Patents by Inventor Sebastian Paulus

Sebastian Paulus 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: 11955910
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (400) for regulating an electric machine (190), comprising a harmonic filter (150), said harmonic filter (150) comprising a second filter (142) and a filter output transformer (132). The method has the steps of: ascertaining (410) a feedback variable (Idq); determining (414) a filter specification variable (FV); filtering (415) the filter specification variable (FV); ascertaining (417) a filtered feedback variable without harmonic components (IdqFunda); and energizing (480) at least one winding of the electric machine (190) on the basis of the filtered feedback variable without harmonic components (IdqFunda).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Manderla, Michele Hirsch, Sebastian Paulus, Timo Kuehn, Wei-Lung Lee, Florian Malchow
  • Publication number: 20240022203
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electric machine. A harmonic manipulated variable with respect to a harmonic of a predetermined frequency occurring during the energization of the electric machine is determined. The electric machine is energized using the determined harmonic manipulated variable by means of a pulse width modulation method. For each period of the pulse width modulation method, the harmonic manipulated variable is determined for both a switch-on operation and a switch-off operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Paulus, Michele Hirsch, Thomas Zeltwanger
  • Patent number: 11831261
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (400) for calibrating a controller of an electric machine (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michele Hirsch, Sebastian Paulus, Wei-Lung Lee
  • Patent number: 11764714
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (400) for regulating an electric machine (190), comprising at least one first filter (140) and at least one second filter (142, 144). The method has the steps of: ascertaining (410) a feedback variable (Idq); filtering (412) a specifiable GW matching variable (Idq*); ascertaining (414) the filtered feedback variable without fundamental components (IdqWo-Funda); filtering (416) the filtered feedback variable without fundamental components (IdqWo-Funda); ascertaining (418) a filtered feedback variable without harmonic components (IdqFunda); and energizing (480) at least one winding of the electric machine (190) on the basis of the filtered feedback variable without harmonic components (IdqFunda).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Paulus, Michele Hirsch, Wei-Lung Lee
  • Patent number: 11660966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system (10) for an electric machine (EM), for producing a braking torque, by means of the electric machine (EM), in a traction drive, said system comprising a control device (SE), the control device (SE) being configured to control a generator voltage or a generator current in or through a power electronics system (LE) of the electric machine such that during a movement of the traction drive, the electric power (Pel) of the electric machine (EM) can be limited to a level at least below a predefined minimum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Goetting, Falco Sengebusch, Sebastian Paulus
  • Publication number: 20230006589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (400) for calibrating a controller of an electric machine (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Michele Hirsch, Sebastian Paulus, Wei-Lung Lee
  • Publication number: 20230006583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (400) for regulating an electric machine (190), comprising at least one first filter (140) and at least one second filter (142, 144). The method has the steps of: ascertaining (410) a feedback variable (Idq); filtering (412) a specifiable GW matching variable (Idq*); ascertaining (414) the filtered feedback variable without fundamental components (IdqWo-Funda); filtering (416) the filtered feedback variable without fundamental components (IdqWo-Funda); ascertaining (418) a filtered feedback variable without harmonic components (IdqFunda); and energizing (480) at least one winding of the electric machine (190) on the basis of the filtered feedback variable without harmonic components (IdqFunda).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Paulus, Michele Hirsch, Wei-Lung Lee
  • Publication number: 20230006599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (400) for regulating an electric machine (190) comprising a harmonic regulator (100), wherein the harmonic regulator comprises an input transformer (110), a regulator (120), and an output transformer (130). The method has the steps of: ascertaining (410) a feedback variable (Idq); transforming (420) the feedback variable (Idq); ascertaining (430) a regulating deviation; ascertaining (440) an equalization variable (UHrmc*); back-transforming (450) the equalization variable (UHrmc*); and energizing (480) at least one winding of the electric machine (190) on the basis of the actuating variable (UdqHrmc*).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Paulus, Michele Hirsch, Wei-Lung Lee
  • Publication number: 20220407441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (400) for regulating an electric machine (190), comprising a harmonic filter (150), said harmonic filter (150) comprising a second filter (142) and a filter output transformer (132). The method has the steps of: ascertaining (410) a feedback variable (Idq); determining (414) a filter specification variable (FV); filtering (415) the filter specification variable (FV); ascertaining (417) a filtered feedback variable without harmonic components (IdqFunda); and energizing (480) at least one winding of the electric machine (190) on the basis of the filtered feedback variable without harmonic components (IdqFunda).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Maximilian Manderla, Michele Hirsch, Sebastian Paulus, Timo Kuehn, Wei-Lung Lee, Florian Malchow
  • Patent number: 11451176
    Abstract: Signal processing for determining a rotor position without the use of encoders. To this end, test signals are applied to the electrical currents in the phase connections of an electric machine, and the total currents in the phase connections of the electric machine are measured. The current responses to the test signals are determined by establishing the difference between the measured phase currents and the setpoint-value settings for the phase currents. On the basis of this difference, any method for calculating the rotor angle position can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Sebastian Paulus
  • Publication number: 20220258613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system (10) for an electric machine (EM), for producing a braking torque, by means of the electric machine (EM), in a traction drive, said system comprising a control device (SE), the control device (SE) being configured to control a generator voltage or a generator current in or through a power electronics system (LE) of the electric machine such that during a movement of the traction drive, the electric power (Pel) of the electric machine (EM) can be limited to a level at least below a predefined minimum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Gunther Goetting, Falco Sengebusch, Sebastian Paulus
