Patents by Inventor Raphael Zwick

Raphael Zwick 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: 20240097167
    Abstract: A compressor arrangement for a fuel cell system, such as a vehicle fuel cell system, has at least one compressor stage configured to draw in a mass-flow of air, compress it, and deliver the compressed mass-flow. A compressor control system is configured to control the compressor stage, to be connected for signal exchange with a fuel cell control system, and to receive from the fuel cell control system control commands in the form of one or more reference variable signals. The reference variable signal contains a mass-flow target value signal, the compressor arrangement comprises a sensor arrangement with a mass-flow sensor for detecting the air mass-flow as a control variable. The compressor control system is connected for signal exchange with the sensor arrangement and is configured to generate a control signal for the compressor stage as a function of the control variable and the reference variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Raphael Zwick
  • Patent number: 8876644
    Abstract: The pump unit has a pump and a hybrid drive. The pump comprises a pump housing and a pump shaft. The hybrid drive comprises an electric motor and a driveshaft connection to a driveshaft. The electric motor and the driveshaft connection are each in driving mechanical functional connection with the pump shaft by way of a planetary gearset for driving the pump shaft. A stator of the electric motor is at least partially integrated in the pump housing. A rotor of the electric motor is mechanically connected fixed to a sun gear of the planetary gearset. The driveshaft connection is mechanically connected fixed to a ring gear of the planetary gearset. The pump shaft is mechanically connected fixed to a planetary carrier of the planetary gearset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Gernot Riegert, Raphael Zwick, Mario Harscher