Patents by Inventor Roman AYER

Roman AYER 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: 12072258
    Abstract: A torque sensor unit may include a ring magnet that is connectable to a first partial shaft and is concentric with a longitudinal axis. Two first magnetic flux conductors are connectable to a second partial shaft, are arranged in a ring magnet magnetic field, and conduct magnetic fluxes. A spatially fixed sensor unit may have two second magnetic flux conductors and a magnetic sensor on a printed circuit board, all of which are receivable in a housing. The sensor unit can detect a change in a rotation angle between the partial shafts by measuring magnetic flux density between the first magnetic flux conductors. A second housing surrounds the ring magnet, the first magnetic flux conductors, and the sensor unit. A magnetic shield surrounds the sensor unit at least partially circumferentially relative to the longitudinal axis and is arranged between a housing cover closing the second housing and the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Roman Ayer, Peter Knoll, Sándor Kovács, Peter Szabo, Tivadar Kristóf Tóth
  • Publication number: 20220146347
    Abstract: A torque sensor unit may include a ring magnet that is connectable to a first partial shaft and is concentric with a longitudinal axis. Two first magnetic flux conductors are connectable to a second partial shaft, are arranged in a ring magnet magnetic field, and conduct magnetic fluxes. A spatially fixed sensor unit may have two second magnetic flux conductors and a magnetic sensor on a printed circuit board, all of which are receivable in a housing. The sensor unit can detect a change in a rotation angle between the partial shafts by measuring magnetic flux density between the first magnetic flux conductors. A second housing surrounds the ring magnet, the first magnetic flux conductors, and the sensor unit. A magnetic shield surrounds the sensor unit at least partially circumferentially relative to the longitudinal axis and is arranged between a housing cover closing the second housing and the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Roman AYER, Peter KNOLL, Sándor KOVÁCS, Peter SZABO, Tivadar Kristóf Tóth
  • Publication number: 20220074801
    Abstract: A torque sensor unit includes a ring magnet that is connectable to a first partial shaft in a torque-proof manner, a magnetic yoke that is connectable to a second partial shaft and that is arranged in a magnetic field of the ring magnet, magnetic flux conductors that are connectable to the second partial shaft and that conduct magnetic fluxes generated by the magnetic yoke, a sensor unit having a first housing, which detects a change in rotational angle between the partial shafts by measuring magnetic flux density generated between the magnetic flux conductors, and a second housing that surrounds the ring magnet, the magnetic yoke, the magnetic flux conductors, and the sensor unit. The second housing may include a housing opening that is at least partly closed by a housing cover. The second housing and the housing cover may comprise magnetically conductive material for magnetically shielding the torque sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Roman AYER, Michael DONA, Peter KNOLL