Patents by Inventor Eric Velte

Eric Velte 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).

  • System and a method for determining a relative position and/or orientation between a primary and a secondary winding structure
    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
  • Method and a device for determining a switching current of a converter of a system for inductive power transfer and a method of control
    Patent number: 10908205
    Abstract: A method for determining a switching current of at least one switching element of a converter of a system for inductive power transfer, including determining a phase current of at least one AC phase line of the converter; determining at least one switching time point of the at least one switching element and the phase current value at said switching time point; and determining switching current of the at least one switching element depending on the at least one phase current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Klingspor, Eric Velte
  • Method and a Device for Determining a Switching Current of a Converter of a System for Inductive Power Transfer and a Method of Control
    Publication number: 20190324076
    Abstract: A method for determining a switching current of at least one switching element of a converter of a system for inductive power transfer, including determining a phase current of at least one AC phase line of the converter; determining at least one switching time point of the at least one switching element and the phase current value at said switching time point; and determining switching current of the at least one switching element depending on the at least one phase current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Klingspor, Eric Velte
  • System and a Method for Determining a Relative Position and/or Orientation Between a Primary and a Secondary Winding Structure
    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