Patents by Inventor Johannes Lang

Johannes Lang 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: 12237741
    Abstract: An electrical machine including a rotor and a stator occupying a substantially hollow-cylindrical spatial region, the stator including a stator core with a stator winding and fluid ducts which extend in an axial direction from a first axial side to an opposite second axial side, wherein a fluid-distributing chamber with a coolant inflow is provided on the first axial side, the coolant inflow communicates with the fluid-distributing chamber and the fluid-distributing chamber communicates with the fluid ducts, a fluid-collecting chamber with a coolant outflow is provided on the second axial side, the fluid-collecting chamber communicates with the coolant outflow and the fluid-collecting chamber collects the coolant, the coolant inflow is arranged on the first axial side on a first circumferential side and the coolant outflow is arranged on the second axial side, a bypass duct is provided, and the fluid inlet is arranged on the second axial side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Johannes Lange
  • Patent number: 12168988
    Abstract: A movement apparatus for industrial automation, in particular for handling a workpiece, including: a fluidic actuator to which a pressurised fluid can be applied, with a actuator element, and a pressurised fluid provision device which is designed to apply the pressurised fluid to the fluidic actuator according to a control signal, in order to move the actuator element into a predefined position. The pressurised fluid provision device is designed to, whilst the actuator element is in movement to the predefined position, successively change a pressure of the pressurised fluid and/or a throttle opening which is used for providing the pressurised fluid, according to a predefined value course, in order to adapt the movement of the actuator element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Festo SE &Co. KG
    Inventors: Johannes Lang, Hannes Weber
  • Publication number: 20240239161
    Abstract: A fixed roof element for a vehicle roof, said fixed roof element having a panel to the underside of which at least one guide rail of a shading system is joined via a plastic moulded portion. The plastic moulded portion receives a clamping unit, which keeps the guide rail at the panel and which is formed by at least one insert part of the plastic moulded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHREIBER, Julian KNÖPFLE, Ludwig STIGLER, Johann LANG, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Eva HUTTNER
  • Publication number: 20240022146
    Abstract: A rotor device (1) for an electric machine (10) has a rotatably supported shaft (2) and a rotor hub (3) connected to the shaft (2) in a rotationally fixed manner. The shaft (2) has multiple radially outwardly facing shaft protrusions (12), and the rotor hub (3) has multiple radially inwardly facing hub protrusions (13). A shaft protrusion (12) and a respective hub protrusion (13) abut one another in a touching manner in the radial direction at least in sections. Cavities (4) are formed between the rotor hub (3) and the shaft (2). The cavities (4) extend between adjacent shaft protrusions (12) and the hub protrusions (13) lying thereon. The cavities (4) are grouted with a material (14). The material (14) forms form-fit elements (24) that block relative movement of the rotor hub (3) and the shaft (2) in a form-fit manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Knecht, Peter Wurster, Tobias Engelhardt, Johannes Lange, Florian Braunbeck
  • Publication number: 20240010058
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle roof having a cover for forming a deployable for the roof, and an inner cover panel which is coupled to the cover. The assembly also has a cover frame configured for coupling the cover to a roof bodywork of the motor vehicle. The assembly also has a cover receiving unit configured for receiving the cover and coupling it to the cover frame; and a tilt mechanism which is coupled firstly to the inner cover panel and secondly to the cover frame, and which is configured for moving the cover between a first retracted position and a second deployed position. The assembly moreover has an electric drive unit coupled directly to the tilt mechanism so that the cover can be electrically moved between the first and second position by the tilt mechanism and the drive unit without the use of the drive cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHREIBER, Julian KNÖPFLE, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20240010059
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle roof has a deployable cover, a cover inside panel coupled to the cover and a cover frame configured to couple the cover to a roof of a vehicle. The assembly has a cover receptacle unit having a receptacle element with a receptacle opening and an insertion element, the insertion element and receptacle opening designed to match one another. One receptacle element and insertion element in terms of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle roof is coupled to the cover frame on a front cross strut of the latter and the other receptacle element and insertion element is coupled to the cover inside panel, so that the cover by inserting the insertion element into the receptacle opening can be coupled to the cover frame and an operationally ready state of the assembly is able to be configured on the front cross strut of the cover frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Julian KNÖPFLE, Ulrich SCHREIBER, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20230421009
    Abstract: A rotor (1) of an electric motor (20) has a rotor body (21) with a rotor shaft receptacle opening (22) for receiving a rotor shaft (3), and a rotor sheath (23) is on the rotor body (21) outward of the rotor shaft receptacle opening (22). Magnetic field-inducing components (10) are arranged in the rotor body (21). The rotor body (21) further has first and second end faces (14, 18) facing away from one another. The rotor (1) also includes a cooling device (4) with a supply channel (5), a drainage channel (6) and cooling channels (11) formed in the rotor body (21) between the rotor shaft receptacle opening (22) and the rotor sheath (23). The cooling channels (11) are arranged adjacent to the magnetic field-inducing components (10). A method for manufacturing a rotor having a cooling device also is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Florian Braunbeck, Tobias Engelhardt, Patrick Knecht, Johannes Lange, Peter Wurster
