Patents by Inventor Gerolf Fichtner-Pflaum

Gerolf Fichtner-Pflaum 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).

  • Publication number: 20230344305
    Abstract: In an electric motor having electromagnetically actuatable brake, the brake has a coil received in a magnet body. A brake lining carrier is connected, rotation-fast but axially displaceable, to a rotor shaft of the electric motor, and an armature disk is connected, rotation-fast but axially displaceable, to the magnet body. The armature disk is arranged axially between the brake lining carrier and the magnet body. Springs supported on the magnet body press on the armature disk. A second electromagnet is arranged on the magnet body. A lever is pivotably mounted relative to and/or on the magnet body. The lever is connected to the armature disk, such that in a first rotational position of the lever, the armature disk is pressed towards the brake lining carrier, and in a second rotational position of the lever, the armature disk is kept pulled towards the magnet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Torsten EPSKAMP, Gerolf FICHTNER-PFLAUM, Alexander STAHL
  • Patent number: 11674557
    Abstract: A brake assembly for an electric motor includes: a magnetic body, a winding, a bolt, a housing part with a brake surface, an armature disk, a brake pad plate, a shaft, a spring part, and a first bushing. The housing part is connected to the magnetic body by the bolt, with a positive fit in at least the circumferential direction. The first bushing is accommodated in a second bushing. The spring part supported on the housing part presses the first bushing and/or the second bushing toward the magnetic body. The radial clearance range covered by the armature disk includes the radial clearance range covered by the second bushing, and the axial region covered by the armature disk includes the axial region covered by the second bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gerolf Fichtner-Pflaum, Florian Rieger
  • Patent number: 11549562
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuable brake device includes: a coil shell, in particular of the solenoid, an armature disk, which is connected to the coil shell in a torque-proof yet displaceable manner, a sensor having a sensor housing, a spring part, and a screwed cable gland. The coil shell has a stepped through bore, the sensor housing of the sensor has a stepped configuration, the screwed cable gland is situated at an end of the bore, in particular is screwed into a threaded section of the bore, the spring part is situated in the bore between the screwed cable gland and the sensor housing, the spring part is braced on a step of the sensor housing on one side and on the screwed cable gland on the other, and the sensor housing is pressed against a step of the bore, in particular by the spring part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo Hufnagel, Gerolf Fichtner-Pflaum
  • Patent number: 11536333
    Abstract: An electromagnetically operable brake arrangement for decelerating a rotationally mounted shaft, includes a magnet, a coil, a spring element, an armature disk, a brake pad support, a damping plate and a friction disk, the damping plate being situated between the armature disk and the magnet; the damping plate having projections; each of the projections extending further in a radial direction than in a circumferential direction; in particular, the projections each jutting out axially; in particular, at least a subset of the projections being evenly spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Gerolf Fichtner-Pflaum
  • Publication number: 20220224194
    Abstract: In a drive includes an electric motor having a rotor shaft, an angle sensor, and a hood part and a connection module, and a method for producing a drive, the connection module has a top part, a holding part, and a bottom part, the bottom part is detachably connected to the top part, the bottom part is detachably connected to the holding part, the holding part projecting through a slot of the hood part, e.g., a slot aligned in parallel with the axis of rotation of the rotor shaft, and the connection module is fastened to the hood part by clamping the hood part between the bottom part and the holding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jochen RIESER, Tobias STARK, Gerolf FICHTNER-PFLAUM
  • Publication number: 20210231181
    Abstract: A brake assembly for an electric motor includes: a magnetic body, a winding, a bolt, a housing part with a brake surface, an armature disk, a brake pad plate, a shaft, a spring part, and a first bushing. The housing part is connected to the magnetic body by the bolt, with a positive fit in at least the circumferential direction. The first bushing is accommodated in a second bushing. The spring part supported on the housing part presses the first bushing and/or the second bushing toward the magnetic body. The radial clearance range covered by the armature disk includes the radial clearance range covered by the second bushing, and the axial region covered by the armature disk includes the axial region covered by the second bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gerolf FICHTNER-PFLAUM, Florian RIEGER
  • Publication number: 20210207667
