Patents by Inventor Bernhard Dömel

Bernhard Dömel 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).

  • Control device and method for monitoring a function of a semiconductor component during the operation thereof and electrical assembly having a control device
    Patent number: 10453767
    Abstract: A control device for monitoring a functioning of a semiconductor component during its operation may comprise an input interface configured for receiving a sensor signal corresponding to a contact-less determined temperature distribution on a surface of the semiconductor component, and an evaluation device configured to determine, based on the sensor signal, whether the temperature distribution fulfills a predefined decision criterion corresponding to an operation of the semiconductor component outside a normal operating state. An output interface is designed to issue an emergency signal when the decision criterion is fulfilled, wherein the emergency signal triggers the execution of an emergency measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ZF Friedricshafen AG
    Inventors: Heinz Weißmann, Bernhard Dömel
  • Control Device and Method for Monitoring a Function of a Semiconductor Component During the Operation Thereof and Electrical Assembly Having a Control Device
    Publication number: 20170309539
    Abstract: A control device for monitoring a functioning of a semiconductor component during its operation may comprise an input interface configured for receiving a sensor signal corresponding to a contact-less determined temperature distribution on a surface of the semiconductor component, and an evaluation device configured to determine, based on the sensor signal, whether the temperature distribution fulfills a predefined decision criterion corresponding to an operation of the semiconductor component outside a normal operating state. An output interface is designed to issue an emergency signal when the decision criterion is fulfilled, wherein the emergency signal triggers the execution of an emergency measure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Heinz Weißmann, Bernhard Dömel