  • Publication number: 20220077799
    Abstract: Signal processing for determining a rotor position without the use of encoders. To this end, test signals are applied to the electrical currents in the phase connections of an electric machine, and the total currents in the phase connections of the electric machine are measured. The current responses to the test signals are determined by establishing the difference between the measured phase currents and the setpoint-value settings for the phase currents. On the basis of this difference, any method for calculating the rotor angle position can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Sebastian Paulus
  • Patent number: 10914776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an error in a generator unit which has an electric machine (100) with a rotor winding (110), a stator winding (120), and a rectifier (130) connected thereto, via which the electric machine (100) is connected to an onboard electrical system (150) of a motor vehicle, wherein a voltage of the onboard electrical system (150) is controlled to a target value via an excitation current (IE) through the rotor winding (110) of the electric machine (100), and a curve of a phase voltage (Uy) of the stator winding (120) is monitored, wherein an error in the generator unit is inferred when a change of the phase voltage (Uy) is detected and a voltage of the onboard electrical system (150) changing within a threshold value range (S) is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Mueller, Sebastian Paulus, Zoltan Ersek
  • Patent number: 10804832
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control system and to a method for operating a synchronous machine. In particular, the synchronous machine is controlled on the basis of a rotor angle that was determined by means of a sensorless rotor-angle detection method. In order to check the reliability of the rotor angle determined without sensors, the difference value between the rotor inductances in the q direction and in the d direction is monitored. If said difference value falls below a limit value, this indicates possible instabilities in the determination of the rotor angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Sebastian Paulus
  • Patent number: 10788527
    Abstract: A method for detecting an error in a generator unit which has an electric machine (100) with a rotor winding (110) and a stator winding (120) and a rectifier (130) connected thereto, via which rectifier the electric machine (100) is connected to an electrical system (150) of a motor vehicle, the excitation current (IE) flowing through the rotor winding (110) of the electric machine (100) being plotted and it being concluded that there is an error in the generator unit depending on whether a frequency component (A) of a frequency spectrum of the plot of the excitation current (IE) in a frequency range above a lower speed limit (SW) is larger than a threshold value (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Mueller, Miriam Riederer, Paul Mehringer, Sebastian Paulus, Zoltan Ersek
  • Patent number: 10514421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an error in a generator unit which has an electric machine (100) with a rotor winding (110), a stator winding (120) transformer-coupled to the rotor winding (110), and a rectifier (130) connected to said stator winding, via which the electric machine (100) is connected to an onboard power supply (150) of a motor vehicle, wherein a decision is made, depending on a magnitude of a correlation (K1, K2) between a curve of an excitation current (IE) flowing through the rotor winding (110) of the electric machine (100) and a curve of a voltage drop (UY, UDF) on one side of the transformer, as to whether the error is present or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Reutlinger, Michael Wohlfarth, Miriam Riederer, Paul Mehringer, Manuel Mueller, Sebastian Paulus
  • Publication number: 20190334464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control system and to a method for operating a synchronous machine. In particular, the synchronous machine is controlled on the basis of a rotor angle that was determined by means of a sensorless rotor-angle detection method. In order to check the reliability of the rotor angle determined without sensors, the difference value between the rotor inductances in the q direction and in the d direction is monitored. If said difference value falls below a limit value, this indicates possible instabilities in the determination of the rotor angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Sebastian Paulus
  • Publication number: 20190011488
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an error in a generator unit which has an electric machine (100) with a rotor winding (110), a stator winding (120), and a rectifier (130) connected thereto, via which the electric machine (100) is connected to an onboard electrical system (150) of a motor vehicle, wherein a voltage of the onboard electrical system (150) is controlled to a target value via an excitation current (IE) through the rotor winding (110) of the electric machine (100), and a curve of a phase voltage (UY) of the stator winding (120) is monitored, wherein an error in the generator unit is inferred when a change of the phase voltage (Uy) is detected and a voltage of the onboard electrical system (150) changing within a threshold value range (S) is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Manuel Mueller, Sebastian Paulus, Zoltan Ersek
  • Publication number: 20180356467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an error in a generator unit which has an electric machine (100) with a rotor winding (110), a stator winding (120) transformer-coupled to the rotor winding (110), and a rectifier (130) connected to said stator winding, via which the electric machine (100) is connected to an onboard power supply (150) of a motor vehicle, wherein a decision is made, depending on a magnitude of a correlation (K1, K2) between a curve of an excitation current (IE) flowing through the rotor winding (110) of the electric machine (100) and a curve of a voltage drop (UY, UDF) on one side of the transformer, as to whether the error is present or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kurt REUTLINGER, Michael WOHLFARTH, Miriam RIEDERER, Paul MEHRINGER, Manuel MUELLER, Sebastian PAULUS
  • Publication number: 20180340969
    Abstract: A method for detecting an error in a generator unit which has an electric machine (100) with a rotor winding (110) and a stator winding (120) and a rectifier (130) connected thereto, via which rectifier the electric machine (100) is connected to an electrical system (150) of a motor vehicle, the excitation current (IE) flowing through the rotor winding (110) of the electric machine (100) being plotted and it being concluded that there is an error in the generator unit depending on whether a frequency component (A) of a frequency spectrum of the plot of the excitation current (IE) in a frequency range above a lower speed limit (SW) is larger than a threshold value (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Manuel Mueller, Miriam Riederer, Paul Mehringer, Sebastian Paulus, Zoltan Ersek