Patents by Inventor Hans-Jürgen Kollar

Hans-Jürgen Kollar 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: 20230396463
    Abstract: In a system and method of operating a system that includes a controller and a first bus participant and a successor, the bus participant and successor each has a circuit arrangement arranged between an output and an input, a first resistor is arranged between the output and the supply voltage terminal, a second resistor is arranged between the input and a ground terminal, a third resistor can be arranged between the input and the supply voltage terminal by a first controllable semiconductor switch, and a fourth resistor can be arranged between the output and the supply voltage terminal by a second controllable semiconductor switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Hans Jürgen KOLLAR
  • Patent number: 11824531
    Abstract: In a switching device and a system for converting a differential input signal into a ground-referenced output signal using a control signal, error states are detected, and detected error states lead to the deactivation of the ground-referenced output signal and are indicated on the control signal in addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Norenburg, Christian Senft, Sebastian Richter, Hans Jürgen Kollar, Marco Mader
  • Patent number: 11743072
    Abstract: In a system and method of operating a system that includes a controller and a first bus participant and a successor, the bus participant and successor each has a circuit arrangement arranged between an output and an input, a first resistor is arranged between the output and the supply voltage terminal, a second resistor is arranged between the input and a ground terminal, a third resistor can be arranged between the input and the supply voltage terminal by a first controllable semiconductor switch, and a fourth resistor can be arranged between the output and the supply voltage terminal by a second controllable semiconductor switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Hans Jürgen Kollar
  • Patent number: 11722076
    Abstract: In a drive system and method for operating a drive system, in which the drive systems includes an electromagnetically operable brake, an electric motor, e.g., a three-phase motor, and an electronic circuit, the brake has an energizable coil, e.g., a brake coil, the electronic circuit has a rectifier, an upper controllable semiconductor switch, a freewheeling diode, and a varistor, a direct voltage provided by a rectifier is able to be made available by closing or by a pulse-width-modulated actuation of an upper controllable semiconductor switch of the coil, and by opening the upper controllable semiconductor switch, a current driven by the coil in the de-excitation of the coil is freewheeling and/or flowing through the freewheeling diode and the varistor or through a component connected in parallel with the varistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo Hufnagel, Hans Jürgen Kollar, Christopher Reichert
  • Publication number: 20220345329
    Abstract: In a system and method of operating a system that includes a controller and a first bus participant and a successor, the bus participant and successor each has a circuit arrangement arranged between an output and an input, a first resistor is arranged between the output and the supply voltage terminal, a second resistor is arranged between the input and a ground terminal, a third resistor can be arranged between the input and the supply voltage terminal by a first controllable semiconductor switch, and a fourth resistor can be arranged between the output and the supply voltage terminal by a second controllable semiconductor switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Hans Jürgen KOLLAR
  • Publication number: 20220200597
    Abstract: In a switching device and a system for converting a differential input signal into a ground-referenced output signal using a control signal, error states are detected, and detected error states lead to the deactivation of the ground-referenced output signal and are indicated on the control signal in addition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin NORENBURG, Christian SENFT, Sebastian RICHTER, Hans Jürgen KOLLAR, Marco MADER
  • Publication number: 20220131484
    Abstract: In a drive system and method for operating a drive system, in which the drive systems includes an electromagnetically operable brake, an electric motor, e.g., a three-phase motor, and an electronic circuit, the brake has an energizable coil, e.g., a brake coil, the electronic circuit has a rectifier, an upper controllable semiconductor switch, a freewheeling diode, and a varistor, a direct voltage provided by a rectifier is able to be made available by closing or by a pulse-width-modulated actuation of an upper controllable semiconductor switch of the coil, and by opening the upper controllable semiconductor switch, a current driven by the coil in the de-excitation of the coil is freewheeling and/or flowing through the freewheeling diode and the varistor or through a component connected in parallel with the varistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo HUFNAGEL, Hans Jürgen KOLLAR, Christopher REICHERT
  • Publication number: 20200413564
    Abstract: An electrical appliance that can be fastened to a support element, in particular a wall, includes a heat sink, circuit boards, and a housing. The circuit boards are fastened to the heat sink in each case and the heat sink is able to be fastened or is fastened to the support element. The housing surrounds the circuit boards and is fastened to the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin SCHÖRNER, Joachim NIKOLA, Hans Jürgen KOLLAR
  • Patent number: 10236787
    Abstract: In a device for operating a rectifier, in particular a semi-controlled rectifier bridge, and a method for operating a rectifier, in particular a power converter, the rectifier is supplied from system phases, in particular from a three-phase AC voltage system, and supplies a unipolar voltage on the output side, the rectifier including controllable switches, in particular semiconductor switches such as thyristors, etc., a respective system phase supplying a respective current source, the current generated in each case being used as trigger signal for the controllable switch allocated to the respective system phase as a function of the state of a controllable switch unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Hettel, Hans Jürgen Kollar
  • Patent number: 10135458
    Abstract: A method for processing a measured-value signal representing a value, determined in analog form, for the output current of a converter, and device for carrying out the method, the measured-value signals acquired by a sensor, especially including a shunt resistor, being supplied to a respective processing channel that has at least one delta-sigma modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Knapp, Hans Juergen Kollar, Wolfgang Hammel, Ulrich Neumayer
  • Patent number: 10076052
