Patents by Inventor Dirk Lamprecht

Dirk Lamprecht 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: 11013666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a set of scales and to an installation for producing a medical composition using a set of scales. The set of scales comprise interchangeable securing means for a target container, the weight thereof being measured by the set of scales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Biehl, Michael Hock, Ulla Schöbel, Marcel Borgward, Holger Lenkeit, Dirk Lamprecht, Sebastian Maier
  • Publication number: 20200289371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a set of scales and to an installation for producing a medical composition using a set of scales. The set of scales comprise interchangeable securing means for a target container, the weight thereof being measured by the set of scales.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Biehl, Michael Hock, Ulla Schobel, Marcel Borgward, Holger Lenkeit, Dirk Lamprecht, Sebastian Maier
  • Patent number: 10461665
    Abstract: A switch device for an electric motor includes at least one half-bridge having two semiconductor switches to energize at least one phase of the electric motor on demand. The switch device further includes a drive device assigned to the semiconductor switches and configured to actuate the semiconductor switches in accordance with an activation signal. The driver device includes an oscillator to generate an operating clock frequency, an apparatus to receive a synchronization signal, and a device to adjust the operating clock frequency in accordance with the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Walz, Andreas Speinle, Markus Weber, Sylvia Wiedemann, Panagiotis Kosioris, Dirk Lamprecht, Alexander Krautstrunk
  • Publication number: 20190103818
    Abstract: A switch device for an electric motor includes at least one half-bridge having two semiconductor switches to energize at least one phase of the electric motor on demand. The switch device further includes a drive device assigned to the semiconductor switches and configured to actuate the semiconductor switches in accordance with an activation signal. The driver device includes an oscillator to generate an operating clock frequency, an apparatus to receive a synchronization signal, and a device to adjust the operating clock frequency in accordance with the synchronization signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Walz, Andreas Speinle, Markus Weber, Sylvia Wiedemann, Panagiotis Kosioris, Dirk Lamprecht, Alexander Krautstrunk
  • Patent number: 10158307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the phase currents through phase windings (12) and an excitation current through an excitation winding (13) of an electrical machine (11), wherein an excitation winding (13) is connected between a star point (14) of the phase windings (12) and a defined reference potential, the method comprising the following steps: —periodic driving of the electrical machine (11) with a predefined pulse pattern (30); —determining a respective measurement current (Imess) in a plurality of temporal measuring windows (31, 32, 33) of a measuring period (37), wherein the measurement currents (Imess) correspond to currents through one of the phase windings (12) and through one or more parallel connections of a plurality of the phase windings (12); and —determining the phase currents and the excitation current by evaluating the measurement currents (Imess) determined during the measuring period (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Lamprecht
  • Publication number: 20160197569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the phase currents through phase windings (12) and an excitation current through an excitation winding (13) of an electrical machine (11), wherein an excitation winding (13) is connected between a star point (14) of the phase windings (12) and a defined reference potential, the method comprising the following steps: —periodic driving of the electrical machine (11) with a predefined pulse pattern (30); —determining a respective measurement current (Imess) in a plurality of temporal measuring windows (31, 32, 33) of a measuring period (37), wherein the measurement currents (Imess) correspond to currents through one of the phase windings (12) and through one or more parallel connections of a plurality of the phase windings (12); and —determining the phase currents and the excitation current by evaluating the measurement currents (Imess) determined during the measuring period (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Dirk Lamprecht
  • Patent number: 8742706
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronically commutated electric motor. The electric motor comprises a stator, and a rotor, in particular a permanent-magnetic rotor. The electric motor further comprises a control unit connected to the stator. The control unit is designed to actuate the stator such that the stator can generate a magnetic rotating field for rotationally moving the rotor. According to the invention, the control unit of the electric motor is provided with a power output stage having semiconductor switches. Subject to the low-resistance, or short-circuited, semiconductor switch of the power output stage, in particular as a result of defect, the control unit is designed to actuate the stator for generating the rotating field such that during a complete rotor revolution, the rotor can provide a mechanical output, or in the operational mode, a braking torque of the electric motor caused by the defect is reduced, or completely neutralized, by the low-resistance, or short-circuited, semiconductor switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Henke, Oliver Wackerl, Ulrich Vollmer, Dirk Lamprecht
