Patents by Inventor Tobias FLUHR

Tobias FLUHR 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).

  • Switching device for switching an electric motor
    Patent number: 11715998
    Abstract: A geared motor is provided, including an electric motor, a transmission, a drive shaft and a switching device arranged on the drive shaft. The switching device includes a single housing that is distinct and separate from an electric motor housing and a transmission housing. The switching device also includes a contactless, absolute position-measuring device and an evaluation unit, each provided within the single housing, a gear wheel coupled to the drive shaft, and an output unit. The switching device is coupled to the position-measuring device by a pinion, which rotates about the same rotational axis as the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Lock Antriebstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Lock, Patrick Niederer, Tobias Fluhr
  • SWITCHING DEVICE FOR SWITCHING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
    Publication number: 20220302797
    Abstract: A geared motor is provided, including an electric motor, a transmission, a drive shaft and a switching device arranged on the drive shaft. The switching device includes a single housing that is distinct and separate from an electric motor housing and a transmission housing. The switching device also includes a contactless, absolute position-measuring device and an evaluation unit, each provided within the single housing, a gear wheel coupled to the drive shaft, and an output unit. The switching device is coupled to the position-measuring device by a pinion, which rotates about the same rotational axis as the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Lock Antriebstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Frank LOCK, Patrick NIEDERER, Tobias FLUHR
  • Switching device for switching an electric motor
    Patent number: 11387715
    Abstract: A switching device for switching an electric motor, where the switching device is arranged on a component which is driven in rotation by the motor. The switching device is characterized in that a contactless, absolute position-measuring device, an evaluation unit for evaluating position signals and an output unit for outputting switching information for indirectly switching and/or directly switching the motor current as a function of a position signal are provided within a single housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Lock Antriebstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Lock, Patrick Niederer, Tobias Fluhr
  • SWITCHING DEVICE FOR SWITCHING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
    Publication number: 20170317560
    Abstract: A switching device for switching an electric motor, where the switching device is arranged on a component which is driven in rotation by the motor. The switching device is characterized in that a contactless, absolute position-measuring device, an evaluation unit for evaluating position signals and an output unit for outputting switching information for indirectly switching and/or directly switching the motor current as a function of a position signal are provided within a single housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Lock Antriebstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Frank LOCK, Patrick NIEDERER, Tobias FLUHR