Patents by Inventor Andreas BUCHINGER

Andreas BUCHINGER 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).

  • Publication number: 20230034557
    Abstract: A method for detecting a phase shift in an output signal of an inductive position sensor by calculating the phase spectrum of the position signal based on a Fast Fourier Transformation of the position signal and comparing the calculated phase spectrums over time to detect changes in the phase spectrums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Gentjan QAMA, Harald HARTL, Andreas BUCHINGER
  • Publication number: 20190331541
    Abstract: The invention discloses an inductive torque sensor and a combined inductive torque and angle sensor for position sensing. The object of the invention to propose a torque sensor as well as a combined torque and angle sensor which does not require a shielding of the sensor PCB and which can provide a plausibility check of the torque sensor when using only three sensors will be solved by an inductive torque sensor for detection of torque movements comprising a stationary printed circuit board (PCB) with sensing coils, a primary target and a secondary target, whereas the primary target and secondary target each comprise of different metallic patterns, whereas each target covers 50% of the sensing coils and the combined coverage of both targets varies between 50% and 100% depending on the relative position between the two targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Josef JANISCH, Andreas BUCHINGER
  • Publication number: 20190308570
    Abstract: A wireless sensor interface for a steering wheel is disclosed that includes a wireless sensor interface for a steering wheel with steering wheel components comprising a transmitter side with a wireless transmitter coil of a transmitter integrated circuit on a stationary printed circuit board and a receiver side with a wireless receiver coil of a receiver integrated circuit on a movable, rotating receiver printed circuit board, wherein the transmitter and receiver coils are mounted close to each other and concentric to a rotation axis of a steering column of the steering wheel, whereas an inductive coupling between the transmitter and receiver coils are used for wireless powering the steering wheel components and transmitting data of the steering wheel components back to the transmitter integrated circuit by means of modulating the received energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Josef JANISCH, Andreas BUCHINGER