Patents by Inventor Peter K. Zeller

Peter K. Zeller 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).

  • Generator arrangement for producing electrical energy and for use in vehicles with anti-skid systems
    Patent number: 5585711
    Abstract: A method of producing electrical energy from rotary motion of an axle of a vehicle utilizes a generator assembly including a generator coupled to the axle. The method includes determining the rate of rotation of the axle, carrying out the electrical energy production as well as the determination of the rate of rotation exclusively through the generator, and evaluating pulse parameters of each induced electrical voltage pattern for the determination of the rate of rotation. The generator assembly includes a rotor coupled to the axle and permanent magnets mounted on the rotor distributed over the circumference thereof. The permanent magnets have radially extending polar axes. A stator includes induction coils mounted coaxially around the circumference of the rotor. An air gap is defined between the stator and the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Axel Kemner, Mahmud Keschwari, Peter K. Zeller
  • Method of producing electrical energy by means of generators and use of the method in vehicles with anti-skid systems
    Patent number: 5488287
    Abstract: A method of producing electrical energy from rotary motion of an axle of a vehicle utilizes a generator assembly including a generator coupled to the axle. The method includes determining the rate of rotation of the axle, carrying out the electrical energy production as well as the determination of the rate of rotation exclusively through the generator, and evaluating pulse parameters of each induced electrical voltage pattern for the determination of the rate of rotation. The generator assembly includes a rotor coupled to the axle and permanent magnets mounted on the rotor distributed over the circumference thereof. The permanent magnets have radially extending polar axes. A stator includes induction coils mounted coaxially around the circumference of the rotor. An air gap is defined between the stator and the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft A corporation of Germany
    Inventors: Axel Kemner, Mahmud Keschwari, Peter K. Zeller