Patents by Inventor Thomas Zoeller

Thomas Zoeller 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: 20220336888
    Abstract: An energy store includes a storage module having a fan. The fan is arranged as a radial fan, and channels extend through the storage module, e.g., axially, open into a spatial region which is delimited by a cover part of the energy store connected to the storage module and the storage module. The cover part has a recess extending through the cover part, e.g., axially, which is covered by the fan, e.g., by the suction region of the fan, e.g., on the side of the cover part facing away from the storage module, and the energy store has a deflection hood, e.g., for deflecting the conveyed air flow in the axial direction, on the side of the cover part facing away from the storage module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef SCHMIDT, Firat ALTAN, Matthias HAUCK, Thomas ZÖLLER
  • Publication number: 20220310331
    Abstract: An energy store includes a housing and bridge plug. In relation to the housing, the bridge plug is receivable by the housing in two orientations different from each other, e.g., in the same opening or configuration of openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian SCHIFFMANN, Claus SCHÖPFER, Thomas ZÖLLER, Matthias HAUCK, Jens SCHÄFER
  • Publication number: 20220290020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally conductive polyurethane adhesive composition having excellent mechanical properties as well as improved performance after aging and a method of manufacturing the same. Further, the present invention relates to method of manufacturing an article comprising the thermally conductive polyurethane adhesive composition and articles obtainable by the described method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Zoeller, Nicole Schlingloff, Eric Schmitz, Thomas Engels
  • Patent number: 11300132
    Abstract: A fan arrangement includes a fan and toothed ring, and a converter motor includes a fan arrangement. The fan includes a base body on which fan blades are premolded, and the fan includes an annular region, which is premolded on the side of the fan blades facing away from the base body. The toothed ring is situated within the annular region, and thus, in particular, is set apart from the base body, and thus, in particular, is set apart from the base body via the fan blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Firat Altan, Thomas Zöller, Jens Schäfer, Christian Schumann, Matthias Hauck
  • Patent number: 11292947
    Abstract: A binder system, containing a special polyol mixture as a resin component, said polyol mixture containing at least one polyester based on a fatty acid dimer, a fatty acid trimer or the alcohols derived therefrom, and at least one polyisocyanates as a resin component and/or a NCO-terminated polyurethane prepolymer. The binder system can be used as an adhesive/sealing material, in particular as an adhesive for gluing various substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nicole Schlingloff, Thomas Engels, Kim Verbocket, Thomas Zoeller
  • Publication number: 20210359618
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system, which includes a first inverter which feeds a first electric motor, and a second inverter which feeds a second electric motor, the DC-voltage side connection of the first inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of a rectifier which is supplied from an electrical AC-voltage supply network, the DC-voltage side connection of the second inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the two DC-voltage side connections of the inverters are switched in parallel, and a controller is provided, in particular in the first inverter, which controls the current accepted and acquired by the first inverter at its DC-voltage side terminal toward a setpoint value in that the torque of the first electric motor fed by the first inverter is the controlled variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Thomas Zöller, Jens Schäfer, Matthias Hauck
  • Patent number: 11121636
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system, which includes a first inverter which feeds a first electric motor, and a second inverter which feeds a second electric motor, the DC-voltage side connection of the first inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of a rectifier which is supplied from an electrical AC-voltage supply network, the DC-voltage side connection of the second inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the two DC-voltage side connections of the inverters are switched in parallel, and a controller is provided, in particular in the first inverter, which controls the current accepted and acquired by the first inverter at its DC-voltage side terminal toward a setpoint value in that the torque of the first electric motor fed by the first inverter is the controlled variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Thomas Zöller, Jens Schäfer, Matthias Hauck
  • Publication number: 20210040364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structural two-component adhesive composition comprising a latent catalyst mixture as well as a method for producing the same. Further, the present invention relates to a method for bonding substrates using the structural two-component adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Zoeller, Nicole Schlingloff, Tim Weinhausen, Thomas Engels, Oliver Kei Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10851272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two-component polyurethane adhesive containing i) a polyol component including a mixture of three different polyols to ensure crosslinking for a mechanically stable adhesive bonding, and also to achieve hydrophobia to ensure that the crosslinked adhesive layer is impervious to moisture, and glass fibers, and ii) an isocyanate component containing polyisocyanates in an NCO/OH ratio of 0.9:1 to 1.5:1. The polyol component further includes a metal catalyst. The two-component adhesive has a high adhesive strength, a high glass temperature, a low curing time and a sufficiently long processing time, which can adhesively bond also substrates having uneven surfaces. The invention further relates to an article comprising the two-component polyurethane adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Lothar Thiele, Silvana Pölitz, Klaus Jurkschat, Thomas Zöller
  • Publication number: 20200317971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally conductive adhesive composition having excellent mechanical properties and a method of manufacturing the same. Further, the present invention relates to method of manufacturing an article comprising the thermally conductive adhesive composition and articles obtainable by the described method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Zoeller, Nicole Schlingloff, Thomas Engels, Eric Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20200079982
