Patents by Inventor MICHAEL STEPANOW

MICHAEL STEPANOW 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: 11451172
    Abstract: An electronically commutated electric motor includes a stator with stator coil(s), a magnetized rotor which rotates relative to the stator, the magnetized rotor having at least two opposite magnet poles which generate an excitation field, a static magnetic field sensor which detects the excitation field and generates a sensor signal having signal edges, a full-wave signal period, and half-wave lengths of an N- and an S-signal level, a motor energizing device which drives the stator coil(s) and generates a revolving stator field when triggered by a trigger signal, a memory unit which saves parameter values, and an evaluation unit which generates the trigger signal via a shift compensation of an asymmetric shift of the signal edges of the sensor signal. The shift compensation is calculated based on a position of a received sensor signal edge, the full-wave signal period, and the half-wave lengths of the sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schulz, Ercan Birinci, Timo Kersten, Michael Stepanow, Martin Helmis
  • Publication number: 20200266734
    Abstract: An electronically commutated electric motor includes a stator with stator coil(s), a magnetized rotor which rotates relative to the stator, the magnetized rotor having at least two opposite magnet poles which generate an excitation field, a static magnetic field sensor which detects the excitation field and generates a sensor signal having signal edges, a full-wave signal period, and half-wave lengths of an N- and an S-signal level, a motor energizing device which drives the stator coil(s) and generates a revolving stator field when triggered by a trigger signal, a memory unit which saves parameter values, and an evaluation unit which generates the trigger signal via a shift compensation of an asymmetric shift of the signal edges of the sensor signal. The shift compensation is calculated based on a position of a received sensor signal edge, the full-wave signal period, and the half-wave lengths of the sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN SCHULZ, ERCAN BIRINCI, TIMO KERSTEN, MICHAEL STEPANOW, MARTIN HELMIS