Patents by Inventor TOMMY BECKMANN

TOMMY BECKMANN 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: 20230020156
    Abstract: A method and device for configuring a clamp-on ultrasonic measuring device for flow measurement in pipelines, the clamp-on ultrasonic measuring device comprising at least two ultrasound transducers for flow measurement which face one another along the pipeline in a plane or diagonally. The autonomous acquisition and detection of the properties of the pipeline is carried out by means of a determined resistance value on the basis of the dimension of the pipeline and/or a circumferential measurement of the pipeline and/or a determined ultrasound value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tommy BECKMANN, Juergen STUMPP, Yannic BAEUCHLE, Philipp KLEINBRUCKNER, Elmar HUFSCHMID
  • Patent number: 10801759
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance has a heat-insulated housing with a coolable inner container delimiting a coolable interior for storing foods. The interior is cooled with a coolant circuit that includes a compressor with a three-phase motor operated by an actuator via electrically powered motor windings. The actuator is actuated at least indirectly to operate the compressor in a switched-on state with a rotational speed of the three-phase motor at least approximately equal to a predetermined rotational speed. The actuator is caused to switch off the compressor such that the rotational speed of the three-phase motor decreases to a predetermined minimum rotational speed, and thereafter to switch off the three-phase motor for at least a predetermined period of time by de-energizing the motor windings. The period of time is selected long enough to reduce the speed of the motor, beginning from the minimum rotational speed, to reach standstill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Tommy Beckmann, Moritz Klein, Achim Paulduro, Christoph Spiegel
  • Patent number: 10488086
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance includes an insulated body with a coolable container delimiting a coolable space for food, a refrigerant circuit having a coolant and a compressor for cooling the space, and an electronic control apparatus and an electric drive with a three-phase AC synchronous motor and a control element or inverter for activating the motor. The compressor includes a chamber with an inlet and with an outlet, a piston mounted displaceably within the chamber, a crankshaft and the motor. The motor has a number of pole pairs greater than 1, a stator and a rotor mounted rotatably relative to the stator and coupled to the piston by the crankshaft. During compressor operation, the motor causes the piston to reduce the size of a volume enclosed by the compressor chamber and the piston to compress the coolant. A method for operating a domestic refrigeration appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Paulduro, Tommy Beckmann, Christoph Spiegel, Moritz Klein
  • Patent number: 10386104
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration device and a method for operating a domestic refrigeration device. The domestic refrigeration device has a heat-insulated body with a coolable inner container which delimits a coolable interior provided for storing food. A coolant circuit is provided for cooling the coolable interior and includes a compressor and a field-oriented electric drive. The field-oriented electric drive has a field-oriented controller, a converter, and a permanently excited synchronous motor which is connected downstream of the converter and which is part of the compressor or is provided for driving the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Paulduro, Tommy Beckmann, Axel Walter, Moritz Klein
  • Patent number: 10284122
    Abstract: A compressor of a refrigeration appliance includes a motor, in particular a BLDC motor, and a controller for stopping the motor. The controller is configured to slow down the motor rotating in a first rotating direction until it comes to a standstill and to subsequently position the rotor relative to the stator, in a second rotating direction with a predetermined torque. A method for stopping a compressor of a refrigeration appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Tommy Beckmann, Volker Braun, Achim Paulduro, Sebastian Rau
  • Publication number: 20190072301
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance has a heat-insulated housing with a coolable inner container delimiting a coolable interior for storing foods. The interior is cooled with a coolant circuit that includes a compressor with a three-phase motor operated by an actuator via electrically powered motor windings. The actuator is actuated at least indirectly to operate the compressor in a switched-on state with a rotational speed of the three-phase motor at least approximately equal to a predetermined rotational speed. The actuator is caused to switch off the compressor such that the rotational speed of the three-phase motor decreases to a predetermined minimum rotational speed, and thereafter to switch off the three-phase motor for at least a predetermined period of time by de-energizing the motor windings. The period of time is selected long enough to reduce the speed of the motor, beginning from the minimum rotational speed, to reach standstill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: TOMMY BECKMANN, MORITZ KLEIN, ACHIM PAULDURO, CHRISTOPH SPIEGEL
  • Patent number: 10174980
    Abstract: A method is provided for braking a compressor of a refrigeration appliance, of an air conditioning appliance or of a heat pump in which the compressor has a brushless motor with windings and a controller for braking the motor. The controller is configured to brake the brushless motor by using a braking current in a controlled manner starting from an operating rotational speed, in which the braking current during the controlled braking is dependent on induced voltages determined before the controlled braking. The method for braking includes rotating the motor at an operating rotational speed, receiving a signal for decelerating, braking or slowing down, determining voltages induced in the windings and supplying a braking current having a decreasing frequency to the windings, in which the braking current during the braking is dependent on the previously determined induced voltages. A compressor and a refrigeration appliance having the compressor are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Tommy Beckmann, Achim Paulduro
  • Publication number: 20180238595
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance includes an insulated body with a coolable container delimiting a coolable space for food, a refrigerant circuit having a coolant and a compressor for cooling the space, and an electronic control apparatus and an electric drive with a three-phase AC synchronous motor and a control element or inverter for activating the motor. The compressor includes a chamber with an inlet and with an outlet, a piston mounted displaceably within the chamber, a crankshaft and the motor. The motor has a number of pole pairs greater than 1, a stator and a rotor mounted rotatably relative to the stator and coupled to the piston by the crankshaft. During compressor operation, the motor causes the piston to reduce the size of a volume enclosed by the compressor chamber and the piston to compress the coolant. A method for operating a domestic refrigeration appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: ACHIM PAULDURO, TOMMY BECKMANN, CHRISTOPH SPIEGEL, MORITZ KLEIN
  • Publication number: 20180038622
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration device and a method for operating a domestic refrigeration device. The domestic refrigeration device has a heat-insulated body with a coolable inner container which delimits a coolable interior provided for storing food. A coolant circuit is provided for cooling the coolable interior and includes a compressor and a field-oriented electric drive. The field-oriented electric drive has a field-oriented controller, a converter, and a permanently excited synchronous motor which is connected downstream of the converter and which is part of the compressor or is provided for driving the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Achim PAULDURO, Tommy BECKMANN, Axel WALTER, Moritz KLEIN
  • Publication number: 20170254575
    Abstract: A method is provided for braking a compressor of a refrigeration appliance, of an air conditioning appliance or of a heat pump in which the compressor has a brushless motor with windings and a controller for braking the motor. The controller is configured to brake the brushless motor by using a braking current in a controlled manner starting from an operating rotational speed, in which the braking current during the controlled braking is dependent on induced voltages determined before the controlled braking. The method for braking includes rotating the motor at an operating rotational speed, receiving a signal for decelerating, braking or slowing down, determining voltages induced in the windings and supplying a braking current having a decreasing frequency to the windings, in which the braking current during the braking is dependent on the previously determined induced voltages. A compressor and a refrigeration appliance having the compressor are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: TOMMY BECKMANN, ACHIM PAULDURO
  • Publication number: 20170257044
    Abstract: A compressor of a refrigeration appliance includes a motor, in particular a BLDC motor, and a controller for stopping the motor. The controller is configured to slow down the motor rotating in a first rotating direction until it comes to a standstill and to subsequently position the rotor relative to the stator, in a second rotating direction with a predetermined torque. A method for stopping a compressor of a refrigeration appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Tommy BECKMANN, Volker BRAUN, Achim PAULDURO, Sebastian RAU