Patents by Inventor Harald Wolf

Harald Wolf 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: 11951788
    Abstract: A bearing unit (1) for a suspension strut (2) of a motor vehicle (3), has at least the following components: a guide ring (4) having a guide axis (5) for a wheel spring (6); a cap (7) with a damper holder (8) for a damper block (9); a bumpstop holder (10) for a bumpstop (11); an axial bearing (12) with a bearing pitch circle (13) for supporting the guide ring (4) on the cap (7) and for low-friction rotation about the guide axis (5) relative to the cap (7). The bumpstop holder (10) is formed integrally by the cap (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.
    Inventors: Jürgen Hilbinger, Jens Dungs, Harald Kohlmann, Gerhard Meyer, Rainer Lutz, Arno Wolf
  • Patent number: 11682991
    Abstract: In a method for determining the rotor position of a three-phase machine without using a rotary encoder, and to a device for controlling a three-phase motor without using a rotary encoder, the three-phase machine is fed by a converter that can be operated by pulse-width modulation, and the converter has model variables for the rotor angle and the current indicator of the three-phase machine, and the converter has device(s) by using which, in control operation, at least two values are measured which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine, the error of the model rotor angle is determined in that, depending on the model rotor angle and the model current indicator, at least two weighting factors are determined, and in that a weighted sum is formed from the at least two measured values and the at least two weighting factors, and in that a further offset value is substracted from the sum, which is likewise determined on the basis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hammel, Harald Wolf
  • Publication number: 20220123678
    Abstract: In a method for determining the rotor position of a three-phase machine without using a rotary encoder, and to a device for controlling a three-phase motor without using a rotary encoder, the three-phase machine is fed by a converter that can be operated by pulse-width modulation, and the converter has model variables for the rotor angle and the current indicator of the three-phase machine, and the converter has device(s) by using which, in control operation, at least two values are measured which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine, the error of the model rotor angle is determined in that, depending on the model rotor angle and the model current indicator, at least two weighting factors are determined, and in that a weighted sum is formed from the at least two measured values and the at least two weighting factors, and in that a further offset value is substracted from the sum, which is likewise determined on the basis
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Wolfgang HAMMEL, Harald WOLF
  • Patent number: 11245340
    Abstract: In circuit board for a converter, including control electronics, the circuit board includes a device for current detection, the device respectively having at least two measuring amplifier circuits, only the output of one of the measuring amplifier circuits being supplied as the detected current value to the control electronics of the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Harald Wolf, Manuel Heil, Ralf Bennerscheidt
  • Patent number: 11218102
    Abstract: In a method for determining the rotor position of a three-phase machine without using a rotary encoder, and a device for controlling a three-phase motor without using a rotary encoder, the three-phase machine is fed by a converter that can be operated by pulse-width modulation, and the converter has model variables for the rotor angle and the current indicator of the three-phase machine, and the converter has device(s) by using which, in control operation, at least two values are measured which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine, the error of the model rotor angle is determined in that, depending on the model rotor angle and the model current indicator, at least two weighting factors are determined, and in that a weighted sum is formed from the at least two measured values and the at least two weighting factors, and in that a further offset value is subtracted from the sum, which is likewise determined on the basis of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hammel, Harald Wolf
  • Publication number: 20210091680
    Abstract: In circuit board for a converter, including control electronics, the circuit board includes a device for current detection, the device respectively having at least two measuring amplifier circuits, only the output of one of the measuring amplifier circuits being supplied as the detected current value to the control electronics of the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Harald WOLF, Manuel HEIL, Ralf BENNERSCHEIDT
  • Patent number: 10868474
    Abstract: In circuit board for a converter, including control electronics, the circuit board includes a device for current detection, the device respectively having at least two measuring amplifier circuits, only the output of one of the measuring amplifier circuits being supplied as the detected current value to the control electronics of the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Harald Wolf, Manuel Heil, Ralf Bennerscheidt
  • Publication number: 20200350843
    Abstract: In a method for determining the rotor position of a three-phase machine without using a rotary encoder, and a device for controlling a three-phase motor without using a rotary encoder, the three-phase machine is fed by a converter that can be operated by pulse-width modulation, and the converter has model variables for the rotor angle and the current indicator of the three-phase machine, and the converter has device(s) by using which, in control operation, at least two values are measured which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine, the error of the model rotor angle is determined in that, depending on the model rotor angle and the model current indicator, at least two weighting factors are determined, and in that a weighted sum is formed from the at least two measured values and the at least two weighting factors, and in that a further offset value is substracted from the sum, which is likewise determined on the basis of
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang HAMMEL, Harald WOLF
  • Patent number: 10164550
    Abstract: A method, circuit configuration and bridge circuit for charging a capacitance effective on the main current terminals of a semiconductor switch, in particular an intrinsic capacitance, in particular the drain-source capacitance of a MOSFET semiconductor switch or the collector-emitter capacitance of an IGBT semiconductor switch, the precharging, in particular the at least partial charging, of the effective capacitance being forcibly controlled via a charging current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Harald Wolf
  • Patent number: 9966886
    Abstract: A method for determining the rotor position of a synchronous machine operated in field-oriented manner, which has an effective inductivity that is dependent on the rotor position, the motor current being acquired, and the motor voltage being set with the aid of a pulse-width-modulation method, a signal which is in synchrony with the pulse-width-modulation frequency being superimposed on the motor voltage value to be set, values of the motor current being acquired in synchrony with the pulse-width modulation frequency, a current component induced by the superimposed voltage signal and a residual current component, i.e., fundamental wave component, being determined, the current component induced by the superimposed voltage signal being used for determining an estimated rotor angle position, whose phase error in relation to the actual rotor angle position is reduced by means of a flux model, the residual current component being supplied to a current controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hammel, Matthias Hartmann, Harald Wolf
