Patents by Inventor Fabian Utermoehlen
Fabian Utermoehlen 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).
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Patent number: 11118940Abstract: A displacement sensor includes an induction element and sensor element. The induction element has an electrically conductive measurement track element extending along a measurement path, and two electrically conductive correction track element positioned adjacent to each other relative to the path. The sensor element is movable relative to the induction element along the measurement track element, and has a measurement coil positioned over the measurement track element and two correction coils positioned adjacent to each other relative to the path. A position change of the measurement coil on the path changes an overlap of the measurement coil and the measurement track element along the path such that an induction of the measurement coil is configured with reference to the position of the measurement coil on the measurement path. Each correction coil is positioned over a respective corrective track element such that an overlap of the correction coil over the respective corrective track element is constant.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Dayo Oshinubi, Stefan Leidich
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Patent number: 11112492Abstract: A rotation angle sensor system for an optical system and/or a LIDAR system having a rotor and a stator for determining a rotation angle and/or an orientation between the rotor and the stator, which has a coil system that is stator-based and rotatably fixedly attached or attachable to the stator as a sensor element for receiving a magnetic alternating field, and, having a target that is rotor-based and rotatably fixedly attached or attachable to the rotor for generating a magnetic alternating field, and in which the coil system and the target are attached or are attachable to the stator and to the rotor so that different overlaps and/or spatial proximities occur between the coil system and the target as a function of the rotation angle and/or of the orientation between stator and rotor with a correspondingly different influence of the magnetic alternating field of the target on the coil system.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Stefan Leidich
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Publication number: 20210190545Abstract: A rotational angle sensor includes a stator element and rotor element. The stator element has a stator transmitting coil and stator receiving coil. The rotor element is rotatably mounted about a rotation axis, relative to the stator element, and has a rotor receiving coil and rotor transmitting coil electrically connected to each other. The rotor receiving coil is inductively coupled to the stator transmitting coil such that an electromagnetic field produced by the stator transmitting coil induces a current in the rotor receiving coil that flows through the rotor transmitting coil and causes the rotor transmitting coil to produce a further electromagnetic field.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Andreas Merz, Stefan Leidich
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Patent number: 10955262Abstract: A rotary sensor includes a stator element and a rotor element that is rotatably mounted in respect of the stator element about an axis of rotation. A rotary angle can be captured by inductive coupling between the rotor element and the stator element. The rotary sensor further includes a measuring device configured to capture the rotary angle depending on the inductive coupling between the rotor element and the stator element. The stator element has at least one transmission coil for emitting alternating electromagnetic fields and at least two reception coils for capturing alternating electromagnetic fields, when the measuring device is configured to excite the at least one transmission coil with at least two mutually different frequencies for emitting at least two alternating electromagnetic fields.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Stefan Leidich, Ralf Kieser
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Patent number: 10928222Abstract: A rotation angle sensor includes a stator element and a rotor element, which is mounted in a rotatable manner about an axis of rotation with respect to the stator element. A rotation angle is captured via inductive coupling between the rotor element and the stator element. A compensation element is arranged on the stator element. The compensation element has a compensation transmitting coil configured to emit an alternating electromagnetic compensation field and at least one compensation receiving coil configured to receive alternating electromagnetic fields. The rotor element has a first electrically conductive section. The first electrically conductive section is arranged on the rotor element and is inductively coupled to the compensation transmitting coil and to the at least one compensation receiving coil of the compensation element.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Andreas Merz
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Patent number: 10907992Abstract: A rotational angle sensor includes a stator element, and rotor element. The stator element has a stator transmitting coil and a stator receiving coil. The rotor element is mounted rotatably about a rotation axis relative to the stator element, and has a rotor receiving coil and a rotor transmitting coil electrically connected with each other. The rotor receiving coil is inductively coupled to the stator transmitting coil such that an electromagnetic field produced by the stator transmitting coil induces a current in the rotor receiving coil that flows through the rotor transmitting coil and causes the rotor transmitting coil to produce a further electromagnetic field. The stator receiving coil is inductively coupled to the rotor transmitting coil such that the inductive coupling is configured with reference to a rotational angle between the stator element and the rotor element so that the further electromagnetic field induces at least one angle-dependent alternating voltage in the stator receiving coil.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Andreas Merz
