Patents by Inventor Daniel Gontermann

Daniel Gontermann 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: 10396608
    Abstract: A rotor for a reluctance machine and a method of producing a rotor for a reluctance machine is provided. The rotor is formed as a soft magnetic element which is cylindrical in shape. The soft magnetic element has recesses for forming flux barriers, one or more flux barriers being at least partially filled with a filler material, and the filler material of said flux barriers extending up to the rotor periphery and forming part of the rotor periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Gontermann, Boris Janjic, Michael Koenen, Jochen Schaab, Axel Schunk
  • Patent number: 10033320
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the motor of a synchronous reluctance motor for a pump, in particular a centrifugal pump, are provided. The motor includes a variable-frequency drive which controls the synchronous reluctance motor in a terminal volts/hertz operation. The pump, in particular a centrifugal pump, includes at least one synchronous reluctance motor and a variable-frequency drive for a motor control, the variable-frequency drive being a terminal volts/hertz variable-frequency drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Gontermann, Jochen Schaab
  • Patent number: 9866077
    Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine, in particular synchronous reluctance machine, is provided. The rotor is formed as a cylindrical structure having a magnetically soft element formed with an even number of salient magnetic poles openings for forming magnetic flux barriers. The openings are at least partially filled with a diamagnetic and/or paramagnetic medium and the diamagnetic and/or paramagnetic medium may axially and tangentially fix the magnetically soft element relative to the rotor. A method for producing such a rotor and apparatus using the rotor, including a reluctance motor, in particular a synchronous reluctance motor, that uses the rotor are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Gontermann, Jochen Schaab, Joachim Schullerer
  • Publication number: 20170237307
    Abstract: A rotor for a reluctance machine and a method of producing a rotor for a reluctance machine is provided. The rotor is formed as a soft magnetic element which is cylindrical in shape. The soft magnetic element has recesses for forming flux barriers, one or more flux barriers being at least partially filled with a filler material, and the filler material of said flux barriers extending up to the rotor periphery and forming part of the rotor periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel GONTERMANN, Boris JANJIC, Michael KOENEN, Jochen SCHAAB, Axel SCHUNK
  • Publication number: 20170222502
    Abstract: A method for producing a rotor for a reluctance machine, in particular for a synchronous reluctance machine, and a rotor produced by the method, are provided. The laminated rotor core is produced by punching and stacking two or more adjacent laminations of the core. The adjacent laminations are held together by at least one connection point created during the punch stacking, the at least one connection point simultaneously forming a flux barrier of the rotor. The rotor comprises a laminated core, which is stacked from at least two lamination sheets, with the at least two adjacent lamination cuts being connected to each other by at least one connection point forming at least one flux barrier of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel GONTERMANN, Jochen SCHAAB, Michael KOENEN
  • Publication number: 20170214352
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the motor of a synchronous reluctance motor for a pump, in particular a centrifugal pump, are provided. The motor includes a variable-frequency drive which controls the synchronous reluctance motor in a terminal volts/hertz operation. The pump, in particular a centrifugal pump, includes at least one synchronous reluctance motor and a variable-frequency drive for a motor control, the variable-frequency drive being a terminal volts/hertz variable-frequency drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel GONTERMANN, Jochen SCHAAB
  • Patent number: 9654030
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for starting a variable-speed electric motor, wherein upon detection of locking of the motor shaft a positive torque is applied to the motor shaft, and wherein the positive torque is continuously modified with different frequencies to overcome the locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Gontermann, Jochen Schaab, Joachim Schullerer, Manfred Oesterle
  • Publication number: 20160036356
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for starting a variable-speed electric motor, wherein upon detection of locking of the motor shaft a positive torque is applied to the motor shaft, and wherein the positive torque is continuously modified with different frequencies to overcome the locking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel GONTERMANN, Jochen SCHAAB, Joachim SCHULLERER, Manfred OESTERLE
  • Publication number: 20150015093
    Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine, in particular synchronous reluctance machine, is provided. The rotor is formed as a cylindrical structure having a magnetically soft element formed with an even number of salient magnetic poles openings for forming magnetic flux barriers. The openings are at least partially filled with a diamagnetic and/or paramagnetic medium and the diamagnetic and/or paramagnetic medium may axially and tangentially fix the magnetically soft element relative to the rotor. A method for producing such a rotor and apparatus using the rotor, including a reluctance motor, in particular a synchronous reluctance motor, that uses the rotor are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Gontermann, Jochen Schaab, Joachim Schullerer
  • Patent number: 7991586
    Abstract: A device for transmitting measured values having a sensor module including miniaturized components and an evaluation unit, in which the sensor module has connections for different sensors, one or more sensors are connected to the sensor module, and the sensor detect operating states of a centrifugal pump arrangement including a pump and a drive motor as measured values. The sensor module is connected to a power supply and processes the measured values. Sensors that are connected to the sensor module are identified. The sensor module is constructed as a signal transmitter with a standardized output signal, an integrated evaluation unit, which has a microcomputer, and a display. The evaluation unit processes the measured values from the sensors and displays measured values and/or calculated variables on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marjan Silovic, Daniel Gontermann, Dirk Kollmar, Christoph Keller
  • Publication number: 20090125252
    Abstract: A device for transmitting measured values having a sensor module including miniaturized components and an evaluation unit, in which the sensor module has connections for different sensors, one or more sensors are connected to the sensor module, and the sensor detect operating states of a centrifugal pump arrangement including a pump and a drive motor as measured values, and in which the sensor module is connected to a power supply and processes the measured values. The sensors (7, 8) which are connected to the sensor module are determined by identification means (13, 14, 15, 16). The sensor module is constructed as a signal transmitter (1) with a standardized output signal (10), with an integrated evaluation unit (2) which has a microcomputer (3), and with a display (4). The evaluation unit (2) processes the measured values from the sensors (7, 8) and displays measured values and/or calculated variables on the display (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marjan Silovic, Daniel Gontermann, Dirk Kollmar, Christoph Keller