Patents by Inventor Andreas Thiede

Andreas Thiede 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).

  • Patent number: 11118663
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement has a clutch housing and a clutch element carrier, one of which receives at least one clutch element and the other of which is configured as a friction area carrier for a friction area so that, to produce a frictional engagement connection, the clutch element can be brought into operative connection with the friction area or, to cancel the frictional engagement connection, the clutch element can be separated from the friction area. The clutch element has a support for a friction facing, and the clutch element has a holding device radially adjacent to the friction facing for receiving the support of the clutch element. The support has at its side opposite the friction facing a further friction facing acting as seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Thiede, Markus Walper, Daniel Pinke
  • Patent number: 11078998
    Abstract: A torque convertor stator includes an annular bearing support, a plurality of stator blades, and a web extending radially between the annular bearing support and the plurality of stator blades. The annular bearing support, the plurality of stator blades, and the web are formed from a single continuous piece of amorphous metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Jorge Cisneros, Juraj Cuperka, Troy Menebroker, Enrique Cardenas Urquizo, Andreas Thiede
  • Publication number: 20210180668
    Abstract: A torque convertor stator includes an annular bearing support, a plurality of stator blades, and a web extending radially between the annular bearing support and the plurality of stator blades. The annular bearing support, the plurality of stator blades, and the web are formed from a single continuous piece of amorphous metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Jorge Cisneros, Juraj Cuperka, Troy Menebroker, Enrique Cardenas Urquizo, Andreas Thiede
  • Patent number: 10948030
    Abstract: Clutch arrangement provided with a housing and a clutch device, one of which serves as a clutch element carrier for a clutch element and the other serves as a friction region carrier. The clutch element has a carrier for a friction lining and a holding apparatus for receiving the carrier on the clutch element carrier, radially adjacently with respect to the friction lining. In a first radial region, the clutch housing has an axial projection at a first axial spacing from the clutch device and, with a radial offset with respect thereto, has an axial recess at a second axial spacing from the clutch device in a second radial region, and has a transition region radially between the axial projection and the axial recess, either the axial projection or the axial recess being intended to provide a bearing face for at least one component of the clutch device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Christian Schneider, Alessio Paone, Andreas Thiede, Troy Menebroker, Richard Wu, Jorge Cisneros
  • Publication number: 20200232521
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement has a clutch housing and a clutch element carrier, one of which receives at least one clutch element and the other of which is configured as a friction area carrier for a friction area so that, to produce a frictional engagement connection, the clutch element can be brought into operative connection with the friction area or, to cancel the frictional engagement connection, the clutch element can be separated from the friction area. The clutch element has a support for a friction facing, and the clutch element has a holding device radially adjacent to the friction facing for receiving the support of the clutch element. The support has at its side opposite the friction facing a further friction facing acting as seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas THIEDE, Markus WALPER, Daniel PINKE
  • Publication number: 20200232523
    Abstract: Clutch arrangement provided with a housing and a clutch device, one of which serves as a clutch element carrier for a clutch element and the other serves as a friction region carrier. The clutch element has a carrier for a friction lining and a holding apparatus for receiving the carrier on the clutch element carrier, radially adjacently with respect to the friction lining. In a first radial region, the clutch housing has an axial projection at a first axial spacing from the clutch device and, with a radial offset with respect thereto, has an axial recess at a second axial spacing from the clutch device in a second radial region, and has a transition region radially between the axial projection and the axial recess, either the axial projection or the axial recess being intended to provide a bearing face for at least one component of the clutch device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Schneider, Alessio Paone, Andreas Thiede, Troy Menebroker, Richard Wu, Jorge Ciseros
  • Patent number: 10514435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for calibrating a power measuring system for power transformers. The general inventive concept involves the two reference measuring systems that are known from the prior art for the calibration of a current transformer, a voltage transformer and an evaluation device being integrated in a shared apparatus, according to the invention, for calibrating a power measuring system for power transformers, which apparatus is furthermore arranged on a container such that the apparatus can be moved by means of a trailer that holds the container for the purpose of in-situ calibration of the power measuring system of power transformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Steiner, Catrina Kowal, Sebastian Augat, Andreas Thiede
