Patents Assigned to Technologies AG
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Patent number: 11485226Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle includes a planetary gearset and a spur gear differential. The planetary gearset includes a drive sun gear, a ring gear fixed to the housing, and multiple stepped planetary gears. Each stepped planetary gear has a first gear meshing with the drive sun gear and a second gear meshing with the ring gear. The spur gear differential includes multiple first and second compensation gears. Each first compensation gear meshes with a first output sun gear, each second compensation gear meshes with a second output sun gear, and the first and second compensation gears mesh with each other in pairs. One compensation gear of each compensation gear pair is arranged in phase with a respective stepped planetary gear. The other compensation gear of each compensation gear pair overlaps axially and contactlessly with the second gear.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Inaki Fernandez, Harald Martini, Thorsten Biermann, Philip Wurzberger
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Patent number: 11487600Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic circuit includes a plurality of clock generators wherein each clock generator is configured to store a counter value, to receive a reference clock, to change the counter value in accordance with the reference clock and to generate at least one clock signal based on the counter value. The circuit also includes a comparator configured to receive, for each of at least two of the plurality of clock generators, the counter value and compare the received counter values and an error handling circuit configured to initiate an error handling based on the result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Rex Kho, Udo Elsholz
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Patent number: 11486999Abstract: A radar system is described. In accordance with one example implementation, the radar system comprises a passive coupler arrangement and also a first radar chip, a second radar chip and a third radar chip. The radar chips each comprise at least one external RF contact and also a local oscillator designed to generate an RF oscillator signal at least in a switched-on state. The external RF contacts of the radar chips are coupled via the coupler arrangement in such a way that, in a first operating mode, the RF oscillator signal can be transferred from the first radar chip via the coupler arrangement to the second radar chip and the third radar chip, and that, in a second operating mode, the RF oscillator signal can be transferred from the second radar chip via the coupler arrangement to the third radar chip.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Farhan Bin Khalid, Andreas Och, Alexander Melzer, Clemens Pfeffer, Andre Roger, Philipp Schmidt
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Patent number: 11486848Abstract: A moisture sensor comprises a carrier element comprises an insulating material, a first and a second electrode structure at a distance from one another at the carrier element, a moisture-sensitive, dielectric layer element at a first main surface region of the carrier element and adjacent to the first and second electrode structures and a third electrode structure on a first main surface region of the moisture-sensitive, dielectric layer element, such that the moisture-sensitive, dielectric layer element is between the third electrode structure and the first electrode structure and between the third electrode structure and the second electrode structure. The first electrode structure is a first capacitor electrode and the second electrode structure is a second capacitor electrode of a measurement capacitor for capacitive moisture measurement, wherein the third electrode structure is a floating electrode structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Andrey Kravchenko, Heiko Froehlich, Magali Glemet, Vladislav Komenko
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Publication number: 20220345008Abstract: An electrical machine includes a stator; a rotor, which can be rotated relative to the stator; a temperature-sensing device for sensing a temperature of the stator, which temperature-sensing device comprises a temperature sensor; and a rotor-sensing device for sensing the rotational speed and/or rotational position of the rotor. The rotor-sensing device includes a rotor-state-sensing sensor. The temperature-sensing device and the rotor-sensing device are connected to form a common assembly. The temperature-sensing device has a sensor portion, which can be moved between two end positions by means of at least one spring element and which includes the temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Ruppert, Michael Marsetz
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Publication number: 20220342008Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a sensor system includes a magnet system which is designed to generate a magnetic field. Furthermore, the sensor system includes a first magnetic field sensor which is movable in a first direction relative to the magnet system and has a first distance from the magnet system in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The sensor system also includes a second magnetic field sensor which is movable in the first direction relative to the magnet system and has a second distance from the magnet system in the second direction, the second distance being greater than the first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Michael ORTNER, Benjamin KOLLMITZER, Mario MOTZ
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Publication number: 20220344956Abstract: A circuit for discharging an energy store of a drive system includes a power electronics unit in an on-board electrical system and a single-phase DC/DC converter connected upstream of the drive system. The converter includes a first capacitor, a coil connected downstream of the first capacitor, a first switch, a second switch connected downstream of the coil, and a second capacitor connected downstream of the second switch. The first switch is for a first current circuit including the first capacitor and the coil, and the second switch is for a second current circuit including the first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the coil. During a discharge process, the first switch and the second switch are designed to be switched in an alternating manner and differently relative to each other such that either the first current circuit or the second current circuit is closed to actively discharge the energy store.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Huan Fu, Jürgen Tipper, Vincent Leonhardt
