Patents by Inventor Manfred Goll
Manfred Goll 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).
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Publication number: 20130294715Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement, in particular for sensor arrangements, comprising a first bearing part and a second bearing part, which are designed and arranged so as to be movable relative to each other and which touch each other at least partially in the course of said relative motion. The first bearing part is guided on at least one first running surface of the second bearing part, and the first running surface of the second bearing part has a recess, in which at least one ridge is formed, wherein the arrangement of the ridge in the recess does not influence the relative motion between the first bearing part and the second bearing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Manfred Goll, Thomas Krohn, Hilmar Müller
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Patent number: 8575924Abstract: A sensor unit with at least one magnetic field sensor element, at least one application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and at least one magnet are arranged in a capsule housing on at least one leadframe. The capsule housing is surrounded by a sensor encapsulation and is intended to have smaller dimensions so as to allow it to be positioned in the encapsulating mold with less effort and at the same time in the exact position. For this purpose, it is provided that the capsule housing has a number of fixing aids adapted in their outer dimensions to an injection mold assigned to the sensor encapsulation.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Jürgen Gruber, Manfred Goll, Martin Watzlawik, I
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Patent number: 8499464Abstract: Method for detecting an angle of rotation of an angle sensor arrangement including at least one first element and one second element, which are designed and arranged such that they can be rotated relative to one another, and at least one capacitor element whose capacitance changes on the basis of the angle of rotation, the angle of rotation being detected or determined directly or indirectly on the basis of this capacitance of the capacitor element, the capacitor element having at least one first band, and the angle of rotation being detected or determined at least on the basis of the positioning of the first band.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Manfred Goll, Hilmar Müller, Udo Hilgenberg
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Publication number: 20130167660Abstract: A sensor arrangement including a torque sensor for sensing the torque acting on a shaft. The torque sensor shaft includes two shaft segments, wherein a magnetic encoder is disposed on the first shaft segment and a stator packet is disposed on the second shaft segment, the stator packet having at least two magnetically conductive stator elements conducting the magnetic field generated by the magnetic encoder of the first shaft segment and guiding the field directly or indirectly to one or more magnetic field sensor elements for sensing the torque. An angle of rotation index unit detects and/or identifies the angular position of the shaft with respect to a defined angle of rotation and/or a defined range of angle of rotation. The angle of rotation index unit includes an index magnet attached to a carrier. The carrier connected to the magnetic encoder or at least to one of the stator elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHGInventors: Henrik Antoni, Manfred Goll, Thomas Krohn
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Patent number: 8286507Abstract: A sensor arrangement for measurement of a torque acting on a shaft, wherein the shaft has a first shaft section and a second shaft section and these two shaft sections can rotate with respect to one another, having at least one magnetic encoder which is arranged on the first shaft section and having a stator which is arranged on the second shaft section, wherein the stator has two stator elements each having projecting fingers, and a flux concentrator is associated with each of the stator elements and directly or indirectly supplies to a magnetic field sensor element the magnetic field which is to be detected and is produced by the magnetic encoder, wherein the at least one flux concentrator includes a ring or ring sector, is arranged essentially in the radial outer area with respect to at least one stator element and is magnetically coupled thereto via an air gap.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Markus Bastian, Manfred Goll
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Patent number: 8087306Abstract: A sensor arrangement for measuring a torque acting on a shaft, wherein the shaft has a first shaft section and a second shaft section and these two shaft sections can be rotated relative to one another, including at least one magnetic encoder arranged on the first shaft section, and a stator arranged on the second shaft section, wherein the stator has two stator elements, each with protruding fingers, and the stator elements are assigned respectively or jointly a flux concentrator which leads the magnetic field to be detected, generated by the magnetic encoder, directly or indirectly to at least one magnetic field sensor element, wherein the at least one flux concentrator is fixed to a carrier element embodied in elastic fashion at least in part.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Manfred Goll, Markus Bastian
