Patents by Inventor Ralf Joram

Ralf Joram 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: 6628098
    Abstract: A method for the acceleration of the adjusting movement in a positioning system in which at least one stepping motor is controlled at a variable control frequency f, the adjusting speed is dependent upon the control frequency f, and a positioning step of the adjusting movement is initiated at every period of the control frequency f.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Kaufhold, Ralf Joram
  • Patent number: 6590359
    Abstract: A method for the synchronized control of a plurality of stepping motors SM1, SM2 . . . SMn which serve as drives in a feed system, wherein the stepping motors SM1, SM2 . . . SMn are controlled with a base frequency fa and a cycle of the base frequency fa is proportional to a given step length SL. Different step lengths SL1, SL2 . . . SLn are triggered fith each cycle of the same base frequency fa in the individual stepping motors SM1, SM2. . . SMn, wherein a specific step length SL1 is associated with stepping motor SM1, a specific step length SL2 is associated with stepping motor SM2, and so forth. Accordingly, it is no longer required to provide separate control frequencies for every stepping motor. All stepping motors can now be controlled at the same frequency and only a counter unit or timer unit is required for all stepping motors of the positioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Kaufhold, Ralf Joram
  • Publication number: 20020185988
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for the acceleration of the adjusting movement in a positioning system in which at least one stepping motor is controlled at a variable control frequency f, the adjusting speed is dependent upon the control frequency f, and a positioning step of the adjusting movement is initiated at every period of the control frequency f.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Tobias Kaufhold, Ralf Joram
  • Publication number: 20020158592
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for the synchronized control of a plurality of stepping motors SM1, SM2 . . . SMn which serve as drives in a feed system, wherein the stepping motors SM1, SM2. . . SMn are controlled with a base frequency fa and a cycle of the base frequency fa is proportional to a given step length SL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Tobias Kaufhold, Ralf Joram