Patents by Inventor Stephan Bruggemann

Stephan Bruggemann 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).

  • Publication number: 20240053132
    Abstract: A sensor which has a lever unit which is rotationally, deflectably mounted in a bearing of a base unit, wherein the lever unit has a shaft, which is mounted by way of its shaft bearing portion in the bearing, and has a lever connected to said shaft, wherein the shaft has an encoder, and wherein the base unit has at least one sensor element which detects the encoder, wherein the lever unit is formed substantially, with the exception of the encoder, as a single piece from plastics, and that a housing of the base unit, in which at least the sensor element is arranged, is formed as a single piece from plastics together with the bearing of the base unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Brüggemann, Jörg Eckrich, Thomas Krohn
  • Publication number: 20240053173
    Abstract: A sensor which has a lever unit which is rotationally deflectably mounted in a bearing of a base unit, wherein the lever unit has a shaft, which is mounted by way of its shaft bearing portion in the bearing, and has a lever connected to said shaft, wherein the shaft has an encoder, and wherein the base unit has at least one sensor element which detects the encoder, wherein the bearing of the base unit has multiple detent means, in particular detent hooks and/or detent projections, which are arranged in encircling fashion on the inner shell of the bearing and which are formed as a single piece with the bearing, and wherein said detent means directly or indirectly hold and/or guide the shaft bearing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Brüggemann, Jörg Eckrich, Thomas Krohn
  • Patent number: 10809093
    Abstract: A rotational angle sensor system including: a rotatably mounted movement sensor; a sensor that is designed to detect a rotation of the movement sensor, wherein the rotation occurs at a measurement angle interval; an evaluation electronics system designed to receive an analogue signal from the sensor and to digitalise same using an internal resolution, and to emit a digital output signal reporting the rotation detected by the sensor, wherein the resolution of the digital output signal for a measurement angle interval of less than or equal to 360° is the same size as the internal resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Jörg Eckrich, Stephan Brüggemann, Jochen Zachow
  • Patent number: 10352732
    Abstract: A signal processing device for processing a measurement signal in a motor vehicle, wherein the measurement signal relates to a measurement variable which can change over time with sequential measurement values, including: a first signal processing unit for calculating the measurement variable which can change over time from the measurement signal; a second signal processing unit for processing the measurement variable which can change over time in order to obtain a processed measurement variable; a third signal processing unit for calculating a change rate of the measurement variable which can change over time, the third signal processing unit being designed to output an additional measurement signal which indicates the change rate; and a communication interface which is designed to combine the processed measurement variable and the additional measurement signal into a composite transmission signal and to transmit the composite transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Stephan Brüggemann, Jörg Eckrich, Ulrich Stählin
  • Publication number: 20180252552
    Abstract: A rotational angle sensor system including: a rotatably mounted movement sensor; a sensor that is designed to detect a rotation of the movement sensor, wherein the rotation occurs at a measurement angle interval; an evaluation electronics system designed to receive an analogue signal from the sensor and to digitalise same using an internal resolution, and to emit a digital output signal reporting the rotation detected by the sensor, wherein the resolution of the digital output signal for a measurement angle interval of less than or equal to 360° is the same size as the internal resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jörg Eckrich, Stephan Brüggemann, Jochen Zachow
  • Publication number: 20170276521
    Abstract: A signal processing device for processing a measurement signal in a motor vehicle, wherein the measurement signal relates to a measurement variable which can change over time with sequential measurement values, including: a first signal processing unit for calculating the measurement variable which can change over time from the measurement signal; a second signal processing unit for processing the measurement variable which can change over time in order to obtain a processed measurement variable; a third signal processing unit for calculating a change rate of the measurement variable which can change over time, the third signal processing unit being designed to output an additional measurement signal which indicates the change rate; and a communication interface which is designed to combine the processed measurement variable and the additional measurement signal into a composite transmission signal and to transmit the composite transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Stephan Brüggemann, Jörg Eckrich, Ulrich Stählin
  • Publication number: 20170219384
    Abstract: An angle transmitter unit for an inductive sensor for sensing detecting the position of a rotating element, the angle transmitter unit being connectible to a rotating element, having at least one first resonant circuit, interacting with at least one receiver coil of the sensor in order to provide the angle of the rotating element. The angle transmitter unit includes, in addition to the first resonant circuit, at least one additional, clearly-identifiable reference resonant circuit in order to form a reference position on the angle transmitter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Stephan Brüggemann
  • Publication number: 20040075450
    Abstract: The present invention describes an arrangement (1) and a method for detecting and transmitting sensor signals, with one or more sensor inputs (33, 46), a processing unit (25, 29, 30, 45), at least one current source (21, 22) which modulates a signal current (32) that can be supplied to an evaluation unit (2) in dependence of a sensor signal from a first sensor element (7) guided through the processing unit, with the signal current being regulated at any time to the predetermined nominal value by means of the processing unit and/or the current source, and the arrangement comprises another signal input (33) for a second sensor (19) as well as a device for transmitting the other sensor signal by way of the signal current (26, 27, 34), with the second sensor that can be connected to the other signal input being furnished with a supply current by way of the other signal input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Klaus-Peter Buge, Stephan Bruggemann, Jochen Zachow, Jorg Eckrich
  • Publication number: 20040066183
    Abstract: The present invention describes an active magnetic sensor, in particular for detecting the rotational behavior of a wheel, comprising a magneto-electric transducer (2) that is electrically connected to a modulator (5), a current source subassembly (4) controlling the signal current output at the sensor output (k3, k4), said sensor being characterized by an undervoltage monitoring circuit (10) which monitors the electric signal prevailing at sensor output (k3, k4) with respect to whether a voltage value falls below a first predetermined threshold voltage (VU) and which controls the signal current output at sensor output (k3, k4) in dependence on the result of this monitoring action by influencing the current source sub-assembly (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Lohberg, Wolfgang Fey, Michael Zydek, Stephan Bruggemann