Patents Assigned to Technologies AG
  • Publication number: 20220311312
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator having a winding including a plurality of conductors assigned to one or more phases and at least one temperature sensor assembly having a temperature sensor section with a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature region of the winding. The ends of at least one part of the conductors on the inner or outer circumference of the winding protrude axially or radially over the winding, wherein an interconnection ring comprising at least one conductor bridge is placed axially or radially on the winding. The ends of at least two respective conductors assigned to a phase protrude radially or axially outwards. The temperature sensor section has a sensor housing which is introduced into a housing recess provided on the interconnection ring in such a way that the temperature sensor is in thermal contact with the connection conductor or the conductor bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Silvery, Mike Czerlewitz, Matthias Kästle, Andreas Ruppert
  • Patent number: 11454715
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for generating a frequency hopping radar signal. In one example, a radar signal modulator include a frequency offset generator, a phase locked loop, and a bandwidth compensation circuitry. The frequency offset generator is configured to generate a sequence of frequency offsets. The bandwidth compensation circuitry is configured to combine a modulation signal and the sequence of frequency offsets to generate a bandwidth compensated signal. The PLL is configured to receive the bandwidth compensated signal and generate a frequency hopping radar signal based on the bandwidth compensated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Infineon Technologies AG, POLITECNICO DI MILANO
    Inventors: Dmytro Cherniak, Salvatore Levantino, Mario Mercandelli
  • Patent number: 11454696
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a millimeter-wave system includes a first circuit having M channels, one or more antennas coupled to the first circuit, and a controller that includes a resource scheduler module. The controller is configured to operate the millimeter-wave system as a radar device and as a communication device based on an output of the resource scheduler module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ivan Tsvelykh, Ashutosh Baheti, Samo Vehovc, Avik Santra
  • Patent number: 11454226
    Abstract: A pumping system for fracking fluid is designed to provide nearly constant flow rate. The pumping system includes a set of linear actuator pumping units, each driven by an electric motor. Each pumping unit includes a first set of pumping chambers that expel fluid when the linear actuator is moving in a first direction and a second set of pumping chambers that expel fluid when the linear actuator is moving in an opposite direction. The speeds of the actuators are coordinated such that a total flow rate of the pumping system is substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andre Vazquez, Craig Hooker, Michael Conlin
  • Patent number: 11454287
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper for a clutch disk within a drive train of a motor vehicle includes an input part arranged around an axis of rotation (d), a spring device with at least three spring elements, an output part, and torque-transmitting intermediate elements. The output part can be rotated relative to the input part about the axis of rotation (d) to a limited extent against the spring device. The torque-transmitting intermediate elements are arranged between the input part and the output part for forcible radial displacement by means of cam mechanisms when the input part rotates relative to the output part. The spring device is arranged between the torque-transmitting intermediate elements, and a number of intermediate elements corresponds to a number of spring elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerd Ahnert
  • Patent number: 11456646
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving a motor includes a plurality of neurons of neural network circuitry and motor circuitry. The plurality of neurons are configured to generate a cycle value based on a target speed, based on a speed value associated with the motor at a particular time, and based on a current value associated with the motor at the particular time. The plurality of neurons is configured to be trained to generate the cycle value to minimize an error between the cycle value and a training cycle value for each training vector of a plurality of training vectors. The apparatus is configured to have generated the plurality of training vectors. The motor circuitry is configured to control, based on the cycle value, a set of switching elements to drive the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Frederik Funk, Thorsten Bucksch, Rainer Menes, Syed Naveed Abbas Rizvi
  • Patent number: 11455104
