Patents by Inventor Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lillie

Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lillie 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).

  • Publication number: 20120274250
    Abstract: The present application relates to an anticipatory control system and method for electric motor applied to cyclic loads, said system including an electric motor (10), at least an electronic control unit (20), at least an electronic power unit (30), and at least an electric position-monitoring device. The electric motor (10) is electrically driven by the electronic power unit (30), the electronic power unit (30) is electrically controlled by the electronic control unit (20), the system includes an average speed controller and a device for monitoring the position of the electric motor, both implemented by the electronic control unit (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Claudio Eduardo Soares, Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lillie, Roberto Andrich, Luiz Von Dokonal
  • Patent number: 8241015
    Abstract: The invention refers to a linear compressor, comprising: a shell (20); a cylinder (30) affixed to the shell (20) and defining a compression chamber (C); a piston (40) to be displaced in reciprocating movement in the interior of the compression chamber (C) during the operation of the compressor; a linear electric motor (50) mounted to the shell (20); and an actuating means (60) operatively coupling the piston (40) to the linear electric motor (50), in order to make the latter displace the piston (40) in a reciprocating movement in the interior of the compression chamber (C), the actuating means (60) being coupled to the piston (40) by an elastic means (70), so that the actuating means (60) and the piston (40) be displaced in phase opposition during the operation of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lillie, Egidio Berwanger, Raul Bosco, Jr., Emerson Moreira, Davi Luis Goergen, Fabricio Caldeira Possamai
  • Publication number: 20120141300
    Abstract: A linear compressor (100) applicable to a cooling system (20) includes a piston (1) driven by a linear motor (10), the piston (1) having displacement range controlled by means of a controlled voltage (VM), the controlled voltage (VM) having a voltage frequency (?P) applied to the linear motor (10) and adjusted by a processing unit (22), the range of piston (1) displacement being dynamically controlled in function of a variable demand of the cooling system (20), the linear compressor (100) having a resonance frequency, the processing unit (22) adjusting the range of piston (1) displacement, so that the linear compressor (100) will be dynamically kept on resonance throughout the variations in demand of the cooling system (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Paulo Sergio Dainez, Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lillie, Marcio Roberto Thiessen
  • Patent number: 8033795
    Abstract: A linear motor (10), a linear compressor (100), a method of controlling a linear compressor (100), a cooling system (20) and a system of controlling a linear compressor (100) to operate a linear compressor (100) in resonance in it's the greatest possible efficiency throughout its operation are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Paulo Sergio Dainez, Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lillie, Marcio Roberto Thiessen
  • Publication number: 20090280015
    Abstract: The invention refers to a linear compressor, comprising: a shell (20); a cylinder (30) affixed to the shell (20) and defining a compression chamber (C); a piston (40) to be displaced in reciprocating movement in the interior of the compression chamber (C) during the operation of the compressor; a linear electric motor (50) mounted to the shell (20); and an actuating means (60) operatively coupling the piston (40) to the linear electric motor (50), in order to make the latter displace the piston (40) in a reciprocating movement in the interior of the compression chamber (C), the actuating means (60) being coupled to the piston (40) by an elastic means (70), so that the actuating means (60) and the piston (40) be displaced in phase opposition during the operation of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lillie, Egidio Berwanger, Raul Bosco, JR., Emerson Moreira, Davi Luis Goergen, Fabricio Caldeira Possamai