Patents by Inventor Markus Lang

Markus Lang 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: 20250096650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component (30) for lining a slot (7) that is formed between two poles of a rotor core (2) of a rotor (1) and that extends axially between two end faces (9) of the rotor core (2), having a slot insulation element (15) for electrically insulating winding sections, arranged in the slot (7), of windings (45) of the rotor (1) from the rotor core (2), which slot insulation element has two side regions (21) for resting on slot edges (16) of the slot (7) and a base region (22) to be arranged so as to overlap with a slot base (17) of the slot (7), wherein a bottom (26), facing the slot base (17), of the base region (22) of the slot insulation element (15) has an axially extending notch (27) and the component (30) has a heat sink (29) having at least one cooling fluid-carrying cooling channel (33) for cooling the winding sections arranged in the slot insulation element (15), which heat sink is arranged in the notch (27) of the slot insulation element (15) so as to be arranged on the slot base
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Markus LANG, Robert SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 12255498
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor main body which has at least two poles between which in the circumferential direction of the rotor is disposed at least one pole gap, and a rotor shaft which is coupled in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotor main body. The rotor has a support device which has a covering body that is configured for covering at least regions of an end side of the rotor main body. The support device has an annular body, which is different from the covering body, and in the direction of radial extent of the rotor is braced in relation to the rotor main body, on the one hand, and in the direction of radial extent of the rotor is braced in relation to the covering body, on the other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Lang, Jerome Ragot, Robert Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20240372429
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor main part which has at least one pole core, at least one winding device which is received on the at least one pole core, and at least one contact device which is rotationally fixed to the rotor main part and which is coupled to the at least one winding device to conduct a current. The at least one winding device includes at least one winding that is plugged onto the at least one pole core and has two winding wire ends, at least one winding wire end of which is coupled to the at least one contact device to conduct a current via at least one plug connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Markus LANG, Jerome RAGOT, Robert SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20240364174
    Abstract: A salient pole rotor includes a rotor core which has a rotor yoke and salient poles arranged distributed over the rotor yoke in the circumferential direction, magnetic field-generating windings which are wound around rotor teeth of the salient poles and form end windings at opposite end sides of the rotor core, and a support device for supporting the end windings. The support device has a clamping and deflecting device and a roving winding with a roving by way of which a plurality of turns offset in the circumferential direction and encompassing the windings of a respective salient pole pair are formed and which for this purpose has axial first roving portions and end-side second roving portions. The second roving portions are guided over the end windings for forming a turn between radially opposite salient poles and are deflected along the circumferential direction for forming an interturn transition between two turns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Markus LANG, Robert SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20240356401
    Abstract: A rotor, a corresponding electric machine, a manufacturing method and a corresponding motor vehicle are disclosed. The rotor has a cavity structure in a first winding head supporting structure and a cut-out in a second winding head supporting structure which are connected by way of feed and return lines for a coolant. Here, the cavity structure has an inflow region, into which a coolant guide of a rotor shaft opens, and a return region which is separate from the inflow region. In this way, the rotor is configured for liquid cooling of the winding head supporting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Markus LANG, Robert SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20240283317
    Abstract: A sliding cover for a salient-pole rotor of an electric machine is configured to close a slot formed between two rotor poles of the salient-pole rotor which are adjacent in the peripheral direction and two supporting rings of the salient-pole rotor which are mutually axially opposite. The sliding cover is of a multi-part design and includes a slot wedge, which can be mechanically connected to the two adjacent rotor poles; a support, which is linearly guided in the slot wedge and includes a sealing surface of the sliding cover for pressing against at least one of the supporting rings and can be slid axially along the slot wedge in order to change the axial position of the sealing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Markus LANG, Jerome RAGOT, Robert SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20240239058
