Patents by Inventor Stefan Zick

Stefan Zick 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: 11872837
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant wood-based panel having a top side and a bottom side, with at least one decorative layer arranged on the top side, in particular with a structure synchronous with the decoration, is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Christoph Schumacher, Stefan Zick
  • Publication number: 20220363089
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant wood-based panel having a top side and a bottom side, with at least one decorative layer arranged on the top side, in particular with a structure synchronous with the decoration, is disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Schumacher, Stefan Zick
  • Patent number: 11440341
    Abstract: A method for producing an abrasion-resistant wood-based panel having a top side and a bottom side, with at least one decorative layer arranged on the top side, in particular with a structure synchronous with the decoration, is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Christoph Schumacher, Stefan Zick
  • Publication number: 20220097445
    Abstract: A method for producing an abrasion-resistant wood-based panel having a top side and a bottom side, with at least one decorative layer arranged on the top side, in particular with a structure synchronous with the decoration, is disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Schumacher, Stefan Zick
  • Patent number: 10028384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit board assembly, comprising a circuit board which has a first and a second solder region, which is galvanically separated from the first, and which furthermore has a separator arranged between the solder regions and rising out from the solder regions, having a power semiconductor component which has a housing having an output connection side, from which at least one control connection and a plurality of output connections protrude, which are arranged substantially adjacent to each other on the output connection side, wherein the control connection is electrically and mechanically connected to the first solder region and the output connections are electrically and mechanically connected to the second solder region and the control connection is separated from the output connections via the raised separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, WUERZBURG
    Inventors: Steffen Ehrmann, Stefan Zick
  • Patent number: 9899754
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a stator which is fitted with a rotating-field winding, and a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to the stator. A converter electronics system is provided, wherein a number of contact elements for insulation-free or enamel-insulated connection contacts of at least one component of the converter electronics system and/or for enamel-insulated winding ends of the rotating-field winding are mounted on a printed circuit board. The contact elements are in the form of clamping contacts or insulation-displacement terminal contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Georg Winheim, Thomas Ziegler, Stefan Zick, Jan Gwozdz, Maik Ruemmler
  • Patent number: 9667123
    Abstract: An electric motor for driving a motor vehicle component, particularly a fan wheel for cooling coolant water, contains a rotor that is rotatably mounted opposite a stator, and an electronic system. The electronic system contains a punched grid provided with a plastic over-mold and a current path which conducts the motor current and has two current path ends spaced apart from one another forming an interruption point that is bridged by a thermal fuse. The thermal fuse has a spring-loaded contact bridge which is held so as to pivot about an axis that extends perpendicularly to the plane in which the interruption point lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Stefan Zick, Steffen Ehrmann
  • Publication number: 20170125928
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a stator which is fitted with a rotating-field winding, and a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to the stator. A converter electronics system is provided, wherein a number of contact elements for insulation-free or enamel-insulated connection contacts of at least one component of the converter electronics system and/or for enamel-insulated winding ends of the rotating-field winding are mounted on a printed circuit board. The contact elements are in the form of clamping contacts or insulation-displacement terminal contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: GEORG WINHEIM, THOMAS ZIEGLER, STEFAN ZICK, JAN GWOZDZ, MAIK RUEMMLER
  • Patent number: 9590323
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a stator which is fitted with a rotating-field winding, and a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to the stator. A converter electronics system is provided, wherein a number of contact elements for insulation-free or enamel-insulated connection contacts of at least one component of the converter electronics system and/or for enamel-insulated winding ends of the rotating-field winding are mounted on a printed circuit board. The contact elements are in the form of clamping contacts or insulation-displacement terminal contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Georg Winheim, Thomas Ziegler, Stefan Zick, Jan Gwozdz, Maik Ruemmler
  • Patent number: 9581168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control device for a radiator fan, in particular for a radiator fan of a motor vehicle, having an external control device which is designed to generate a controlled variable for an electric motor of the radiator fan according to a first predefined setpoint value, and having an internal control device which is designed to control the motor current of the electric motor of the radiator fan according to a predefined first motor current maximum value if the controlled variable which is generated by the external control device assumes such a value that the motor current exceeds the predefined first motor current maximum value. The present invention also relates to a radiator fan arrangement and to a method for controlling a radiator fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditsellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Karsten Ude, Stefan Zick
