Patents by Inventor Matthias HINTZE

Matthias HINTZE 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: 20220355863
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus (01) is for determining a rotation angle position of a rotatable shaft (02). The sensor apparatus (01) comprises a main gear wheel (03), which is coaxially coupled to the rotatable shaft (02), and a secondary gear wheel (04), which is arranged so as to be rotatably coupled on the main gear wheel (03). The sensor apparatus (01) furthermore comprises two targets (06, 07), each of which is arranged on a lateral face of the main gear wheel (03) or of the secondary gear wheel (04), and two rotation angle sensors (08, 09), which are arranged in the immediate vicinity of the main gear wheel (03) and the secondary gear wheel (04) on a circuit board (05). The angles of the main gear wheel (03) and of the secondary gear wheel (04) are determined and forwarded as an angular signal to an evaluating unit (10) arranged on the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas LINDENMAYR, Matthias HINTZE, Ian BLAESER
  • Publication number: 20220260438
    Abstract: A steering element sensor assembly for sensing a steering torque and an absolute angular position having a circuit board and first and second sensor elements. The circuit board has a base surface arranged perpendicularly to a steering axis and a wing surface angled to the base. The first sensor element determines the steering torque and has a first primary sensor formed as a magnetically coded portion on the steering element and one secondary sensor for converting the changing magnetic field generated by the primary sensor into an electrical signal. The secondary sensor determines the absolute angular position and a main gear arranged on the steering element that meshes with at least two gears, one which has one more tooth than the other. Each gear has a target that faces a respective angle sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias HINTZE, Bernd WITTMANN