  • Publication number: 20150365028
    Abstract: A method for determining the rotor position of a synchronous machine operated in field-oriented manner, which has an effective inductivity that is dependent on the rotor position, the motor current being acquired, and the motor voltage being set with the aid of a pulse-width-modulation method, a signal which is in synchrony with the pulse-width-modulation frequency being superimposed on the motor voltage value to be set, values of the motor current being acquired in synchrony with the pulse-width modulation frequency, a current component induced by the superimposed voltage signal and a residual current component, i.e., fundamental wave component, being determined, the current component induced by the superimposed voltage signal being used for determining an estimated rotor angle position, whose phase error in relation to the actual rotor angle position is reduced by means of a flux model, the residual current component being supplied to a current controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hammel, Matthias Hartmann, Harald Wolf
  • Patent number: 9154073
    Abstract: A method for determining the rotor position of a synchronous machine operated in field-oriented manner, which has an effective inductivity that is dependent on the rotor position, the motor current being acquired, and the motor voltage being set with the aid of a pulse-width-modulation method, a signal which is in synchrony with the pulse-width-modulation frequency being superimposed on the motor voltage value to be set, values of the motor current being acquired in synchrony with the pulse-width modulation frequency, a current component induced by the superimposed voltage signal and a residual current component, i.e., fundamental wave component, being determined, the current component induced by the superimposed voltage signal being used for determining an estimated rotor angle position, whose phase error in relation to the actual rotor angle position is reduced by means of a flux model, the residual current component being supplied to a current controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hammel, Matthias Hartmann, Harald Wolf
  • Patent number: 8804384
    Abstract: A converter includes at least device(s) for sensing the currents fed to the electric motor powered by the converter, the device(s) for current detection being arranged inside the converter, and the signals of the device(s) being fed to a nonlinear filter, whose output signals are fed to an additional filter that is connected to an analog-to-digital converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Schuster, Harald Wolf
  • Patent number: 8786222
    Abstract: An open-loop or closed-loop control method for a converter which supplies an electric motor, wherein a current space vector is acquired as motor current, and the motor voltage, in particular a voltage space vector, is set, an induced voltage space vector UI is determined, which is forwarded to an integration element, a flux space vector being generated, whose angular position is perpendicular to the voltage space vector, the amount of the flux space vector corresponding to a predefined nominal value, the difference of the integration result and the flux space vector thus produced being used as feedback in the integration element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Harald Wolf, Wolfgang Hammel
  • Publication number: 20120153883
    Abstract: A method for determining the rotor position of a synchronous machine operated in field-oriented manner, which has an effective inductivity that is dependent on the rotor position, the motor current being acquired, and the motor voltage being set with the aid of a pulse-width-modulation method, a signal which is in synchrony with the pulse-width-modulation frequency being superimposed on the motor voltage value to be set, values of the motor current being acquired in synchrony with the pulse-width modulation frequency, a current component induced by the superimposed voltage signal and a residual current component, i.e., fundamental wave component, being determined, the current component induced by the superimposed voltage signal being used for determining an estimated rotor angle position, whose phase error in relation to the actual rotor angle position is reduced by means of a flux model, the residual current component being supplied to a current controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hammel, Matthias Hartmann, Harald Wolf
  • Patent number: 8054118
    Abstract: System and method, including path sections, each path section including a supply line into which a medium-frequency current is able to be injected by an infeed assigned to the particular path section, each infeed encompassing a control circuit, a first one of the control circuits transmitting a clock signal for the synchronization of the additional infeeds thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Harald Wolf, Christian Treier, Josef Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7992898
    Abstract: An airbag device comprising an airbag made of a woven fabric which is fastened to a vehicle structure, in particular above a vehicle occupant, and which can be filled with gas by means of a gas generator and in the filled state extends in front of the vehicle occupant is characterized in that a cutout is provided in the head impact region of the airbag fabric which the head of the vehicle occupant can penetrate, and this cutout is closed by a cover that is decoupled from tensile stress in the airbag fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Jack Johansson, Rudiger Leibelt, Harald Wolf
  • Publication number: 20110116294
    Abstract: A method, circuit configuration and bridge circuit for charging a capacitance effective on the main current terminals of a semiconductor switch, in particular an intrinsic capacitance, in particular the drain-source capacitance of a MOSFET semiconductor switch or the collector-emitter capacitance of an IGBT semiconductor switch, the precharging, in particular the at least partial charging, of the effective capacitance being forcibly controlled via a charging current path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Harald Wolf
  • Publication number: 20110068722
    Abstract: An open-loop or closed-loop control method for a converter which supplies an electric motor, wherein a current space vector is acquired as motor current, and the motor voltage, in particular a voltage space vector, is set, an induced voltage space vector UI is determined, which is forwarded to an integration element, a flux space vector being generated, whose angular position is perpendicular to the voltage space vector, the amount of the flux space vector corresponding to a predefined nominal value, the difference of the integration result and the flux space vector thus produced being used as feedback in the integration element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Harald Wolf, Wolfgang Hammel
  • Publication number: 20110062934
    Abstract: In circuit board for a converter, including control electronics, the circuit board includes a device for current detection, the device respectively having at least two measuring amplifier circuits, only the output of one of the measuring amplifier circuits being supplied as the detected current value to the control electronics of the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Harald Wolf, Manuel Heil, Ralf Bennerscheidt