Patents Assigned to Technologies AG
  • Patent number: 11661980
    Abstract: A one-way clutch, including: an outer race; an inner race; and a rocker assembly. The outer race includes: a first outer race plate defining a first rocker pocket; and a second outer race plate non-rotatably connected to the first outer race plate and defining a second rocker pocket. The inner race is axially disposed between the first and second outer race plates. The rocker assembly is at least partly disposed in the first and second rocker pockets and includes a rocker arranged to contact the inner race, a spring guide including a spring arm, and a spring wrapped around the spring arm and urging the rocker in a pivot direction. The one-way clutch includes: a first annular thrust washer axially disposed between the first outer race plate and the inner race; or a friction-reducing coating adhered to the first outer race plate and facing the inner race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Burke, Michael Hodge, Carsten Behler
  • Publication number: 20230160459
    Abstract: A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; a pump including a pump shell connected to the cover, and pump blades; a turbine in fluid communication with the pump and including a turbine shell and turbine blades; a stator including stator blades disposed between the turbine and the pump; a pump hub non-rotatably connected to the pump shell and including a first planar surface facing radially outward with respect to an axis of rotation; and a resolver rotor non-rotatably connected to the pump hub and including a second planar surface in contact with the first planar surface and facing radially inward with respect to the axis of rotation. The pump hub includes a protrusion extending radially outward from the first planar surface and in contact with the resolver rotor. The resolver rotor is arranged to determine a rotational position of the torque converter around the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: John Ramsey, Angel Salvador Flores, Daniel Linton
  • Publication number: 20230158881
    Abstract: A drive system for a hybrid motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a first electric machine and a second electric machine. A rotor shaft of the first electric machine is rotationally coupled to an output shaft of the internal combustion engine and is arranged coaxially to said output shaft. A rotor shaft of the second electric machine is arranged coaxially to the output shaft and can be uncoupled from the rotor shaft of the first electric machine via a clutch. At least one differential transmission has at least two outputs. The output shaft is connected to the rotor shaft of the first electric machine via a fixed transmission stage, and the rotor shaft of the second electric machine is coupled to an input of the at least one differential transmission via a two-speed transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Laurent Bayoux, Dierk Reitz
  • Publication number: 20230160463
    Abstract: A cone pulley arrangement (1) for a cone pulley transmission, comprising: a shaft (2) which can be rotated about a rotational axis (3); at least one bearing (4, 5) by means of which the shaft (2) can be mounted; a first cone pulley (6), which is torsionally fixed and is fixedly connected to the shaft (2) in an axial direction (7); a second cone pulley (8) which is fixedly connected to the shaft (2) and is adjustable in the axial direction (7) relative to the shaft (2); a gearwheel (9) which is fixedly connected to the shaft (2); and an actuating member (10) for adjusting the second cone pulley (8), comprising a spring (11) and a piston (12), wherein the spring (11) and the piston (12) are at least partially nested with the gearwheel (9) or with the at least one bearing (4, 5) in the axial direction (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kornelius Wiegert, Manuel Falk, Raphael Klima
  • Patent number: 11655849
    Abstract: An axial bearing is designed to work in a liner hangar in which radial package space is at a premium. Rollers axially separate two washers. To hold the bearing together prior to installation, a sleeve radially surrounds the rollers and has tabs which fit into circumferential grooves in the washers. The sleeve may be metal or plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dorin Ilie
  • Patent number: 11656333
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of recognizing a biological target includes performing radar measurements for a plurality of sites on the biological target using a millimeter-wave radar sensor, producing a target data set for the plurality of sites based on the radar measurements, extracting features from the target data set, comparing the extracted features to stored features, and determining whether the extracted features match the stored features based on the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Saverio Trotta, Ashutosh Baheti, Reinhard-Wolfgang Jungmaier, Avik Santra
  • Patent number: 11654766
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor and a rotor carrier radially inside of the rotor non-rotatably fixed to the rotor. The rotor carrier includes an axially extending cylindrical section including an outer circumferential surface having an annular groove formed therein. A method of forming a rotor carrier includes forming, by stamping, a rotor carrier including an axially extending cylindrical section including an outer circumferential surface having annular groove formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Timothy Simon, David Brucato
  • Patent number: 11656341
    Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system is provided. The LIDAR system comprises at least two lasers configured to emit aligned beams of light and a mirror configured to deflect the beams of light emitted by the lasers. The mirror is supported to be pivotable with respect to an axis of the mirror so as to allow the beams of light to scan a field of view of the LIDAR system. The LIDAR system further comprises a driver configured to drive the mirror into oscillations and a controller. The controller is configured to control at least one laser so as to selectively change a size of the field of view and/or to control the driver so as to selectively change the size of the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hendrikus Van Lierop, Norbert Druml, Alberto Garcia Izquierdo, Wojciech Kudla
  • Patent number: 11658135
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one connection element arranged on the first surface of the substrate to electrically and mechanically connect the substrate to a printed circuit board, and a radar semiconductor chip arranged on the first surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ernst Seler, Markus Josef Lang, Maciej Wojnowski
  • Patent number: 11656240
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor module includes an axially polarized back-bias magnet having a body that radially extends from a magnet center axis and a bore extending along the magnet center axis. The magnet generates a radial bias magnetic field about a magnetization axis in a sensor plane. The magnetic field has a magnetic flux density of substantially zero along a perimeter of a zero-field closed loop located in the sensor plane. The magnetic sensor module includes a shim polepiece mechanically coupled to an end of the axially polarized back-bias magnet. The shim polepiece includes a second bore centered on a polepiece center axis that is aligned with the magnet center axis. The second bore extends through the shim polepiece along the polepiece center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Gernot Binder
  • Patent number: 11655143