    Abstract: In an electrical device, in particular a converter, and a method for producing an electrical device having a circuit board and a housing part, a connecting part is fitted into the circuit board, in particular by soldering. The connecting part has a spacer section and a connection element. The circuit board is separated from the housing part with the aid of the spacer section. The connection element has a threaded segment. The connection element may be connected to at least one circuit trace on the circuit board in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Nikola, Hans Jürgen Kollar, Dirk Momann
  • Publication number: 20180123610
    Abstract: A method for processing a measured-value signal representing a value, determined in analog form, for the output current of a converter, and device for carrying out the method, the measured-value signals acquired by a sensor, especially including a shunt resistor, being supplied to a respective processing channel that has at least one delta-sigma modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Knapp, Hans Juergen Kollar, Wolfgang Hammel, Ulrich Neumayer
  • Publication number: 20170118857
    Abstract: In an electrical device, in particular a converter, and a method for producing an electrical device having a circuit board and a housing part, a connecting part is fitted into the circuit board, in particular by soldering. The connecting part has a spacer section and a connection element. The circuit board is separated from the housing part with the aid of the spacer section. The connection element has a threaded segment. The connection element may be connected to at least one circuit trace on the circuit board in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Joachim NIKOLA, Hans Jürgen KOLLAR, Dirk MOMANN
  • Publication number: 20170047858
    Abstract: In a device for operating a rectifier, in particular a semi-controlled rectifier bridge, and a method for operating a rectifier, in particular a power converter, the rectifier is supplied from system phases, in particular from a three-phase AC voltage system, and supplies a unipolar voltage on the output side, the rectifier including controllable switches, in particular semiconductor switches such as thyristors, etc., a respective system phase supplying a respective current source, the current generated in each case being used as trigger signal for the controllable switch allocated to the respective system phase as a function of the state of a controllable switch unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Norbert HETTEL, Hans Jürgen KOLLAR
  • Patent number: 9362944
    Abstract: A method for processing a measured-value signal representing a value, determined in analog form, for the output current of a converter, and device for carrying out the method, the measured-value signals acquired by a sensor, especially including a shunt resistor, being supplied to a respective processing channel that has at least one delta-sigma modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Knapp, Hans Juergen Kollar, Wolfgang Hammel, Ulrich Neumayer
  • Patent number: 8912738
    Abstract: A drive system and method for operating a drive system, including an electromotor, inverter, energy store, the electromotor being able to be supplied from the inverter, which is supplyable from the energy store, a current able to be controlled by a switch being supplyable to at least one stator winding of the electromotor, which is supplied from an electrical energy source that differs from the energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Mahlein, Hans Jürgen Kollar, Marek Lewandowski, Matthias Hauck, Leobald Podbielski, Josef Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140009896
    Abstract: A converter assembly, a method for producing a converter assembly and a method for operating a converter assembly are described, in which a base module includes power electronics and control electronics. The base module includes a housing, particularly a housing part at least partially forming a housing for the power electronics and control electronics. The base module includes an electrical and mechanical interface, via which signal electronics are able to be joined to the base module with form-locking and/or force-locking, in order to form the converter assembly. The signal electronics include a housing, especially so that after being joined, the housing of the signal electronics and the housing of the base module together form a housing of the converter assembly. A setpoint value for speed and/or torque is transmittable electrically via the interface, the signal electronics having means for receiving, determining and/or inputting the setpoint value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Joachim Nikola, Hans Juergen Kollar, Rolf Janzer, Juergen Maucher, Thomas Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20120154191
    Abstract: A method for processing a measured-value signal representing a value, determined in analog form, for the output current of a converter, and device for carrying out the method, the measured-value signals acquired by a sensor, especially including a shunt resistor, being supplied to a respective processing channel that has at least one delta-sigma modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Knapp, Hans Jürgen Kollar, Wolfgang Hammel, Ulrich Neumayer
  • Publication number: 20120019174
    Abstract: A drive system and method for operating a drive system, including an electromotor, inverter, energy store, the electromotor being able to be supplied from the inverter, which is supplyable from the energy store, a current able to be controlled by a switch being supplyable to at least one stator winding of the electromotor, which is supplied from an electrical energy source that differs from the energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Jochen Mahlein, Hans Jürgen Kollar, Marek Lewandowski, Matthias Hauck, Leobald Podbielski, Josef Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7057869
    Abstract: A method and a device for protecting at least one consumer against overvoltages when working with a method for non-contact transmission of electric power from one or more medium-frequency current sources, whose frequencies may have deviations around medium frequency fM, to the at least one moving consumer via one or more transmission lines and transformer heads, allocated to the consumers, having a downstream matching controller for adjusting the power received from the transmission line; a transmission line is fed from a medium-frequency current source with a medium-frequency current that is constant in its effective value during the power transmission; the respective consumer is supplied with energy by at least one matching controller having at least one feed-in; one or more fed currents are rectified in each instance in a rectifier, smoothed in each instance by a link-circuit reactor and brought together; with the aid of a switch, the link-circuit current, brought together in each instance, is either suppl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Hans-Jürgen Kollar