Patents by Inventor Joachim Lepper

Joachim Lepper 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: 9083275
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an electronic circuit that is connectable to a voltage source and a load. The circuit comprises a controllable load switch element that is arranged so that a supply voltage provided by the voltage source in a connected state is provided to the load when the load switch element is switched on and is not provided to the load when the load switch element is switched off and a voltage detection circuitry that in the connected state is coupled to the load so as to be energized by the voltage applied to the load. The circuit further comprises a switch-on circuitry that is coupled to the load switch element and is arranged to switch on the load switch element for a determined period of time after a switch arranged between the switch-on circuitry and the voltage source is closed. The proposed circuit allows for using a simple voltage detection circuit that is energized by the voltage to be measured by providing the switch-on circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Lepper, Ralf Gorlach
  • Patent number: 8810328
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for the inductive transfer of energy is disclosed. The circuit arrangement includes an oscillator; and a device for detecting the load of the oscillator and for setting the circuit arrangement into one of multiple operating states depending on the detected load. The device determines the load of the oscillator using an electrical variable occurring in the oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Jung, Joachim Lepper, Jan Christian Langsdorf, Thomas Hohmann
  • Patent number: 8581443
    Abstract: A method and a circuit arrangement for the inductive transfer of energy with an oscillator and a device to detect the inductive load of the oscillator, and to modify a damping element in the oscillator depending on the load of said oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Jung, Joachim Lepper, Jan Christian Langsdorf, Lutz Ronald Herzberg, Thomas Hohmann
  • Patent number: 8471547
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for the inductive transfer of energy is disclosed. The circuit arrangement includes an oscillator; a power supply for supplying the oscillator with energy and having a complex input resistance; and a device for detecting the inductive load of the oscillator and for modifying the complex input resistance of the power supply depending on the load of the oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Jung, Joachim Lepper, Jan Christian Langsdorf, Lutz Ronald Herzberg, Thomas Hohmann, Herbert Petzold
  • Patent number: 8424143
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush is disclosed. The toothbrush includes a housing; a brush; an electric motor for driving the brush; a power supply for providing the electric power required for operation of the toothbrush; a switch mechanism for turning the drive on and off; and an electronic circuit for adjusting the effective voltage (UMot) applied to the electric motor. In operation, a voltage supplied by the power supply declines with the discharge status of the power supply from a high-voltage range to a low-voltage range. During operation of the toothbrush in the high-voltage range (H), the effective voltage (UMot) applied to the electric motor is lowered to a level at which the electric motor has reached a rotational speed corresponding essentially to the rotational speed of the electric motor in the medium-voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Stolper, Heiko Bornheimer, Joachim Lepper, Philipp Jung, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Trawinski
  • Patent number: 8310199
    Abstract: An electronic circuit for an electric appliance. In one embodiment, there is provided an electronic circuit for a battery-operated electric appliance, which can be inductively fed by an external electric power source, comprising a charging circuit for charging an accumulator (A), which encompasses a charging coil (L2) and a diode (D2), wherein the accumulator (A) is connected in series to the diode (D2) and the charging coil (L2), a light emitting diode (LED) as display for the charging process and/or charging status of the accumulator (A), wherein an end of the charging coil (L2) is connected to the cathode of the diode (D2) and the anode of the light emitting diode (LED) and the negative pole of the accumulator (A) is connected to the anode of the diode (D2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Klemm, Joachim Lepper, Matthias Schiebahn
  • Publication number: 20120112845
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for the inductive transfer of energy is disclosed. The circuit arrangement includes an oscillator; and a device for detecting the load of the oscillator and for setting the circuit arrangement into one of multiple operating states depending on the detected load. The device determines the load of the oscillator using an electrical variable occurring in the oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Jung, Joachim Lepper, Jan Christian Langsdorf, Thomas Hohmann
  • Publication number: 20120105044
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for the inductive transfer of energy is disclosed. The circuit arrangement includes an oscillator; a power supply for supplying the oscillator with energy and having a complex input resistance; and a device for detecting the inductive load of the oscillator and for modifying the complex input resistance of the power supply depending on the load of the oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Jung, Joachim Lepper, Jan Christian Langsdorf, Lutz Ronald Herzberg, Thomas Hohmann, Herbert Petzold
  • Patent number: 8100723
