Patents by Inventor Guenter Kowalski

Guenter Kowalski 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: 6690157
    Abstract: An arrangement for detecting the angle of rotation of a rotatable element. The arrangement includes a plurality of magnetic field-sensitive sensor elements which are substantially planar and are substantially arranged in one plane, which sensor elements are connected to at least two bridge circuits each supplying a signal assigned to a function of the angle of rotation. A substantially planar coil arranged with its planar extension along the planar arrangement of the sensor elements supplies a magnetic auxiliary field to the sensor arrangement. To allow an unambiguous measurement through a large angular range, preferably up to 360°, with a compact, simple and low-cost arrangement, the sensor elements of each bridge circuit are arranged in a star-shaped configuration, the sensor elements of the different bridge circuits are interleaved in a star-shaped concentric manner, and the substantially planar coil includes a substantially spirally concentric, planar, circular winding along its planar extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Guenter Kowalski, Stefan Pusch
  • Publication number: 20020118013
    Abstract: In an arrangement for detecting the angle of rotation of a rotatable element, in which, while evaluating properties of a sensor arrangement which can be magnetically influenced, a first magnetic field generated or influenced by the rotatable element is detectable and can be used for determining the angle of rotation, the sensor arrangement comprises a plurality of magnetic field-sensitive sensor elements which are substantially planar and are substantially arranged in one plane, which sensor elements are connected to at least two bridge circuits each supplying a signal assigned to a function of the angle of rotation. The sensor arrangement is adapted to supply signals which are unambiguously assignable to a direction of the first magnetic field via a first angular range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Guenter Kowalski, Stefan Pusch