Patents Assigned to Technologies AG
  • VEHICLE DRIVE UNIT AND VEHICLE WITH A VEHICLE DRIVE UNIT
    Publication number: 20230146720
    Abstract: A vehicle drive unit for a vehicle for omnidirectional driving of the vehicle. The vehicle drive unit includes a vehicle platform, a drive platform, and at least two wheels arranged on the drive platform, one drive unit being provided per wheel to drive the wheel. A controllable self-locking steering actuator is arranged between the drive platform and the vehicle platform. The steering actuator is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and is used to rotate the vehicle platform and the drive platform relative to one another, the steering actuator allowing a temporary blocking of the rotation. At least three pivoting wheels are arranged on the vehicle platform for vehicle stabilisation, each being rotatable about its own wheel axis and about its own vertical axis. A vehicle having a vehicle drive unit is also provide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp KAUTZMANN, Alexander SEIFFER, Dominik NEES, Bernhard ZEIFANG, Jin LI
  • TRANSMISSION FOR AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE, AND SYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE FOR SUCH A TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20230143205
    Abstract: A transmission for an at least partially electrically driven vehicle includes a rotor shaft of an electric machine, an input shaft, and a synchronization device arranged to couple the input shaft to the rotor shaft. The synchronization device includes a first synchronization ring connected to the rotor shaft for conjoint rotation, a second synchronization ring, a friction disk located axially between the first synchronization ring and the second synchronization ring, a clutch body connected to the input shaft for conjoint rotation, and a sliding sleeve, axially slidable along the clutch body to initiate synchronization of the first synchronization ring and the second synchronization ring for conjoint rotation to couple the rotor shaft to the input shaft. The first synchronization ring may have a cone for receiving the second synchronization ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Tony Zeiss
  • Method for producing a waveguide, circuit device and radar system
    Patent number: 11646479
    Abstract: A method for producing a waveguide in a multilayer substrate involves producing at least one cutout corresponding to a lateral course of the waveguide in a surface of a first layer arrangement comprising one or a plurality of layers. A metallization is produced on surfaces of the cutout. A second layer arrangement comprising one or a plurality of layers is applied on the first layer arrangement. The second layer arrangement comprises, on a surface thereof, a metallization which, after the second layer arrangement has been applied on the first layer arrangement, is arranged above the cutout and together with the metallization on the surfaces of the cutout forms the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Markus Josef Lang
  • Interference detection in radar receiver monitoring systems
    Patent number: 11644530
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) circuit includes an input terminal configured to receive a reception signal from an antenna; an output terminal configured to output a digital output signal; a receive path including a mixer and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), wherein the receive path is coupled to and between the input and output terminals, wherein the receive path includes an analog portion and a digital portion, and wherein the ADC generates a digital signal based on an analog signal received from the analog portion; a test signal generator configured to generate an analog test signal injected into the analog portion of the receive path; and a digital processor configured to receive a digital test signal from the digital portion, the digital test signal being derived from the analog test signal, analyze a frequency spectrum of the digital test signal, and determine a quality of the digital test signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander Melzer, Francesco Lombardo
  • Electronic devices including electrically insulated load electrodes
    Patent number: 11646258
    Abstract: An electronic device and method is disclosed. In one example, the electronic device includes an electrically insulating material, a first load electrode arranged on a first surface of the electrically insulating material, and a second load electrode arranged on a second surface of the electrically insulating material opposite to the first surface, wherein the load electrodes are separated by the electrically insulating material along the entire length on which the load electrodes have opposite sections, wherein surfaces of the load electrodes facing away from the electrically insulating material are uncovered by the electrically insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Thomas Basler, Reinhold Bayerer, Ivan Nikitin
  • Semiconductor device including an extension element for air cooling
    Patent number: 11646252
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a connection element configured to mechanically and electrically couple the semiconductor device to a circuit board, wherein the connection element is electrically coupled to the semiconductor chip and arranged in a mounting plane of the semiconductor device, and the semiconductor chip is mounted on the connection element. The semiconductor device further includes an extension element mechanically coupled to the connection element and extending in a direction out of the mounting plane, wherein the extension element is configured for air cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Tomasz Naeve
  • Method for calibrating an ultrasonic bonding machine
    Patent number: 11646291