    Abstract: Method for determining a resultant data word when accessing memory cells of a memory, comprising the steps: (a) reading a set of memory cells, (b) wherein a first data word and a second data word are determined from the read set of memory cells, wherein each memory cell is assigned a component of the first data word and the corresponding component of the second data word, (c) wherein the first data word and the second data word for the respective memory cell assume a first value if a first comparison with a first reference value and a second comparison with a second reference value show that the two reference values are greater and assume a second value if the first comparison with the first reference value and the second comparison with the second reference value show that the two reference values are smaller, (d) wherein the first data word and the second data word for the respective memory cell assume at least one third value if the conditions according to feature (c) are not satisfied, and (e) determining
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Michael Goessel
  • Publication number: 20220302799
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor fastener for measuring a temperature on a busbar assembly with a busbar, said assembly has at least one busbar assembly with at least one busbar. One or more busbars have bending elements, each of which has a free end; and a connecting ring for connecting to the busbar assembly. The bending elements extend through the connecting ring such that the free ends are free-standing in such a manner that the temperature of the free ends can be measured by a temperature sensor, thereby allowing a precise measurement of the temperature in a winding of an electric machine for a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Silvery, Matthias Kästle, Marie-Luise Anke
  • Publication number: 20220299071
    Abstract: A method and an open-loop and closed-loop control device for compensating for a clutch torque of a separating clutch located between an internal combustion engine and an electric machine in a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle. The compensation takes into consideration the rotational speed of the electric machine. The rotational speed of the electric machine impacts clutch torque. A compensation factor is calculated, and increases or decreases the necessary clutch torque, causing a corresponding actuation of an actuator to achieve the necessary clutch torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Weber, Ralf Mannsperger
  • Publication number: 20220299067
    Abstract: A radially compliant connection includes an axis, a first plate with a first connection portion, a second plate with a second connection portion, an intermediate plate with third and fourth connection portions, a first flexible element fixed to the first connection portion and to the third connection portion, and a second flexible element fixed to the second connection portion and to the fourth connection portion. In some example embodiments, the first connection portion has a radially inner surface with a first radius, and the second connection portion has a first radially outer surface with a second radius, less than the first radius. In an example embodiment, the third connection portion has a second radially outer surface with a third radius, equal to the second radius, or the fourth connection portion has a third radially outer surface with a fourth radius, equal to the second radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patrick Lindemann, Matthew Payne, Markus Steinberger, Jordan Geiser, Kenneth Hunt, Michael Hodge
  • Publication number: 20220299094
    Abstract: A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller; a turbine; a stator; and a lock-up clutch including a piston plate, a first plate, a second plate axially disposed between the cover and the first plate, and a rivet non-rotatably connecting the first plate to the second plate, the rivet being a component distinct from the first plate and the second plate. The cover and the piston plate define at least a portion of a first pressure chamber. The first plate and the second plate define at least a portion of a second pressure chamber. The first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber are arranged to receive and expel a fluid to axially displace the piston plate to open and close the lock-up clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Long Souers
  • Publication number: 20220298933
    Abstract: A hydraulic fluid control valve (HFCV) configured to recirculate an exiting hydraulic fluid from a first hydraulic actuation chamber to a second hydraulic actuation chamber is provided. The HFCV includes a selectively movable spool having an outer annulus configured to receive and deliver the exiting hydraulic fluid to one or both of either a sump or one of the first or second hydraulic actuation chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Steven Burke
  • Patent number: 11448721
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of interference mitigation in a device that includes a millimeter-wave radar, includes transmitting radar signals with the millimeter-wave radar; receiving reflected radar signals with the millimeter-wave radar, the reflected radar signals corresponding to the transmitted radar signals; generating a first spectrogram based on the reflected radar signals; generating a second spectrogram indicative of movement of a non-target object; generating a compensated radar spectrogram based on the first and second spectrograms to compensate for an influence of the movement of the non-target object in the first spectrogram; and detecting a target or a property of the target based on the compensated radar spectrogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Avik Santra, Jagjit Singh Bal
  • Patent number: 11451100
