Patents by Inventor Simon Dierolf

Simon Dierolf 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: 11175163
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for adapting control of a brushless electric motor in order to influence a position of an actuator, wherein at least two values of an output variable of a sensor are recorded in order to determine a position of the actuator, an item of information relating to the position of the actuator is determined on the basis of the at least two recorded values, the determined information relating to the position of the actuator is assigned to an item of information relating to a rotor position of the electric motor, wherein the at least two recorded values are recorded at two different times in a predefined interval of time, and wherein a duration of the predefined interval of time is determined on the basis of a characteristic of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Dierolf, Udo Sieber, Tobias Mauk
  • Patent number: 10651780
    Abstract: A method for operating a circuit system having at least three control stages for at least three phases, each of the control stages having a high-side switch and a low-side switch, each of the high-side switches and each of the low-side switches being capable of being brought into an electrically conductive state and into an electrically non-conductive state, a quantity being determined that influences the temperature of the high-side switches and/or of the low-side switches, either the high-side switches or the low-side switches being selected in a group as a function of the quantity influencing the temperature, and the selected high-side switches or low-side switches being controlled in a freewheeling phase in such a way that the selected high-side switches or low-side switches form a freewheel during the freewheeling phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Friedrich, Simon Dierolf
  • Patent number: 10594234
    Abstract: A method and device for operating an electrically commutated machine having a rotor on which a first gear of a transmission can be situated, wherein a comparison value is determined as a function of an instantaneous angular position of a second gear of the transmission that is capable of being connected to the first gear for the transmission of torque, and a target value for an manipulated variable of the electrically commutated machine is determined as a function of the result of a comparison of the comparison value with an instantaneous value of an operating variable of the electrically commutated machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alex Grossmann, Simon Dierolf
  • Publication number: 20190137303
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for adapting control of a brushless electric motor in order to influence a position of an actuator, wherein at least two values of an output variable of a sensor are recorded in order to determine a position of the actuator, an item of information relating to the position of the actuator is determined on the basis of the at least two recorded values, the determined information relating to the position of the actuator is assigned to an item of information relating to a rotor position of the electric motor, wherein the at least two recorded values are recorded at two different times in a predefined interval of time, and wherein a duration of the predefined interval of time is determined on the basis of a characteristic of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Simon Dierolf, Udo Sieber, Tobias Mauk
  • Publication number: 20190089276
    Abstract: A method and device for operating an electrically commutated machine having a rotor on which a first gear of a transmission can be situated, wherein a comparison value is determined as a function of an instantaneous angular position of a second gear of the transmission that is capable of being connected to the first gear for the transmission of torque, and a target value for an manipulated variable of the electrically commutated machine is determined as a function of the result of a comparison of the comparison value with an instantaneous value of an operating variable of the electrically commutated machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Alex Grossmann, Simon Dierolf
  • Patent number: 9837944
    Abstract: A method is proposed for adjusting an actuator (300) of a positioning system (100). The positioning system (100) has an electronically commutated actuator drive (200) which is coupled to the actuator (300), wherein the actuator drive (200) has a permanent magnetic rotor (210), wherein the rotor (210) has a first shaft (212) which extends along a pole axis (290) of the rotor (210). The actuator drive (200) additionally has an electronically commutated stator (230), wherein the stator (230) can be energized using a space phasor (260), wherein the space phasor (260) has an electric phase and an amplitude, wherein the space phasor (260) is aligned with respect to the first shaft (212) of the rotor (210) around a difference phasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Alex Grossmann, Reiner Schweinfurth, Simon Dierolf, Michael Kilger, Ingo Immdendoerfer, Udo Sieber
  • Patent number: 9822724
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a drive of a throttle valve of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes detecting whether the internal combustion engine is currently running or is not running. The method further includes activating the drive to displace the throttle valve into a target position if it is detected that the internal combustion engine is currently not running. The method further includes calibrating a characteristic at the target position. A correlation between a rotor position of the drive and an output voltage of a throttle valve angle transducer follows a characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Schweinfurth, Simon Dierolf, Udo Sieber, Dieter Schwarzmann, Andreas Ortseifen, Tobias Mauk
  • Publication number: 20170310271
    Abstract: A method for operating a circuit system having at least three control stages for at least three phases, each of the control stages having a high-side switch and a low-side switch, each of the high-side switches and each of the low-side switches being capable of being brought into an electrically conductive state and into an electrically non-conductive state, a quantity being determined that influences the temperature of the high-side switches and/or of the low-side switches, either the high-side switches or the low-side switches being selected in a group as a function of the quantity influencing the temperature, and the selected high-side switches or low-side switches being controlled in a freewheeling phase in such a way that the selected high-side switches or low-side switches form a freewheel during the freewheeling phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Friedrich, Simon Dierolf
  • Publication number: 20170163193
    Abstract: A method is proposed for adjusting an actuator (300) of a positioning system (100). The positioning system (100) has an electronically commutated actuator drive (200) which is coupled to the actuator (300), wherein the actuator drive (200) has a permanent magnetic rotor (210), wherein the rotor (210) has a first shaft (212) which extends along a pole axis (290) of the rotor (210). The actuator drive (200) additionally has an electronically commutated stator (230), wherein the stator (230) can be energized using a space phasor (260), wherein the space phasor (260) has an electric phase and an amplitude, wherein the space phasor (260) is aligned with respect to the first shaft (212) of the rotor (210) around a difference phasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Alex GROSSMANN, Reiner SCHWEINFURTH, Simon DIEROLF, Michael KILGER, Ingo IMMDENDOERFER, Udo SIEBER
  • Publication number: 20160102627
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a drive of a throttle valve of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes detecting whether the internal combustion engine is currently running or is not running. The method further includes activating the drive to displace the throttle valve into a target position if it is detected that the internal combustion engine is currently not running. The method further includes calibrating a characteristic at the target position. A correlation between a rotor position of the drive and an output voltage of a throttle valve angle transducer follows a characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Reiner Schweinfurth, Simon Dierolf, Udo Sieber, Dieter Schwarzmann, Andreas Ortseifen, Tobias Mauk