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a second bonding machine based on a calibrated first bonding machine is disclosed. The first bonding machine includes a first ultrasonic transducer. The second bonding machine includes a second ultrasonic transducer and a power supply. The method includes providing a first electrical calibration supply that causes the first ultrasonic transducer to oscillate at a first calibration amplitude when it is damped by a mechanical damping, providing a second electrical calibration supply that causes the second ultrasonic transducer to oscillate at the same calibration amplitude when it is damped by the same mechanical damping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Florian Eacock, Michal Chajneta, Stefan Tophinke
  • Method of determining a position of a first object in a positioning system, a positioning system and a computer program
    Patent number: 11644342
    Abstract: A method of determining a position of a first object includes receiving a first component and a second component of a vector field jointly generated by the first object and by a second object. The method further includes using the second component of the vector field to provide a compensation quantity indicating a contribution of the second object to the first component of the vector field. Further, the method includes determining the position of the first object using the first component of the vector field and the compensation quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Stephan Leisenheimer, Richard Heinz, Hyun Jeong Kim, Joo Il Park
  • Slipper clutch transmission brake
    Patent number: 11644095
    Abstract: A slipper clutch transmission brake includes a clutch housing, a pin, a slipper clutch outer race rotationally fixed in the clutch housing, a slipper clutch inner race, a plurality of first cylindrical rollers, and a clutch inner ring. The clutch housing has a radial aperture and the pin is disposed in the radial aperture. The outer race has inner bidirectional ramps arranged on an inner circumference. The inner race has outer bidirectional ramps arranged on an outer circumference, a notch for receiving the pin, and a split extending axially through its width. The plurality of first cylindrical rollers are arranged in respective gaps formed between the inner and outer bidirectional ramps. The inner ring is arranged to rotate relative to the slipper clutch inner race when the pin is engaged with the notch, and frictionally engage with the slipper clutch inner race when the pin is disengaged from the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Brian Lee
  • ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE, AND ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20230137765
    Abstract: A rotor has an iron core with rotor laminations which are arranged in at least one stack, plane-parallel to one another. At least one of the rotor laminations is designed as a fluid-conducting lamination and forms at least one flow channel having at least one radial direction component, which flow channel is open on at least one axial side of the fluid-conducting lamination. A rotor lamination is designed as a sealing lamination being arranged on the axially open side of the fluid-conducting lamination, by means of which rotor lamination designed as a sealing lamination the flow channel of the fluid-conducting lamination is sealed substantially fluid-tight on the side of the sealing lamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexandre Fischer, Florian Nachtmann, Sebastien Heitz
  • SLIPPER CLUTCH TRANSMISSION BRAKE
    Publication number: 20230132539
    Abstract: A slipper clutch transmission brake includes a clutch housing, a pin, a slipper clutch outer race rotationally fixed in the clutch housing, a slipper clutch inner race, a plurality of first cylindrical rollers, and a clutch inner ring. The clutch housing has a radial aperture and the pin is disposed in the radial aperture. The outer race has inner bidirectional ramps arranged on an inner circumference. The inner race has outer bidirectional ramps arranged on an outer circumference, a notch for receiving the pin, and a split extending axially through its width. The plurality of first cylindrical rollers are arranged in respective gaps formed between the inner and outer bidirectional ramps. The inner ring is arranged to rotate relative to the slipper clutch inner race when the pin is engaged with the notch, and frictionally engage with the slipper clutch inner race when the pin is disengaged from the notch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Brian Lee
  • YARN CLEARER AND CUTTING DEVICE FOR A YARN CLEARER
    Publication number: 20230139021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a yarn clearer for a workstation of a textile machine with a cutting device for clearing out defects from a yarn, as well as a cutting device for a yarn clearer which is configured to be arranged on a workstation of a textile machine, with a cutting knife with a cutting edge adjustable between a rest position and a cutting position, and an anvil arranged on an anvil carrier in an operating position in which a stop surface of the anvil interacts with the cutting edge of the cutting knife in the cutting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Saurer Intelligent Technology AG
    Inventors: Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin, Kalidass Santhoshkumar, Ilir Adili
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC DRIVE FOR A CUTTING DEVICE OF A TEXTILE MACHINE, CUTTING DEVICE AND YARN CLEARER
    Publication number: 20230136281
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic drive for a cutting device of a textile machine for severing a thread, to a cutting device having an electromagnetic drive, and to a yarn clearer having a cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Saurer Intelligent Technology AG
    Inventor: Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin
  • YARN CLEARER AND CUTTING DEVICE FOR A YARN CLEARER
