Patents by Inventor Jan Achterberg

Jan Achterberg 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: 20160241173
    Abstract: A control system for an electric motor comprising a stator having a plurality of stator coils and a rotor movable along the stator comprises a position detection device and a coil monitoring device. In this case, the position detection device is designed to generate position data representing a position of the rotor along the stator, and the coil monitoring device is designed to generate coil data representing a status of one or a plurality of the stator coils. The control system furthermore comprises a safety device designed to carry out a coordination between the coil data and the position data. Moreover, the safety device is designed to cause the electric motor to be transferred to a safe state if an error has been discovered during the coordination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Uwe Prüssmeier, Jan Achterberg
  • Patent number: 9188421
    Abstract: A method for detecting a position of a movable element of a drive apparatus by means of a position detection apparatus comprising at least one field coil and at least one secondary coil associated with the field coil, wherein an electrical excitation pulse is applied to the field coil in order to induce an electrical voltage in the secondary coil, a secondary coil voltage is measured and the position of the movable element is determined on the basis of the measured secondary coil voltage. The invention also relates to a position detection apparatus and/or a drive apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Prüssmeier, Jan Achterberg, Tim Kaulmann, Manuel Bettenworth, Jan-Hendrik Bade
  • Publication number: 20150137625
    Abstract: A stator device for a linear motor comprises an electrically energizable magnetic field generator for forming a magnetic field, the magnetic field generator comprising a stator tooth and a coil wound around the stator tooth and a holding module for holding the magnetic field generator, the holding module having a first and a second holding device, wherein the magnetic field generator is arranged between the two holding devices in that a first end of the stator tooth is fixed to the first holding device and a second end of the stator tooth is fixed to the second holding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Jan ACHTERBERG, Uwe PRÜSSMEIER
  • Publication number: 20150008768
    Abstract: A stator device for a linear motor comprises an electrically energizable magnetic field generator for forming a magnetic field, the magnetic field generator comprising a stator tooth and a coil wound around the stator tooth and a holding module for holding the magnetic field generator, the holding module having a first and a second holding device, wherein the magnetic field generator is arranged between the two holding devices in that a first end of the stator tooth is fixed to the first holding device and a second end of the stator tooth is fixed to the second holding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Jan ACHTERBERG, Uwe Prüssmeier
  • Publication number: 20130328516
    Abstract: A method for detecting a position of a movable element of a drive apparatus by means of a position detection apparatus comprising at least one field coil and at least one secondary coil associated with the field coil, wherein an electrical excitation pulse is applied to the field coil in order to induce an electrical voltage in the secondary coil, a secondary coil voltage is measured and the position of the movable element is determined on the basis of the measured secondary coil voltage. The invention also relates to a position detection apparatus and/or a drive apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Prüssmeier, Jan Achterberg, Tim Kaulmann, Manuel Bettenworth, Jan-Hendrik Bade
  • Patent number: 8569982
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for determining the position of the drive mechanism of an electric machine from the current supplied thereto. Determination of the position is effected over two independent channels by measuring the three-phase current of the electric machine or motor, converting the measured values to the current space vector, calculating the angle of the current space vector within one electrical revolution, and determining the position of the motor. A current command, the field of which acts in the direction of the flux or field of the drive mechanism or rotor, is added within the motor stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kollmorgen Europe GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Achterberg
  • Publication number: 20110181227
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for determining the position of the drive mechanism of an electric machine from the current supplied thereto. Determination of the position is effected over two independent channels by measuring the three-phase current of the electric machine or motor, converting the measured values to the current space vector, calculating the angle of the current space vector within one electrical revolution, and determining the position of the motor. A current command, the field of which acts in the direction of the flux or field of the drive mechanism or rotor, is added within the motor stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: KOLLMORGEN EUROPE GMBH
    Inventor: Jan Achterberg