Patents by Inventor Madlene SCHMIDT

Madlene SCHMIDT 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: 12525852
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor having stator teeth arranged about an axis of rotation, which are each wound with a winding, and at least one heat-conductive contact element, wherein the at least one contact element extends in the axial direction from a region adjoining the windings in the axial direction in each case between two windings and is formed to be deformable and/or deflectable in the circumferential direction for direct contact with at least one of the windings. The windings are overmolded or remolded with an electrically non-conductive material forming an encapsulation, which material forms with the at least one contact element in each case a pocket for receiving a temperature monitoring element which can be inserted in the axial direction, the winding-side wall of which is formed at least in a section by the contact element directly abutting the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Tobias Letter, Madlene Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12470106
    Abstract: A switching disk for contacting windings of a stator of an electric motor, which windings are arranged around an axis of rotation, with a printed circuit board of the electric motor, wherein the switching disk has an annular support structure circumferentially extending around the axis of rotation and multiple contact arrangements for contacting the windings with the printed circuit board, which are held by the support structure. The contact arrangements are each formed by a winding contact for contacting one of the windings, a printed circuit board contact offset therefrom in the radial direction for contacting the printed circuit board, and a coupling element extending in the radial direction and electrically connecting the winding contact to the printed circuit board contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manuel Walter, Tobias Letter, Madlene Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20230421026
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor having stator teeth arranged about an axis of rotation, which are each wound with a winding, and at least one heat-conductive contact element, wherein the at least one contact element extends in the axial direction from a region adjoining the windings in the axial direction in each case between two windings and is formed to be deformable and/or deflectable in the circumferential direction for direct contact with at least one of the windings. The windings are overmolded or remolded with an electrically non-conductive material forming an encapsulation, which material forms with the at least one contact element in each case a pocket for receiving a temperature monitoring element which can be inserted in the axial direction, the winding-side wall of which is formed at least in a section by the contact element directly abutting the winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias LETTER, Madlene SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20230421012
    Abstract: A switching disk for contacting windings of a stator of an electric motor, which windings are arranged around an axis of rotation, with a printed circuit board of the electric motor, wherein the switching disk has an annular support structure circumferentially extending around the axis of rotation and multiple contact arrangements for contacting the windings with the printed circuit board, which are held by the support structure. The contact arrangements are each formed by a winding contact for contacting one of the windings, a printed circuit board contact offset therefrom in the radial direction for contacting the printed circuit board, and a coupling element extending in the radial direction and electrically connecting the winding contact to the printed circuit board contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel WALTER, Tobias LETTER, Madlene SCHMIDT