Patents by Inventor Sven Finke

Sven Finke 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: 9438152
    Abstract: An electronically commutated electric motor includes a stator and a rotor formed as a permanent magnet. A control unit is connected to the stator and configured to energize the stator to produce a rotating magnetic field. The electric motor further includes at least one Hall sensor configured to detect at least a magnitude of a sensor magnetic field produced by a sensor magnet connected to the rotor. The electric motor also includes at least one magneto resistive sensor configured to detect an alignment of a total magnetic field during a rotor revolution of the rotor and to generate a rotor position signal representing this alignment. The total magnetic field includes the sensor magnetic field and an interference magnetic field superimposed thereon. The control unit is further configured to determine the rotor position of the rotor at least depending on the alignment of the total magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Antoine Chabaud, Martin Frey, Sven Finke, Frank Sader, Markus Vogel
  • Patent number: 8994318
    Abstract: An electrical on-board network of a vehicle, having at least two power circuits and an electrical machine allocated to a drive of the vehicle. The electrical machine has at least two phase systems, connected to a respective inverter, and that at least one of the phase systems is capable of being electrically connected to at least one of the power circuits via the associated inverter. A method for operating an electrical on-board network of a vehicle is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Kurfiss, Sven Finke
  • Publication number: 20140197766
    Abstract: An electronically commutated electric motor includes a stator and a rotor formed as a permanent magnet. A control unit is connected to the stator and configured to energize the stator to produce a rotating magnetic field. The electric motor further includes at least one Hall sensor configured to detect at least a magnitude of a sensor magnetic field produced by a sensor magnet connected to the rotor. The electric motor also includes at least one magneto resistive sensor configured to detect an alignment of a total magnetic field during a rotor revolution of the rotor and to generate a rotor position signal representing this alignment. The total magnetic field includes the sensor magnetic field and an interference magnetic field superimposed thereon. The control unit is further configured to determine the rotor position of the rotor at least depending on the alignment of the total magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Antoine Chabaud, Martin Frey, Sven Finke, Frank Sader, Markus Vogel
  • Patent number: 8618789
    Abstract: In a method for current measurement in a multiphase current network, a conductive connection is produced between a plurality of the phases of the multiphase current network such that the plurality of the phases is short-circuited with one another. At a detection time, a current value flowing between the conductive connection and a first voltage potential is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Finke, Timo Kuehn
  • Patent number: 8421394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for current measurement in an in particular multiphase electrical system, in which an electrical load is energized as desired by at least one circuit element and a control unit produces drive signals which act on the at least one circuit element in order to achieve the desired energization of the load. The invention provides that clock patterns of the drive signals are associated with measurement windows for current measurement, in particular for measuring phase currents, and clock patterns are temporally offset in order to obtain measurement windows with a sufficient temporal length. A minimum temporal shift is the sum of a minimum dead time of the circuit element, a minimum settling time of the measuring amplifier circuit, and a minimum sampling time of the analogue-to-digital converter. The invention furthermore provides that the clock patterns are selected taking into consideration a phase selection for the current measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gilles Schmitt, Sven Finke, Jochen Kurfiss
  • Publication number: 20130049650
    Abstract: An electrical on-board network of a vehicle, having at least two power circuits and an electrical machine allocated to a drive of the vehicle. The electrical machine has at least two phase systems, connected to a respective inverter, and that at least one of the phase systems is capable of being electrically connected to at least one of the power circuits via the associated inverter. A method for operating an electrical on-board network of a vehicle is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Jochen Kurfiss, Sven Finke
  • Publication number: 20110057641
    Abstract: In a method for current measurement in a multiphase current network, a conductive connection is produced between a plurality of the phases of the multiphase current network such that the plurality of the phases is short-circuited with one another. At a detection time, a current value flowing between the conductive connection and a first voltage potential is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Sven Finke, Timo Kuehn
  • Publication number: 20100072980
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for current measurement in an in particular multiphase electrical system, in which an electrical load is energized as desired by at least one circuit element and a control unit produces drive signals which act on the at least one circuit element in order to achieve the desired energization of the load. The invention provides that clock patterns of the drive signals are associated with measurement windows for current measurement, in particular for measuring phase currents, and clock patterns are temporally offset in order to obtain measurement windows with a sufficient temporal length. A minimum temporal shift is the sum of a minimum dead time of the circuit element, a minimum settling time of the measuring amplifier circuit, and a minimum sampling time of the analogue-to-digital converter. The invention furthermore provides that the clock patterns are selected taking into consideration a phase selection for the current measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Gilles Schmitt, Sven Finke, Jochen Kurfiss