Patents by Inventor MARIO PROPST

MARIO PROPST 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: 12013301
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring system for determining a force and/or a torque on a torque-transmitting shaft, wherein: the measuring system has at least three, in particular at least four, piezoelectric elements each having a preferred direction and each being arranged at different positions about a rotational axis of the shaft in a force flow transmitted via the shaft, said arrangement being such that a force of the force flow acts, in particular exclusively, on the piezoelectric elements; the preferred directions each lie parallel to or in a single plane which is intersected by the rotational axis; and the preferred directions of at least two, in particular at least three, of the piezoelectric elements are oriented neither parallel nor antiparallel to one other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: AVL List GmbH, PIEZOCRYST ADVANCED SENSORICS GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Schricker, Franz Dreisiebner, Helmut Kokal, Mario Propst, Michael Hirschler
  • Patent number: 11852545
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device for determining force and/or torque on a torque-transmitting shaft which is supported by a bearing device, in particular a machine, the output and/or input shaft of which is formed by the torque-transmitting shaft. The measuring device has at least two, preferably three or four, piezoelectric elements and a fixing device, wherein the fixing device supports the piezoelements and is designed in such a way that a force, in particular shear force, can be measured between the bearing device and a supporting device for supporting the bearing device by means of the piezoelements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Schricker, Patrick Falk, Franz Dreisiebner, Helmut Kokal, Mario Propst
  • Publication number: 20210190609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring system for determining a force and/or a torque on a torque-transmitting shaft, wherein: the measuring system has at least three, in particular at least four, piezoelectric elements each having a preferred direction and each being arranged at different positions about a rotational axis of the shaft in a force flow transmitted via the shaft, said arrangement being such that a force of the force flow acts, in particular exclusively, on the piezoelectric elements; the preferred directions each lie parallel to or in a single plane which is intersected by the rotational axis; and the preferred directions of at least two, in particular at least three, of the piezoelectric elements are oriented neither parallel nor antiparallel to one other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander SCHRICKER, Franz DREISIEBNER, Helmut KOKAL, Mario PROPST, Michael HIRSCHLER
  • Publication number: 20210116316
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device for determining force and/or torque on a torque-transmitting shaft which is supported by a bearing device, in particular a machine, the output and/or input shaft of which is formed by the torque-transmitting shaft. The measuring device has at least two, preferably three or four, piezoelectric elements and a fixing device, wherein the fixing device supports the piezoelements and is designed in such a way that a force, in particular shear force, can be measured between the bearing device and a supporting device for supporting the bearing device by means of the piezoelements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander SCHRICKER, Patrick FALK, Franz DREISIEBNER, Helmut KOKAL, Mario PROPST
  • Publication number: 20200228034
    Abstract: A method and a device for estimating the torque ripple TTR of an electric motor connected to a load. An ideal rotational speed ?ideal of the electric motor is determined from an actuating torque Tset_UUT for the electric motor. An output torque Tshaft is measured at the load and a moment of mass inertia J of the electric motor in the controlled system of a control circuit. The ideal rotational speed ?ideal is adjusted by a controller of the control circuit on the basis of the real rotational speed ?UUT measured at the electric motor in such a way that the current torque ripple TTR is generated as a manipulated variable of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: HELMUT KOKAL, LUIGI GIORDANO, MARIO PROPST