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component is proposed. The method includes providing a housing. At least one semiconductor chip is arranged in a cavity of the housing. Furthermore, an electrical contact of the semiconductor chip is connected to an electrical contact of the housing via a bond wire. The method furthermore includes applying a protective material on the electrical contact of the housing and also on a region of the bond wire which is adjacent to the electrical contact of the housing. Moreover, the method also includes filling at least one partial region of the cavity with a gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mathias Vaupel, Bernhard Knott, Horst Theuss
  • Patent number: 11656294
    Abstract: A method for providing battery diagnostics includes: measuring a first voltage across a first battery cell of a rechargeable battery via a first measurement path of a network using a first measurement circuit, measuring the first voltage including taking at least one first voltage sample during a first time period using the first measurement circuit; measuring a second voltage across the first battery cell via a second measurement path of the network using a second measurement circuit, measuring the second voltage including taking at least one second voltage sample during the first time period using the second measurement circuit, where the second measurement path of the network is different from the first measurement path of the network; comparing the measured first voltage with the measured second voltage; and generating a diagnostic output signal based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Felix Weidner, Jesus Ruiz Sevillano, Maximilian Hofer
  • Patent number: 11658510
    Abstract: A photovoltaic energy generation system with a string including a series connection of solar modules, which string is electrically connected to an inverter via power lines for converting and feeding electrical power from the string into a network. The inverter is configured to obtain an alternative operating power from only one of the solar modules in the event that normal operating power can be obtained neither from the network nor from the entire string. A supply line can supply the alternative operating power to the inverter. Furthermore, the connectors and mating connectors of such a supply line are described, which can also be installed with an inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Simon Butterweck, Oliver Prior
  • Patent number: 11658657
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first stacked transistor switch having a current path coupled between a first tuning element port and a second tuning element port; a second stacked transistor switch having a current path coupled between the first tuning element port and a ground port; and a control circuit coupled to a control node of the first stacked transistor switch and coupled to a control node of the second stacked transistor switch, wherein a series on-resistance of the first stacked transistor switch is greater than a series on-resistance of the second stacked transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Kun Wang
  • Patent number: 11658484
    Abstract: To operate electrical devices, power consumptions of all the electrical devices are continually captured and assigned to the individual electrical devices and at least one desired result is achieved by virtue of at least a first control instance of the electrical devices, the operation of which helps to achieve a desired result, and a second control instance of the electrical devices, the operation of which likewise helps to achieve the desired result. The devices are operated in a coordinated fashion. To this end, measured values from multiple measured value transmitters are captured by operating the multiple electrical devices. Correlations between changes in the measured values of the individual measured value transmitters over time and changes in the power consumptions of the individual electrical devices over time are determined and the desired result is selected from a subgroup of results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Stefan Boerger, Andreas Strusch, Dirk Schlote, Matthias Groene, Raimund Thiel, Rachel Anne Hegemann
  • Patent number: 11658487
    Abstract: An energy generation system provides balancing power for an AC voltage grid, and comprises a photovoltaic generator and an energy store, wherein the energy generation system exchanges a total electrical power with the AC voltage grid (1), wherein the total power exchanged is set as a function of a current maximum PV power, a predefinable basic PV power between zero and the maximum PV power and a provided or requested balancing power. When no balancing power is requested: a total basic power, which comprises the basic PV power can be fed in; When a negative balancing power is requested: the PV power can be reduced compared to the basic PV power; When a positive balancing power is requested: a battery power can be drawn from the energy store if the requested positive balancing power is greater than the difference between the maximum PV power and the basic PV power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventor: Andreas Knobloch
  • Patent number: 11659345
    Abstract: A method includes providing a first data channel configured for a transmission of acoustic data between a first microphone and a controller, providing a second data channel configured for a transmission of acoustic data between a second microphone and the controller, and transmitting non-acoustic data generated by the first microphone via the second data channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Victor Popescu-Stroe, Matthias Boehm
  • Patent number: 11659329
    Abstract: A digital microphone includes at least one integrator; a state detection and parameter control component directly coupled to an output of the integrator; and a signal processing component coupled to an output of the state detection and parameter control component, wherein a parameter of the signal processing component includes a first value in a first operational mode and a second value in a second operational mode different from the first operational mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Dietmar Straeussnigg
  • Publication number: 20230151849
    Abstract: A rolling element bearing having inner and outer bearing rings with rolling elements therebetween, and an angle-of-rotation limiting device that limits the relative rotation between the inner and outer bearing rings within an angle-of-rotation range from 0° to greater than 360° and includes a first stop element arranged on the inner bearing ring and a second stop element arranged on the outer bearing ring. The first stop element is formed by a plurality of individual radial base bores arranged in peripheral succession in a row on the outer lateral surface of the inner bearing ring and by a slotted-hole-type radial base groove arranged between first and last radial base bores, and one or two separate angle limiters protruding radially beyond the radial base bores or groove can be inserted into the radial base bores or the radial base groove depending on the size of the angle of rotation to be limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe JUNGINGER, Meik KREUZER
  • Publication number: 20230151873
    Abstract: A torque converter, including: a cover; an impeller including an impeller shell connected to the cover and at least one impeller blade; a turbine in fluid communication with the impeder and including a turbine shell and at least one turbine blade; stator including at least one stator blade; and a vibration damper including a first cover plate, a second cover plate non-rotatably connected to the first cover plate, an intermediate flange axially disposed between the first cover plate and the second cover plate, at least one spring directly engaged with the first cover plate, the second cover plate, and the intermediate flange, and a resilient element directly engaged with the first cover plate and the intermediate flange and urging the intermediate flange in an axial direction, parallel to an axis of rotation of the torque converter, away from the first cover plate and into contact with the second cover plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Austin Hoff, David Avins