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joining fiber-plastic composite (FPC) components, in particular aircraft FPC components, comprising the following steps: i) providing a first and a second FPC component, the first FPC component having a recess; ii) introducing a stabilizing device into the recess of the first FPC component, the stabilizing device having a basic body with a cavity, an opening and a pressing element, which pressing element has at least partially a higher flexibility than the base body; iii) filling the cavity with a fluid, so that the pressing element is pressed against a delimiting surface of the first FPC component, which delimits the recess; iv) connecting the first FPC component to the second FPC component by joining at a connecting point, wherein a pressure force, is exerted onto the connecting point by means of the pressing element for stabilizing the form of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Maximilian Gürocak, Christoph Etzl, Markus Lang
  • Patent number: 12040689
    Abstract: A vehicle may include an electromechanical energy recovery system and be configured to perform a method for its operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Markus Lang
  • Publication number: 20240167497
    Abstract: The invention relates to a screw and a screw assemblage. The screw includes a screw head and a screw shaft which protrudes from an underside of the screw head and has a self-forming or self-cutting thread. The underside of the screw head has a bearing area and at least one annular recess extending around the shaft between the bearing area and the shaft. A coating made of an elastic sealant is attached to the underside of the screw head. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing an electrically conductive assemblage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: OMNITECHNIK MIKROVERKAPSELUNGS GMBH
    Inventors: Anselm Weckerle, Karin Lüdtke, Markus Lang, Sebastian Thau, Alexander Kuhn-Weiss, Agron Berisha
  • Publication number: 20240162775
    Abstract: A rotor, in particular for a current-excited electric machine, comprising a winding, wherein on or against the winding is arranged a support element made of a composite material comprising matrix material and fiber material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Markus LANG, Robert SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11964652
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle in the event of an unavoidable collision with a collision object, in particular another vehicle. Environment data relating to the collision object are determined by an environment sensor device including at least one environment sensor and are evaluated to determine at least one driving intervention information for reducing the consequences of a collision. The motor vehicle is automatically guided in accordance with the driving intervention information, and the evaluation of the environment data is carried out together with structural information of the own motor vehicle describing the vehicle structure, in particular including elements absorbing collision energy of the motor vehicle, in such a way that a changed collision point maximizing the deformation energy absorbed by the vehicle structure and to be produced by the driving intervention information is determined when the driving intervention information is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Markus Lang
  • Patent number: 11953099
    Abstract: A valve arrangement for a switching valve and to a switching valve for regulating a mass flow in a refrigerating circuit or a heating circuit, comprising a valve housing, which comprises a feed opening and a discharge opening, comprising a valve piston, which comprises a valve-closing member, which buts against a through-hole between the feed opening and the discharge opening in a closed position on a valve seat and closes the through-hole, wherein the valve seat comprises a stop surface and a sealing surface which are oriented so as to be adjacent to one another, the valve-closing member comprises a supporting surface and a gasket surface which are oriented so as to be adjacent to one another, an elastic sealing element is provided on the valve seat or the valve-closing member, on which sealing element the sealing surface or gasket surface is formed, a sealing projection is provided on the sealing surface or the gasket surface and is oriented towards the opposite gasket surface or sealing surface, the suppor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: OTTO EGELHOF GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eike Willers, Andreas Auweder, Markus Lang-Belz
  • Patent number: 11938427
    Abstract: A ring filter element, e.g., for a liquid filter device, is disclosed. The ring filter element includes an upper end disc, a lower end disc, and a filter material arranged in between the upper end disc and the lower end disc. A pin eccentrically arranged on the lower end disc that projects in an axial direction is provided for closing off a drainage channel. At least one support contour is disposed on the lower end disc adjacently to the pin. The at least one support contour projects from the lower end disc in the axial direction for supporting on a filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Hensinger, Markus Lang
  • Patent number: 11932275
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating an autonomously moving road user, in particular a motor vehicle. A signal relating to an external event is received, and an authorization of the road user is compared with an authorization prescribed due to the external event. Navigation parameters are restricted as a function of the comparison. The present disclosure further relates to an autonomously moving road user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Markus Lang