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor includes an axis, a rotor carrier a plurality of rotor segments, a first end plate, a second end plate, and a spring element. The rotor carrier has a tubular portion with a cylindrical surface and a radial wall extending radially outwardly from the cylindrical surface. The plurality of rotor segments circumscribe the cylindrical surface. The first end plate is disposed at a first axial end of the plurality of rotor segments adjacent to the radial wall. The second end plate is disposed at a second axial end of the plurality of rotor segments. The spring element presses the first end plate, the plurality of rotor segments, and the second end plate against the radial wall. The spring element includes a ring portion and a plurality of segments extending axially from the ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: John Ramsey, Matthew Payne, Gregory Gress, Tuo Luo
  • Patent number: 11448525
    Abstract: A sensor device comprises at least one test magnet which is designed to provide a magnetic test field, a first sensor element which is designed to capture a magnetic field and to provide a first sensor signal, wherein the first sensor signal comprises a first signal contribution on the basis of the magnetic test field, a second sensor element which is designed to capture a magnetic field and to provide a second sensor signal, wherein the second sensor signal comprises a second signal contribution on the basis of the magnetic test field, wherein the magnetic test field at the location of the first sensor element differs from the magnetic test field at the location of the second sensor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Dirk Hammerschmidt
  • Patent number: 11448300
    Abstract: A differential is sealed such that it retains its own lubrication fluid supply. The carrier housing is formed from two carrier halves which are welded together. One carrier half has an inner axial extension which is radially inside an outer axial extension of the other half. A circumferential weld is placed between the outer axial extension and the first carrier half. One of the stub shafts has an end cap with a one-way valve to allow fluid to be added after the welding is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Brian Lee, Michael Hodge
  • Patent number: 11451101
    Abstract: An electric motor arranged for mounting to a combustion engine includes an axis of rotation, a hub, a first plate, a second plate, and a rotor. The first plate is fixed to the hub at a first radially inner diameter, the second plate is fixed to the first plate at a radially outer diameter and arranged for fixing directly to a crankshaft of the combustion engine at a second radially inner diameter, and the rotor is fixed to the hub at the first radially inner diameter. In an example embodiment, the first radially inner diameter is radially offset from the second radially inner diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mohammad Moasher, Maximilian Podschwadt, David Burky
  • Patent number: 11450642
    Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor including soldering a conductor to an aluminum metallization is disclosed. In one example, the method includes substituting an aluminum oxide layer on the aluminum metallization by a substitute metal oxide layer or a substitute metal alloy oxide layer. Then, substitute metal oxides in the substitute metal oxide layer or the substitute metal alloy oxide layer are at least partly reduced. The conductor is soldered to the aluminum metallization using a solder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Edmund Riedl, Wu Hu Li, Alexander Heinrich, Ralf Otremba, Werner Reiss
  • Patent number: 11452190
    Abstract: This disclosure includes systems, methods, and techniques for detecting one or more short connections in a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) channels. For example, a circuit includes processing circuitry configured to control a plurality of driving devices in order to cause a pair of LED channels of the plurality of LED channels to operate in a first state during a first period of time and operate in a second state during a second period of time. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to compare a first electrical signal corresponding to the first state of the pair of LED channels and a second electrical signal corresponding to the second state of the pair of LED channels and determine, based on the comparison of the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal, if a short connection exists between the pair of LED channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Franco Mignoli, Hans-Peter Kreuter, Alfonso Nasciuti, Marco Pamato, Damiano Sartori
  • Patent number: 11450593
    Abstract: A method of frame handling during semiconductor package production includes: providing a lead frame having leads secured to a periphery of the lead frame by first tie bars; providing a multi-gauge spacer frame having spacers secured to a periphery of the spacer frame by second tie bars, the spacers being thicker than the second tie bars; and aligning the multi-gauge spacer frame with the lead frame such that the spacers and the second tie bars of the multi-gauge spacer frame do not contact the leads of the lead frame. A power semiconductor module and a method of assembling a power semiconductor module are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Ivan Nikitin