Patents by Inventor Thomas Gründer

Thomas Gründer 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: 8344683
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining the current position of a rotor, particularly the angle of rotation of the rotor, of an electric motor, wherein said device determines the current position of the rotor using the fluctuations of the armature current or the armature voltage of the electric motor. The fluctuations of the armature current or the armature voltage are separated from the fluctuations of the motor current or the motor voltage with the help of an amplifier unit dependent on a controllable offset value. The offset value is changed according to the motor current or the motor voltage. By virtue of the device and the method, the fluctuations of the armature current or the armature voltage can be separated from the fluctuations of the motor current or the motor voltage over the full measurement range of the motor current or the motor voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schulter, Stefan Rau, Helmut Weber, Thomas Gründer, Carsten Sensche
  • Publication number: 20100244764
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining the current position of a rotor, particularly the angle of rotation of the rotor, of an electric motor, wherein said device determines the current position of the rotor using the fluctuations of the armature current or the armature voltage of the electric motor. The fluctuations of the armature current or the armature voltage are separated from the fluctuations of the motor current or the motor voltage with the help of an amplifier unit dependent on a controllable offset value. The offset value is changed according to the motor current or the motor voltage. By virtue of the device and the method, the fluctuations of the armature current or the armature voltage can be separated from the fluctuations of the motor current or the motor voltage over the full measurement range of the motor current or the motor voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schulter, Stefan Rau, Helmut Weber, Thomas Gründer, Carsten Sensche
  • Patent number: 6188350
    Abstract: In a method for the probabilistic estimation of measurements, based on a measurement signal in which an interference signal is superimposed on the value to be measured, the measurement signal is sampled at specified chronological intervals. A defined measurement range associated with the value to be measured is divided into discrete values and a model is formed of a process on which the measurement signal is based with discrete states that correspond to the discrete values of the measurement range. In the model, a probability value of the occurrence of each state is assigned for each sampling time, and the value to be measured is determined on the basis of the probability value of at least one state in this model. In addition, for each state of the model at a sampling time, a probability for the state to remain in its current state is determined, as well as a probability for the state to change to another state by the next sampling time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation (Technology) GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Neumerkel, Thomas Gründer