Patents by Inventor Frank Weiand

Frank Weiand 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: 6534888
    Abstract: In an electric motor intended to be fixed to a printed circuit board, provision is made for it to have at least one expanding dowel (4), for it to be possible for the motor (1) to be fixed to a printed circuit board (6, 32) by the expanding dowel or dowels (4) being expanded, and by it being possible for the expanding dowel or dowels (4) to be secured at least by a pin (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Thomas Vorberg, Markus Keutz, Heinrich-Jochen Blume, Peter Schmidt, Sabine Vorberg, Klaus Kronenberg, Frank Weiand
  • Patent number: 6005465
    Abstract: A coil assembly has a coil form on which the coil winding is arranged as well as a method of contacting the coil assembly on a support member. The coil assembly is easy to produce and also permits electrical contacting, namely, the provision of electrical contacts between terminals of the coil and an external circuit in a simple and reliable manner. The coil assembly has a coil form on which two contact feet are arranged, the ends of the coil winding being fastened to the respective contact feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Klaus Kronenberg, Sabine Vorberg, Markus Keutz, Andreas Wilhelm, Frank Weiand, Christian Beckhaus, Thomas Vorberg, Peter Schmidt, Jochen Blume
  • Patent number: 5825115
    Abstract: An electric motor has two exciter windings, independent of each other, on a stator, by which windings a resultant magnetic field can be produced. The motor includes a permanently magnetized rotor which has at least one pair of poles, the rotor changing its position as a function of the magnetic field, and the rotor being arranged axially on a rotor shaft. In the case of an electric motor which is of a small size and easy to manufacture, the stator is developed with several arms, and has an opening present at the center to receive the rotor. The individual arms are arranged around the opening and, there are, two pairs of opposite arms. The opposite arms are so bent towards each other so that, upon their receiving a respective exciter winding, they produce magnetic vectors which are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Klaus Kronenberg, Sabine Vorberg, Markus Keutz, Andreas Wilhelm, Frank Weiand, Christian Beckhaus, Thomas Vorberg, Peter Schmidt, Jochen Blume