Patents by Inventor Stephan Gehringer

Stephan Gehringer 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).

  • Energy-self-sufficient multiturn rotary encoder and method for determining a unique position of an encoder shaft by means of the multiturn rotary encoder
    Patent number: 9528856
    Abstract: The present invention relates einen energy-self-sufficient multiturn rotary encoder for detecting a number of complete 360° revolutions of an encoder shaft, rotating about a rotational axis and to which an excitation magnet is mounted in a rotationally fixed manner for generating an external magnetic field, as well as for determining an absolute rotational angle indicating a fine-resolved position within one 360° revolution of the encoder shaft, wherein the multiturn rotary encoder for energy-self sufficiently detecting the number of the complete 360° revolutions of the encoder shaft several functional blocks comprises. Further, a corresponding method is taught.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Fritz Kübler GmbH Zähl- und Sensortechnik
    Inventors: Stephan Gehringer, Jurgen Palczynski, Viktor Steiner
  • ENERGY-SELF-SUFFICIENT MULTITURN ROTARY ENCODER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A UNIQUE POSITION OF AN ENCODER SHAFT BY MEANS OF THE MULTITURN ROTARY ENCODER
    Publication number: 20150130450
    Abstract: The present invention relates einen energy-self-sufficient multiturn rotary encoder for detecting a number of complete 360° revolutions of an encoder shaft, rotating about a rotational axis and to which an excitation magnet is mounted in a rotationally fixed manner for generating an external magnetic field, as well as for determining an absolute rotational angle indicating a fine-resolved position within one 360° revolution of the encoder shaft, wherein the multiturn rotary encoder for energy-self sufficiently detecting the number of the complete 360° revolutions of the encoder shaft several functional blocks comprises. Further, a corresponding method is taught.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Stephan Gehringer, Jurgen Palczynski, Viktor Steiner