Patents by Inventor Olaf Simon

Olaf Simon 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: 20140167670
    Abstract: In a method and device for the cyclic digital transmission of a position value of a moving object with inertial mass, the value range of the transmitted position value is restricted such that no complete rotation or, in the case of a linear motion, other complete period caused by mechanical conditions may be mapped, and the actual position is formed by detecting value-range exceedances in an evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Olaf Simon
  • Patent number: 8639867
    Abstract: A method for bus arbitration is for use when working with multi-carrier modulation methods. Each user on a bus is assigned a unique address which identifies the user and which is transmitted upon each initiation of communication. The address is represented as a sequence of binary numerals, the number of bits of the binary numerals being equal to the number of carriers used in the multi-carrier modulation method. This sequence of binary numerals is transmitted successively for the arbitration via the multi-carrier modulation method, a user being eliminated from the arbitration when a further user at the same time has transmitted a binary numeral having higher priority. The transmission of the binary numeral may be repeated if the arbitration of the numeral does not lead to a result in one step. The method for bus arbitration may be used advantageously in a system for contactless energy supply. A redundant sending of phase-shifted signals reduces the failure rate because of random destructive interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Zhidong Hua, Olaf Simon, Wenwang Zhou, Cornelius Mertzlufft-Paufler
  • Publication number: 20130261802
    Abstract: A method and device for the cyclic digital transfer of a position value of a moving object having inertial mass, the value range of the transferred position value being limited in such a way that no whole revolution or, in the case of a linear motion, other complete period that is conditional upon mechanical conditions is mappable, and the actual position is generated by detecting, in an evaluation unit, instances of the value range being exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Olaf Simon
  • Patent number: 8373531
    Abstract: A system, whereby drive units on a movable part, e.g., a turntable or linear drive, are powered in a contactless manner via, in each instance, an inductive coupling to one or more primary conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Simon, Jochen Mahlein, Josef Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120119691
    Abstract: A system, whereby drive units on a movable part, e.g., a turntable or linear drive, are powered in a contactless manner via, in each instance, an inductive coupling to one or more primary conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Olaf SIMON, Jochen MAHLEIN, Josef SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20120059959
    Abstract: A method for assigning addresses to nodes of a bus system, and installation, bus nodes being furnished with an identical delivery address, where (i) an assigning entity, particularly a central computer, start-up computer or bus node sends information to the delivery address via the bus system, (ii) the information includes a first address, (iii) an action is performed whose effect is detected by a first bus node, (iv) the first bus node accepts the first address, (v) the first bus node sends a response to the assigning entity, (vi) steps (i) through (v) are repeated, each time with a further address for a further bus node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Olaf Simon
  • Publication number: 20120039371
    Abstract: In a method for interference suppression of a signal composed of symbols, each symbol is transmitted twice in temporal succession as first symbol and second symbol, so that a segment of a symbol corresponds to a segment of the first symbol and a segment of the second symbol. An interference-suppressed signal is composed from the first and second symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Zhidong Hua, Olaf Simon, Thomas Schäfer
  • Patent number: 8102229
    Abstract: A system, whereby drive units on a movable part, e.g., a turntable or linear drive, are powered in a contactless manner via, in each instance, an inductive coupling to one or more primary conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Simon, Jochen Mahlein, Josef Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8099858
    Abstract: A winding device for producing a field coil including a double-layer multiple-circuit winding for an electric motor includes a drive. The drive is configured to operate upon a winding mandrel with multiple lamellas arranged to be swung radially outwardly and inwardly by the drive in order to produce the double-layer multiple-circuit winding as a plurality of winding stacks that are arranged in separate slots and electrically connected in series, in parallel or both. At least two axially-separated winding stacks can be produced at the same time by the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Kreuzer, Eberhard Rau, Dirk Wolf, Alexander Puhahn, Olaf Simon, Yvonne Goebel, Bernard Walle, Thomas Harrer
  • Patent number: 8013706
    Abstract: System for contactless energy transmission includes a primary side winding and a secondary side winding that is rotatable relative to the primary side winding, a coil core being provided on the primary side winding, whose sectional view in at least one sectional plane containing the axis of rotation is formed as a U shape or C shape around the winding region of the primary side winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sew—Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Simon, Jochen Mahlein, Klaus Schwesinger, Leobald Podbielski, Jochen Weber, Bernhard Schneider
  • Patent number: 8010714