  • Publication number: 20230406080
    Abstract: An assembly for vehicle roof has a deployable cover, a cover inside panel which is coupled to the cover, and a cover frame configured to couple the cover to the roof. The assembly has a cover receptacle unit to receive the cover and to couple the latter to the cover frame, and a cover centering unit with a centering lever and lever receptacle, configured to match one another. One centering lever and lever receptacle is coupled to the cover frame on a lateral longitudinal strut of the latter. The other of centering lever and lever receptacle is coupled to the cover inside panel so that the cover can be coupled to the cover frame by the cover receptacle unit and by inserting the centering lever is able to be centered in the lever receptacle in relation to a plane of main extent of the cover relative to the cover frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Julian KNÖPFLE, Ulrich SCHREIBER, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20230406333
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a control device for a motor vehicle, and to the motor vehicle. The method comprises the following steps: determining usage data that describes a usage behavior for a respective function that can be provided by a first software provided to the control device; checking, for the respective function, whether the usage is below a predetermined minimum usage according to the determined usage data; for each function for which it has been determined, upon checking, that the usage is below the predetermined minimum usage, providing a removal option for at least partially removing the function from the control device; in the event that the provided removal option is activated, provide a second software for the control device by means of which the respective removed function is not executable; and operating the control device by means of the provided second software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Johannes LANG, Claudia TISCHENDORF
  • Publication number: 20230406081
    Abstract: A cover system for a vehicle roof has a deployable and retractable first cover with a predefined stiffness and a fixed second cover with a predefined stiffness. The cover system has a cover frame coupled to the two covers. The cover system has a cross strut with a stiffness of predefined configuration. The cross strut is coupled to the cover frame on opposite sides and is disposed between a rear edge of the first cover and a front edge of the second cover. The cover system has a reinforcement assembly having a U-shaped reinforcement frame coupled to the first cover, the reinforcement frame and the stiffnesses of the two covers and the cross strut configured to be mutually adapted such that a movement of the covers in the vertical direction is permitted within a predefined tolerance range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHREIBER, Julian KNÖPFLE, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20230406075
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle roof has a cover, a cover inside panel and a cover frame to couple the cover to the roof body. The assembly has a cover receptacle unit and a tilting mechanism having a deployment lever, a sliding guide and a slotted guide. The deployment lever is pivotably coupled to the sliding guide and pivotably coupled to the cover inside panel and having first and second pivot axis. The sliding guide by the slotted guide is coupled to the cover frame so the cover by the tilting mechanism is adjustable between a retracted and deployed position. The tilting mechanism is configured that the second pivot axis is fixed in position relative to the cover, and the first pivot axis when transferring the cover from the first to second position is displaceable, and when reaching the second position is fixed in position relative to the sliding guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Julian KNÖPFLE, Ulrich SCHREIBER, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20230391175
    Abstract: An assembly for sealing an intermediate space between two covers for a vehicle roof has a cover frame which is configured to couple a deployable and retractable first cover and a fixed second cover to a roof body of the motor vehicle, and a cover seal which is configured to seal a space between the first cover and the cover frame. The assembly furthermore has an adhesive track which is configured to couple the second cover to the cover frame, and a cross strut which in terms of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle roof is coupled to the cover frame on opposite sides. The assembly further has a respective permanently plastic sealant element, which is disposed in a respective peripheral region of the cross strut and is coupled in a sealing manner to the latter and to the cover frame, the cover seal and the adhesive track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHREIBER, Julian KNÖPFLE, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20230344324
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a rotor (1) of an electric motor. The rotor (1) has a rotor shaft (2), inner sheet metal packets (4), outer sheet metal packets (4), buried magnets (5) arranged in the assembled state between the inner sheet metal packets (3) and the outer sheet metal packets (4), and surface magnets (6) arranged in the assembled state on the outer sheet metal packets (4). The method includes pushing the inner sheet metal packets (3) onto the rotor shaft (2) to achieve alignment rectangularly and coaxially. The rotor (1) is constructed by placing the buried magnets (5) and the outer sheet metal packets (4) on the inner sheet metal packets (3) and the surface magnets (6) on the outer sheet metal packets (4). A total run-out of the rotor (1) thus is set to a predetermined acceptable amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Florian Braunbeck, Patrick Knecht, Peter Wurster, Tobias Engelhardt, Johannes Lange
  • Publication number: 20230273052
