Patents by Inventor Thomas Schindhelm

Thomas Schindhelm 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: 20220325571
    Abstract: An electronics system for a vehicle including at least one acceleration sensor and an electronic control unit, which on the basis of at least one measurement signal of the acceleration sensor controls at least one drive device for the power-operated adjustment of an adjustment part of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Marco SEMINETH, Wolfgang UEBEL, Christian HERRMANN, Marvin HOHLFELD, Thomas SCHINDHELM, Heino SCHALYO, Christoph HABERBERGER, Alex KROMER, Philipp BĂ„UERLEIN
  • Patent number: 10090785
    Abstract: An electric arrangement which, for controlling at least two electric motors, has at least one first H-bridge arrangement and a second H-bridge arrangement, is provided. The electric arrangement comprises a first electric motor, which is electrically connected to a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element and a fourth switching element in the first H-bridge arrangement. The electric arrangement furthermore comprises a second electric motor, which is arranged in a second bridge branch of the second H-bridge arrangement) and is connected to a third half-bridge via a third motor contact, wherein the third half-bridge comprises a fifth switching element and a sixth switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugtelle GMBH & Co. KG, Bamberg
    Inventors: Thomas Schindhelm, Stefan Franek, Guido Naumann, Christian Thomann
  • Publication number: 20170117828
    Abstract: An electric arrangement which, for controlling at least two electric motors, has at least one first H-bridge arrangement and a second H-bridge arrangement, is provided. The electric arrangement comprises a first electric motor, which is electrically connected to a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element and a fourth switching element in the first H-bridge arrangement. The electric arrangement furthermore comprises a second electric motor, which is arranged in a second bridge branch of the second H-bridge arrangement) and is connected to a third half-bridge via a third motor contact, wherein the third half-bridge comprises a fifth switching element and a sixth switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas SCHINDHELM, Stefan FRANEK, Guido NAUMANN, Christian THOMANN
  • Patent number: 8843277
    Abstract: A method for operating the electrical system of a motor vehicle having a control unit with an operating mode and an energy-saving standby mode is described. A wake-up operator control event is detected by a sensor and has an associated time interval from the preceding wake-up operator control event. The time interval is ascertained when a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up. Each wake-up operator control event has an associated switch-off indicator which is ascertained each time a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up as a function of the level of the switch-off indicator with reference to a switch-off threshold. A change in the current switch-off indicator relative to the preceding switch-off indicator is all the greater the smaller the current time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Thorsten Fuchs, Matthias Hering, Holger Wuerstlein, Thomas Schindhelm, Detlef Russ
  • Patent number: 8590210
    Abstract: An electric window lifter of a vehicle with a vehicle door having a frameless window is actuated according to a novel, low-wear actuation method. An entry signal is acquired that allows a conclusion to be drawn about whether a person has entered through this vehicle door. In this case, the window pane that is associated with the window of this given vehicle door is lowered by a short stroke by way of the window lifter in response to a central exit signal only when the entry signal was first identified. The window lifter or power window assembly includes an associated actuation unit with a query module that is configured for automatically carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Thomas Schindhelm, Christian Vetter
  • Patent number: 8552715
    Abstract: In order to determine the actuation position of a motor-driven adjusting element of a motor vehicle, a Hall-effect sensor is located in a rotatable magnetic field, wherein a periodic change in the magnetic flux density sensed by the Hall-effect sensor is converted into a binary pulse train in that a pulse transition takes place when an upper switching threshold is positively exceeded and when a lower switching threshold separated from the upper switching threshold by a hysteresis is negatively exceeded. The hysteresis is reduced following an inactive phase of the Hall-effect sensor during which the magnetic field was stationary and/or the Hall-effect sensor was deactivated, if the magnetic flux density at the start of the inactive phase has exceeded the upper switching threshold by no more than a predefined tolerance range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Marco Semineth, Christian Thomann, Thomas Schindhelm
  • Publication number: 20130018551
    Abstract: A method for operating the electrical system of a motor vehicle having a control unit with an operating mode and an energy-saving standby mode is described. A wake-up operator control event is detected by a sensor and has an associated time interval from the preceding wake-up operator control event. The time interval is ascertained when a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up. Each wake-up operator control event has an associated switch-off indicator which is ascertained each time a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up as a function of the level of the switch-off indicator with reference to a switch-off threshold. A change in the current switch-off indicator relative to the preceding switch-off indicator is all the greater the smaller the current time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, HALLSTADT
    Inventors: Thorsten Fuchs, Matthias Hering, Holger Wuerstlein, Thomas Schindhelm, Detlef Russ
  • Publication number: 20110314737
    Abstract: An electric window lifter of a vehicle with a vehicle door having a frameless window is actuated according to a novel, low-wear actuation method. An entry signal is acquired that allows a conclusion to be drawn about whether a person has entered through this vehicle door. In this case, the window pane that is associated with the window of this given vehicle door is lowered by a short stroke by way of the window lifter in response to a central exit signal only when the entry signal was first identified. The window lifter or power window assembly includes an associated actuation unit with a query module that is configured for automatically carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, HALLSTADT
    Inventors: THOMAS SCHINDHELM, CHRISTIAN VETTER
  • Publication number: 20110018528
    Abstract: In order to determine the actuation position of a motor-driven adjusting element of a motor vehicle, a Hall-effect sensor is located in a rotatable magnetic field, wherein a periodic change in the magnetic flux density sensed by the Hall-effect sensor is converted into a binary pulse train in that a pulse transition takes place when an upper switching threshold is positively exceeded and when a lower switching threshold separated from the upper switching threshold by a hysteresis is negatively exceeded. The hysteresis is reduced following an inactive phase of the Hall-effect sensor during which the magnetic field was stationary and/or the Hall-effect sensor was deactivated, if the magnetic flux density at the start of the inactive phase has exceeded the upper switching threshold by no more than a predefined tolerance range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Marco SEMINETH, Christian Thomann, Thomas Schindhelm