    Abstract: A battery contact spring with a spring body manufactured as a flexible wire part is disclosed. The battery contact spring has a first contact head section for contacting a first battery; a second contact head section for contacting a second battery, and at least one first spiral spring section that extends between a spring foot area and the first contact head section and which flexibly supports the first contact head section. The spring body is designed in such a way that a coil end of the first spiral spring section opposite the spring foot area crosses over into the first contact head section and attached to this first head section is a connection bridge that crosses over into the second contact head section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Vetter, Heiko Bornheimer, Florian Baier, Joachim Lepper, Joern Utsch
  • Publication number: 20110273153
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an electronic circuit that is connectable to a voltage source and a load. The circuit comprises a controllable load switch element that is arranged so that a supply voltage provided by the voltage source in a connected state is provided to the load when the load switch element is switched on and is not provided to the load when the load switch element is switched off and a voltage detection circuitry that in the connected state is coupled to the load so as to be energized by the voltage applied to the load. The circuit further comprises a switch-on circuitry that is coupled to the load switch element and is arranged to switch on the load switch element for a determined period of time after a switch arranged between the switch-on circuitry and the voltage source is closed. The proposed circuit allows for using a simple voltage detection circuit that is energized by the voltage to be measured by providing the switch-on circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Joachim Lepper, Ralf Görlach
  • Publication number: 20110183553
    Abstract: A battery contact spring with a spring body manufactured as a flexible wire part is disclosed. The battery contact spring has a first contact head section for contacting a first battery; a second contact head section for contacting a second battery, and at least one first spiral spring section that extends between a spring foot area and the first contact head section and which flexibly supports the first contact head section. The spring body is designed in such a way that a coil end of the first spiral spring section opposite the spring foot area crosses over into the first contact head section and attached to this first head section is a connection bridge that crosses over into the second contact head section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Vetter, Heiko Bornheimer, Florian Baier, Joachim Lepper, Joern Utsch
  • Publication number: 20110138551
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush is disclosed. The toothbrush includes a housing; a brush; an electric motor for driving the brush; a power supply for providing the electric power required for operation of the toothbrush; a switch mechanism for turning the drive on and off; and an electronic circuit for adjusting the effective voltage (UMot) applied to the electric motor. In operation, a voltage supplied by the power supply declines with the discharge status of the power supply from a high-voltage range to a low-voltage range. During operation of the toothbrush in the high-voltage range (H), the effective voltage (UMot) applied to the electric motor is lowered to a level at which the electric motor has reached a rotational speed corresponding essentially to the rotational speed of the electric motor in the medium-voltage range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Stopler, Heiko Bornheimer, Joachim Lepper, Philpp Jung, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Trawinski
  • Publication number: 20110012432
    Abstract: A method and a circuit arrangement for the inductive transfer of energy with an oscillator and a device to detect the inductive load of the oscillator, and to modify a damping element in the oscillator depending on the load of said oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Philipp Jung, Joachim Lepper, Jan Christian Langsdorf, Lutz Ronald Herzberg, Thomas Hohmann
  • Publication number: 20100289448
    Abstract: An induction charging device for charging an energy accumulator of a mobile electric device is provided. The device includes a coil for energy transmission; and a control for energy transmission. The control is connected to a capacitor with a modifiable capacitance, and the capacitor is designed such that its capacitance changes as a function of whether the mobile electric device is in a charging position or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Jung, Thomas Hohmann, Alexander Hilscher, Joachim Lepper, Winfried Ziemann, Peter Trawinski, Norbert Schaefer, Leo Faranda
  • Publication number: 20090179614
    Abstract: An electronic circuit for a battery-operated electric appliance, can be inductively fed by an external electric power source. The circuit comprises a charging circuit for charging an accumulator (A), which encompasses a charging coil (L2) for generating an alternating current and a rectifier diode (D2), wherein the accumulator (A) is connected in series to the rectifier diode (D2) and the charging coil (L2). The circuit furthermore comprises a light emitting diode (LED) as display for the charging process and/or charging status of the accumulator (A) and a control circuit (uC) for controlling the light emitting diode (LED) and the charging process of the accumulator (A), wherein an end of the charging coil (L2) is connected to the cathode of the diode (D2) and to the anode of the light emitting diode (LED).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Torsten Klemm, Joachim Lepper, Matthias Schiebahn
  • Patent number: 6296454
    Abstract: A suction jet nozzle and a diffuser having an inflow cone with an elliptical cross-section is implemented in a suction jet pump to be used in a motor vehicle's fuel tank. The jet nozzle is configured to produce a flat propulsion jet that seals the diffuser over its entire circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: René Schmid, Joachim Lepper, Wolfgang Planck, Ludger Kürmann