    Abstract: A method determines information about a change of a mobile gardening, forestry, construction or soil-working device, wherein the gardening, forestry, construction or soil-working device has a motor drive system. The method includes: a) repeated detection of a characteristic variable of the motor drive system in respect of time, b) comparison of at least one first value of the detected characteristic variable or a variable based on it from a first time period and at least one second value of the detected characteristic variable or the variable based on it from a second time period with one another, and c) storage of the information about the change of the gardening, forestry, construction or soil-working device depending on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes LANG, Johann-Sebastian RENZ, Philipp Tobias Martin HUEGEL
  • Publication number: 20230024530
    Abstract: An electrical machine including a rotor and a stator occupying a substantially hollow-cylindrical spatial region, the stator including a stator core with a stator winding and fluid ducts which extend in an axial direction from a first axial side to an opposite second axial side, wherein a fluid-distributing chamber with a coolant inflow is provided on the first axial side, the coolant inflow communicates with the fluid-distributing chamber and the fluid-distributing chamber communicates with the fluid ducts, a fluid-collecting chamber with a coolant outflow is provided on the second axial side, the fluid-collecting chamber communicates with the coolant outflow and the fluid-collecting chamber collects the coolant, the coolant inflow is arranged on the first axial side on a first circumferential side and the coolant outflow is arranged on the second axial side, a bypass duct is provided, and the fluid inlet is arranged on the second axial side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Johannes Lange
  • Patent number: 11512878
    Abstract: A heat pump includes a housing; a liquefier and an evaporator arranged inside the housing; and a compressor interposed between the evaporator and the liquefier in terms of fluid flow, the compressor having a motor, an impeller connected to the motor, and a diffusor, the diffusor having a diffusor portion extending between the motor and the impeller, the diffusor portion having at least two parts, a first part of the diffusor portion being connected to the housing and a second part of the diffusor portion being connected to the motor, wherein the first part of the diffusor portion has an opening, wherein the second part of the diffusor portion is configured to close the opening, and wherein the opening is dimensioned such that the impeller is removable from the housing through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: EFFICIENT ENERGY GMBH
    Inventors: Adrian Zajac, Johannes Lang, Bartosz Szyczewski
  • Publication number: 20220307550
    Abstract: A bearing holder includes an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein the inner portion includes a receiving contour for receiving the bearing and the outer portion is configured to be mounted on a housing. A transition area between the inner portion and the outer portion includes a spring. The transition area is at least partly in a plane perpendicular to an axial axis of the receiving contour and is at least partly in a plane with at least one part of the inner and the outer portion. The transition area includes an attenuator and the attenuator is configured to attenuate a vibration of the inner portion to reduce a transfer of the vibration from the inner portion to the outer portion. Further, an electric motor, a method for producing a bearing holder and a method for operating a bearing holder are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes LANG, Adrian ZAJAC
  • Patent number: 11373518
    Abstract: In a method for data collection by means of a vehicle fleet and a control center, the control center produces data collection tasks for data collection and transmits at least one of the data collection tasks (6) to at least one vehicle in the vehicle fleet, the vehicles in the vehicle fleet being identifiable by means of vehicle attributes. The control center links each data collection task with an objective, wherein the vehicle attributes of the vehicles logged in to the control center are compared with the objectives of the data collection tasks, after which, if the objective of one of the data collection tasks matches the vehicle attributes of one of the vehicles, the corresponding data collection task is transmitted to the corresponding vehicle, after which a data collection device in the vehicle acquires task-specific data and transmits it to the control center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Johannes Lang, Jens Lorenz
  • Patent number: 11352062
    Abstract: A subframe (1) in a body of a motor vehicle is provided for connecting longitudinal and cross members for wheels (12) of an axle of the motor vehicle. A region (2) of the subframe (1) is designed as a supporting ring (3) for holding an electric energy accumulator (4). The subframe achieves a structurally simple and stable holding of an electric energy accumulator in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Daniel Knoblauch, Johannes Lange
  • Publication number: 20220110333
    Abstract: A dough processing machine for treating products in the food industry may comprise at least two workstations arranged consecutively along a transport path of products, where operation of the workstation, in a direction of transport being the first one, depends on a first performance parameter L1 and operation of the workstation, in the direction of transport being the second one, depends on a second performance parameter L2. The dough processing machine may further comprise a control unit which is connected to the workstations for adjusting the performance parameters, and an input device connected to the control unit via which a factor F = L 1 L 2 can be adjusted. The control unit is configured to adjust the performance parameters of the first workstation and the second workstation as a function of F and to leave all other factors F nm = L n L m unchanged, where Ln, Lm are performance parameters of different workstations n, m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: FRITSCH BAKERY TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Samuel GEBHARDT, Johannes LANG