Patents by Inventor Michael Hoermann
Michael Hoermann 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).
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Patent number: 11566686Abstract: The invention relates to a planar spiral gearbox, in particular for use in a door system, comprising: a gear, in particular a scroll plate, having a planar side on which a spiral toothed arrangement is arranged having at least one tooth that has a spiral tooth progression; and a cylindrical gear, in particular a torus gear, that has an external toothed arrangement at its jacket surface, wherein the spiral toothed arrangement of the gear is in meshing engagement with the external toothed arrangement of the cylindrical gear, with the gear having at least one additional toothed arrangement section that is radially spaced apart from an axis of rotation of the gear and serves for engagement of a drive toothed arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Marantec Antriebs—und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Michael Hörmann
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Patent number: 11549299Abstract: Disclosed is a door system comprising: at least one travelable door element; at least one running rail for guiding the door element; and at least one light barrier element for detecting a free travel path of the door element, wherein the at least one running rail has a cut-out at or in which the at least one light barrier element is fastened.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Marantec Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Hörmann, Michael Schwetje, Marc Hornschuh
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Publication number: 20220316254Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the door position in a door system which has a rail for guiding a movable door element and a sensor element (10) for detecting a free movement path of the door element (50), the method comprising the steps of: detecting the state of the at least one sensor element (10), which can either be free of the door element (50) or covered by the door element (50), such that, in the event of a change in the state of the sensor element (10), the arrangement position of the sensor element (10) corresponds to the door element (50), and a door control lines the door position with the aid of this information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Michael HÖRMANN, Marc HORNSCHUH, Marc HELLWEG
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Patent number: 11332968Abstract: A drive carriage for a door, in particular garage door, comprising a body which is linearly shiftably mountable in a rail of a door drive, and a door driver pivotally mounted on the body, wherein a carriage driver which is shiftable relative to the body and is connectable with a power transmission means of the door drive, a latch mounted in the body via a flexible element and is pushable into a recess of the carriage driver by the flexible element, and a latching slide which urges the latch against the flexible element into an unlocking position in which the latch is not pushed into the recess by the flexible element, and which in a drive position permits pushing of the latch into the recess of the carriage driver by the flexible element in order to take a locking position in which the carriage driver is coupled with the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Marantec Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Arkady Nevetscherov, Michael Hoermann
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Publication number: 20210348671Abstract: The invention relates to a planar spiral gearbox, in particular for use in a door system, comprising: a gear, in particular a scroll plate, having a planar side on which a spiral toothed arrangement is arranged having at least one tooth that has a spiral tooth progression; and a cylindrical gear, in particular a torus gear, that has an external toothed arrangement at its jacket surface, wherein the spiral toothed arrangement of the gear is in meshing engagement with the external toothed arrangement of the cylindrical gear, with the gear having at least one additional toothed arrangement section that is radially spaced apart from an axis of rotation of the gear and serves for engagement of a drive toothed arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventor: Michael HÖRMANN
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Publication number: 20200080359Abstract: A drive carriage for a door, in particular garage door, comprising a body which is linearly shiftably mountable in a rail of a door drive, and a door driver pivotally mounted on the body, wherein a carriage driver which is shiftable relative to the body and is connectable with a power transmission means of the door drive, a latch mounted in the body via a flexible element and is pushable into a recess of the carriage driver by the flexible element, and a latching slide which urges the latch against the flexible element into an unlocking position in which the latch is not pushed into the recess by the flexible element, and which in a drive position permits pushing of the latch into the recess of the carriage driver by the flexible element in order to take a locking position in which the carriage driver is coupled with the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Arkady NEVETSCHEROV, Michael HOERMANN
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Patent number: 10501975Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a door, in particular a sectional door, comprising a door leaf which includes several interconnected panels, pairs of track rollers which are connected with one of the several panels and which are designed to guide a respective panel in guide rails, wherein the door comprises an uppermost pair of track rollers, a bottommost pair of track rollers and at least one middle pair of track rollers, and the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers and the at least one middle pair of track rollers each run in separate guide rails, and wherein the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers have a course which in one portion has a trough-like shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Inventor: Michael Hoermann
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Patent number: 10472878Abstract: A system of actuating a door includes an actuator for driving an actuating motor of the system, in particular for carrying out an opening or closing movement of the door, a sensor for detecting a state of the system, and a control unit for connecting the actuator and the sensor, the control unit configured to control the system in its totality. The actuator, the sensor, and the control unit are each provided with a communication apparatus, with the plurality of communication apparatus being configured to automatically set up a wireless communication network between one another.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Marantec Antriebs—Und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Michael Hoermann
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Patent number: 10418852Abstract: A sensor for position determination of a drive system comprising: a magnetic sensor adapted to determine the rotational position of a magnet linked to the drive system; at least one Hall sensor to determine rotational movement and direction of rotation of the magnet; a microcontroller unit for evaluating data of the magnetic sensor and of the Hall sensor; and a rechargeable battery connected to a power supply of the sensor and that represents an alternative power supply, wherein, on a failure of the power supply, the sensor is adapted only to supply the Hall sensor and the microcontroller unit with energy from the rechargeable battery when the Hall sensor does not detect any rotational movement of the magnet and to supply at least one further component of the sensor with energy from the rechargeable battery when the Hall sensor detects a rotational movement of the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Marantec Antriebs-und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Michael Hoermann
