Patents by Inventor Jörg Neufeld

Jörg Neufeld 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: 20240079926
    Abstract: A rotor for a planar drive system comprises a housing and at least one magnet arrangement. The housing comprises a basic housing body and a cover. The magnet arrangement is arranged in a recess of the basic housing body. The cover is attached to the basic housing body in such a way that the housing is configured to be fluid-tight, the cover covers the recess, and the magnet arrangement is arranged in an interior of the fluid-tight housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Uwe Prüssmeier, Jörg Neufeld, Johannes Beckhoff, Felix Schulte
  • Patent number: 11352223
    Abstract: A transport system and transport device guided via a plurality of rollers in a running direction along a running rail. The transport system has a curved running rail with first and second running surfaces at a first running rail side flank. First and second rollers form a first roller unit for the first running surface, and third and fourth rollers form a second roller unit for the second running surface. The first and/or second roller unit has a rocker unit with a rigid connection of the rotation axles of the first and second rollers of the first roller unit, and/or the rotation axles of the third and fourth rollers of the second roller unit, and a rocker axle. The rigid connection is pivotably supported about the rocker axle, arranged transversely to the running direction of the first and/or second roller unit, which has the rocker unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Borchardt, Jörg Neufeld
  • Patent number: 11344900
    Abstract: A linear transport system comprising a linear motor with at least a motor module and at least a conveyor driven by the linear motor along a path of motion is described. The motor module thereby comprises a stator magnetically interacting with a magnet device of the conveyor and having a plurality of stator teeth arranged side by side along the path of motion and a plurality of electric coils each wound around a stator tooth. The linear transport system further comprises a fluid system comprising at least a fluid channel passing through a stator tooth of the stator of the motor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Neufeld, Andreas Sinzenich, Friedrich Bömer-Schulte
  • Publication number: 20210213469
    Abstract: A linear transport system comprising a linear motor with at least a motor module and at least a conveyor driven by the linear motor along a path of motion is described. The motor module thereby comprises a stator magnetically interacting with a magnet device of the conveyor and having a plurality of stator teeth arranged side by side along the path of motion and a plurality of electric coils each wound around a stator tooth. The linear transport system further comprises a fluid system comprising at least a fluid channel passing through a stator tooth of the stator of the motor module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Jörg Neufeld, Andreas Sinzenich, Friedrich Bömer-Schulte
  • Patent number: 11038410
    Abstract: A stator module is disclosed, and a planar drive system with a stator module. The stator module has a lower face opposite an upper face, a stator unit situated on the upper face, and a cooling unit. The stator unit has a coil to which current can be supplied to generate a magnetic field to drive a mover, positionable on the upper face of the stator module. The cooling unit has a cover thermally connected to a lower face of the stator unit and to the bottom of the housing. The bottom of the housing has a first fastening section on the lower face of the stator module, thermally connectable to a heat sink. The cover is designed to conduct heat out of the stator unit to the bottom of the housing, which is designed to conduct the heat at least partially to the first fastening section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation Gmbh
    Inventors: Rolf Brinkmann, Lukas Bentfeld, Jörg Neufeld
  • Publication number: 20210122588
    Abstract: A transport system and transport device guided via a plurality of rollers in a running direction along a running rail. The transport system has a curved running rail with first and second running surfaces at a first running rail side flank. First and second rollers form a first roller unit for the first running surface, and third and fourth rollers form a second roller unit for the second running surface. The first and/or second roller unit has a rocker unit with a rigid connection of the rotation axles of the first and second rollers of the first roller unit, and/or the rotation axles of the third and fourth rollers of the second roller unit, and a rocker axle. The rigid connection is pivotably supported about the rocker axle, arranged transversely to the running direction of the first and/or second roller unit, which has the rocker unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Uwe Borchardt, Jörg Neufeld
  • Patent number: 10858192
    Abstract: A conveying device for a linear transport system, wherein the conveying device comprises at least one rolling unit and a carrier unit, wherein the carrier unit is of U-shaped configuration and has an outer side and an inner side, wherein the inner side bounds a receiving space for receiving a running rail of the linear transport system, wherein the rolling unit is arranged in the receiving space in a manner spaced apart from the inner side, wherein the inner side and/or the outer side are/is substantially free from undercuts and/or corners and/or bumps, and/or wherein the inner side and/or the outer side are/is of substantially smooth configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Neufeld, Andreas Sinzenich, Thomas Vorbohle
  • Publication number: 20200321846
    Abstract: A stator module is disclosed, and a planar drive system with a stator module. The stator module has a lower face opposite an upper face, a stator unit situated on the upper face, and a cooling unit. The stator unit has a coil to which current can be supplied to generate a magnetic field to drive a mover, positionable on the upper face of the stator module. The cooling unit has a cover thermally connected to a lower face of the stator unit and to the bottom of the housing. The bottom of the housing has a first fastening section on the lower face of the stator module, thermally connectable to a heat sink. The cover is designed to conduct heat out of the stator unit to the bottom of the housing, which is designed to conduct the heat at least partially to the first fastening section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Rolf Brinkmann, Lukas Bentfeld, Jörg Neufeld
  • Publication number: 20200048006
    Abstract: A conveying device for a linear transport system, wherein the conveying device comprises at least one rolling unit and a carrier unit, wherein the carrier unit is of U-shaped configuration and has an outer side and an inner side, wherein the inner side bounds a receiving space for receiving a running rail of the linear transport system, wherein the rolling unit is arranged in the receiving space in a manner spaced apart from the inner side, wherein the inner side and/or the outer side are/is substantially free from undercuts and/or corners and/or bumps, and/or wherein the inner side and/or the outer side are/is of substantially smooth configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jörg Neufeld, Andreas Sinzenich, Thomas Vorbohle