Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Glatz

Karl-Heinz Glatz 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: 11935680
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor is provided, the stator comprising a hollow cylindrical stator yoke and comprising a stator star arranged within the stator yoke and including a plurality of radially outwardly extending stator teeth having tips contacting, in the assembled state, corresponding connection positions on the inner circumference of the stator yoke, wherein the stator yoke and the stator star are each formed by a laminated metal sheet pack, wherein the metal sheet pack of the stator star comprises sheet metal layers of stator sheets, closed in the circumferential direction, comprising stator teeth connected with each other via pole shoe bridges and sheet metal layers of individual stator teeth spaced with respect to each other in the circumferential direction. Each of the pole shoe bridges may have at least one material recess extending in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Glatz, Peter Würfel, Vladimir Popov, Mark Kempa, Peter Borsai
  • Publication number: 20220115174
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor is provided, the stator comprising a hollow cylindrical stator yoke and comprising a stator star arranged within the stator yoke and including a plurality of radially outwardly extending stator teeth having tips contacting, in the assembled state, corresponding connection positions on the inner circumference of the stator yoke, wherein the stator yoke and the stator star are each formed by a laminated metal sheet pack, wherein the metal sheet pack of the stator star comprises sheet metal layers of stator sheets, closed in the circumferential direction, comprising stator teeth connected with each other via pole shoe bridges and sheet metal layers of individual stator teeth spaced with respect to each other in the circumferential direction. Each of the pole shoe bridges may have at least one material recess extending in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz GLATZ, Peter WÜRFEL, Vladimir POPOV, Mark KEMPA, Peter BORSAI
  • Patent number: 8128355
    Abstract: A fan for a gas burner system where at the outflow side of the fan a combustion gas is fed in, in order to form a flammable mixture of gas and air, the fan comprising a spiral-shaped fan housing having a rotational axis and an air outlet; the air outlet of the fan housing widening like a snail shell towards the outflow side of the fan; an impeller that is arranged concentric to the rotational axis in the interior of the fan housing; and an electric motor for driving the impeller, which is integrated at the center of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Elsaesser, Anton Breier, Karl-Heinz Glatz
  • Patent number: 8087905
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling apparatus for an electric component such as a CPU, a memory or power semiconductor, such as transistors or LEDs, or a processor. The cooling apparatus comprises a heatsink, an impeller that coaxially encloses the heatsink, and a drive motor for the impeller. The heatsink takes the form of a stationary hub having a base for introducing heat from the electronic component that is to be cooled, the hub widening towards the base. Cooling fins are thermally coupled to the hub, the cooling fins being given a spiral-like curve similar to the blades of the impeller. Due to the special design of the hub and the cooling fins as well as the use of a radial flux motor, a highly efficient, particularly compact cooling apparatus can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Wysk, Karl-Heinz Glatz
  • Publication number: 20080175730
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling apparatus for an electric component such as a CPU, a memory or power semiconductor, such as transistors or LEDs, or a processor. The cooling apparatus comprises a heatsink, an impeller that coaxially encloses the heatsink, and a drive motor for the impeller. The heatsink takes the form of a stationary hub having a base for introducing heat from the electronic component that is to be cooled, the hub widening towards the base. Cooling fins are thermally coupled to the hub, the cooling fins being given a spiral-like curve similar to the blades of the impeller. Due to the special design of the hub and the cooling fins as well as the use of a radial flux motor, a highly efficient, particularly compact cooling apparatus can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim WYSK, Karl-Heinz Glatz
  • Publication number: 20080131283
    Abstract: A fan for a gas burner system where at the outflow side of the fan a combustion gas is fed in, in order to form a flammable mixture of gas and air, the fan comprising a spiral-shaped fan housing having a rotational axis and an air outlet; the air outlet of the fan housing widening like a snail shell towards the outflow side of the fan; an impeller that is arranged concentric to the rotational axis in the interior of the fan housing; and an electric motor for driving the impeller, which is integrated at the center of the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Elsaesser, Anton Breier, Karl-Heinz Glatz
  • Publication number: 20050123399
    Abstract: The invention relates to a diagonal fan having a housing, an impeller driven by an electric motor whose hub together with an air conduction sleeve surrounding the impeller defines an essentially annular flow channel having an air intake opening and an air exit opening. The hub takes the form of a truncated cone that widens towards the air exit opening, the air conduction sleeve being essentially profiled, the electric motor being held in the housing by means of bridges that essentially extend in a radially outwards direction. The invention is characterized by the fact that the bridges to secure the motor are arranged in the region of the air intake opening of the flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Glatz, Franz Lammer, Andras Lelkes, Angus McArthur, Simon Baguley