    Abstract: A binder system, containing a special polyol mixture as a resin component, said polyol mixture containing at least one polyester based on a fatty acid dimer, a fatty acid trimer or the alcohols derived therefrom, and at least one polyisocyanates as a resin component and/or a NCO-terminated polyurethane prepolymer. The binder system can be used as an adhesive/sealing material, in particular as an adhesive for gluing various substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Nicole Schlingloff, Thomas Engels, Kim Verbocket, Thomas Zoeller
  • Publication number: 20190379256
    Abstract: A fan arrangement includes a fan and toothed ring, and a converter motor includes a fan arrangement. The fan includes a base body on which fan blades are premolded, and the fan includes an annular region, which is premolded on the side of the fan blades facing away from the base body. The toothed ring is situated within the annular region, and thus, in particular, is set apart from the base body, and thus, in particular, is set apart from the base body via the fan blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Josef SCHMIDT, Firat ALTAN, Thomas ZÖLLER, Jens SCHÄFER, Christian SCHUMANN, Matthias HAUCK
  • Publication number: 20190214919
    Abstract: In a system and method for operating a system, which includes a first inverter which feeds a first electric motor, and a second inverter which feeds a second electric motor, the DC-voltage side connection of the first inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of a rectifier which is supplied from an electrical AC-voltage supply network, the DC-voltage side connection of the second inverter is connected to the DC-voltage side connection of the rectifier, in particular, the two DC-voltage side connections of the inverters are switched in parallel, and a controller is provided, in particular in the first inverter, which controls the current accepted and acquired by the first inverter at its DC-voltage side terminal toward a setpoint value in that the torque of the first electric motor fed by the first inverter is the controlled variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Josef SCHMIDT, Thomas ZÖLLER, Jens SCHÄFER, Matthias HAUCK
  • Publication number: 20180051196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two-component adhesive on the basis of polyurethanes, having a high adhesive strength, a high glass temperature, a low curing time and a sufficiently long processing time, which can adhesively bond also substrates having uneven surfaces. The invention further relates to the use of the two-component adhesive for the adhesive bonding of molded fiber parts, such as, for example, wing half-shells of rotor blades for wind power plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Lothar Thiele, Silvana Pölitz, Klaus Jurkschat, Thomas Zöller
  • Patent number: 9577564
    Abstract: A drive system with energy store and method for operating a drive system, an inverter powering an electric motor, the inverter being supplied from a unipolar DC-link voltage, an energy store being connected in parallel to the inverter, in particular, a film capacitor being connected in parallel to the inverter, the DC-link voltage being generated by a DC/DC converter which is supplied from an AC/DC converter, especially a rectifier, in particular, an electric current being able to be supplied to the DC link by the DC/DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Schiffmann, Josef Schmidt, Matthias Hauck, Christian Lampert, Daniel Tritschler, Thomas Zöller
  • Publication number: 20150295412
    Abstract: An energy production system with energy store and method for operating an energy production system, solar cells, particularly a module including solar cells, being connected to an inverter, especially at its DC-side terminal, the inverter being connected at its terminal on the alternating-voltage side to a power consumer and/or an AC system, a DC/DC converter being connected, especially with its first DC-side terminal, in parallel to the solar cells, particularly to the module including solar cells, the DC/DC converter being connected to an energy store, particularly which is connected to the second DC-side terminal of the DC/DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastian Schiffmann, Josef Schmidt, Matthias Hauck, Christian Lampert, Daniel Tritschler, Thomas Zöller
  • Publication number: 20150028786
    Abstract: A drive system with energy store and method for operating a drive system, an inverter powering an electric motor, the inverter being supplied from a unipolar DC-link voltage, an energy store being connected in parallel to the inverter, in particular, a film capacitor being connected in parallel to the inverter, the DC-link voltage being generated by a DC/DC converter which is supplied from an AC/DC converter, especially a rectifier, in particular, an electric current being able to be supplied to the DC link by the DC/DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastian Schiffmann, Josef Schmidt, Matthias Hauck, Christian Lampert, Daniel Tritschler, Thomas Zöller
  • Patent number: 8028583
    Abstract: A method for detecting squeaking noises within a sound signal generated during operation of a motor vehicle or during operation of a component thereof is described; in this method the sound signal is detected; an amplitude spectrum of the sound signal representing the amplitude distribution in a frequency range is generated at a minimum of two points in time and the existence of a squeaking noise is detected by analysis of the at least two amplitude spectra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Fawzi Attia, Michael Fischer, Winfried Keiper, Thomas Zoeller, Uwe Bretz, Mats Karlsson, Uwe Martin, Michael Raquet
  • Publication number: 20090296945
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the annoyance of squeaking noise within an audible signal generated during operation of a motor vehicle or one of its components. The existence of at least one squeaking noise is detected, this at least one squeaking noise being evaluated with regard to at least two predetermined characteristics, and a variable characterizing the annoyance of this at least one squeaking noise being determined from the at least two evaluations of this at least one squeaking noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Fawzi Attia, Michael Fischer, Winfried Keiper, Thomas Zoeller, Uwe Bretz, Mats Karlsson, Uwe Martin, Michael Raquet
  • Publication number: 20090019936
    Abstract: A method for detecting squeaking noises within a sound signal generated during operation of a motor vehicle or during operation of a component thereof is described; in this method the sound signal is detected; an amplitude spectrum of the sound signal representing the amplitude distribution in a frequency range is generated at a minimum of two points in time and the existence of a squeaking noise is detected by analysis of the at least two amplitude spectra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Fawzi Attia, Michael Fischer, Winfried Keiper, Thomas Zoeller, Uwe Bretz, Mats Karlsson, Uwe Martin, Michael Raquet