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Patent number: 10895475Abstract: An angular position sensor includes a stator element with at least three coils, a rotor element rotatably mounted with respect to the stator element, and an evaluation unit configured to determine an angle of rotation between the rotor element and stator element. The rotor element is configured to inductively couple with each of the at least three coils with varying strengths based on the angle of rotation. The evaluation unit is further configured to supply the coils with alternating voltage in a cyclical manner and in sequence, so that a first respective part of the coils is supplied with alternating voltage and a remaining part is de-energized. The evaluation unit is additionally configured, in a cyclical manner in sequence with one or more de-energized coils, to detect at least one of a respective phase and an amount of an induced alternating voltage, and to determine the angle of rotation therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ingo Herrmann, Thomas Buck, Fabian Utermoehlen, Andreas Merz, Dayo Oshinubi, Oliver Krayl, Stefan Leidich
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Publication number: 20210010793Abstract: A device for determining an angle of rotation and/or a torque of a rotating part, having at least one angle detector for detecting an angular position of the rotating part relative to a reference position and at least one indexer for indexing at a 360° rotation of the rotating part relative to the reference position, the angle detector having a rotor connected in a non-rotatable manner to the rotating part with a base body for attachment to the rotating part and a plurality of vanes extending radially outwardly from the base body. At least one of the vanes of the rotor have a marker detectable by means of the indexer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Henning IRLE, Fabian UTERMOEHLEN
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Publication number: 20210010881Abstract: A device for determining a position of a moving part, having a position detector for detecting a position of the moving part relative to a reference position, wherein the position detector has a transmitter which is fixedly connected with the moving part. The position detector is designed such that it is operable in a position detection state for detecting the position of the moving part relative to the reference position and in a power saving state to save power. A capacitive sensor includes the transmitter, and the transmitter and the remainder of the capacitive sensor are designed to coordinate with each other and are arranged in such a way that in the power-saving state of the position detector, a movement of the moving part relative to the reference position is detected by the capacitive sensor and the position detector is transferred automatically from a power-saving state to a position-detecting state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Henning IRLE, Fabian UTERMOEHLEN
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Patent number: 10866121Abstract: A rotational angle sensor includes a stator element and a rotor element. The stator element has a stator transmitting coil, a stator circuit board with first and second planes, and at least two identically configured stator receiving coils arranged within the stator transmitting coil on the stator circuit board angularly offset from each other. The rotor element is mounted rotatably about a rotational axis relative to the stator element. The stator transmitting coil is inductively coupled to the stator receiving coils via the rotor element such that the inductive coupling is configured with reference to a rotational angle between the stator element and the rotor element so that the stator transmitting coil induces at least two angle-dependent alternating voltages in the stator receiving coils. The stator transmitting coil has coil conducting tracks positioned on the first and second planes of the stator circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Andreas Merz
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Publication number: 20200386859Abstract: A method for providing a detection-signal for objects to be detected—at least a first and second light-beam including different frequencies being generated with a first optical non-linear 3-wave-process from a light-beam of a light-source including an output-frequency, and the first light-beam including a reference-frequency being detected, and the second light-beam including an object-frequency being emitted and received after reflection on an object, and the light-beam including the output-frequency and the second light-beam including the object-frequency being superposed, and a reference-beam including a reference-frequency being generated with a second optical non-linear 3-wave-process from the two superposed light-beams including the output-frequency and including the object-frequency, and a detection-signal being generated so that the object-distance is determinable due to the aforementioned superposition based on the time-difference between the detection of the first light-beam including the reference-Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Peter Degenfeld-Schonburg, Fabian Utermoehlen, Stefan Leidich
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Publication number: 20200378802Abstract: A sensor system for determining at least one rotation characteristic of an element rotating around at least one rotation axis. The sensor system includes at least one sensor wheel, which is connectable to the rotating element, the sensor wheel having a sensor wheel profile. The sensor system also includes at least one position sensor and at least one phase sensor. The sensor system further includes at least one digital interface and at least one incremental interface, the sensor system being configured to output at least one absolute position signal generated with the aid of the position sensor via the digital interface and to output at least one incremental signal generated with the aid of the phase sensor via the incremental interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Andre Yashan, Bernhard Opitz, Eduard Rolew, Fabian Utermoehlen
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Patent number: 10845216Abstract: A rotational angle sensor includes a stator element and rotor element. The stator element has a stator transmitting coil, circuit board, and at least two identically configured stator receiving coils angularly offset from each other on the circuit board. The rotor element is mounted rotatably about a rotation axis relative to the stator element, and has a rotor receiving coil and rotor transmitting coil electrically connected to each other. The rotor receiving coil is inductively coupled to the stator transmitting coil such that an electromagnetic field produced by the stator transmitting coil induces a current in the rotor receiving coil that flows through the rotor transmitting coil and causes the rotor transmitting coil produces a further electromagnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Andreas Merz