    Abstract: A brake assembly for an electric motor includes: a brake pad plate, a driver, and a shaft. The driver includes an inner driver part and an outer driver part, which are connected to one another by an intermediate layer, the brake pad plate having an inner tooth system, which meshes with an outer tooth system of the outer driver part so that the brake pad plate is connected to the driver in a torsionally fixed but axially displaceable manner, the inner driver part being connected to the shaft in a torsionally fixed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gerolf FICHTNER-PFLAUM, Florian RIEGER
  • Publication number: 20210131512
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuable brake device includes: a coil shell, in particular of the solenoid, an armature disk, which is connected to the coil shell in a torque-proof yet displaceable manner, a sensor having a sensor housing, a spring part, and a screwed cable gland. The coil shell has a stepped through bore, the sensor housing of the sensor has a stepped configuration, the screwed cable gland is situated at an end of the bore, in particular is screwed into a threaded section of the bore, the spring part is situated in the bore between the screwed cable gland and the sensor housing, the spring part is braced on a step of the sensor housing on one side and on the screwed cable gland on the other, and the sensor housing is pressed against a step of the bore, in particular by the spring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo HUFNAGEL, Gerolf FICHTNER-PFLAUM
  • Patent number: 10914354
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuable brake device includes: a coil shell, in particular of the solenoid, an armature disk, which is connected to the coil shell in a torque-proof yet displaceable manner, a sensor having a sensor housing, a spring part, and a screwed cable gland. The coil shell has a stepped through bore, the sensor housing of the sensor has a stepped configuration, the screwed cable gland is situated at an end of the bore, in particular is screwed into a threaded section of the bore, the spring part is situated in the bore between the screwed cable gland and the sensor housing, the spring part is braced on a step of the sensor housing on one side and on the screwed cable gland on the other, and the sensor housing is pressed against a step of the bore, in particular by the spring part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo Hufnagel, Gerolf Fichtner-Pflaum
  • Publication number: 20200072303
    Abstract: An electromagnetically operable brake arrangement for decelerating a rotationally mounted shaft, includes a magnet, a coil, a spring element, an armature disk, a brake pad support, a damping plate and a friction disk, the damping plate being situated between the armature disk and the magnet; the damping plate having projections; each of the projections extending further in a radial direction than in a circumferential direction; in particular, the projections each jutting out axially; in particular, at least a subset of the projections being evenly spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Gerolf FICHTNER-PFLAUM
  • Patent number: 9903430
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuatable brake system is provided, particularly for an electric motor having a rotor shaft, and an electric motor, the brake system having an armature disk, wherein the brake system has a brake lever, especially for the manual release of a brake, the brake lever having a first lever section and a second lever section, in particular, being made up of a first lever section and a second lever section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gerolf Fichtner-Pflaum, Gerhard Flörchinger, Barbara Huck
  • Publication number: 20180017119
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuable brake device includes: a coil shell, in particular of the solenoid, an armature disk, which is connected to the coil shell in a torque-proof yet displaceable manner, a sensor having a sensor housing, a spring part, and a screwed cable gland. The coil shell has a stepped through bore, the sensor housing of the sensor has a stepped configuration, the screwed cable gland is situated at an end of the bore, in particular is screwed into a threaded section of the bore, the spring part is situated in the bore between the screwed cable gland and the sensor housing, the spring part is braced on a step of the sensor housing on one side and on the screwed cable gland on the other, and the sensor housing is pressed against a step of the bore, in particular by the spring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo HUFNAGEL, Gerolf FICHTNER-PFLAUM
  • Publication number: 20150292580
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuatable brake system is provided, particularly for an electric motor having a rotor shaft, and an electric motor, the brake system having an armature disk, wherein the brake system has a brake lever, especially for the manual release of a brake, the brake lever having a first lever section and a second lever section, in particular, being made up of a first lever section and a second lever section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Gerolf Fichtner-Pflaum, Gerhard Flörchinger, Barbara Huck