Patents by Inventor Joachim Nikola

Joachim Nikola 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: 20230253854
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a first printed circuit board having layers with conductor tracks. The layers are spaced apart from one another by first layers of insulating material, for example, fiber-reinforced plastic, e.g., an epoxy material, and an insulating layer is arranged between two of the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Joachim NIKOLA, Martin MELZER
  • Patent number: 11600246
    Abstract: In the use of a display of a converter, method for operating a converter, and converter, the converter having an address code switch, in particular on its housing, and in an actuation of the address code switch and during a subsequent, predefined period of time, a respective value corresponding to the respective switch position of the address code switch is displayed by the display. Operating information of the converter is displayed in all other cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Joachim Nikola
  • Publication number: 20230049269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enhanced method for the manufacture of a plastic component (135), in particular a cushioning element for sports apparel, the method comprising: opening a mold (100) by a predetermined amount into a loading position, wherein the mold comprises at least two mold parts (110, 112) and wherein the amount by which the mold is opened influences an available loading volume of the mold, loading a material comprising expanded particles (130) into the loading volume, closing the mold into a closed position, wherein during closing of the mold the mold parts are moved together over different distances (140) in different areas of the mold, compressing the expanded particles by closing the mold and fusing at least the surfaces of the expanded particles to mold the plastic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Tru Huu Minh Le, Amir Fathi, Christopher Edward Holmes, Andreas Johannes Seefried, Norbert Reuber, Constantin Joachim Nikolas Kemmer, Victor Romanov
  • Patent number: 11504928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enhanced method for the manufacture of a plastic component (135), in particular a cushioning element for sports apparel, the method comprising: opening a mold (100) by a predetermined amount into a loading position, wherein the mold comprises at least two mold parts (110, 112) and wherein the amount by which the mold is opened influences an available loading volume of the mold, loading a material comprising expanded particles (130) into the loading volume, closing the mold into a closed position, wherein during closing of the mold the mold parts are moved together over different distances (140) in different areas of the mold, compressing the expanded particles by closing the mold and fusing at least the surfaces of the expanded particles to mold the plastic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Tru Huu Minh Le, Amir Fathi, Christopher Edward Holmes, Andreas Johannes Seefried, Norbert Reuber, Constantin Joachim Nikolas Kemmer, Victor Romanov
  • Publication number: 20220165235
    Abstract: In the use of a display of a converter, method for operating a converter, and converter, the converter having an address code switch, in particular on its housing, and in an actuation of the address code switch and during a subsequent, predefined period of time, a respective value corresponding to the respective switch position of the address code switch is displayed by the display. Operating information of the converter is displayed in all other cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Joachim NIKOLA
  • Patent number: 11244656
    Abstract: In the use of a display of a converter, method for operating a converter, and converter, the converter having an address code switch, in particular on its housing, and in an actuation of the address code switch and during a subsequent, predefined period of time, a respective value corresponding to the respective switch position of the address code switch is displayed by the display. Operating information of the converter is displayed in all other cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Joachim Nikola
  • Publication number: 20210183339
    Abstract: In the use of a display of a converter, method for operating a converter, and converter, the converter having an address code switch, in particular on its housing, and in an actuation of the address code switch and during a subsequent, predefined period of time, a respective value corresponding to the respective switch position of the address code switch is displayed by the display. Operating information of the converter is displayed in all other cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Joachim NIKOLA
  • Patent number: 10943565
    Abstract: In the use of a display of a converter, method for operating a converter, and converter, the converter having an address code switch, in particular on its housing, and in an actuation of the address code switch and during a subsequent, predefined period of time, a respective value corresponding to the respective switch position of the address code switch is displayed by the display. Operating information of the converter is displayed in all other cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Joachim Nikola
  • Publication number: 20200413564
    Abstract: An electrical appliance that can be fastened to a support element, in particular a wall, includes a heat sink, circuit boards, and a housing. The circuit boards are fastened to the heat sink in each case and the heat sink is able to be fastened or is fastened to the support element. The housing surrounds the circuit boards and is fastened to the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin SCHÖRNER, Joachim NIKOLA, Hans Jürgen KOLLAR