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Publication number: 20190264489Abstract: Disclosed is a door system comprising: at least one travelable door element; at least one running rail for guiding the door element; and at least one light barrier element for detecting a free travel path of the door element, wherein the at least one running rail has a cut-out at or in which the at least one light barrier element is fastened.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Michael HÖRMANN, Michael SCHWETJE, Marc HORNSCHUH
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Patent number: 10352088Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of transferring settings of a motor-operated door system, wherein, in said method, at least one property of a door is transferred to a mobile end device, at least one property of a drive that drives the door is transferred to the mobile end device, settings for the combination of the properties of the door and the drive are requested from a database via the mobile end device, settings for the combination of the door and the drive are sent from the database to the mobile end device, and the settings received by the mobile end device are transferred to the drive of the door system.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Marantec Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Michael Hoermann
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Publication number: 20180283082Abstract: A system of actuating a door includes an actuator for driving an actuating motor of the system, in particular for carrying out an opening or closing movement of the door, a sensor for detecting a state of the system, and a control unit for connecting the actuator and the sensor, the control unit configured to control the system in its totality. The actuator, the sensor, and the control unit are each provided with a communication apparatus, with the plurality of communication apparatus being configured to automatically set up a wireless communication network between one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventor: Michael HOERMANN
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Publication number: 20180241247Abstract: A sensor for position determination of a drive system comprising: a magnetic sensor adapted to determine the rotational position of a magnet linked to the drive system; at least one Hall sensor to determine rotational movement and direction of rotation of the magnet; a microcontroller unit for evaluating data of the magnetic sensor and of the Hall sensor; and a rechargeable battery connected to a power supply of the sensor and that represents an alternative power supply, wherein, on a failure of the power supply, the sensor is adapted only to supply the Hall sensor and the microcontroller unit with energy from the rechargeable battery when the Hall sensor does not detect any rotational movement of the magnet and to supply at least one further component of the sensor with energy from the rechargeable battery when the Hall sensor detects a rotational movement of the magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventor: Michael Hoermann
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Publication number: 20180106094Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of transferring settings of a motor-operated door system, wherein, in said method, at least one property of a door is transferred to a mobile end device, at least one property of a drive that drives the door is transferred to the mobile end device, settings for the combination of the properties of the door and the drive are requested from a database via the mobile end device, settings for the combination of the door and the drive are sent from the database to the mobile end device, and the settings received by the mobile end device are transferred to the drive of the door system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Michael HOERMANN
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Publication number: 20180067202Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of determining a distance between an active radio communication unit and a passive radio communication unit, wherein, a constant electromagnetic field is generated by the active radio communication unit and on an entry of the passive radio communication unit into the electromagnetic field, the passive radio communication unit withdraws power from the electromagnetic field and a control variable acting on the electromagnetic field is readjusted in the active passive radio communication unit, and wherein the distance of the two radio communication units from one another is determined using the readjusted control variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventor: Michael HOERMANN
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Publication number: 20170167174Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a door, in particular a sectional door, comprising a door leaf which includes several interconnected panels, pairs of track rollers which are connected with one of the several panels and which are designed to guide a respective panel in guide rails, wherein the door comprises an uppermost pair of track rollers, a bottommost pair of track rollers and at least one middle pair of track rollers, and the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers and the at least one middle pair of track rollers each run in separate guide rails, and wherein the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers have a course which in one portion has a trough-like shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventor: Michael HOERMANN
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Patent number: 9632967Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a door drive having a plurality of components which are communicatively connected to one another via a digital bus system, wherein at least one component is a safety component which reports the occurrence of a safety-relevant event over the data bus, and wherein the bus protocol reserves a cyclic safety phase for reporting a safety-relevant event and at least one component recognizes an undefined data transmission during the safety phase as a report of a safety-relevant event.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Marantec-Antriebs—und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Michael Hörmann
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Patent number: 8493015Abstract: The present invention relates to a door drive comprising electrically operated components which are supplied with electrical energy via a mains connection. In accordance with the invention, a control and an electrical energy store are provided, with the control separating the door drive from the mains and the electrical energy store providing the electrical energy in a first operating mode and with the control connecting the door drive to the mains in a second operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Marantec Antriebs-Und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Michael Hoermann
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Publication number: 20130159573Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a door drive having a plurality of components which are communicatively connected to one another via a digital bus system, wherein at least one component is a safety component which reports the occurrence of a safety-relevant event over the data bus, and wherein the bus protocol reserves a cyclic safety phase for reporting a safety-relevant event and at least one component recognizes an undefined data transmission during the safety phase as a report of a safety-relevant event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventor: MICHAEL HÖRMANN
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Patent number: 8458956Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for a door drive, in particular for roller doors, sectional doors or the like, having a door movement element, in particular a door shaft, for the opening and closing of a door and a connection means arranged at the door movement element. In accordance with the invention, the door drive includes at least two electric motors of which one is indirectly/directly fixedly connected to the connection means arranged at the door movement element and all further electric motors are arranged radially movably around the door movement element and are connected thereto via the arranged connection means.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Marantec Antriebs—und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Michael Hoermann