Patents by Inventor Felix Blaser

Felix Blaser 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: 12398795
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating drive and to a guiding element for use in an actuating drive. The actuating drive according to the invention includes an electric motor, comprising a rotor rotatably supported on a rotor axle and an output gear mechanically coupled to the rotor. The actuating drive further includes a guiding element comprising a guide configured to radially guide the output gear relative to an output axis. The guiding element also includes a first axle receiver configured to receive a distal end of the rotor axle. The guiding element also includes a second axle receiver configured to receive a central portion of the transmission axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Häuser, Felix Blaser, Giovanni Biancuzzi
  • Publication number: 20240255048
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating drive and to a guiding element for use in an actuating drive. The actuating drive according to the invention includes an electric motor, comprising a rotor rotatably supported on a rotor axle and an output gear mechanically coupled to the rotor. The actuating drive further includes a guiding element comprising a guide configured to radially guide the output gear relative to an output axis. The guiding element also includes a first axle receiver configured to receive a distal end of the rotor axle. The guiding element also includes a second axle receiver configured to receive a central portion of the transmission axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Häuser, Felix Blaser, Giovanni Biancuzzi
  • Patent number: 11784539
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly comprising a component rotatable about a rotary axis for an actuating drive comprising a sensor element attached to the rotatable component. The rotatable component has a support surface from which a fixing element protrudes in parallel to the rotary axis. The sensor element includes an opening. The sensor element is arranged on the support surface in such a manner that the fixing element penetrates the opening. A surface of the sensor element adjacent to the opening has a structure. A top portion of the fixing element is in interlocking engagement with the structure so that the attached sensor element is connected to the component in a torque-resistant manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni Biancuzzi, Felix Blaser, Uwe Schäfer, Michael Bruckhoff
  • Patent number: 11552522
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor, comprising a rotor magnet and a bearing for the rotatable support on a fixed axle, the bearing comprising first and second bearing half-shells, wherein at least the first bearing half-shell is moveably arranged within the rotor body with respect to the second bearing half-shell, and wherein the first bearing half-shell is supported against the rotor body by a resilient element tangentially arranged with respect to the axle. The resilient element, at both its side surfaces facing in an axial direction of the axle, has at least one respective first protrusion extending in the axial direction, and the first bearing half-shell, on a side facing away from its bearing surface, includes at least two axially spaced second protrusions each extending in a radial direction and cooperating with the first protrusions for aligning the resilient element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Uwe Schäfer, Helmut Schneider, Felix Blaser
  • Publication number: 20220173637
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly comprising a component rotatable about a rotary axis for an actuating drive comprising a sensor element attached to the rotatable component. The rotatable component has a support surface from which a fixing element protrudes in parallel to the rotary axis. The sensor element includes an opening. The sensor element is arranged on the support surface in such a manner that the fixing element penetrates the opening. A surface of the sensor element adjacent to the opening has a structure. A top portion of the fixing element is in interlocking engagement with the structure so that the attached sensor element is connected to the component in a torque-resistant manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Giovanni Biancuzzi, Felix Blaser, Uwe Schäfer, Michael Bruckhoff
  • Publication number: 20210104931
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor, comprising a rotor magnet and a bearing for the rotatable support on a fixed axle, the bearing comprising first and second bearing half-shells, wherein at least the first bearing half-shell is moveably arranged within the rotor body with respect to the second bearing half-shell, and wherein the first bearing half-shell is supported against the rotor body by a resilient element tangentially arranged with respect to the axle. The resilient element, at both its side surfaces facing in an axial direction of the axle, has at least one respective first protrusion extending in the axial direction, and the first bearing half-shell, on a side facing away from its bearing surface, includes at least two axially spaced second protrusions each extending in a radial direction and cooperating with the first protrusions for aligning the resilient element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Uwe Schäfer, Helmut Schneider, Felix Blaser