Patents by Inventor Joerg Kegeler

Joerg Kegeler 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: 11894757
    Abstract: A coil system, including: pairs of planar coils vertically stacked in a vertical direction, each pair of planar coils including a first planar coil including a first outer turn and a second planar coil including a second outer turn overlapping the first outer turn and laterally offset from the first outer turn; and pairs of vertically stacked thermal conductor tracks, each pair of thermal conductor tracks including a first track and a second track overlapping the first track, laterally offset from the first track, and overlapping the first outer turns of the pairs of planar coils. The pairs of thermal conductor tracks are DC isolated from pairs of planar coils. The first outer turns and the second outer turns of the pairs of planar coils form a first comb-like structure. The plurality of pairs of thermal conductor tracks form a second comb-like structure engaged with the first comb-like structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20230116014
    Abstract: A manipulator arm for a robot, including a printed circuit board motor and a transmission, the printed circuit board motor including a multi-layer board having at least one first solenoid coil with flat coils lying vertically on top of each other, the flat coils being connected electrically in series or in parallel, two vertically adjacent coils being orthogonally offset to each other in each case such that, in a cross-section perpendicular to the surface of the multi-layer board, conducting track portions of the one flat coil are arranged in partial overlap vertically with two conducting track portions of the other flat coil. A robot having at least one manipulator arm of this type and the use of a printed circuit board motor in a manipulator arm of a robot are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen DAMERAU, Tomas SMETANA, Jörg KEGELER
  • Publication number: 20210273524
    Abstract: A coil system, including: pairs of planar coils vertically stacked in a vertical direction, each pair of planar coils including a first planar coil including a first outer turn and a second planar coil including a second outer turn overlapping the first outer turn and laterally offset from the first outer turn; and pairs of vertically stacked thermal conductor tracks, each pair of thermal conductor tracks including a first track and a second track overlapping the first track, laterally offset from the first track, and overlapping the first outer turns of the pairs of planar coils. The pairs of thermal conductor tracks are DC isolated from pairs of planar coils. The first outer turns and the second outer turns of the pairs of planar coils form a first comb-like structure. The plurality of pairs of thermal conductor tracks form a second comb-like structure engaged with the first comb-like structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Patent number: 10638596
    Abstract: Multi-layer printed circuit boards and methods of producing the same are disclosed. In one example, a multi-layer printed circuit board may include flat coils which are situated vertically one above the other and are connected electrically in series or in parallel in order to form a first solenoid coil. Two vertically adjacent flat coils may be arranged laterally offset in relation to one another in such a way that conductor track sections of one flat coil are arranged so as to vertically partially overlap with two conductor track sections of the other flat coil in a cross section perpendicular to a surface of the multi-layer printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jörg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20200091805
    Abstract: A dynamo-electric machine includes a primary part having a plurality of teeth, grooves that are located between the teeth and a yoke that is produced from a ferromagnetic material, a secondary part that is spaced apart from the primary part via an air gap and comprises a plurality of permanent magnets that lie adjacent to one another with alternating polarity, a multi-phase tooth coil winding that is arranged in the grooves, wherein adjacent tooth coils are connected to form groups having an identical electrical phase, wherein adjacent teeth of the groups of tooth coils having an identical electrical phase are connected in a magnetically conductive manner via the yoke and the yoke is interrupted between adjacent tooth coils having a different electrical phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jörg KEGELER, André SPÖRER
  • Patent number: 10473487
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement comprising an angle sensor for measuring torsion is disclosed. The angle sensor is designed for carrying out a measurement via n poles, where n?1, and primarily comprises a sensor ring which at least partially surrounds a rotational axis, and a material measure which is rotatable relative to this sensor ring. One transmitting coil and multiple receiver coils are situated on the sensor ring. A magnetic circuit is formed between the transmitting coil and the receiver coils, which magnetic circuit comprises the material measure and a pot core including two limbs. In this case, the material measure forms a variable reluctance in the magnetic circuit. At least one of the two limbs of the pot core is segmented in such a way that the limb comprises ring segments. Each of the receiver coils surrounds at least one of the ring segments. Each of the ring segments forms a circular arc having a mean radius. The ring segments may be provided in pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jörg Kegeler
  • Patent number: 10225934
