Patents by Inventor Stefan Trauthwein

Stefan Trauthwein 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).

  • Linear position sensor system
    Patent number: 8335659
    Abstract: A position sensor measures a magnetic flux of a magnetic field produced by a magnet system in a first direction and a second direction. Values associated with the measured magnetic flux in the first direction are adjusted based on a first gain and a first offset that are determined based on the measured magnetic flux and a reference magnetic flux in the first direction. Values associated with the measured magnetic flux in the second direction are adjusted based on a second gain and a second offset that are determined based on the measured magnetic flux and a reference magnetic flux in the second direction. A position of the magnet system with respect to the position sensor at a given time may then be determined based on the adjusted values of the magnetic flux in the first and second directions at the given time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Salvador Hernandez-Oliver, Lyle Stanley Bryan, Marco Wolf, Stefan Trauthwein
  • LINEAR POSITION SENSOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120016625
    Abstract: A position sensor measures a magnetic flux of a magnetic field produced by a magnet system in a first direction and a second direction. Values associated with the measured magnetic flux in the first direction are adjusted based on a first gain and a first offset that are determined based on the measured magnetic flux and a reference magnetic flux in the first direction. Values associated with the measured magnetic flux in the second direction are adjusted based on a second gain and a second offset that are determined based on the measured magnetic flux and a reference magnetic flux in the second direction. A position of the magnet system with respect to the position sensor at a given time may then be determined based on the adjusted values of the magnetic flux in the first and second directions at the given time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Salvador Hernandez-Oliver, Lyle Stanley Bryan, Marco Wolf, Stefan Trauthwein