Patents by Inventor Thomas Krohn
Thomas Krohn 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: 20240053132Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Stephan Brüggemann, Jörg Eckrich, Thomas Krohn
-
Publication number: 20240053173Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Stephan Brüggemann, Jörg Eckrich, Thomas Krohn
-
Patent number: 10295370Abstract: A sensor device for detecting rotation, having a position transmitter with a shaft element having first and second shaft ends. The rotation to be detected is introduced via the first shaft end. The shaft element contains a magnet element at the second shaft end, a sensor element for detecting the rotation of the magnet element, and a housing part with at least two sections are separated from each other. The shaft element of the position transmitter is mounted on the first section, and the sensor element is arranged in the second section. The housing part and the shaft element each have a first bearing portion shaped so as to taper towards the shaft end in the region of the second shaft end, the shaft element supported on the housing part on the first bearing portion in order to support the position transmitter on the housing part.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Aleksandar Kotlaja, Thomas Krohn, Stephan Risch
-
Patent number: 9322434Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement, in particular for sensor arrangements, comprising a first bearing part and a second bearing part, which are designed and arranged so as to be movable relative to each other and which touch each other at least partially in the course of said relative motion. The first bearing part is guided on at least one first running surface of the second bearing part, and the first running surface of the second bearing part has a recess, in which at least one ridge is formed, wherein the arrangement of the ridge in the recess does not influence the relative motion between the first bearing part and the second bearing part.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Manfred Goll, Thomas Krohn, Hilmar Müller
-
Publication number: 20130294715Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement, in particular for sensor arrangements, comprising a first bearing part and a second bearing part, which are designed and arranged so as to be movable relative to each other and which touch each other at least partially in the course of said relative motion. The first bearing part is guided on at least one first running surface of the second bearing part, and the first running surface of the second bearing part has a recess, in which at least one ridge is formed, wherein the arrangement of the ridge in the recess does not influence the relative motion between the first bearing part and the second bearing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Manfred Goll, Thomas Krohn, Hilmar Müller
-
Publication number: 20130167660Abstract: A sensor arrangement including a torque sensor for sensing the torque acting on a shaft. The torque sensor shaft includes two shaft segments, wherein a magnetic encoder is disposed on the first shaft segment and a stator packet is disposed on the second shaft segment, the stator packet having at least two magnetically conductive stator elements conducting the magnetic field generated by the magnetic encoder of the first shaft segment and guiding the field directly or indirectly to one or more magnetic field sensor elements for sensing the torque. An angle of rotation index unit detects and/or identifies the angular position of the shaft with respect to a defined angle of rotation and/or a defined range of angle of rotation. The angle of rotation index unit includes an index magnet attached to a carrier. The carrier connected to the magnetic encoder or at least to one of the stator elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHGInventors: Henrik Antoni, Manfred Goll, Thomas Krohn
-
Patent number: 7868259Abstract: A device has a housing (1) with a frame element (8) which is arranged within the housing (1). The frame element (8) accommodates at least one component and has at least one bending arm (12). The bending arm (12) is designed such that a contact region (36) of the bending arm (12) bears with prestress against a contact region (38) of a wall (34) of the housing (1) in a mounted state within the housing (1). The bending arm (12) is cohesively connected to the housing (1) by means of transmission laser welding by supplying a laser beam (46) of prespecified wavelength to the device in such a way that the laser beam is transmitted through the housing (1) to the contact region (36) of the bending arm (12). At least one region of the housing (1), through which region the laser beam is transmitted, is produced from a material which is transparent to the prespecified wavelength of the laser beam (46).Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive AGInventors: Andreas Bermel, Thomas Krohn, Uwe Neumann-Henneberg
-
Patent number: 7795543Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical device comprising a supporting substrate (1) which supports electronic components (2) as well as a strip conductor structure for connecting the electronic components (2) and on which an electrically conducting shielding element is disposed that surrounds the strip conductor structure and the components (2). The shielding element is composed of a first pot-type shielding part (7), the edge region of the hole of which rests upon contact areas (5) of a first surface (8) of the supporting substrate (1), said contact areas (5) being connected to a fixed electrical potential, and a second pot-type shielding part (9), the edge region of the hole of which rests upon a second surface (10) of the supporting substrate (1). The shielding parts (7 and 9) can be fastened to the supporting substrate (1) by means of fastening attachments which engage into first recesses (6) of the supporting substrate (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Continental Automotive AGInventors: Thomas Krohn, Horst Ullrich
-
Publication number: 20100136818Abstract: A device has a housing (1) with a frame element (8) which is arranged within the housing (1). The frame element (8) accommodates at least one component and has at least one bending arm (12). The bending arm (12) is designed such that a contact region (36) of the bending arm (12) bears with prestress against a contact region (38) of a wall (34) of the housing (1) in a mounted state within the housing (1). The bending arm (12) is cohesively connected to the housing (1) by means of transmission laser welding by supplying a laser beam (46) of prespecified wavelength to the device in such a way that the laser beam is transmitted through the housing (1) to the contact region (36) of the bending arm (12). At least one region of the housing (1), through which region the laser beam is transmitted, is produced from a material which is transparent to the prespecified wavelength of the laser beam (46).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Andreas Bermel, Thomas Krohn, Uwe Neumann-Henneberg
-
Publication number: 20090159329Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical device comprising a supporting substrate (1) which supports electronic components (2) as well as a strip conductor structure for connecting the electronic components (2) and on which an electrically conducting shielding element is disposed that surrounds the strip conductor structure and the components (2). The shielding element is composed of a first pot-type shielding part (7), the edge region of the hole of which rests upon contact areas (5) of a first surface (8) of the supporting substrate (1), said contact areas (5) being connected to a fixed electrical potential, and a second pot-type shielding part (9), the edge region of the hole of which rests upon a second surface (10) of the supporting substrate (1). The shielding parts (7 and 9) can be fastened to the supporting substrate (1) by means of fastening attachments which engage into first recesses (6) of the supporting substrate (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2006Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Thomas Krohn, Horst Ullrich