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Publication number: 20220342204Abstract: An oscillator driver system includes an oscillator structure and a driver circuit. The oscillator structure includes a rotor terminal configured to receive a rotor voltage and a stator terminal configured to receive a stator voltage, and is driven about a rotation axis according to a voltage difference between the rotor and stator voltages. The driver circuit is configured to generate a driving signal and output the driving signal as the rotor voltage, wherein the driving signal toggles between low and high voltage levels at an actuation frequency to drive the oscillator structure about the rotation axis, and wherein the stator voltage is a fixed voltage. The low and high voltage levels are greater than the stator voltage such that the voltage difference toggles between a low voltage difference and a high voltage difference as the driving signal toggles between the low voltage level and the high voltage level, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Norbert DRUML, Philipp GREINER
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Publication number: 20220341472Abstract: A torque transmitting device for transmitting torque between a first drive element and an output element, having a torque transmitting unit with a housing delimiting a first fluid chamber filled with a liquid, and a separating clutch arranged outside of the torque transmitting unit and the first fluid chamber in a second fluid chamber separated from the first chamber and which selectively transmits torque between the first drive element and the torque transmitting unit. The separating clutch has a clutch output that is connectable to a clutch input via a friction device and a clutch actuator that comprises a pressing element and an actuation element to which fluid pressure can be applied to move the actuation element. The pressing element is arranged within the second fluid chamber, and the actuation element is at least partly arranged within the first fluid chamber so that pressure is applied thereto by fluid pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stephan MAIENSCHEIN, René DAIKELER, Christian HÜGEL
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Publication number: 20220341467Abstract: A bearing, including: an inner ring defining a first groove; an outer ring including a radially inner surface, the radially inner surface facing an axis of rotation of the bearing, defining a second groove, and defining at least one third groove; a cage radially disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a plurality of balls retained by the cage, and disposed in the first groove, and in the second groove; an annular sleeve including a first portion disposed in the third groove; and a resilient element urging the outer ring and the annular sleeve away from each other parallel to the axis of rotation of the bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Guihui Zhong, Daniel Wuerdinger, Michael Heaton, Dennis Roffe, James Brown
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Patent number: 11480611Abstract: Prober for a test system for testing a device under test is disclosed. In one example, the prober comprises a chuck configured for carrying the device under test, a transport circuitry for transporting electric signals to and/or away from the device under test. A cooling unit is directly thermally coupled with the device under test and configured for cooling the device under test at a main surface of the device under test facing the chuck.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Andreas Gneupel
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Patent number: 11480656Abstract: A method of configuring a radar monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) and executing configured commands includes receiving and storing a plurality of configuration commands corresponding to unique time-dependent functions, each configuration command corresponding to a different one of the unique time-dependent functions; generating a unique command handle for each configuration command; transmitting the unique command handle for each configuration command to a controller; receiving and storing a bundled configuration command comprising a plurality of unique command handles corresponding to a set of configuration commands; generating a unique bundled command handle for the bundled configuration command; transmitting the unique bundled command handle to the controller; and receiving an execute command that includes the unique bundled command handle, where the execute command triggers execution of an execution flow of the unique time-dependent functions corresponding to the set of configuration commandsType: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Pranava Tripathi, Alexander Girlinger, Rene Kobler, Alexander Melzer, Andreas Voggeneder
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Patent number: 11479854Abstract: A method of depositing a layer includes measuring a physical property that is related to an air pressure in a reactor chamber of a deposition apparatus. A main gas mixture including a source gas and an auxiliary gas is introduced into the reactor chamber at atmospheric pressure, the source gas including a precursor material and a carrier gas. A gas flow of at least one of the source gas and the auxiliary gas into the reactor chamber is controlled in response to a change of the air pressure in the reactor chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Olaf Fiedler, Ullrich Hannemann, Andre Horn, Daniel Kai Simon, Sigurd Volker Zehner
