Patents by Inventor Andreas Wempe

Andreas Wempe 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: 10879925
    Abstract: A method produces a digital signal from an analog signal. The method includes: producing a pulse-width-modulated actuation signal by a frequency converter, wherein the pulse-width-modulated actuation signal is produced over a number n of periods of the pulse width modulation such that the signal curve of the pulse-width-modulated actuation signal is identical in the respective periods; applying the actuation signal to a load; producing a bitstream with a predetermined bit repetition duration depending on an analog signal to be measured by a sigma-delta modulator, wherein the analog signal to be measured depends on the actuation signal and on the load, wherein a number m of bits are produced and stored with the predetermined bit repetition duration over a respective period of the pulse-width-modulated actuation signal; and summing corresponding bits of the respective periods in order to form the digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Lenze Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wempe, Dirk Duesterberg
  • Publication number: 20190215006
    Abstract: A method produces a digital signal from an analog signal. The method includes: producing a pulse-width-modulated actuation signal by a frequency converter, wherein the pulse-width-modulated actuation signal is produced over a number n of periods of the pulse width modulation such that the signal curve of the pulse-width-modulated actuation signal is identical in the respective periods; applying the actuation signal to a load; producing a bitstream with a predetermined bit repetition duration depending on an analog signal to be measured by a sigma-delta modulator, wherein the analog signal to be measured depends on the actuation signal and on the load, wherein a number m of bits are produced and stored with the predetermined bit repetition duration over a respective period of the pulse-width-modulated actuation signal; and summing corresponding bits of the respective periods in order to form the digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas WEMPE, Dirk DUESTERBERG
  • Patent number: 9648774
    Abstract: A frequency converter (10a, 10b, 10c) includes a housing (30), a circuit board (12a) arranged in the housing, and a coupling arrangement (20) arranged externally on the housing (30) for galvanically coupling the circuit board (12a) to an adjacently arranged second frequency converter (10b, 10c), wherein the coupling arrangement (20) either comprises a base portion (22) and a coupling member (26) movable with respect to the base portion (22) along a defined movement path, or is formed as a rigid busbar which is designed for simultaneous attachment to the frequency converter and the second frequency converter, and the coupling arrangement (22) is galvanically coupled to the circuit board (12a). The coupling arrangement (22) is connected to the circuit board (12a) by a spring element (40), wherein this spring element (40) has a fastening portion (44) on the circuit board side and a fastening portion (42) on the coupling arrangement side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Lenze Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Edmund Neumann, Uwe Beilfuss-Spickmann, Andreas Wempe, Frank Oltmann
  • Publication number: 20140334118
    Abstract: A frequency converter (10a, 10b, 10c) includes a housing (30), a circuit board (12a) arranged in the housing, and a coupling arrangement (20) arranged externally on the housing (30) for galvanically coupling the circuit board (12a) to an adjacently arranged second frequency converter (10b, 10c), wherein the coupling arrangement (20) either comprises a base portion (22) and a coupling member (26) movable with respect to the base portion (22) along a defined movement path, or is formed as a rigid busbar which is designed for simultaneous attachment to the frequency converter and the second frequency converter, and the coupling arrangement (22) is galvanically coupled to the circuit board (12a). The coupling arrangement (22) is connected to the circuit board (12a) by a spring element (40), wherein this spring element (40) has a fastening portion (44) on the circuit board side and a fastening portion (42) on the coupling arrangement side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Lenze Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Edmund Neumann, Uwe Beilfuss-Spickmann, Andreas Wempe, Frank Oltmann