Patents by Inventor Friedrich Boebel

Friedrich Boebel 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: 9853465
    Abstract: A circuit and a method for connecting a first electrical storage device and a second electrical storage device in parallel is disclosed. The first electrical storage device and the second electrical storage device have in each case a no-load voltage UBat1, UBat2 and an impedance R1 and R2, respectively, and have connecting terminals for charge withdrawal or charge supply. The no-load voltage UBat1 of the first storage device is greater than the no-load voltage UBat2 of the second storage device. In the case of a charge withdrawal, a charge is initially only withdrawn from the first storage device and the second storage device is connected in parallel with the first storage device when the difference of the voltage dropped across the connecting terminals of the first storage device and the no-load voltage UBat2 of the second storage device is less than a predetermined differential add-on voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Biebach, Friedrich Boebel
  • Patent number: 9300177
    Abstract: An electric motor has a rotor that is rotatably arranged around a rotor shaft. The rotor is mounted by way of at least one outer bearing that is arranged at a radial distance from the rotor shaft. The rotor has an annular design and is connected to the rotor shaft by way of at least one flexible connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Leantec Motor GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Soeren Hein, Friedrich Boebel
  • Publication number: 20150145352
    Abstract: An electric motor has a rotor that is rotatably arranged around a rotor shaft. The rotor is mounted by way of at least one outer bearing that is arranged at a radial distance from the rotor shaft. The rotor has an annular design and is connected to the rotor shaft by way of at least one flexible connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Soeren Hein, Friedrich Boebel
  • Patent number: 8408955
    Abstract: A mounting for fastening an outboard engine on a boat, in particular a kayak, has a support arm with a first fastening element for fastening the support arm on the boat. The first fastening element is a clamping device for receiving and fixing a knob on the boat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Boebel
  • Patent number: 8337264
    Abstract: An outboard drive for a boat, having an electric motor, a power supply line and a contact-making apparatus, connected to the power supply line for connecting a DC voltage source. The outboard drive has a space for accommodating the DC voltage source. The contact-making apparatus has a first and a second contact stage, and a current limitation element is connected between the DC voltage source and the power supply line in the first contact stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Boebel
  • Publication number: 20120217932
    Abstract: A circuit and a method for connecting a first electrical storage device and a second electrical storage device in parallel is disclosed. The first electrical storage device and the second electrical storage device have in each case a no-load voltage UBat1, UBat2 and an impedance R1 and R2, respectively, and have connecting terminals for charge withdrawal or charge supply. The no-load voltage UBat1 of the first storage device is greater than the no-load voltage UBat2 of the second storage device. In the case of a charge withdrawal, a charge is initially only withdrawn from the first storage device and the second storage device is connected in parallel with the first storage device when the difference of the voltage dropped across the connecting terminals of the first storage device and the no-load voltage UBat2 of the second storage device is less than a predetermined differential add-on voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventors: Jens BIEBACH, Friedrich BOEBEL
  • Patent number: 7659699
    Abstract: A battery with at least one battery cell has two battery poles and current-conducting connections between the battery cells and the battery poles. A safety switching encompasses a current-limiting element in the connection between the battery cells and one of the battery poles. A switch is parallel to the current-limiting element and a control device closes the switch, if the current between the battery cells and the battery poles falls below a predetermined threshold minimum current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Boebel
  • Publication number: 20100012814
    Abstract: A mounting for fastening an outboard engine on a boat, in particular a kayak, has a support arm with a first fastening element for fastening the support arm on the boat. The first fastening element is a clamping device for receiving and fixing a knob on the boat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Boebel
  • Patent number: 7614925
    Abstract: A transportable outboard drive for a boat has a head, a pylon, a shaft connecting the head and the pylon, an electric motor and a cable running inside the shaft. The shaft has at least two shaft sections and wherein the head, shaft and pylon can be arranged in a working configuration or in a transport configuration. In the working configuration, the head, the shaft and the pylon are rigidly connected to each other. In the working configuration and the transport configuration, the cable and shaft are differently positioned with respect to each other, whereas, in its transport configuration, the shaft sections are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Boebel, Klaus Kraft, Heinrich Walk
  • Patent number: 7452251
    Abstract: An outboard drive has an electric motor that is electronically controlled from an inverter. The outboard drive includes a pylon, with the electric motor and inverter arranged in the pylon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Boebel
  • Publication number: 20070182371
    Abstract: A battery with at least one battery cell has two battery poles and current-conducting connections between the battery cells and the battery poles. A safety switching encompasses a current-limiting element in the connection between the battery cells and one of the battery poles. A switch is parallel to the current-limiting element and a control device closes the switch, if the current between the battery cells and the battery poles falls below a predetermined threshold minimum current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: TORQEEDO GMBH
    Inventor: Friedrich BOEBEL
  • Publication number: 20070173140
    Abstract: An outboard drive has an electric motor that is electronically controlled from an inverter. The outboard drive includes a pylon, with the electric motor and inverter arranged in the pylon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: TORQEEDO GMBH
    Inventor: Friedrich Boebel
  • Publication number: 20070152626
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating an electric boat motor, which is supplied with current by a battery, up to the maximum current being drawn from the battery, the battery voltage being measured and the maximum current being reduced if the battery voltage falls below a limit voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: TORQEEDO GMBH
    Inventor: Friedrich Boebel
  • Publication number: 20070155256
    Abstract: An outboard drive for a boat, having an electric motor, a power supply line and a contact-making apparatus, connected to the power supply line for connecting a DC voltage source. The outboard drive has a space for accommodating the DC voltage source. The contact-making apparatus has a first and a second contact stage, and a current limitation element is connected between the DC voltage source and the power supply line in the first contact stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Boebel
  • Publication number: 20070046131
    Abstract: A boat drive has a permanent magnet-excited, electronically commutated synchronous motor with a stator and a rotor. The number of poles of the stator and the number of poles of the rotor are different. The magnetic field created between the poles of the stator and the poles of the rotor is an essentially radial field with respect to the shaft of the rotor. The poles of the rotor have a greater distance from the shaft of said rotor than the poles of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Boebel, Klaus Kraft, Heinrich Walk
  • Publication number: 20070049138
    Abstract: A transportable outboard drive for a boat has a head, a pylon, a shaft connecting the head and the pylon, an electric motor and a cable running inside the shaft. The shaft has at least two shaft sections and wherein the head, shaft and pylon can be arranged in a working configuration or in a transport configuration. In the working configuration, the head, the shaft and the pylon are rigidly connected to each other. In the working configuration and the transport configuration, the cable and shaft are differently positioned with respect to each other, whereas, in its transport configuration, the shaft sections are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Boebel, Klaus Kraft, Heinrich Walk