  • Patent number: 9465085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a test system for high-voltage technology devices, in particular shunt reactors, as defined in the preamble of independent patent claim 1. The invention also relates to a method which can be carried out with this test system and is intended to test high-voltage technology devices according to coordinate patent claim 5. The general idea of the test system according to the invention is to provide a continuously adjustable inductance and a capacitance, which can be adjusted in discrete steps, on the secondary side of the test transformer in such a manner that said components form a series resonant circuit together with the test object in the form of an inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Hinow, Uwe Stephan, Guenther Siebert, Ralf Bergmann, Andreas Thiede
  • Publication number: 20150145526
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for calibrating a power measuring system for power transformers. The general inventive concept involves the two reference measuring systems that are known from the prior art for the calibration of a current transformer, a voltage transformer and an evaluation device being integrated in a shared apparatus, according to the invention, for calibrating a power measuring system for power transformers, which apparatus is furthermore arranged on a container such that the apparatus can be moved by means of a trailer that holds the container for the purpose of in-situ calibration of the power measuring system of power transformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Steiner, Catrina Kowal, Sebastian Augat, Andreas Thiede
  • Publication number: 20150008944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a test system for high-voltage technology devices, in particular shunt reactors, as defined in the preamble of independent patent claim 1. The invention also relates to a method which can be carried out with this test system and is intended to test high-voltage technology devices according to coordinate patent claim 5. The general idea of the test system according to the invention is to provide a continuously adjustable inductance and a capacitance, which can be adjusted in in discrete steps, on the secondary side of the test transformer in such a manner that said components form a series resonant circuit together with the test object in the form of an inductance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Hinow, Uwe Stephan, Guenther Siebert, Ralf Bergmann, Andreas Thiede
  • Patent number: 8587324
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing a high-voltage equipment transformer or inductor has a filter transformer having a primary side connectable to line and a secondary side and a grounded electrostatic shield between the primary and secondary sides. A static frequency converter has a plurality of inputs connected to the filter-transformer outputs and a plurality of outputs. Respective capacitors each have one side connected to a respective one of the converter outputs and an opposite side connected star-fashion to a common ground. A matching transformer has a plurality of inputs connected to the capacitors and a plurality of outputs connectable to the transformer or inductor to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH
    Inventors: Rene Annowsky, Andreas Thiede
  • Patent number: 8410790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for testing transformers, having a static frequency converter (2). The static frequency converter (2) comprises a plurality of outlets (21, 22, 23), which are connected to a filter device (6). The filter device (6) also comprises a plurality of outlets (31, 32, 33), which are connected to a matching transformer (8), and wherein the matching transformer (8) is connected to the transformer (15) intended for testing. The filter device (6) is a filter transformer (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Thiede, Yulong Huang, Uwe Stephan
  • Publication number: 20120139556
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing a high-voltage equipment transformer or inductor has a filter transformer having a primary side connectable to line and a secondary side and a grounded electrostatic shield between the primary and secondary sides. A static frequency converter has a plurality of inputs connected to the filter-transformer outputs and a plurality of outputs. Respective capacitors each have one side connected to a respective one of the converter outputs and an opposite side connected star-fashion to a common ground. A matching transformer has a plurality of inputs connected to the capacitors and a plurality of outputs connectable to the transformer or inductor to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Rene Annowsky, Andreas Thiede
  • Publication number: 20100259280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for testing transformers, having a static frequency converter (2). The static frequency converter (2) comprises a plurality of outlets (21, 22, 23), which are connected to a filter device (6). The filter device (6) also comprises a plurality of outlets (31, 32, 33), which are connected to a matching transformer (8), and wherein the matching transformer (8) is connected to the transformer (15) intended for testing. The filter device (6) is a filter transformer (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Thiede, Yulong Huang, Uwe Stephan
  • Patent number: 7808183
