Patents by Inventor Marco WECKERT

Marco WECKERT 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: 11846292
    Abstract: A method for determining the operating point of an electric motor-driven fan in a system that includes determining the operating point of a fan when a clear correlation between the speed, the performance, and the volumetric flow rate of the fan is not possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marvin Götzinger, Erik Reichert, Marco Weckert, Ralph Wystup
  • Patent number: 11831266
    Abstract: A system (1) has a control device (10) with central electronics (11) designed for connection and operation of differently coded electric motors (En), with different motor characteristics (Mn) and/or power classes (Ln), to a device connection (12) of the control device (10). The at least one electric motor (En) is selectable from a number (n) of electric motor (En), that can be connected as intended, has a coding element (Kn). The central electronics (11) have a coding capture device (2) to recognize, via coding element (n), the motor characteristics (Mn) and/or the power class (Ln) of the respective currently connected electric motor (En).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Bürkert, Steffen Kammleiter, Sebastian Schroth, Alex Schneider, Marco Weckert
  • Patent number: 11489809
    Abstract: A dynamically addressable master-slave system and a method for dynamically addressing slave units includes a master unit and a plurality of slave units, such that the slave units are interconnected with the master unit via a bus system. The respective network addresses of the slave units are assigned to the respective serial numbers of these slave units in a table in the master unit according to the position thereof in the system according to a determined order. Upon replacement of slave units, a list of serial numbers of the units to be replaced is transferred to the master unit in the sequence of the acquisition of the serial numbers, which master unit replaces these serial numbers in the table with the serial numbers of the replaced slave units transmitted to the master unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Bürkert, Helmut Lipp, Thomas Sauer, Günter Haas, Markus Humm, Marco Weckert
  • Patent number: 11456690
    Abstract: A pulse-controlled inverter with a variably controlled switching frequency for generating a sinusoidal alternating current for a motor. A control device is provided to control the switching frequency fswitch of the pulse-controlled inverter as a function of the speed n of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Marco Weckert
  • Patent number: 11397018
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly composed of two or more electric drives, each of which is provided with a housing that is preferably closed all around; a transceiver or radio transmitter inside the housing of each electric drive is configured for wireless data communication with a master controller; for this purpose, a properly mounted transmission opening is provided in each housing in order for data to be transmitted and received through the transmission opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Bürkert, Helmut Lipp, Thomas Sauer, Günter Haas, Markus Humm, Marco Weckert
  • Publication number: 20220200510
    Abstract: A system (1) has a control device (10) with central electronics (11) designed for connection and operation of differently coded electric motors (En), with different motor characteristics (Mn) and/or power classes (Ln), to a device connection (12) of the control device (10). The at least one electric motor (En) is selectable from a number (n) of electric motor (En), that can be connected as intended, has a coding element (Kn). The central electronics (11) have a coding capture device (2) to recognize, via coding element (n), the motor characteristics (Mn) and/or the power class (Ln) of the respective currently connected electric motor (En).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin BÜRKERT, Steffen KAMMLEITER, Sebastian SCHROTH, Alex SCHNEIDER, Marco WECKERT
  • Patent number: 11233468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the closed-loop and open-loop control of two or more EC motors operated using a common converter, wherein for the purpose of setting the operating point of the EC motors, common open-loop or closed-loop control using at least one controller is provided, wherein a combination of at least two control options is provided and in this case a controlled variable regulates the voltage setting at the output of the converter such that the two or more EC motors follow an intended sequence of operating points in a stable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Kilian, Sebastian Schroth, Marco Weckert, Georg Wiedmann, Ralph Wystup
  • Publication number: 20210257952
    Abstract: A pulse-controlled inverter with a variably controlled switching frequency for generating a sinusoidal alternating current for a motor. A control device is provided to control the switching frequency fswitch of the pulse-controlled inverter as a function of the speed n of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Marco WECKERT
  • Patent number: 11081942
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for reducing bearing voltages in an electric machine (M) with a rotor (2) and a stator (3). A rotor-side and stator-side bearing outer ring (4r, 4s) and a respective bearing inner ring (4i) are provided between the rotor (2) and stator (3). A connection electronics system connect with the motor (M). A compensation arrangement (20) adjusts the potential (ULA-stator) of the bearing voltage at the bearing outer rings (4r, 4s) and the respectively corresponding bearing inner ring (4i) to an identical value. The compensation arrangement (20) comprises an impedance (ZKOMP), of at least one first impedance (ZKOMP, R) between the stator (3) and the rotor-side bearing outer ring (4r). The impedance (ZKOMP) has at least one impedance (ZKOMP. S) between the stator (3) and the stator-side bearing outer ring (4s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Schroth, Marco Weckert, Manuel Walter
  • Publication number: 20210055013
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly composed of two or more electric drives, each of which is provided with a housing that is preferably closed all around; a transceiver or radio transmitter inside the housing of each electric drive is configured for wireless data communication with a master controller; for this purpose, a properly mounted transmission opening is provided in each housing in order for data to be transmitted and received through the transmission opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Bürkert, Helmut Lipp, Thomas Sauer, Günter Haas, Markus Humm, Marco Weckert
