Patents by Inventor Karsten Ude

Karsten Ude 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).

  • Control device for a radiator fan, radiator fan arrangement and method
    Patent number: 9581168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control device for a radiator fan, in particular for a radiator fan of a motor vehicle, having an external control device which is designed to generate a controlled variable for an electric motor of the radiator fan according to a first predefined setpoint value, and having an internal control device which is designed to control the motor current of the electric motor of the radiator fan according to a predefined first motor current maximum value if the controlled variable which is generated by the external control device assumes such a value that the motor current exceeds the predefined first motor current maximum value. The present invention also relates to a radiator fan arrangement and to a method for controlling a radiator fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditsellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Karsten Ude, Stefan Zick
  • CONTROL DEVICE FOR A RADIATOR FAN, RADIATOR FAN ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140341751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control device for a radiator fan, in particular for a radiator fan of a motor vehicle, having an external control device which is designed to generate a controlled variable for an electric motor of the radiator fan according to a first predefined setpoint value, and having an internal control device which is designed to control the motor current of the electric motor of the radiator fan according to a predefined first motor current maximum value if the controlled variable which is generated by the external control device assumes such a value that the motor current exceeds the predefined first motor current maximum value. The present invention also relates to a radiator fan arrangement and to a method for controlling a radiator fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Karsten Ude, Stefan Zick