    Abstract: A circuit board (01), including at least two electrically conductive layers (02) arranged one above the other and at least one dielectric layer (03), which is arranged between adjacent electrically conductive layers (02), is provided. The circuit board (01) is characterized in particular in that the plate has at least two magnetically conductive layers (05), wherein each magnetically conductive layer (05) is arranged at least indirectly adjacent to an electrically conductive layer (02), and that the circuit board also has vertical recesses for accommodating magnetic vias (08) for connecting the magnetically conductive layers (05) in a specific manner. A method for producing such a circuit board (01) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Patent number: 10180156
    Abstract: A connecting element comprising a head and a shaft configured to fasten one or more components to a bearing ring of a rolling-element bearing, wherein the head is configured to adjust to a form of a circumferential groove in the bearing ring to be inserted in the groove, and the shaft is configured to adjust to fasten in a bore of the one or more components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20180356254
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement comprising an angle sensor for measuring torsion is disclosed. The angle sensor is designed for carrying out a measurement via n poles, where n?1, and primarily comprises a sensor ring which at least partially surrounds a rotational axis, and a material measure which is rotatable relative to this sensor ring. One transmitting coil and multiple receiver coils are situated on the sensor ring. A magnetic circuit is formed between the transmitting coil and the receiver coils, which magnetic circuit comprises the material measure and a pot core including two limbs. In this case, the material measure forms a variable reluctance in the magnetic circuit. At least one of the two limbs of the pot core is segmented in such a way that the limb comprises ring segments. Each of the receiver coils surrounds at least one of the ring segments. Each of the ring segments forms a circular arc having a mean radius. The ring segments may be provided in pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jörg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20180317313
    Abstract: Multi-layer printed circuit boards and methods of producing the same are disclosed. In one example, a multi-layer printed circuit board may include flat coils which are situated vertically one above the other and are connected electrically in series or in parallel in order to form a first solenoid coil. Two vertically adjacent flat coils may be arranged laterally offset in relation to one another in such a way that conductor track sections of one flat coil are arranged so as to vertically partially overlap with two conductor track sections of the other flat coil in a cross section perpendicular to a surface of the multi-layer printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jörg Kegeler
  • Patent number: 10020111
    Abstract: A transformer (01) for transmitting data and/or energy, including a concentric coil pair with a fixed first coil (04) and a second coil (05) which is mounted so as to be rotatable with respect to the first coil (04), wherein the coils (04, 05) are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that they are magnetically coupled. The transformer (01)—is defined, in particular, by the fact that the first and the second coils (04, 05) are embodied as printed circuits on one multi-layered circuit board (02, 03) each, wherein in each case a magnetically conductive layer (07) is attached to the outer layers of the multi-layered circuit boards (02, 03), wherein the magnetically conductive layers (07) are selectively connected to one another by recesses which are formed in the circuit boards (02, 03) and filled with magnetically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Patent number: 10012267
    Abstract: A resolver bearing with an angle sensor to detect the angular position of the bearing rings. The angle sensor includes an annular resolver stator connected to one of the bearing rings and includes a transmission coil and a receiving coil designed as printed circuits on a multilayer printed circuit board. The transmission coil is arranged at least partly within a U-shaped shell core, and the receiving coil is arranged at least partly within and at least partly outside of the shell core. The angle sensor also has a resolver rotor rotationally fixed to the other of the two bearing rings and includes magnetically conductive components. The resolver rotor is arranged at least partly within the U-shaped shell core. A signal can be transmitted between the transmission coil and the receiving coil via a magnetic circuit. An angular position-dependent variable reluctance in the magnetic circuit can be specified by the resolver rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20180142719
    Abstract: A connecting element comprising a head and a shaft configured to fasten one or more components to a bearing ring of a rolling-element bearing, wherein the head is configured to adjust to a form of a circumferential groove in the bearing ring to be inserted in the groove, and the shaft is configured to adjust to fasten in a bore of the one or more components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Joerg KEGELER
  • Patent number: 9822820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor arrangement having an angle sensor for the measurement of rotations. The angle sensor is multipolar such that measurements are possible by means of n poles. First of all the angle sensor comprises a sensor ring surrounding an axis of rotation (04) and a material measure which is rotatable relative to said sensor ring. A transmitting coil (27) and a plurality of receiving coils (28) are disposed on the sensor ring. Between the transmitting coil (27) and the receiving coils (28) a magnetic circuit is formed which comprises the material measure and a pot core (17) having two branches (19). To this end the material measure forms a variable reluctance in the magnetic circuit. One of the two branches (19) of the pot core (17) is segment-like, such that said branch comprises ring segments (38). In each case the receiving coils (28) surround one of the ring segments (38). The ring segments (38) each form an arc of a circle having a mean radius (43, 46, 48, 51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20170162315
