Patents by Inventor Paul Bange

Paul Bange 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: 11621553
    Abstract: An electrical assembly (100) having a first ground connection (145), a second ground connection (155), and a supply connection (135). The electrical assembly is designed for connecting with an electrical voltage between the supply connection (135) and at least one of the ground connections (145, 155). The assembly (100) includes a first electrical consumer (110) which is connected to the supply connection (135) and the first ground connection (145). A component (120) connects the second ground connection (155) to the first consumer (110). The component (120) is designed to produce a predetermined voltage drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Schmidt, Kai Leingruber, Georg Willmann, Christian Aigner, Paul Bange, Philipp Schmachtenberger
  • Patent number: 10811178
    Abstract: A method for determining a current that flows through a load, wherein the current comprises a DC component and a dithering component, and the dithering component is modified in predetermined time intervals, comprises steps for recording a momentary current; determining a dithering parameter; and determining the current based on the momentary current and the dithering parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Paul Bange, Thomas Maier, Gerald Kolar, Mohammad Kabany, Andreas Hof
  • Patent number: 10382029
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a control device for controlling a load, wherein the control device comprises the following elements: a first current control valve between a first port of the load and a first potential of an operating voltage; a second current control valve between a second port of the load and a second potential of the operating voltage; a processor configured to actuate the second current control valve when the first current control valve is closed, in order to control a current through the load; and a sampling device for determining an input voltage through the first current control valve, wherein the processor is configured to determine the presence of a short circuit between the first port and the first potential if the input voltage does not increase when the first current control valve is opened gradually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Paul Bange, Thomas Maier
  • Publication number: 20180350497
    Abstract: A method for determining a current that flows through a load, wherein the current comprises a DC component and a dithering component, and the dithering component is modified in predetermined time intervals, comprises steps for recording a momentary current; determining a dithering parameter; and determining the current based on the momentary current and the dithering parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Paul Bange, Thomas Maier, Gerald Kolar, Mohammad Kabany, Andreas Hof
  • Patent number: 8589016
    Abstract: A motor vehicle monitoring apparatus has a controller as a component of a control loop for controlling the electric current of an actuator. The vehicle power supply system voltage of a motor vehicle voltage source is applied to the actuator. A correction unit is provided in the forward path of the control loop between the controller and a subordinate actuator element of the control loop and applies the actuation signal output by the controller with a correction factor which is proportional to the reciprocal value of the instantaneous vehicle power supply system voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Bange, Malte Jacobi, Bernd Meier, Matthias Peuckert
  • Publication number: 20100204871
    Abstract: A motor vehicle monitoring apparatus has a controller as a component of a control loop for controlling the electric current of an actuator. The vehicle power supply system voltage of a motor vehicle voltage source is applied to the actuator. A correction unit is provided in the forward path of the control loop between the controller and a subordinate actuator element of the control loop and applies the actuation signal output by the controller with a correction factor which is proportional to the reciprocal value of the instantaneous vehicle power supply system voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Bange, Malte Jacobi, Bernd Meier, Matthias Peuckert