Patents by Inventor Konstantin SCHWARZKOPF

Konstantin SCHWARZKOPF 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).

  • STEERING COLUMN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230234634
    Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a steering shaft mounted in a casing unit so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis, and a feedback actuator that has an electric motor with a motor shaft that is aligned axially along a motor axis, arranged at a distance parallel to the longitudinal axis, and coupled to the steering shaft via a transmission. The motor is connected to a control unit for electrical operation. The control unit may be integrated with the feedback actuator. And the transmission may be arranged axially between the motor and the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Andreas BACHMANN, Konstantin SCHWARZKOPF, Thomas Werner HEITZ
  • Electromechanical power steering system, method for determining an absolute angle of rotation, and method for calibrating a measuring device for measuring an absolute angle of rotation
    Patent number: 10647353
    Abstract: A device and a method may be used to determine a highly accurate absolute angle of rotation Xt of the rotational position of a rotatably supported steering shaft. Rotation of a rotor of an electric motor with a gearing with a gearing transmission factor K for power assistance may be coupled into rotation of the steering shaft. A rotational position of rotation of the rotor can be measured by means of a rotor position sensor and by using a number of revolutions of the rotor that have occurred. This value is used directly to determine the highly accurate absolute angle of rotation Xt of the steering shaft. Calibration methods involve determining initial values from which the counting of revolutions or the calculations occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Gernot Ernstson, Tivadar Toth, Konstantin Schwarzkopf, Peter Knoll, Sedat Sen
  • ELECTROMECHANICAL POWER STEERING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ABSOLUTE ANGLE OF ROTATION, AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING AN ABSOLUTE ANGLE OF ROTATION
    Publication number: 20180319440
    Abstract: A device and a method may be used to determine a highly accurate absolute angle of rotation Xt of the rotational position of a rotatably supported steering shaft. Rotation of a rotor of an electric motor with a gearing with a gearing transmission factor K for power assistance may be coupled into rotation of the steering shaft. A rotational position of rotation of the rotor can be measured by means of a rotor position sensor and by using a number of revolutions of the rotor that have occurred. This value is used directly to determine the highly accurate absolute angle of rotation Xt of the steering shaft. Calibration methods involve determining initial values from which the counting of revolutions or the calculations occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Gernot ERNSTSON, Tivadar TOTH, Konstantin SCHWARZKOPF, Peter KNOLL, Sedat SEN