Patents by Inventor Florian VOELZKE

Florian VOELZKE 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).

  • Method for monitoring the power consumption of an electrical consumer
    Patent number: 9797933
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the power consumption of an electrical consumer that has a capacitive load and the controllable circuit element and the consumer are connected in series. The amplitude of the current flowing through the consumer, the voltage dropping across the consumer, and the change over time of the voltage dropping across the consumer are sensed. An allowed operating current amplitude is calculated from the voltage dropping across the consumer and from a predefined power. A charging current amplitude of the capacitive load is calculated from the change over time of the voltage dropping across the consumer. An allowed instantaneous current amplitude is calculated. The allowed instantaneous current amplitude is compared with the amplitude of the current flowing through the consumer and the electrical resistance of the circuit element is increased if the amplitude of the current flowing through the consumer is greater than the allowed instantaneous current amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Voelzke
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF AN ELECTRICAL CONSUMER
    Publication number: 20150323573
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the power consumption of an electrical consumer that has a capacitive load and the controllable circuit element and the consumer are connected in series. The amplitude of the current flowing through the consumer, the voltage dropping across the consumer, and the change over time of the voltage dropping across the consumer are sensed. An allowed operating current amplitude is calculated from the voltage dropping across the consumer and from a predefined power. A charging current amplitude of the capacitive load is calculated from the change over time of the voltage dropping across the consumer. An allowed instantaneous current amplitude is calculated. The allowed instantaneous current amplitude is compared with the amplitude of the current flowing through the consumer and the electrical resistance of the circuit element is increased if the amplitude of the current flowing through the consumer is greater than the allowed instantaneous current amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventor: Florian VOELZKE