  • Patent number: 11913486
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a screw and a screw assemblage. The screw includes a screw head and a screw shaft which protrudes from an underside of the screw head and has a self-forming or self-cutting thread, wherein the underside of the screw head has a bearing area and at least one annular recess extending around the shaft between the bearing area and the shaft, wherein a coating made of an elastic sealant is attached to the underside of the screw head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Omnitechnik Mikroverkapselungs GMBH
    Inventors: Anselm Weckerle, Karin Lüdtke, Markus Lang, Sebastian Thau, Alexander Kuhn-Weiss, Agron Berisha
  • Patent number: 11891838
    Abstract: A door lock for a domestic electrical appliance such as, for example, a washing machine of the top loader type includes a lock module, a housing shell for the floating mounting of the lock module on a housing wall portion of a body of the domestic appliance, a locking member which is arranged to be movable between an unlocking position and a locking position, and an electrically controllable actuator for actuating the locking member. The lock module has an insertion opening for insertion of a closing element on closing of the door of the domestic appliance. The locking member in its unlocking position allows the closing element to move out of the insertion opening and in the locking position effects blocking of the closing element against moving out of the insertion opening. At least one centring slope for the closing element is formed at the insertion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventor: Markus Lang
  • Publication number: 20230392635
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a screw and a screw assemblage. The screw includes a screw head and a screw shaft which protrudes from an underside of the screw head and has a self-forming or self-cutting thread, wherein the underside of the screw head has a bearing area and at least one annular recess extending around the shaft between the bearing area and the shaft, wherein a coating made of an elastic sealant is attached to the underside of the screw head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: OMNITECHNIK MIKROVERKAPSELUNGS GMBH
    Inventors: Anselm Weckerle, Karin Lüdtke, Markus Lang, Sebastian Thau, Alexander Kuhn-Weiss, Agron Berisha
  • Patent number: 11834025
    Abstract: A device for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The device includes a processing unit, which is programmed to determine at least one brake characteristic value of the hydraulic braking system, the processing unit being programmed to determine the at least one brake characteristic value as a vehicle axle-specific brake characteristic value, which in each case corresponds to a ratio between a brake pressure in all wheel brake cylinders assigned to a shared vehicle axle of the vehicle and a vehicle axle braking torque exerted on the shared vehicle axle with the aid of the wheel brake cylinders. A method for determining at least one brake characteristic value of a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle, and a method for decelerating a vehicle with a hydraulic braking system and an electric motor usable as a generator, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Woerz, Franz Dahlke, Andres Alvarez Noriega, Dirk Foerch, Marcus Bucher, Markus Lang
  • Patent number: 11828381
    Abstract: A switching valve and a valve arrangement for regulating a mass flow in a refrigeration or heating circuit, having a path-generating device which comprises a U-shaped yoke with an upper and lower leg which are aligned with one another and a coil which is positioned within the yoke and can be electrically controlled, a core fixedly positioned relative to the coil and having at least a portion projecting relative to the coil and positioned in an opening in the leg of the yoke, and a tappet provided in the coil and movable relative to the core and having an end extending through an opening in one of the legs of the yoke, with a closing body or valve closing member arranged on the tappet, and with a restoring element which is arranged between the core and the tappet, a switching bushing being provided which is insertable into the path-generating device, and which is closed on one side by a base and is open on the opposite end of the base and fastening section is assigned to the open end of the switching bushing h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: OTTO EGELHOF GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eike Willers, Andreas Auweder, Markus Lang-Belz
  • Patent number: 11781345
    Abstract: A door latch for a domestic electrical appliance wherein the door latch comprises a rotary gripper which, on closing of a door, can be transferred from a release position into a gripping position by rotation in a rotational plane, and an electrically controllable locking mechanism having a movably arranged blocking element which, in the gripping position of the rotary gripper, can be fixed in a blocking position in which the blocking element cooperates with the rotary gripper to block the movement of the rotary gripper both from the gripping position into the release position and from the gripping position into a yielding position. The rotary gripper forms a gripping mouth which in the gripping position is oriented to hold captive a closing shackle which, on closing of the door, moves relatively closer to the rotary gripper along a closing path and arranged for a yielding movement into the yielding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventor: Markus Lang