Patents by Inventor Gerhard Walter

Gerhard Walter 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: 11431272
    Abstract: An energy recovery circuitry for an electric motor with a single phase winding, consisting of two coil sections with central connection, whereby the two coil ends of the coil sections are each connected to ground via a switching element. The task of the invention is therefore, for an electric motor of this type, to ensure, a significantly higher efficiency, a better and defined switching of the coil switching elements, a thermal relief for the switching elements, improved and smoother running, reduced warming of the printed circuit board, improved EMC characteristics, a more robust design of the overall switching, a focused conduction of the losses and an extra protection against any surge impulses from a mains network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Weiß, Gerhard Walter
  • Publication number: 20200386455
    Abstract: A refrigeration machine, in particular a cryopump for generating a vacuum, having a compressor for compressing a refrigerant substantially comprising helium and oil. Together with the compressor, an oil separator is arranged downstream in the delivery direction of the coolant. Furthermore, a cooling device in which the refrigeration medium expands. In order to adsorb harmful gases, an adsorption device is arranged upstream of the cooling device in the delivery direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Bernhard Fischer, Gerhard Walter, Dirk Kalisch, Jennifer Ashcroft
  • Publication number: 20200259442
    Abstract: An energy recovery circuitry for an electric motor with a single phase winding, consisting of two coil sections with central connection, whereby the two coil ends of the coil sections are each connected to ground via a switching element. The task of the invention is therefore, for an electric motor of this type, to ensure, a significantly higher efficiency, a better and defined switching of the coil switching elements, a thermal relief for the switching elements, improved and smoother running, reduced warming of the printed circuit board, improved EMC characteristics, a more robust design of the overall switching, a focused conduction of the losses and an extra protection against any surge impulses from a mains network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Bühler Motor GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Weiss, Gerhard Walter
  • Patent number: 9941692
    Abstract: An overvoltage protection circuit for a first subsystem of a multivoltage vehicle electrical system, in which the first subsystem having a first vehicle electrical system voltage, a second subsystem having a second vehicle electrical system voltage, and an electric machine for supplying the second subsystem. The first system voltage is less than the second system voltage. The overvoltage protection circuit includes a first ground connection for connecting a shared ground potential of the first subsystem, the second subsystem, and the electric machine, an additional second ground connection for connecting a reference ground potential, and a control connection for controlling the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, SEG AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Walter
  • Publication number: 20170320393
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for converting and/or storing electric energy E obtained from mechanical energy M in a vehicle comprising a motor (1), in particular a motor vehicle. In the method, a) mechanical energy M obtained when braking and/or during an overrun operation of the vehicle is converted into electric energy E in a first step using a generator (2), b) the electric energy is stored in an intermediate energy store (3) in a second step, c) the stored electric energy E is discharged to an electrolysis module (4) in a third step, d) the module converts the electric energy E into chemical energy C in a fourth step at least by splitting water (H2O) into hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2), and e) the chemical energy is conducted into a gas tank (5) of the vehicle for temporary storage and/or is supplied to the motor (1) and/or a fuel cell (10) of the vehicle in a fifth step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Guenter Reitemann, Gerhard Walter
  • Patent number: 9758252
    Abstract: A method for reducing a turbine clearance gap between a plurality of rotor blades of a turbine engine and a shroud of the turbine engine is provided. The method includes determining that an airplane is in a first flight condition, and adjusting the turbine clearance gap to a first clearance gap distance associated with the first flight condition. The method also includes determining a demand for a second flight condition, and adjusting an engine responsiveness to a first engine responsiveness for a first predetermined change in a power parameter of the engine. The method further includes reducing the engine responsiveness from the first engine responsiveness level to a second engine responsiveness level for a second predetermined change in the power parameter of the engine, and closing a clearance control valve associated with the shroud during the second predetermined change in the power parameter of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sridhar Adibhatla, Steven Edward Nolte, Gerhard Walter Moeller, Christopher Timothy Gallagher, John William Hanify, Grant Alan Ingram
