Patents by Inventor Dirk Buehler

Dirk Buehler 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: 10530208
    Abstract: The invention describes an electrical machine comprising a stator and a rotor which is separated from the stator by an air gap and has a plurality of shell-like magnet segments which are fastened to a magnetic return path element. In this case, the magnet segments are arranged opposite one another in pairs in each case and each have a plurality of magnetically differently polarized sections in the circumferential direction, said sections each forming a magnetic pole of the rotor. In this case, recesses which each serve as outer detached pole portions are provided on that side which faces the stator in the edge zones of the magnet segments which are arranged in the circumferential direction. Furthermore, further recesses are provided on that side which faces the stator in the transition zones between the magnetically differently polarized sections of the magnet segments, said recesses serving as inner detached pole portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Buehler, Milorad Risticevic, Steven Andrew Evans
  • Publication number: 20180191213
    Abstract: The invention describes an electrical machine comprising a stator and a rotor which is separated from the stator by an air gap and has a plurality of shell-like magnet segments which are fastened to a magnetic return path element. In this case, the magnet segments are arranged opposite one another in pairs in each case and each have a plurality of magnetically differently polarized sections in the circumferential direction, said sections each forming a magnetic pole of the rotor. In this case, recesses which each serve as outer detached pole portions are provided on that side which faces the stator in the edge zones of the magnet segments which are arranged in the circumferential direction. Furthermore, further recesses are provided on that side which faces the stator in the transition zones between the magnetically differently polarized sections of the magnet segments, said recesses serving as inner detached pole portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Dirk BUEHLER, Milorad RISTICEVIC, Steven Andrew EVANS
  • Patent number: 8513827
    Abstract: An electric drive machine having a stator and a rotor, the rotor carrying a rotor winding, in slots, which is able to be supplied with electric current by a power supply system made up of a commutator and sliding contacts, the sliding contacts pressing on the surface of the commutator having at least two pairs each made up of one positive sliding contact and one negative sliding contact, and in the case of at least one first pair of a positive sliding contact and a negative sliding contact, the positive sliding contact and the negative sliding contact being opposed at an angle ?, which deviates from 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Faber, Michael Bayer, Sven Hartmann, Dirk Buehler
  • Patent number: 8106609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive and evaluation unit for displacing an object to be displaced, particularly for raising and lowering a side window in a motor vehicle. The drive includes a commutator motor with a stator having two diametrically opposed permanent magnets. The magnets have cross-sectional shapes of a respective peripheral contour segment, having a radial inner peripheral contour segment which encompasses an armature over a respective inner peripheral angle. The armature is provided with ten grooves spaced around its periphery for holding armature windings that are configured as lap windings. The evaluation unit includes a device for determining the rotational position of the armature by evaluating the ripple count of the armature current. According to the invention, the armature windings are configured as short pitch windings, and the inner peripheral angle of the radial inner peripheral contour segment of at least one of the magnets is between 101° and 111°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Haussecker, Dirk Buehler, Peter Froehlich, Francois Schramm, Volker Hertweck
  • Publication number: 20110025063
    Abstract: An electric drive machine having a stator and a rotor, the rotor carrying a rotor winding, in slots, which is able to be supplied with electric current by a power supply system made up of a commutator and sliding contacts, the sliding contacts pressing on the surface of the commutator having at least two pairs each made up of one positive sliding contact and one negative sliding contact, and in the case of at least one first pair of a positive sliding contact and a negative sliding contact, the positive sliding contact and the negative sliding contact being opposed at an angle ?, which deviates from 180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Faber, Michael Bayer, Sven Hartmann, Dirk Buehler
  • Publication number: 20090304369
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive and evaluation unit for displacing an object to be displaced, particularly for raising and lowering a side window in a motor vehicle. The drive includes a commutator motor with a stator having two diametrically opposed permanent magnets. The magnets have cross-sectional shapes of a respective peripheral contour segment, having a radial inner peripheral contour segment which encompasses an armature over a respective inner peripheral angle. The armature is provided with ten grooves spaced around its periphery for holding armature windings that are configured as lap windings. The evaluation unit includes a device for determining the rotational position of the armature by evaluating the ripple count of the armature current. According to the invention, the armature windings are configured as short pitch windings, and the inner peripheral angle of the radial inner peripheral contour segment of at least one of the magnets is between 101° and 111°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Walter Haussecker, Dirk Buehler, Peter Froehlich, Francois Schramm, Volker Hertweck