    Abstract: A transformer (01) for transmitting data and/or energy, including a concentric coil pair with a fixed first coil (04) and a second coil (05) which is mounted so as to be rotatable with respect to the first coil (04), wherein the coils (04, 05) are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that they are magnetically coupled. The transformer (01)—is defined, in particular, by the fact that the first and the second coils (04, 05) are embodied as printed circuits on one multi-layered circuit board (02, 03) each, wherein in each case a magnetically conductive layer (07) is attached to the outer layers of the multi-layered circuit boards (02, 03), wherein the magnetically conductive layers (07) are selectively connected to one another by recesses which are formed in the circuit boards (02, 03) and filled with magnetically conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20170152894
    Abstract: A resolver bearing with an angle sensor to detect the angular position of the bearing rings. The angle sensor includes an annular resolver stator connected to one of the bearing rings and includes a transmission coil and a receiving coil designed as printed circuits on a multilayer printed circuit board. The transmission coil is arranged at least partly within a U-shaped shell core, and the receiving coil is arranged at least partly within and at least partly outside of the shell core. The angle sensor also has a resolver rotor rotationally fixed to the other of the two bearing rings and includes magnetically conductive components. The resolver rotor is arranged at least partly within the U-shaped shell core. A signal can be transmitted between the transmission coil and the receiving coil via a magnetic circuit. An angular position-dependent variable reluctance in the magnetic circuit can be specified by the resolver rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20170156210
    Abstract: A circuit board (01), including at least two electrically conductive layers (02) arranged one above the other and at least one dielectric layer (03), which is arranged between adjacent electrically conductive layers (02), is provided. The circuit board (01) is characterized in particular in that the plate has at least two magnetically conductive layers (05), wherein each magnetically conductive layer (05) is arranged at least indirectly adjacent to an electrically conductive layer (02), and that the circuit board also has vertical recesses for accommodating magnetic vias (08) for connecting the magnetically conductive layers (05) in a specific manner. A method for producing such a circuit board (01) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Patent number: 9329022
    Abstract: A roller bearing configuration having an angle sensor includes a roller bearing. The Angle sensor an absolute encoder with a sensor ring connected in a rotationally fixed manner to one of the bearing rings of the roller bearing, and a measuring element connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the second bearing ring, wherein coils, namely at least one transmitting coil and at least one receiving coil, are situated on the sensor ring, and the transmitting coil has an axis of symmetry, which is identical to the axis of rotation and is situated in an annular metallic pot core, which has a U-shaped cross section and is concentric with the axis of rotation of the roller bearing, and a receiving coil is situated partially inside and partially outside of the pot core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Kegeler, Juergen Weyh
  • Publication number: 20150337903
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor arrangement having an angle sensor for the measurement of rotations. The angle sensor is multipolar such that measurements are possible by means of n poles. First of all the angle sensor comprises a sensor ring surrounding an axis of rotation (04) and a material measure which is rotatable relative to said sensor ring. A transmitting coil (27) and a plurality of receiving coils (28) are disposed on the sensor ring. Between the transmitting coil (27) and the receiving coils (28) a magnetic circuit is formed which comprises the material measure and a pot core (17) having two branches (19). To this end the material measure forms a variable reluctance in the magnetic circuit. One of the two branches (19) of the pot core (17) is segment-like, such that said branch comprises ring segments (38). In each case the receiving coils (28) surround one of the ring segments (38). The ring segments (38) each form an arc of a circle having a mean radius (43, 46, 48, 51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20150300412
    Abstract: A compact resolver bearing constructed in a particularly simple manner is provided. The corresponding coils P, S are arranged in the annular chamber formed between the bearing rings, the annular chamber being sealed by two circular ring discs, each of said circular ring discs being non-rotatably mounted on another ring and extending radially in the direction of the other ring while maintaining a slight axial distance A from the respective other circular ring disc. In order to modulate the magnetic flux generated by the toroidal coil P1 in the bearing, the circular ring discs are each provided with a segment made from a magnetically permeable material. The changeable mutual overlapping of the segments during rotation causes the magnetic resistance of the corresponding magnetic circuit M1, M2 to change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Joerg Kegeler