Patents by Inventor Dirk Mühlenhoff

Dirk Mühlenhoff 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: 10923967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for determining a relative position and/or orientation between a primary winding structure and a secondary winding structure of a system for inductive power transfer. The system includes at least one secondary-sided transmitting unit, wherein a positioning signal with a positioning frequency is transmittable by the secondary-sided transmitting unit. The system includes at least one primary-sided receiving unit. A signal portion of the received signal with the positioning frequency is determinable. The relative position and/or orientation is determinable depending on the determined signal portion. The invention relates to a method for determining a relative position and/or orientation between a primary winding structure and a secondary winding structure of a system for inductive power transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Klingspor, Dirk Mühlenhoff, Dominik Anders, Eric Velte
  • Publication number: 20190344673
    Abstract: The invention relates to a secondary unit of a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle (2), wherein the secondary unit (1) comprises at least one secondary-sided means for executing generic functions, wherein the secondary unit (1) comprises at least one vehicle-specific state management means, wherein an execution of the generic functions is controllable by the at least one state management means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Dirk Mühlenhoff, Peter Willimowski
  • Publication number: 20190058362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for determining a relative position and/or orientation between a primary winding structure and a secondary winding structure of a system for inductive power transfer. The system includes at least one secondary-sided transmitting unit, wherein a positioning signal with a positioning frequency is transmittable by the secondary-sided transmitting unit. The system includes at least one primary-sided receiving unit. A signal portion of the received signal with the positioning frequency is determinable. The relative position and/or orientation is determinable depending on the determined signal portion. The invention relates to a method for determining a relative position and/or orientation between a primary winding structure and a secondary winding structure of a system for inductive power transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Klingspor, Dirk Mühlenhoff, Dominik Anders, Eric Velte