  • Patent number: 9515476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective device for protection of an electrical circuit equipped with a smoothing capacitor against reversal of polarity of the input voltage, with an input via which the protective device can be connected to a voltage supply for coupling in an input voltage, with an output via which the protective device an be connected to the electrical circuit to be protected, with a controllable switch which is arranged between an input terminal of the input and an output terminal of the output having the same polarity and which is designed to interrupt a current flow between the input terminal and the output terminal which are connected to one another, and with a control unit which is designed to control the controllable switch, when an applied input voltage with reverse polarity is detected, in such a way that the interruption of the current flow takes place with a time lag relative to a time of the application of the input voltage with reverse polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventor: Stefan Zick
  • Publication number: 20160192493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit board assembly, comprising a circuit board which has a first and a second solder region, which is galvanically separated from the first, and which furthermore has a separator arranged between the solder regions and rising out from the solder regions, having a power semiconductor component which has a housing having an output connection side, from which at least one control connection and a plurality of output connections protrude, which are arranged substantially adjacent to each other on the output connection side, wherein the control connection is electrically and mechanically connected to the first solder region and the output connections are electrically and mechanically connected to the second solder region and the control connection is separated from the output connections via the raised separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Steffen Ehrmann, Stefan Zick
  • Publication number: 20150280531
    Abstract: An electric motor for driving a motor vehicle component, particularly a fan wheel for cooling coolant water, contains a rotor that is rotatably mounted opposite a stator, and an electronic system. The electronic system contains a punched grid provided with a plastic over-mold and a current path which conducts the motor current and has two current path ends spaced apart from one another forming an interruption point that is bridged by a thermal fuse. The thermal fuse has a spring-loaded contact bridge which is held so as to pivot about an axis that extends perpendicularly to the plane in which the interruption point lies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: STEFAN ZICK, STEFFEN EHRMANN
  • Publication number: 20140341751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control device for a radiator fan, in particular for a radiator fan of a motor vehicle, having an external control device which is designed to generate a controlled variable for an electric motor of the radiator fan according to a first predefined setpoint value, and having an internal control device which is designed to control the motor current of the electric motor of the radiator fan according to a predefined first motor current maximum value if the controlled variable which is generated by the external control device assumes such a value that the motor current exceeds the predefined first motor current maximum value. The present invention also relates to a radiator fan arrangement and to a method for controlling a radiator fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Karsten Ude, Stefan Zick
  • Publication number: 20140191598
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a stator which is fitted with a rotating-field winding, and a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to the stator. A converter electronics system is provided, wherein a number of contact elements for insulation-free or enamel-insulated connection contacts of at least one component of the converter electronics system and/or for enamel-insulated winding ends of the rotating-field winding are mounted on a printed circuit board. The contact elements are in the form of clamping contacts or insulation-displacement terminal contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WUERZBURG
    Inventors: GEORG WINHEIM, THOMAS ZIEGLER, STEFAN ZICK, JAN GWOZDZ, MAIK RUEMMLER
  • Publication number: 20130242444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective device for protection of an electrical circuit equipped with a smoothing capacitor against reversal of polarity of the input voltage, with an input via which the protective device can be connected to a voltage supply for coupling in an input voltage, with an output via which the protective device an be connected to the electrical circuit to be protected, with a controllable switch which is arranged between an input terminal of the input and an output terminal of the output having the same polarity and which is designed to interrupt a current flow between the input terminal and the output terminal which are connected to one another, and with a control unit which is designed to control the controllable switch, when an applied input voltage with reverse polarity is detected, in such a way that the interruption of the current flow takes place with a time lag relative to a time of the application of the input voltage with reverse polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventor: Stefan Zick