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Publication number: 20200309568Abstract: A sensor assembly for detecting a displacement in a contactless manner includes a target and a current sensor. The target includes a transmitter that moves along a measurement path and includes at least one measurement track and at least one correction track arranged together with the measurement track within a common geometry. The current sensor includes a measurement value sensor having at least two detection coils. At least one coil acts as a measurement coil, the signal of which is evaluated by a control unit to detect a displacement. At least one coil acts as a correction coil, the signal of which is evaluated by the control unit to correct the displacement detection. The control unit assigns a coil the measurement coil action if the corresponding coil is positioned over a first region or the correction coil action if the corresponding coil is positioned over a second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Ingo Herrmann, Fabian Utermoehlen
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Publication number: 20200292355Abstract: A displacement sensor includes an induction element and sensor element. The induction element has an electrically conductive measurement track element extending along a measurement path, and two electrically conductive correction track element positioned adjacent to each other relative to the path. The sensor element is movable relative to the induction element along the measurement track element, and has a measurement coil positioned over the measurement track element and two correction coils positioned adjacent to each other relative to the path. A position change of the measurement coil on the path changes an overlap of the measurement coil and the measurement track element along the path such that an induction of the measurement coil is configured with reference to the position of the measurement coil on the measurement path. Each correction coil is positioned over a respective corrective track element such that an overlap of the correction coil over the respective corrective track element is constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Dayo Oshinubi, Stefan Leidich
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Publication number: 20200292708Abstract: A LIDAR device for optically detecting a field of view. The LIDAR device includes: a control unit for emitting at least one control signal; an electric motor, which has a motor current and is controllably rotatable about a rotational axis with the aid of the at least one control signal, and on which a switchable light source emitting light radiation is situated. The LIDAR device also includes at least one switch for suppressing the emission of the light radiation depending on a behavior of a current variable representing the motor current.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Jan Sparbert, Remigius Has, Stefan Leidich
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Patent number: 10751477Abstract: A determination device for determining a value representing a dose of a dose metering device includes an eddy-current-based rotational angle sensor. The rotational angle sensor can be coupled to a rotatable dosing knob of the dose metering device and can image a rotational angle of the dosing knob representing the dose in a rotational angle signal. The determination device further includes an analysis device that can establish the value of the dose using the rotational angle signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Andreas Merz, Stefan Leidich
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Patent number: 10724876Abstract: A linear-displacement sensor includes a base element arranged with a sensor coil and an excitation coil in such a manner that an AC voltage is induced in the sensor coil upon application of an AC voltage to the excitation coil. An at least partly electrically conductive sliding element is configured to be shifted relative to the base element in a direction along the measurement path. The sliding element has a variable geometry along the measurement path to inductively couple partial turns of the sensor coil with the excitation coil. A correction coil is arranged above a geometry of the sliding element so that an inductive coupling of the correction coil and hence an amplitude of an AC voltage induced in the correction coil is dependent on a lateral offset of the sliding element in relation to the base element.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ingo Herrmann, Fabian Utermoehlen, Andreas Merz, Stefan Leidich
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Publication number: 20200200569Abstract: A rotational angle sensor includes a stator element and a rotor element. The rotor element is mounted to rotate about a rotation axis. The stator element has a transmitter coil and a receiver coil that are arranged on a circuit board. The receiver coil substantially encloses the rotation axis in a circumferential direction and is formed by a plurality of adjacent partial windings. The partial windings are each formed from sections of two circular-arc-shaped conductor paths curved to the left and two circular-arc-shaped conductor paths curved to the right. A first conductor path curved to the right extends through a first point on a first circle, a second point on a third circle and rotated relative to the first point by a quarter of a measuring range of the sensor, and a third point on a second circle and rotated relative to the first point by half the measuring range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian UTERMOEHLEN, Andreas MERZ
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Publication number: 20200116529Abstract: A sensor system for determining at least one rotation characteristic of an element rotating about at least one rotation axis includes at least one sensor wheel having a profile and being connectable to the rotating element; and at least one inductive position sensor including at least one coil arrangement that includes at least one excitation coil and at least two receiver coils, where at least in sections of the at least two receiver coils have a sinusoidal shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Dayo Oshinubi, Fabian Utermoehlen