Patents by Inventor Andre Dorkel

Andre Dorkel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Health monitoring of an actuator in a flying device
    Patent number: 10431019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to health monitoring of an actuator in a flying device. The same comprises a processor unit for processing data and for operating a system model of the actuator 30, at least one sensor 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156 for detecting a correcting variable of the actuator 30 and a memory unit 54 on which characteristic data on the actuator 30 are deposited. The processor unit is designed to carry out health monitoring on the basis of the system model with reference to the correcting variable of the actuator 30 and the characteristic data of the memory unit 54. Advantageously, the processor unit is identical to the processor unit of an electronic control system 50 of the actuator 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Dorkel, Nikolaus Dreyer
  • Health Monitoring of an Actuator in a Flying Device
    Publication number: 20170069145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to health monitoring of an actuator in a flying device. The same comprises a processor unit for processing data and for operating a system model of the actuator 30, at least one sensor 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156 for detecting a correcting variable of the actuator 30 and a memory unit 54 on which characteristic data on the actuator 30 are deposited. The processor unit is designed to carry out health monitoring on the basis of the system model with reference to the correcting variable of the actuator 30 and the characteristic data of the memory unit 54. Advantageously, the processor unit is identical to the processor unit of an electronic control system 50 of the actuator 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Andre Dorkel, Nikolaus Dreyer