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Patent number: 8032283Abstract: An angle measuring device for measuring an absolute angular position is described herein. The angle measuring device comprises a flexible pulling element guided directly or indirectly via a shaft whose angle of rotation (?) is to be detected, with different circumferential speeds (v1, v2) developing at the inner circumference of the flexible pulling element during a rotational movement of the shaft. A change in position of the flexible pulling element relative to the rotational movement occurs, and the angle of rotation (?) of the shaft is inferred from this change in position.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Hilmar Müller, Manfred Goll
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Publication number: 20110131821Abstract: Method for detecting an angle of rotation of an angle sensor arrangement including at least one first element and one second element, which are designed and arranged such that they can be rotated relative to one another, and at least one capacitor element whose capacitance changes on the basis of the angle of rotation, the angle of rotation being detected or determined directly or indirectly on the basis of this capacitance of the capacitor element, the capacitor element having at least one first band, and the angle of rotation being detected or determined at least on the basis of the positioning of the first band.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Manfred Goll, Hilmar Müller, Udo Hilgenberg
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Publication number: 20100313681Abstract: A sensor arrangement for measuring a torque acting on a shaft, wherein the shaft has a first shaft section and a second shaft section and these two shaft sections can be rotated relative to one another, including at least one magnetic encoder arranged on the first shaft section, and a stator arranged on the second shaft section, wherein the stator has two stator elements, each with protruding fingers, and the stator elements are assigned respectively or jointly a flux concentrator which leads the magnetic field to be detected, generated by the magnetic encoder, directly or indirectly to at least one magnetic field sensor element, wherein the at least one flux concentrator is fixed to a carrier element embodied in elastic fashion at least in part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Manfred Goll, Markus Bastian
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Publication number: 20100271015Abstract: A sensor unit with at least one magnetic field sensor element, at least one application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and at least one magnet are arranged in a capsule housing on at least one leadframe. The capsule housing is surrounded by a sensor encapsulation and is intended to have smaller dimensions so as to allow it to be positioned in the encapsulating mold with less effort and at the same time in the exact position. For this purpose, it is provided that the capsule housing has a number of fixing aids adapted in their outer dimensions to an injection mold assigned to the sensor encapsulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Jürgen Gruber, Manfred Goll, Martin Watzlawik
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Publication number: 20100139419Abstract: A sensor arrangement for measurement of a torque acting on a shaft, wherein the shaft has a first shaft section and a second shaft section and these two shaft sections can rotate with respect to one another, having at least one magnetic encoder which is arranged on the first shaft section and having a stator which is arranged on the second shaft section, wherein the stator has two stator elements each having projecting fingers, and a flux concentrator is associated with each of the stator elements and directly or indirectly supplies to a magnetic field sensor element the magnetic field which is to be detected and is produced by the magnetic encoder, wherein the at least one flux concentrator includes a ring or ring sector, is arranged essentially in the radial outer area with respect to at least one stator element and is magnetically coupled thereto via an air gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Markus Bastian, Manfred Goll
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Publication number: 20100017062Abstract: An angle measuring device for measuring an absolute angular position is described herein. The angle measuring device comprises a flexible pulling element guided directly or indirectly via a shaft whose angle of rotation (?) is to be detected, with different circumferential speeds (v1, v2) developing at the inner circumference of the flexible pulling element during a rotational movement of the shaft. A change in position of the flexible pulling element relative to the rotational movement occurs, and the angle of rotation (?) of the shaft is inferred from this change in position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2006Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Hilmar Müller, Manfred Goll
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Patent number: 4849728Abstract: The invention provides an iduction generator comprising a plastic injection-molded housing having a port and one or more pole shoe(s) associated with a permanent magnet. A plastic bobbin inserted into the port and having a coil wound thereon which, through soldering eyelets, is connected to two contact tags in communication with an outwardly guided cable. A mounting member, with the port at the end thereof facing the soldering eyelets being closely sealed by a lid welded to the housing.To provide an induction generator that is easy to manufacture and that insures a substantially improved operation, the port of the housing at the end thereof facing away from the soldering eyelets is closed by a bottom integrally formed with the housing and the pole shoe or shoes along with the associated permanent magnet are integrated in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1987Date of Patent: July 18, 1989Assignee: Alfred Eves, GmbHInventors: Manfred Goll, Erkenbert Wehner