Patents by Inventor Christian Thomann

Christian Thomann 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: 11290035
    Abstract: A method for determining a rotation variable of a rotatably mounted rotor of a mechanically commutated electric motor, having a motor current path formed between two brush elements of the electric motor, and leading via the commutator bars contacted by the brush elements, and via coil windings of the rotor electrically connected to said commutator bars, wherein an oscillating input signal is fed into the motor current path and the rotation variable is determined with the aid of a ripple of a resultant output signal, said ripple being due to the mechanical commutation of the motor current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Christian Thomann, Detlef Russ, Guido Naumann, Christoph Brand
  • Publication number: 20200295678
    Abstract: A method for determining a rotation variable of a rotatably mounted rotor of a mechanically commutated electric motor, having a motor current path formed between two brush elements of the electric motor, and leading via the commutator bars contacted by the brush elements, and via coil windings of the rotor electrically connected to said commutator bars, wherein an oscillating input signal is fed into the motor current path and the rotation variable is determined with the aid of a ripple of a resultant output signal, said ripple being due to the mechanical commutation of the motor current path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Christian THOMANN, Detlef RUSS, Guido NAUMANN, Christoph BRAND
  • Patent number: 10090785
    Abstract: An electric arrangement which, for controlling at least two electric motors, has at least one first H-bridge arrangement and a second H-bridge arrangement, is provided. The electric arrangement comprises a first electric motor, which is electrically connected to a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element and a fourth switching element in the first H-bridge arrangement. The electric arrangement furthermore comprises a second electric motor, which is arranged in a second bridge branch of the second H-bridge arrangement) and is connected to a third half-bridge via a third motor contact, wherein the third half-bridge comprises a fifth switching element and a sixth switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugtelle GMBH & Co. KG, Bamberg
    Inventors: Thomas Schindhelm, Stefan Franek, Guido Naumann, Christian Thomann
  • Patent number: 10020762
    Abstract: A method operates a brushed commutator motor of an adjusting drive in a motor vehicle, particularly a window lifter, having a rotor and having a stator. An angular position of the rotor with respect to the stator is determined. The angular position is used to determine a ripple within the torque, which ripple can be expected on the basis of the commutation. The motor current is adapted such that the amplitude of the ripple that can be expected remains below a determined limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Marcus Scholz, Joerg Uebelein, Christian Thomann, Thomas Weingaertner
  • Publication number: 20170117828
    Abstract: An electric arrangement which, for controlling at least two electric motors, has at least one first H-bridge arrangement and a second H-bridge arrangement, is provided. The electric arrangement comprises a first electric motor, which is electrically connected to a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element and a fourth switching element in the first H-bridge arrangement. The electric arrangement furthermore comprises a second electric motor, which is arranged in a second bridge branch of the second H-bridge arrangement) and is connected to a third half-bridge via a third motor contact, wherein the third half-bridge comprises a fifth switching element and a sixth switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas SCHINDHELM, Stefan FRANEK, Guido NAUMANN, Christian THOMANN
  • Publication number: 20170085198
    Abstract: A method operates a brushed commutator motor of an adjusting drive in a motor vehicle, particularly a window lifter, having a rotor and having a stator. An angular position of the rotor with respect to the stator is determined. The angular position is used to determine a ripple within the torque, which ripple can be expected on the basis of the commutation. The motor current is adapted such that the amplitude of the ripple that can be expected remains below a determined limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: MARCUS SCHOLZ, JOERG UEBELEIN, CHRISTIAN THOMANN, THOMAS WEINGAERTNER
  • Patent number: 8966825
    Abstract: A door module for a door of a motor vehicle. The door module has a support for receiving a window lifter drive and fixing points at which the door module can be fixed to the corresponding door. At least one sensor electrode of a capacitive and/or inductive control device is attached to the support in order to contactlessly operate an actuator in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Joerg Uebelein, Oscar Mauricio Ayala Guzman, Christian Thomann, Christian Hermann
  • Publication number: 20140167445
    Abstract: A door module for a door of a motor vehicle. The door module has a support for receiving a window lifter drive and fixing points at which the door module can be fixed to the corresponding door. At least one sensor electrode of a capacitive and/or inductive control device is attached to the support in order to contactlessly operate an actuator in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Joerg UEBELEIN, Oscar Mauricio AYALA GUZMAN, Christian THOMANN, Christian HERRMANN
  • Patent number: 8552715
    Abstract: In order to determine the actuation position of a motor-driven adjusting element of a motor vehicle, a Hall-effect sensor is located in a rotatable magnetic field, wherein a periodic change in the magnetic flux density sensed by the Hall-effect sensor is converted into a binary pulse train in that a pulse transition takes place when an upper switching threshold is positively exceeded and when a lower switching threshold separated from the upper switching threshold by a hysteresis is negatively exceeded. The hysteresis is reduced following an inactive phase of the Hall-effect sensor during which the magnetic field was stationary and/or the Hall-effect sensor was deactivated, if the magnetic flux density at the start of the inactive phase has exceeded the upper switching threshold by no more than a predefined tolerance range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Marco Semineth, Christian Thomann, Thomas Schindhelm
  • Publication number: 20110018528
    Abstract: In order to determine the actuation position of a motor-driven adjusting element of a motor vehicle, a Hall-effect sensor is located in a rotatable magnetic field, wherein a periodic change in the magnetic flux density sensed by the Hall-effect sensor is converted into a binary pulse train in that a pulse transition takes place when an upper switching threshold is positively exceeded and when a lower switching threshold separated from the upper switching threshold by a hysteresis is negatively exceeded. The hysteresis is reduced following an inactive phase of the Hall-effect sensor during which the magnetic field was stationary and/or the Hall-effect sensor was deactivated, if the magnetic flux density at the start of the inactive phase has exceeded the upper switching threshold by no more than a predefined tolerance range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Marco SEMINETH, Christian Thomann, Thomas Schindhelm