    Abstract: An arrangement for the regulation of the electron beam power of an electron gun, which comprises a filament cathode, a block cathode and an anode. Between the filament cathode and the block cathode is applied a first voltage, while between the block cathode and the anode a second voltage is applied. With the aid of a first closed-loop regulated system the filament cathode is regulated to a constant current value, which has a filament temperature sufficient for the maximum beam power of the block cathode. A second closed-loop regulated system, such including a block power regulator, which is acted upon by the difference between instantaneous block power value and nominal block power value, regulates the voltage between the filament cathode and the block cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignees: Applied Materials GmbH & Co. KG, ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Klemm, Andreas Thiede, Hans-Jürgen Schneider
  • Patent number: 7805083
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for data recovery in optical transmission systems include parallel detection subcircuits for determining output values of sequentially provided optical data bits such that sequentially provided optical data bits are alternately processed by respective ones of the parallel detection subcircuits. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, clock values to be used for timing provided to the first parallel detection subcircuit are 180° out of phase with clock values provided to the second parallel detection subcircuit, such that the first parallel detection subcircuit and the second parallel detection subcircuit alternately process input optical data bits according to odd valued clock signals and even valued clock signals. Furthermore, the outputs of the parallel detection subcircuits are connected crosswise to provide control signals for their parallel counterparts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Gu, Lothar Benedict Erhard Josef Moeller, Andreas Thiede
  • Publication number: 20080023287
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine with a takeoff shaft; an electrical machine with a rotor and a stator; a first and a second clutch, each with an input part and an output part; and a housing, which surrounds at least the clutches and the electrical machine. The input part of the first clutch is in working connection with the takeoff shaft of the internal combustion engine, and the output part of the second clutch can be connected to the drive wheels of the vehicle. A torque-transmitting device for transmitting a torque is installed between the output part of the first clutch and the input part of the second clutch, where the housing has an intermediate housing wall, on which the rotor of the electrical machine is at least indirectly supported, and where the rotor of the electrical machine is or can be connected nonrotatably to the torque-transmitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Thiede, Udo Niehaus, Thorsten Muller, Alexander Bartha, Michael Wetzel, Christoph Sasse
  • Patent number: 7254343
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for reducing intra-channel distortions of received data resulting from non-linear signal propagation includes parallel detection subcircuits for determining output values of sequentially provided optical data bits such that each of the sequentially provided optical data bits is processed by only one of the parallel detection subcircuits. Two parallel detection subcircuits process the input optical data bits according to even valued and odd valued clock signals. Each subcircuit has first and second signal analyzers to detect the value of the input optical data bit and a first memory unit and a second memory unit connected to the first and second signal analyzers. The input value of clock information provided to the first and second memory units of the first parallel subcircuit are 180° out of phase with input values indicative of a clock speed provided to the second parallel subcircuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Gu, Lothar Benedict Erhard Josef Moeller, Andreas Thiede
  • Publication number: 20060250092
    Abstract: An arrangement for the regulation of the electron beam power of an electron gun, which comprises a filament cathode, a block cathode and an anode. Between the filament cathode and the block cathode is applied a first voltage, while between the block cathode and the anode a second voltage is applied. With the aid of a first closed-loop regulated system the filament cathode is regulated to a constant current value, which has a filament temperature sufficient for the maximum beam power of the block cathode. A second closed-loop regulated system, such including a block power regulator, which is acted upon by the difference between instantaneous block power value and nominal block power value, regulates the voltage between the filament cathode and the block cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Gunter Klemm, Andreas Thiede, Hans-Jurgen Schneider
  • Publication number: 20050041979
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for data recovery in optical transmission systems include parallel detection subcircuits for determining output values of sequentially provided optical data bits such that sequentially provided optical data bits are alternately processed by respective ones of the parallel detection subcircuits. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, clock values to be used for timing provided to the first parallel detection subcircuit are 180° out of phase with clock values provided to the second parallel detection subcircuit, such that the first parallel detection subcircuit and the second parallel detection subcircuit alternately process input optical data bits according to odd valued clock signals and even valued clock signals. Furthermore, the outputs of the parallel detection subcircuits are connected crosswise to provide control signals for their parallel counterparts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Zheng Gu, Lothar Benedict Josef Moeller, Andreas Thiede