  • Publication number: 20200060383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enhanced method for the manufacture of a plastic component (135), in particular a cushioning element for sports apparel, the method comprising: opening a mold (100) by a predetermined amount into a loading position, wherein the mold comprises at least two mold parts (110, 112) and wherein the amount by which the mold is opened influences an available loading volume of the mold, loading a material comprising expanded particles (130) into the loading volume, closing the mold into a closed position, wherein during closing of the mold the mold parts are moved together over different distances (140) in different areas of the mold, compressing the expanded particles by closing the mold and fusing at least the surfaces of the expanded particles to mold the plastic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Tru Huu Minh Le, Amir Fathi, Christopher Edward Holmes, Andreas Johannes Seefried, Norbert Reuber, Constantin Joachim Nikolas Kemmer, Victor Romanov
  • Patent number: 10297992
    Abstract: In a holding device for a cable that includes a sheet-metal part, and an electrical apparatus, the sheet-metal part has a first sheet-metal section and a second sheet-metal section, which are connected by a bending section. The first sheet-metal section is bendable relative to the second sheet-metal part, in particular manually bendable, in particular in the bending section, and in particular such that the first sheet-metal section and the second sheet-metal section are disposed at a non-vanishing bending angle with respect to each other. The first sheet-metal section is connected in an electrically conductive manner to a cable shield of the cable. The cable is connected to the first sheet-metal section by friction locking, the cable in particular being held and guided, in particular locally guided, with the aid of the holding device, and the second sheet-metal section has an interface for the mechanical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Joachim Nikola
  • Patent number: 10076052
    Abstract: In an electrical device, in particular a converter, and a method for producing an electrical device having a circuit board and a housing part, a connecting part is fitted into the circuit board, in particular by soldering. The connecting part has a spacer section and a connection element. The circuit board is separated from the housing part with the aid of the spacer section. The connection element has a threaded segment. The connection element may be connected to at least one circuit trace on the circuit board in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Nikola, Hans Jürgen Kollar, Dirk Momann
  • Publication number: 20180226778
    Abstract: In a holding device for a cable that includes a sheet-metal part, and an electrical apparatus, the sheet-metal part has a first sheet-metal section and a second sheet-metal section, which are connected by a bending section. The first sheet-metal section is bendable relative to the second sheet-metal part, in particular manually bendable, in particular in the bending section, and in particular such that the first sheet-metal section and the second sheet-metal section are disposed at a non-vanishing bending angle with respect to each other. The first sheet-metal section is connected in an electrically conductive manner to a cable shield of the cable. The cable is connected to the first sheet-metal section by friction locking, the cable in particular being held and guided, in particular locally guided, with the aid of the holding device, and the second sheet-metal section has an interface for the mechanical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Joachim NIKOLA
  • Publication number: 20170200431
    Abstract: In the use of a display of a converter, method for operating a converter, and converter, the converter having an address code switch, in particular on its housing, and in an actuation of the address code switch and during a subsequent, predefined period of time, a respective value corresponding to the respective switch position of the address code switch is displayed by the display. Operating information of the converter is displayed in all other cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Joachim NIKOLA
  • Publication number: 20170118857
    Abstract: In an electrical device, in particular a converter, and a method for producing an electrical device having a circuit board and a housing part, a connecting part is fitted into the circuit board, in particular by soldering. The connecting part has a spacer section and a connection element. The circuit board is separated from the housing part with the aid of the spacer section. The connection element has a threaded segment. The connection element may be connected to at least one circuit trace on the circuit board in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Joachim NIKOLA, Hans Jürgen KOLLAR, Dirk MOMANN
  • Publication number: 20140009896
    Abstract: A converter assembly, a method for producing a converter assembly and a method for operating a converter assembly are described, in which a base module includes power electronics and control electronics. The base module includes a housing, particularly a housing part at least partially forming a housing for the power electronics and control electronics. The base module includes an electrical and mechanical interface, via which signal electronics are able to be joined to the base module with form-locking and/or force-locking, in order to form the converter assembly. The signal electronics include a housing, especially so that after being joined, the housing of the signal electronics and the housing of the base module together form a housing of the converter assembly. A setpoint value for speed and/or torque is transmittable electrically via the interface, the signal electronics having means for receiving, determining and/or inputting the setpoint value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Joachim Nikola, Hans Juergen Kollar, Rolf Janzer, Juergen Maucher, Thomas Wetzel