    Publication number: 20230134474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a yarn clearer for a workstation of a textile machine with a cutting device for clearing out defects from a yarn as well as a cutting device for a yarn clearer which can be arranged at a workstation of a textile machine, with a housing body having a housing basic body, a housing cover which covers the housing basic body at least in sections and together with the housing basic body delimits a housing interior and a first housing opening and a cutting device with a cutting medium carrier having a cutting knife, a cutting medium drive arranged in the housing interior for adjusting the cutting medium carrier between a cutting position remote from the housing and a rest position close to the housing and a drive element connecting the cutting medium drive and the cutting medium carrier and adjustably arranged in the first housing opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Saurer Intelligent Technology AG
    Inventors: Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin, Kalidass Santhoshkumar, Ilir Adili
  • TORQUE CONVERTER WITH MULTI-PLATE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230134624
    Abstract: A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and an impeller having an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the front cover. A turbine is fluidly coupled to the impeller and includes a turbine shell. A lock-up clutch is provided that includes a piston configured to axially displace to engage and disengage the lock-up clutch; a first clutch plate and a second clutch plate connected to each other, the first and second clutch plates being disposed between the piston and front cover; and a flexible clutch plate disposed axially between the first and the second clutch plates and connected to the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Raymundo Juan Lien Chang, Alfredo Perez Mitre Jimenez, Omar Yair Guerra
  • THREAD GUIDE ELEMENT AND YARN CLEARER FOR A WORKSTATION OF A TEXTILE MACHINE WITH A THREAD GUIDE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20230137833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thread guide element for a yarn monitoring and/or yarn processing unit as well as to a yarn clearer for a workstation of a textile machine with at least one thread guide element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Saurer Intelligent Technology AG
    Inventors: Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin, Kalidass Santhoshkumar, Ilir Adili
  • ROTATIONAL AND LINEAR PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS USING A QUADRATURE CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR WITH MILLIMETER WAVE METAMATERIALS AND FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXING IN METAMATERIAL-BASED SENSORS
    Publication number: 20230140391
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a first metamaterial track mechanically coupled to a rotational shaft configured to rotate about a rotational axis, wherein the first metamaterial track is arranged at least partially around the rotational axis, and wherein the first metamaterial track includes a first array of elementary structures; at least one transmitter configured to transmit a first continuous wave towards the first metamaterial track, wherein the first metamaterial track is configured to convert the first continuous wave into a first receive signal based on a rotational parameter of the rotational shaft; and at least one quadrature continuous-wave receiver configured to receive the first receive signal, acquire a first measurement of a first property of the first receive signal, and determine a measurement value for the rotational parameter of the rotational shaft based on the first measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander SCHOSSMANN, Alexander BERGMANN, Dirk HAMMERSCHMIDT, Christof MICHENTHALER
  • Execute in place architecture with integrity check
    Patent number: 11640332
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for checking integrity of code received from an external memory. In one example, a system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The non-volatile memory includes a first partition configured to store first data corresponding to program code and a second partition configured to store second data corresponding to a copy of the first data. The controller that includes a processor and comparator circuitry. The comparator circuitry is configured to receive a portion of the first data and a corresponding portion of the second data, compare the portion of the first data to the portion of the second data, when the portion of the first data matches the portion of the second data, provide the portion of the first data to the processor, and when the portion of the first data does not match the portion of the second data, generate an alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Sunanda Manjunath, Jens Rosenbusch
  • Thermoelectric devices and methods for forming thermoelectric devices
    Patent number: 11641779
    Abstract: A method includes forming a plurality of first semiconductor mesa structures at a first semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate has a first conductivity type. The method further includes forming a plurality of second semiconductor mesa structures at a second semiconductor substrate. The second semiconductor substrate has a second conductivity type. The method further includes providing a glass substrate between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate. The method includes connecting the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate so that at least a portion of the glass substrate is located laterally between the first semiconductor mesa structures of the plurality of first semiconductor mesa structures and the second semiconductor mesa structures of the plurality of second semiconductor mesa structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Kasztelan, Alexander Breymesser, Manfred Mengel, Andreas Niederhofer
  • Air heater
    Patent number: D985743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Leister Technologies AG
    Inventors: Patrick Plank, Adam Warkiewicz