Patents by Inventor Lothar Schindele

Lothar Schindele 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: 10006441
    Abstract: A management system for a wind energy plant including at least one control unit, and a method using the management system are disclosed. The management system is used to coordinate component modules of the wind energy plant with vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules, wherein a sensor system supplies data of the operating states of the component modules for a system analysis. For this purpose, reactive vibrations and/or predictive forecasts of vibrations of the wind energy plant, and predictive disturbance variables are registered, and the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules in the control unit are activated, wherein an actuator carries out damping measures and/or load reduction measures on the component modules in accordance with the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules of the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Lothar Schindele, Boris Buchtala, Bernd Schnurr, Andreas Vath
  • Patent number: 9048768
    Abstract: A stationary energy generation plant includes a control device that serves to control current and energy flow. The energy generation plant includes at least one mechanically driven rotor and a generator mechanically coupled to the rotor. To this end, power electronics operationally connected to the generator enable variable energy flow from the rotor through the generator and the power electronics to a load. In order to compensate for vibrational loads on the generator side, at least one current control is made possible by means of a first intermediate circuit storage of the power electronics. In order to compensate for mechanical vibrational loads and transients of a drivetrain, an energy flow control is provided by means of at least one additional second intermediate circuit storage disposed in the power electronics and having a multiple of the storage capacity of the first intermediate circuit storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schindele, Boris Buchtala, Anton Paweletz, Bernd Schnurr, Andreas Vath
  • Publication number: 20120200087
    Abstract: A management system for a wind energy plant including at least one control unit, and a method using the management system are disclosed. The management system is used to coordinate component modules of the wind energy plant with vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules, wherein a sensor system supplies data of the operating states of the component modules for a system analysis. For this purpose, reactive vibrations and/or predictive forecasts of vibrations of the wind energy plant, and predictive disturbance variables are registered, and the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules in the control unit are activated, wherein an actuator carries out damping measures and/or load reduction measures on the component modules in accordance with the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules of the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schindele, Boris Buchtala, Bernd Schnurr, Andreas Vath
  • Publication number: 20120032440
    Abstract: A stationary energy generation plant includes a control device that serves to control current and energy flow. The energy generation plant includes at least one mechanically driven rotor and a generator mechanically coupled to the rotor. To this end, power electronics operationally connected to the generator enable variable energy flow from the rotor through the generator and the power electronics to a load. In order to compensate for vibrational loads on the generator side, at least one current control is made possible by means of a first intermediate circuit storage of the power electronics. In order to compensate for mechanical vibrational loads and transients of a drivetrain, an energy flow control is provided by means of at least one additional second intermediate circuit storage disposed in the power electronics and having a multiple of the storage capacity of the first intermediate circuit storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schindele, Boris Buchtala, Anton Paweletz, Bernd Schnurr, Andreas Vath