/or sealed by the cover part, and rolling elements of two bearings at least also restricting and/or surrounding the second annular space together with the first housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ingo SCHÜTTERLE, Tobias SCHWAN, Daniel FRANK
  • Patent number: 11366905
    Abstract: A security device includes at least one non-volatile memory element and a key memory having at least one non-volatile memory element including at least one data field. The security device provides a physical interface for the data exchange with a key memory, the range of the physical interface being spatially restricted, and the key memory being location-bound. The security device includes at least one calculation unit, which dynamically ascertains in particular the check-sum information from the parameter data record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ritschel, Benjamin Norenburg, Christian Senft, Sebastian Richter, Inga Meckelnburg
  • Publication number: 20220186824
    Abstract: A transmission includes a housing, having lower and upper housing parts and bearing seats. A web is formed on the lower housing part between two bearing seats, which is pressed against a web provided on the upper housing part and between the bearing seats. When the housing parts are separated or pulled apart, a first web of one of the housing parts projects beyond a planar surface, which restricts the other webs thereof, or the webs of one of the housing parts are restricted by a planar separating surface, and except for a first web, the webs of the other housing part are also restricted by the planar separating surface and the first web projects beyond the separating surface when the housing parts are separated from each other. To form the housing, at least one of the housing parts is elastically deformed and/or preloaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ermalt LAMAJ, Mathias MÜLLER, Peter ELLER, Tobias SCHWAN
  • Publication number: 20220185014
    Abstract: A mobile part includes at least one attachment module situated on the mobile part. The attachment module has a base plate and a wheel holding unit. A first linear axle is situated on the base plate, and a second linear axle is situated so as to be movable by the first linear axle. The wheel holding unit is situated so as to be movable via a third linear axle, which is situated so as to be movable by the second linear axle, and each one of the linear axles has a non-vanishing angle with respect to each of the other linear axles, in particular a right angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Uwe NERDING
  • Publication number: 20220186827
    Abstract: A transmission includes a fan assembly having a fan wheel, a cover, and a grating. The fan wheel is connected in a torsionally fixed manner to the input shaft of the transmission, and the fan cover is fixed in place on a holding frame, which, for example, includes multiple parts and is fastened to the housing of the transmission. The grating is formed by two grating parts, whose first separating line is a straight segment or is formed by two mutually aligned straight segments, and the cover includes two cover parts, whose second separating line is a plane curve, made up of straight segment sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Claus KUNIK, Konstantin VÖLKER, Jan KNITTEL, Anette BUNKA
  • Patent number: 11359713
    Abstract: In a transmission having a transmission housing, e.g., a transmission housing part, the transmission housing has a support structure that includes webs, and the transmission housing has connection surfaces which are connected to webs of the support structure. The support structure together with the connection surfaces is produced in an additive manner, e.g., by 3D printing, the connection surfaces with the webs, for example, forming an oil-tight housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Aaron Bronner, Pablo Barreiro, Jörg Hermes, Jürgen Hoffmeister
  • Patent number: 11359700
    Abstract: A transmission includes at least a first and a second planetary transmission stage. The first planetary transmission stage has a first planet-gear carrier including bolts on which first planets which mesh with a first sun gear are rotatably mounted, and the second planetary transmission stage has a second planet-gear carrier including bolts on which second planets which mesh with a second sun gear are rotatably mounted. The first planet-gear carrier is connected to the second sun gear in a torsionally fixed manner, and a disk is accommodated centrally in the first planet-gear carrier in a recess, e.g., in an axially uninterrupted recess, which is situated axially between the first sun gear and the second sun gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Elvia Cristiano De Morais, Antonio Ventriglia Vieira
  • Patent number: 11362596
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system having a rectifier which is suppliable from an electric AC-voltage supply network, an inverter which feeds an electric motor, and a DC/DC converter which is connected to an energy accumulator, the DC-voltage side connection of the inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the electric motor is supplied from the AC-voltage side connection of the inverter, a first DC-voltage side connection of the DC/DC converter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the DC-voltage side connection of the inverter and the first DC-voltage side connection of the DC/DC converter are connected in parallel, the DC/DC converter has a housing in which a device for current acquisition is situated, which acquires either the current, in particular network phase currents, flowing into the rectifier at the AC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, or the current emerging from the rectifier at the DC-volt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Matthias Hauck, Jochen Weber
  • Patent number: 11358800
    Abstract: A standardized modular drive assembly includes: a gear unit module, which includes a gear unit mounted on a gear unit base plate, the gear unit having an output shaft which is adapted to be coupled with a conveyor device pulley shaft; and a motor module, which includes an electric motor mounted on a motor base plate, the motor base plate being able to be joined and connected to the gear unit base plate in an exchangeable manner, and the motor module having a torque link which is adapted to be coupled with a conveyor device support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lech Banasik
  • Patent number: 11349568
    Abstract: A system includes a first communications unit, e.g., a transmitter, and a second communications unit, e.g., a receiver. The first communications unit has a controllable illumination device, which emits light modulated according to a predefined data flow, and the second communications unit has a camera, including an optical element and an image sensor. A light-sensitive surface of the image sensor has a plurality of lines of light-sensitive elements, and the image sensor is arranged such that the image of the illumination device projected onto the light-sensitive surface of the image sensor by the optical element is unsharply imaged and/or covers more than half of the light-sensitive surface and is scanned line by line, e.g., so that the image has stripes of different brightness and/or that the brightness profile induced transversely to the line direction spatially indicates the time characteristic of the data flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Zhidong Hua, Manuel Hoffmann, Viktoriya Zavalishka, Thomas Schäfer, Michael Lindenfelser, Andreas Wanjek
  • Publication number: 20220164074
    Abstract: A display device displays device information in a navigation tree, whose nodes are each assigned to apparatus parts, apparatuses and/or apparatus groups, such that the apparatus information with a node that is superordinate both to the node which is assigned to a source of the apparatus information, and to a currently selected node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert REICHLE, Manfred GAUL, Daniel REINHARDT, Stephan NICKLIS, Desiree NISSEL, Stephan SCHNEIDER, Rima PFETZING, Anne SCHILLING, Christian HORNUNG