Patents by Inventor Michael Bendel

Michael Bendel 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: 11939805
    Abstract: A door drive for a motor vehicle door or motor vehicle flap, which is provided with an electromotive drive, a transmission downstream of the drive, and a force-transmission element. The force-transmission element is operatively connected to a leaf of the motor vehicle door or motor vehicle flap. An output element of the transmission and the force-transmission element are coupled by a toothing with compensation for play. According to the invention, the output element and/or the force-transmission element are not only designed to be moveable for play compensation, but can also be permanently fixed after the compensation for play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Bendel, Michael Berres, Bernhard Drost, Christian Sturm
  • Publication number: 20240084624
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism essentially consisting of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, an actuating lever chain for the locking mechanism is provided. The actuating lever chain has at least one actuating lever, a coupling element, and a trigger lever on the locking mechanism side. Furthermore, an inertia element is also provided for acting on the coupling element at least in the event of a crash. According to the invention, the coupling element is disengaged during normal operation and is only engaged in the event of a crash by means of the inertia element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ă–mer INAN, Peter SZEGENY, Thorsten BENDEL, Michael SCHOLZ, Holger SCHIFFER
  • Patent number: 11283378
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining phase currents of a rotating multiphase electrical machine fed by means of a PWM-controlled inverter. In this case, injection voltages applied in at least one stipulated PWM period are determined. An evaluation direction for a phase current vector is also determined and a division of current measurements for the individual phase currents is determined on the basis of the evaluation direction. The phase currents are then determined on the basis of the previously determined division of the current measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Roetzer, Ulrich Vollmer, Michael Bendel
  • Publication number: 20210408948
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining phase currents of a rotating multiphase electrical machine fed by means of a PWM-controlled inverter. In this case, injection voltages applied in at least one stipulated PWM period are determined. An evaluation direction for a phase current vector is also determined and a division of current measurements for the individual phase currents is determined on the basis of the evaluation direction. The phase currents are then determined on the basis of the previously determined division of the current measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Marco Roetzer, Ulrich Vollmer, Michael Bendel