  • Publication number: 20200378392
    Abstract: A method for determining the operating point of an electric motor-driven fan in a system that includes determining the operating point of a fan when a clear correlation between the speed, the performance, and the volumetric flow rate of the fan is not possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Marvin Götzinger, Erik Reichert, Marco Weckert, Ralph Wystup
  • Publication number: 20200252011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the closed-loop and open-loop control of two or more EC motors operated using a common converter, wherein for the purpose of setting the operating point of the EC motors, common open-loop or closed-loop control using at least one controller is provided, wherein a combination of at least two control options is provided and in this case a controlled variable regulates the voltage setting at the output of the converter such that the two or more EC motors follow an intended sequence of operating points in a stable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas KILIAN, Sebastian SCHROTH, Marco WECKERT, Georg WIEDMANN, Ralph WYSTUP
  • Publication number: 20200186493
    Abstract: A dynamically addressable master-slave system and a method for dynamically addressing slave units includes a master unit and a plurality of slave units, such that the slave units are interconnected with the master unit via a bus system. The respective network addresses of the slave units are assigned to the respective serial numbers of these slave units in a table in the master unit according to the position thereof in the system according to a determined order. Upon replacement of slave units, a list of serial numbers of the units to be replaced is transferred to the master unit in the sequence of the acquisition of the serial numbers, which master unit replaces these serial numbers in the table with the serial numbers of the replaced slave units transmitted to the master unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Bürkert, Helmut Lipp, Thomas Sauer, Günter Haas, Markus Humm, Marco Weckert
  • Patent number: 10615736
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic circuit for detecting the current winding temperature of phase windings and/or other characteristics of an electronically commutated electric motor, which is connected, or can be connected, to a frequency converter, comprising one or more capacitive two-terminal networks with a temperature-dependent impedance, each network being arranged parallel to two winding terminals (u, v, w) of the phase windings, as well as a detector for detecting the current responses in the motor feeds on the basis of steep-flanked voltage changes at the output of the frequency converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Fabian Schneider, Sebastian Schroth, Marco Weckert, Ralph Wystup
  • Publication number: 20200083785
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for reducing bearing voltages in an electric machine (M) with a rotor (2) and a stator (3). A rotor-side and stator-side bearing outer ring (4r, 4s) and a respective bearing inner ring (4i) are provided between the rotor (2) and stator (3). A connection electronics system connect with the motor (M). A compensation arrangement (20) adjusts the potential (ULA-stator) of the bearing voltage at the bearing outer rings (4r, 4s) and the respectively corresponding bearing inner ring (4i) to an identical value. The compensation arrangement (20) comprises an impedance (ZKOMP), of at least one first impedance (ZKOMP, R) between the stator (3) and the rotor-side bearing outer ring (4r). The impedance (ZKOMP) has at least one impedance (ZKOMP. S) between the stator (3) and the stator-side bearing outer ring (4s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastian Schroth, Marco WECKERT, Manuel WALTER
  • Patent number: 10284050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for reducing and/or avoiding harmful bearing currents in an electrical machine (M) such as preferably a three-phase EC motor (M), with a rotor (2) and a stator (3) which is constructed in an insulated manner, wherein at least one outer bearing ring (4a) and one inner bearing ring (4b) are provided between rotor (2) and stator (3), comprising connecting electronics (10) for connecting the motor (M), wherein the stator (3) is connected by means of an electrical connection (20) to a high-frequency electronics potential (11) which differs from the earth potential (UE) and is stable with respect to the latter at a potential tap (20a) of the connecting electronics (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ebm-papst-Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Schroth, Roland Oberst, Malte Pils, Marco Weckert
  • Publication number: 20190089291
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic circuit for detecting the current winding temperature of phase windings and/or other characteristics of an electronically commutated electric motor, which is connected, or can be connected, to a frequency converter, comprising one or more capacitive two-terminal networks with a temperature-dependent impedance, each network being arranged parallel to two winding terminals (u, v, w) of the phase windings, as well as a detector for detecting the current responses in the motor feeds on the basis of steep-flanked voltage changes at the output of the frequency converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Fabian SCHNEIDER, Sebastian SCHROTH, Marco WECKERT, Ralph WYSTUP
  • Publication number: 20180301953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for reducing and/or avoiding harmful bearing currents in an electrical machine (M) such as preferably a three-phase EC motor (M), with a rotor (2) and a stator (3) which is constructed in an insulated manner, wherein at least one outer bearing ring (4a) and one inner bearing ring (4b) are provided between rotor (2) and stator (3), comprising connecting electronics (10) for connecting the motor (M), wherein the stator (3) is connected by means of an electrical connection (20) to a high-frequency electronics potential (11) which differs from the earth potential (UE) and is stable with respect to the latter at a potential tap (20a) of the connecting electronics (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian SCHROTH, Roland OBERST, Malte PILS, Marco WECKERT