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Patent number: 11482771Abstract: A radio-frequency device comprises a semiconductor package, which comprises a radio-frequency chip and a radio-frequency antenna. The semiconductor package is designed to be mechanically and electrically connected to a circuit board via at least one connecting element of the semiconductor package, with one surface of the semiconductor package facing the circuit board. The radio-frequency device also comprises a waveguide structure oriented in a direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor package, the radio-frequency antenna being designed for at least one of the following: to emit radiation into the waveguide structure in the direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor package, or to receive signals via the waveguide structure in the direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor package.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Thomas Lampersberger, Reinhard Feger, Markus Josef Lang, Juergen Minichshofer, Ernst Seler, Andreas Stelzer
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Patent number: 11482852Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a circuit includes: a supply pin and an output pin for connecting a load, and a configuration pin; a semiconductor switch connected between the supply pin and the output pin and configured to establish or to block a current path between the supply pin and the output pin depending on a control signal; and a control circuit configured to generate the control signal for the semiconductor switch taking account of a first parameter, and set the first parameter depending on a component parameter of an external component connected to the configuration pin. The first parameter is set to a first standard value when the component parameter is less than a first threshold value, and the first parameter is set to a second standard value when the component parameter is greater than a second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Christian Djelassi-Tscheck, Ulisse Lorenzo Lillo, Michael Luschin, Mario Tripolt
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Patent number: 11479106Abstract: A hybrid module includes a first, motor-side pre-assembly group and a second, transmission-side pre-assembly group. A separating clutch is arranged between the motor-side pre-assembly group and the transmission-side pre-assembly group, via which the pre-assembly groups can be connected in a torque-transmitting manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Lionel Huber, Steffen Lehmann, Simon Ortmann, Christian Dinger, Benjamin Vögtle, Dirk Hofstetter, Anton Simonov
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Publication number: 20220337106Abstract: A laminated rotor core for a rotor of a permanently excited electric machine and to a method for producing same are provided. The laminated rotor core consists of a plurality of stacked lamination rings, each lamination ring consisting of a plurality of circular segments. Each circular segment has multiple receiving openings, which are arranged in a V-shaped manner relative to each other in pairs, for permanent magnets and multiple passages for respective fixing elements. The laminated rotor core is mounted on a holding disc using the fixing elements, which run in the passages of the laminated rotor core.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Wilfried SCHWENK, Michael SCHLOSSER, Patrick WISBAR
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Publication number: 20220334147Abstract: Two ferromagnetic elements are disclosed that delimit a region for an electrical conductor, in which a current intensity should be measured. Each ferromagnetic element has an end surface. The end surfaces of the two ferromagnetic elements face each other and delimit an air gap. A magnetic field sensor is arranged in the air gap or near the air gap. The region delimited by the ferromagnetic elements is open on a side opposite the air gap and can thus receive the electrical conductor. The current intensity is measured by means of a magnetic field measurement. The ferromagnetic elements can be, in particular, L-shaped.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co., KGInventors: Linbo Tang, Thomas Lindenmayr, Jianwu Zhou
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Publication number: 20220337132Abstract: A sensor fastening device for temperature measurement in an electrical machine for driving a motor vehicle having a retaining body for receiving a temperature sensor, a support body for resting against a stator lamination of the electrical machine, the support body being connected to the retaining body spreadably, and a spreading element for spreading the retaining body away from the support body. By means of the sensor fastening device, which can be shifted in the radial direction and can be moved past the winding axially, the temperature sensor can be positioned, from the radial outside, on the radially inner edge of the winding and can be thermally coupled by means of the spreading element such that maintenance-friendly and accurate measurement of a maximum temperature in a winding of an electrical machine for a motor vehicle is made possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Christian Silvery, Matthias Kästle, Marie-Luise Anke
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Publication number: 20220337133Abstract: An electrical drive device includes a machine unit having a machine housing and power electronics having an electronics housing. At least one of the two housings having at least one protrusion for defined positioning of the machine unit and the power electronics against each other during and/or after assembly. The respective other housing having a complementary cut-out in shape and size for receiving the protrusion, wherein material forming the protrusion and the cut-out is electrically conductive at least in some sections. The protrusion and the cut-out are electrically connected to an earth for the purpose of earthing the power electronics or the machine unit. The electrical drive device and the drive assembly equipped therewith allow the electromagnetic compatibility to be optimized in a cost-effective manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Steffen Lehmann, Andreas Trinkenschuh, Dirk Bleckmann, Dominik Weis