  • Patent number: 9496800
    Abstract: A method for activating a rectifier having active switching elements in the event of a load dump, the active switching elements being activated during the voltage clamping in such a way that the clamp voltage in at least one switching branch complies with a signal form predefined as a function of time within at least one half-period of the current to be rectified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Mehringer, Uwe Schiller, Holger Heinisch, Markus Baur, Jochen Kurfiss, Gerhard Walter
  • Publication number: 20160311546
    Abstract: A method for reducing a turbine clearance gap between a plurality of rotor blades of a turbine engine and a shroud of the turbine engine is provided. The method includes determining that an airplane is in a first flight condition, and adjusting the turbine clearance gap to a first clearance gap distance associated with the first flight condition. The method also includes determining a demand for a second flight condition, and adjusting an engine responsiveness to a first engine responsiveness for a first predetermined change in a power parameter of the engine. The method further includes reducing the engine responsiveness from the first engine responsiveness level to a second engine responsiveness level for a second predetermined change in the power parameter of the engine, and closing a clearance control valve associated with the shroud during the second predetermined change in the power parameter of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Sridhar Adibhatla, Steven Edward Nolte, Gerhard Walter Moeller, Christopher Timothy Gallagher, John William Hanify, Grant Alan Ingram
  • Publication number: 20160156179
    Abstract: An overvoltage protection circuit for a first subsystem of a multivoltage vehicle electrical system, in which the first subsystem having a first vehicle electrical system voltage, a second subsystem having a second vehicle electrical system voltage, and an electric machine for supplying the second subsystem. The first system voltage is less than the second system voltage. The overvoltage protection circuit includes a first ground connection for connecting a shared ground potential of the first subsystem, the second subsystem, and the electric machine, an additional second ground connection for connecting a reference ground potential, and a control connection for controlling the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Gerhard WALTER
  • Publication number: 20160111972
    Abstract: A rectifier bridge circuit is described for rectifying the phase voltage generated by a generator, including a positive half-bridge having multiple rectifier elements and a negative half-bridge having multiple rectifier elements. The rectifier elements each have a controllable switch having a diode connected in parallel. A control circuit is provided for switching the switches on and off. The switch-on time tswitch on setpoint and/or the switch-off time tswitch off setpoint of the switch is/are computed based on a characteristic map or a mathematical function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Gert WOLF, Paul MEHRINGER, Kurt REUTLINGER, Gerhard WALTER
  • Patent number: 9203327
    Abstract: A rectifier bridge circuit is described for rectifying the phase voltage generated by a generator, including a positive half-bridge having multiple rectifier elements and a negative half-bridge having multiple rectifier elements. The rectifier elements each have a controllable switch having a diode connected in parallel. A control circuit is provided for switching the switches on and off. The switch-on time tswitch on setpoint and/or the switch-off time tswitch off setpoint of the switch is/are computed based on a characteristic map or a mathematical function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Paul Mehringer, Kurt Reutlinger, Gerhard Walter
  • Patent number: 8977413
    Abstract: Methods of illustrating one or more derated takeoffs of an aircraft on a runway where such illustrations are on a flight display in a cockpit of the aircraft and are based on various information and may allow pilots to make more accurate decisions related to derated takeoffs and full thrust takeoffs of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Donal Paul Burns, Aaron James Gannon, Dashiell Matthews Kolbe, Darrin Walter Wargacki, Gerhard Walter Moeller
  • Patent number: 8920143
    Abstract: An electronically commutated DC motor for a liquid pump, comprising a pump housing, a suction connection and a pressure connection, a substantially disk-shaped pump rotor mounted rotatably in the pump housing, the rotor comprising an impeller having a plurality of pump vanes and a permanent magnet, a partition separating a pump space from a dry space, wherein the partition is disposed in an axial gap between the pump rotor and a plurality of axially parallel oriented stator poles of the DC motor, which are each provided with an insulating body and a stator winding, the stator poles adjoin a stator yoke, which is connected to a metallic heat-conducting body, and the stator containing the stator poles, the stator windings, the stator yoke and the heat-conducting body is disposed in a motor housing made of plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Buhler Motor GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Stolpe, Helmut Kellermann, Olai Ihle, Gerhard Walter, Klaus Weiske
