Patents by Inventor Marco BENDER

Marco BENDER 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).

  • Publication number: 20260018973
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the detection of a rotor position (?EM) of an electric motor which comprises at least one stator, at least one rotor that can be rotated relative to the stator, thereby changing the rotor position (?EM), and at least two motor phases. The rotor position (?EM) is detected on the basis of a rotor position reference value (?b) which is calculated from electric operating variables of the at least two motor phases, wherein the electric operating variables are applied to a reference system which is fixed to the stator in order to calculate the rotor position reference value (?b). The disclosure additionally relates to an analysis device and a drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Reith, Marco Bender, Christoph Traier, Markus Gutenkunst
  • Patent number: 12334857
    Abstract: A method is provided for ascertaining a rotary position of a rotor, which is assigned to an electric motor and which is able to rotate about an axis of rotation with respect to a stator and the rotary position of which is ascertained by at least one measurement value of a rotary sensor by virtue of at least one measurement value of the rotary sensor being compared at a first time during operation of the rotor with a stored sensor measurement value reference. The method includes calculating the rotary position present at the rotor at the first time based on a comparison between a sequence of measurement values and a sequence of reference values. The stored sensor measurement value reference includes the sequence of reference values, and the reference values are previously stored measurement values of the rotary sensor at various rotary positions of the rotary sensor. The measurement values recorded before the first time are stored as the sequence of measurement values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Marco Bender
  • Publication number: 20240007029
    Abstract: A method is provided for ascertaining a rotary position of a rotor, which is assigned to an electric motor and which is able to rotate about an axis of rotation with respect to a stator and the rotary position of which is ascertained by at least one measurement value of a rotary sensor by virtue of at least one measurement value of the rotary sensor being compared at a first time during operation of the rotor with a stored sensor measurement value reference. The method includes calculating the rotary position present at the rotor at the first time based on a comparison between a sequence of measurement values and a sequence of reference values. The stored sensor measurement value reference includes the sequence of reference values, and the reference values are previously stored measurement values of the rotary sensor at various rotary positions of the rotary sensor. The measurement values recorded before the first time are stored as the sequence of measurement values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Marco Bender
  • Patent number: 11839044
    Abstract: A power electronics unit (1) for an electric drive unit, having an electrically conductive carrier element (2) and a power semiconductor module (3) arranged on the carrier element (2). The power semiconductor module (3) is designed to convert a direct current into a three-phase alternating current, and a current sensor (4) used to determine the alternating current is integrated such that it forms a main module (5) with the carrier element (2) and the power semiconductor module (3). A drive train for a motor vehicle having such a power electronics unit (1) is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Linbo Tang, Marco Bender, Matthias Kästle, Jan-Ulrich Biskup
  • Publication number: 20230199996
    Abstract: A power electronics unit (1) for an electric drive unit, having an electrically conductive carrier element (2) and a power semiconductor module (3) arranged on the carrier element (2). The power semiconductor module (3) is designed to convert a direct current into a three-phase alternating current, and a current sensor (4) used to determine the alternating current is integrated such that it forms a main module (5) with the carrier element (2) and the power semiconductor module (3). A drive train for a motor vehicle having such a power electronics unit (1) is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Linbo Tang, Marco BENDER, Matthias KÄSTLE, Jan-Ulrich BISKUP
  • Patent number: 11617280
    Abstract: A power electronics unit (1) for an electric drive unit, having an electrically conductive carrier element (2) and a power semiconductor module (3) arranged on the carrier element (2). The power semiconductor module (3) is designed to convert a direct current into a three-phase alternating current, and a current sensor (4) used to determine the alternating current is integrated such that it forms a main module (5) with the carrier element (2) and the power semiconductor module (3). A drive train for a motor vehicle having such a power electronics unit (1) is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Linbo Tang, Marco Bender, Matthias Kastle, Jan-Ulrich Biskup
  • Publication number: 20210243911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power electronics unit (1) for an electric drive unit, having an electrically conductive carrier element (2) and a power semiconductor module (3) arranged on the carrier element (2), wherein the power semiconductor module (3) is designed to convert a direct current into a three-phase alternating current, wherein a current sensor (4) used to determine the alternating current is integrated such that it forms a main module (5) with the carrier element (2) and the power semiconductor module (3). The invention further relates to a drive train for a motor vehicle having such a power electronics unit (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Linbo TANG, Marco BENDER, Matthias KASTLE, Jan-Ulrich Biskup