    Abstract: A method for assigning addresses to nodes of a bus system, and installation, bus nodes being furnished with an identical delivery address, where (i) an assigning entity, particularly a central computer, start-up computer or bus node sends information to the delivery address via the bus system, (ii) the information includes a first address, (iii) an action is performed whose effect is detected by a first bus node, (iv) the first bus node accepts the first address, (v) the first bus node sends a response to the assigning entity, and (vi) steps (i) through (v) are repeated, each time with a further address for a further bus node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Olaf Simon
  • Patent number: 7750506
    Abstract: A load, including an electric motor and electronic circuit for powering the electric motor, the load being inductively powered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Simon, Jochen Mahlein, Josef Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20100088537
    Abstract: A method for bus arbitration is for use when working with multi-carrier modulation methods. Each user on a bus is assigned a unique address which identifies the user and which is transmitted upon each initiation of communication. The address is represented as a sequence of binary numerals, the number of bits of the binary numerals being equal to the number of carriers used in the multi-carrier modulation method. This sequence of binary numerals is transmitted successively for the arbitration via the multi-carrier modulation method, a user being eliminated from the arbitration when a further user at the same time has transmitted a binary numeral having higher priority. The transmission of the binary numeral may be repeated if the arbitration of the numeral does not lead to a result in one step. The method for bus arbitration may be used advantageously in a system for contactless energy supply. A redundant sending of phase-shifted signals reduces the failure rate because of random destructive interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Zhidong Hua, Olaf Simon, Wenwang Zhou, Cornelius Mertzlufft Paufler
  • Publication number: 20090145995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding device for producing a field coil (30) for an electric machine, especially a field coil (30) having a double-layer multiple-circuit winding, the field coil being formed by a plurality of winding stacks (31a, 32a, 33a . . . 31j, 32j, 33j) that are connected in series and/or in parallel. The inventive device is characterized by a winding mandrel (10) on which at least two axially spaced-apart winding stacks (31a, 32a, 33a) can be produced at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Helmut Kreuzer, Eberhard Rau, Dirk Wolf, Alexander Puhahn, Olaf Simon, Yvonne Goebel, Bernard Walle, Thomas Harrer
  • Publication number: 20080307131
    Abstract: A method for assigning addresses to nodes of a bus system, and installation, bus nodes being furnished with an identical delivery address, where (i) an assigning entity, particularly a central computer, start-up computer or bus node sends information to the delivery address via the bus system, (ii) the information includes a first address, (iii) an action is performed whose effect is detected by a first bus node, (iv) the first bus node accepts the first address, (v) the first bus node sends a response to the assigning entity, and (vi) steps (i) through (v) are repeated, each time with a further address for a further bus node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Olaf Simon
  • Publication number: 20080204182
    Abstract: System for contactless energy transmission includes a primary side winding and a secondary side winding that is rotatable relative to the primary side winding, a coil core being provided on the primary side winding, whose sectional view in at least one sectional plane containing the axis of rotation is formed as a U shape or C shape around the winding region of the primary side winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Olaf Simon, Jochen Mahlein, Klaus Schwesinger, Leobald Podbielski, Jochen Weber, Bernhard Schneider
  • Publication number: 20080122294
    Abstract: A system, whereby drive units on a movable part, e.g., a turntable or linear drive, are powered in a contactless manner via, in each instance, an inductive coupling to one or more primary conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Simon, Jochen Mahlein, Josef Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20070145936
    Abstract: A load, including an electric motor and electronic circuit for powering the electric motor, the load being inductively powered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Olaf Simon, Jochen Mahlein, Josef Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6862163
    Abstract: A method and a device for bridging temporary power outages in a matrix converter are disclosed. In the event of a detected power failure, the matrix converter is disconnected from the power line and changes into a buffer mode in which a determined actual capacitor voltage space vector is regulated to a predetermined space vector. When the power line is reestablished, the actual capacitor space vector is synchronized and the matrix converter is reconnected to the power line during the synchronization. This allows a conventional matrix converter to take advantage of kinetic load buffering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hubert Schierling, Manfred Bruckmann, Olaf Simon
  • Publication number: 20040151119
    Abstract: A method and a device for bridging temporary power outages in a matrix converter are disclosed. In the event of a detected power failure, the matrix converter is disconnected from the power line and changes into a buffer mode in which a determined actual capacitor voltage space vector is regulated to a predetermined space vector. When the power line is reestablished, the actual capacitor space vector is synchronized and the matrix converter is reconnected to the power line during the synchronization. This allows a conventional matrix converter to take advantage of kinetic load buffering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Hubert Schierling, Manfred Bruckmann, Olaf Simon