Patents by Inventor Harm Wesselink

Harm Wesselink 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: 12055454
    Abstract: A device is provided for determining a steering torque in a motor vehicle. The device includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a twistable connector, a stator, a multipole magnet, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The first shaft is connected to the second shaft via the twistable connector, and the magnet is fixed to the first shaft. The stator is fixed to the second shaft, and the first sensor is designed for measuring, in the case of a relative rotary movement of the magnet relative to the stator, a first magnetic flux density in a first direction. The second sensor is designed for measuring a second magnetic flux density in a second direction. The second direction is opposite to the first direction, and the second sensor is arranged to be rotationally offset by more than 90° relative to the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Steffen Thamer, Harm Wesselink
  • Publication number: 20220128421
    Abstract: A device is provided for determining a steering torque in a motor vehicle. The device includes a first shaft a second shaft, a twistable means of connection, a stator means, a multi-pole magnetic means, and a first sensor means and a second sensor means. The first shaft is connected to the second shaft via the twistable means of connection, and the magnetic means is fixed to the first shaft. The stator means is fixed to the second shaft, and the first sensor means is designed for measuring, in the case of a relative rotary movement of the magnetic means relative to the stator means, a first magnetic flux density in a first direction. The second sensor means is designed for measuring, in the case of the relative rotary movement of the magnetic means relative to the stator means, a second magnetic flux density in a second direction. The second direction is opposite to the first direction, and the second sensor means is arranged to be rotationally offset by more than 90° relative to the first sensor means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Steffen Thamer, Harm Wesselink