  • Publication number: 20120086372
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronically commutated electric motor. The electric motor comprises a stator, and a rotor, in particular a permanent-magnetic rotor. The electric motor further comprises a control unit connected to the stator. The control unit is designed to actuate the stator such that the stator can generate a magnetic rotating field for rotationally moving the rotor. According to the invention, the control unit of the electric motor is provided with a power output stage having semiconductor switches. Subject to the low-resistance, or short-circuited, semiconductor switch of the power output stage, in particular as a result of defect, the control unit is designed to actuate the stator for generating the rotating field such that during a complete rotor revolution, the rotor can provide a mechanical output, or in the operational mode, a braking torque of the electric motor caused by the defect is reduced, or completely neutralized, by the low-resistance, or short-circuited, semiconductor switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Henke, Oliver Wackerl, Ulrich Vollmer, Dirk Lamprecht
  • Patent number: 7893649
    Abstract: A method and circuit arrangement for determining position of the rotor of an electronically commutated motor, wherein the rotor has magnetic axes having different permeances. Voltage is applied to stator phases, and resultant phase currents are monitored for purpose of determining rotor position in the standstill state of the motor. First and second rise times of phase currents are determined until predetermined limit values are reached in unsaturated state. The assignment of a magnetic axis to a stator phase is determined from first rise times of the currents in unsaturated state of the rotor core, and the polarization of the rotor is determined from second rise times of currents upon energization with saturation effects. After run-up of the motor, initial energization of the stator can be determined comparing levels of the magnet wheel voltages and corrected by changing the commutation of stator energization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Lamprecht
  • Patent number: 7795829
    Abstract: In an electric power tool and a method for operating an electric power tool, a torque limitation of an electric motor reacts when a load moment exceeds a predetermined threshold and in which an output request is carried out by means of a switch. A supply of current to the motor is interrupted when a criterion for the reaction of the torque limitation is detected based on a speed detection of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Seiler, Dirk Lamprecht
  • Publication number: 20080303516
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a circuit arrangement for determining the position of the rotor of an electronically commutated motor having a plurality of stator phases, whose rotor has magnetic axes having different permeances. Voltage is applied to the stator phases, and the resultant phase currents are monitored for the purpose of determining the rotor position in the standstill state of the motor. For this purpose, first and second rise times of the phase currents are determined until predetermined limit values are reached on the one hand in the unsaturated state, and on the other hand using saturation effects of the rotor core and/or stator core. The assignment of a magnetic axis to a stator phase is determined from the first rise times of the currents in the unsaturated state of the rotor core, and also the polarization of the rotor is determined from the second rise times of the currents in the event of energization with saturation effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Dirk Lamprecht
  • Patent number: D690705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sartorius Weighing Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Mueller, Sebastian Maier, Thomas Kunz, Dirk Lamprecht
  • Patent number: D690706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sartorius Weighing Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Mueller, Sebastian Maier, Thomas Kunz, Dirk Lamprecht
  • Patent number: D713698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sartorius Weighing Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Maier, Alexander Mueller, Andreas Poser, Dirk Lamprecht, Thomas Kunz
  • Patent number: D740391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Mueller, Dirk Lamprecht, Thomas Krumbein, Stefan Weisshaar, Michael Bates
  • Patent number: D741983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Mueller, Dirk Lamprecht, Thomas Krumbein, Stefan Weisshaar, Michael Bates
  • Patent number: D809948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Hirche, Malte Ständer, Dirk Lamprecht, Sebastian Maier
  • Patent number: D820131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Steffen Hirche, Malte Ständer, Dirk Lamprecht, Sebastian Maier
  • Patent number: D820704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Hirche, Malte Ständer, Dirk Lamprecht, Sebastian Maier
  • Patent number: D820705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Hirche, Malte Ständer, Dirk Lamprecht, Sebastian Maier