Patents by Inventor Thomas KÜHEFUß

Thomas KÜHEFUß 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).

  • Method and system for operating a system including an energy storage device and resistor
    Patent number: 11750139
    Abstract: In a method and system for operating a system having an energy storage device and a resistor, and in order to discharge the energy storage device, an electric power that is constant over time is continuously supplied to the resistor, e.g., during a time period, e.g., until the resistor has practically been fully discharged, the time period, e.g., being greater than the time constant of the temperature rise of the resistor induced by a continuous electric power that is constant over time and supplied to the resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Halder, Thomas Kühefuß, Georg Pfeiffer
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A SYSTEM INCLUDING AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND RESISTOR
    Publication number: 20220278639
    Abstract: In a method and system for operating a system having an energy storage device and a resistor, and in order to discharge the energy storage device, an electric power that is constant over time is continuously supplied to the resistor, e.g., during a time period, e.g., until the resistor has practically been fully discharged, the time period, e.g., being greater than the time constant of the temperature rise of the resistor induced by a continuous electric power that is constant over time and supplied to the resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang HALDER, Thomas KÜHEFUß, Georg PFEIFFER