Patents by Inventor Balazs SCHWEIGHOFFER

Balazs SCHWEIGHOFFER 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).

  • Actuator with an electric motor and a method of controlling the electric motor to maintain a current position
    Patent number: 11888429
    Abstract: For controlling an electric motor to maintain a current motor position, a motor controller determines the current motor position of the electric motor and selects (S41) from a set of stable positions, defined by cogging torque of the electric motor, a selected stable position closest to the current motor position. The controller controls the motor torque of the electric motor to maintain the motor position (S4) within a defined range around the selected stable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BELIMO HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Stefan Wildhaber, Balazs Schweighoffer
  • AN ACTUATOR WITH AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ELECTRIC MOTOR TO MAINTAIN A CURRENT POSITION
    Publication number: 20210313911
    Abstract: For controlling an electric motor to maintain a current motor position, a motor controller determines the current motor position of the electric motor and selects (S41) from a set of stable positions, defined by cogging torque of the electric motor, a selected stable position closest to the current motor position. The controller controls the motor torque of the electric motor to maintain the motor position (S4) within a defined range around the selected stable position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: BELIMO HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Stefan WILDHABER, Balazs SCHWEIGHOFFER