  • Patent number: 8744683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for regulating or controlling a servo-drive unit in a steering system of a vehicle. In order to determine the initial zero position of the steering shaft the value of at least one vehicle state variable is taken into consideration as an input signal, said variable not being a steering angle variable. The steering shaft is in the initial zero position if said vehicle state variable within a defined range of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Henke, Tobias Blesch, Pascal Hiry, Gerhard Walter
  • Publication number: 20140104908
    Abstract: A method for activating a rectifier having active switching elements in the event of a load dump, the active switching elements being activated during the voltage clamping in such a way that the clamp voltage in at least one switching branch complies with a signal form predefined as a function of time within at least one half-period of the current to be rectified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Mehringer, Uwe Schiller, Holger Heinisch, Markus Baur, Jochen Kurfiss, Gerhard Walter
  • Publication number: 20140058644
    Abstract: A method for reducing a turbine clearance between a plurality of rotor blades of a turbine engine and a shroud of the turbine engine is provided. Said method includes determining, with a flight operation controller, that an airplane is in a first flight condition, wherein the first flight condition is associated with a first turbine clearance and a first engine responsiveness level, determining, with the flight operation controller, that the airplane is in a second flight condition, adjusting an engine responsiveness level from the first engine responsiveness level to a second engine responsiveness level based on determining the airplane is in the second flight condition, and adjusting the turbine clearance from the first turbine clearance to a second turbine clearance based on the engine responsiveness level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sridhar Adibhatla, Steven Edward Nolte, Gerhard Walter Moeller, Christopher Timothy Gallagher, John William Hanify, Grant Alan Ingram
  • Publication number: 20130238173
    Abstract: Methods of illustrating one or more derated takeoffs of an aircraft on a runway where such illustrations are on a flight display in a cockpit of the aircraft and are based on various information and may allow pilots to make more accurate decisions related to derated takeoffs and full thrust takeoffs of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Donal Paul Burns, Aaron James Gannon, Dashiell Matthews Kolbe, Darrin Walter Wargacki, Gerhard Walter Moeller
  • Publication number: 20120126546
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to produce an electricity-producing unit that enables a motor vehicle of any conceivable design to be equipped with said invention and thus to produce a motor vehicle that is driven purely by one or more electric motors, wherein the electricity-generating unit works pollutant-free during operation, is environmentally friendly, generates little noise, and has a very small design. Said aim is achieved by a drive system comprising a turbine (1/1), a differential gear (1/2), a generator (1/3), a control unit (1/4), and a starter (1/5), wherein only electric motors are provided to drive the wheels of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: Gerhard Walter Auer
  • Publication number: 20120045351
    Abstract: An electronically commutated DC motor for a liquid pump, comprising a pump housing, a suction connection and a pressure connection, a substantially disk-shaped pump rotor mounted rotatably in the pump housing, the rotor comprising an impeller having a plurality of pump vanes and a permanent magnet, a partition separating a pump space from a dry space, wherein the partition is disposed in an axial gap between the pump rotor and a plurality of axially parallel oriented stator poles of the DC motor, which are each provided with an insulating body and a stator winding, the stator poles adjoin a stator yoke, which is connected to a metallic heat-conducting body, and the stator containing the stator poles, the stator windings, the stator yoke and the heat-conducting body is disposed in a motor housing made of plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Stolpe, Helmut Kellermann, Olai Ihle, Gerhard Walter, Klaus Weiske
  • Publication number: 20110235381
    Abstract: A rectifier bridge circuit is described for rectifying the phase voltage generated by a generator, including a positive half-bridge having multiple rectifier elements and a negative half-bridge having multiple rectifier elements. The rectifier elements each have a controllable switch having a diode connected in parallel. A control circuit is provided for switching the switches on and off. The switch-on time tswitch on setpoint and/or the switch-off time tswitch off setpoint of the switch is/are computed based on a characteristic map or a mathematical function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Paul Mehringer, Kurt Reutlinger, Gerhard Walter