Patents by Inventor Toon Kuijpers

Toon Kuijpers 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).

  • Patent number: 10727719
    Abstract: A power generator assembly including a rotating part and a non-rotating part is provided. It is proposed that the rotating part includes first and second, circumferentially adjacent generator units. Each generator unit includes at least one coil, at least one permanent magnet and two pole shoes having pole surfaces facing radially outward. The non-rotating part includes an arc-shaped saddle adaptor of ferromagnetic material arranged with a radial distance to the pole surfaces. The saddle adaptor is configured to close a magnetic circuit passing via the pole shoes through the coil in a rotational position where the saddle adaptor overlaps with the pole shoes of a generator unit. According to the invention, a pole shoe of the first generator unit and an adjacent pole shoe of the second generator unit have the same magnetic polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Gerard McGoogan, Georgo Angelis, Toon Kuijpers, Aditya Mehendale, Gerard Johannes Pieter Nijsse, Funda Sahin Nomaler, Andreas Clemens van der Ham
  • Patent number: 10727718
    Abstract: A rotating part that includes at least one generator unit having at least one coil, at least one permanent magnet and two pole shoes having pole surfaces facing radially outward is provided, The non-rotating part has an arc-shaped saddle adaptor of ferromagnetic material arranged with a radial distance to the pole surfaces. The saddle adaptor is configured to close a magnetic circuit passing via the pole shoes through the coil in a rotational position where the saddle adaptor overlaps with the pole shoes of the generator unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Gerard McGoogan, Georgo Angelis, Toon Kuijpers, Andreas Clemens van der Ham
  • Patent number: 10386015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricating device that includes a lubricant pump, a lubricant reservoir for supplying lubricant to a machine to be lubricated, a control unit for determining an operating state of a machine and for operating the lubricant pump based on the signals of at least one sensor configured to detect emissions emanating from the machine to be lubricated, and a housing configured to be attached to a lubrication nozzle of the machine to be monitored. It is proposed that a reading of the signals of the sensor by the control unit is limited to a predetermined set of time windows with a predetermined width, wherein the time windows are separated by an interval where the signals of the sensor are not read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Toon Kuijpers, Georgo Angelis, Guus Willems
  • Publication number: 20180019641
    Abstract: A power generator assembly including a rotating part and a non-rotating part is provided. It is proposed that the rotating part includes first and second, circumferentially adjacent generator units. Each generator unit includes at least one coil, at least one permanent magnet and two pole shoes having pole surfaces facing radially outward. The non-rotating part includes an arc-shaped saddle adaptor of ferromagnetic material arranged with a radial distance to the pole surfaces. The saddle adaptor is configured to close a magnetic circuit passing via the pole shoes through the coil in a rotational position where the saddle adaptor overlaps with the pole shoes of a generator unit. According to the invention, a pole shoe of the first generator unit and an adjacent pole shoe of the second generator unit have the same magnetic polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Gerard McGoogan, Georgo Angelis, Toon Kuijpers, Aditya Mehendale, Gerard Johannes Pieter Nijsse, Funda Sahin Nomaler, Andreas Clemens van der Ham
  • Publication number: 20180006527
    Abstract: A rotating part that includes at least one generator unit having at least one coil, at least one permanent magnet and two pole shoes having pole surfaces facing radially outward is provided, The non-rotating part has an arc-shaped saddle adaptor of ferromagnetic material arranged with a radial distance to the pole surfaces. The saddle adaptor is configured to close a magnetic circuit passing via the pole shoes through the coil in a rotational position where the saddle adaptor overlaps with the pole shoes of the generator unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Gerard McGoogan, Georgo Angelis, Toon Kuijpers, Andreas Clemens van der Ham
  • Publication number: 20160290558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricating device that includes a lubricant pump, a lubricant reservoir for supplying lubricant to a machine to be lubricated, a control unit for determining an operating state of a machine and for operating the lubricant pump based on the signals of at least one sensor configured to detect emissions emanating from the machine to be lubricated, and a housing configured to be attached to a lubrication nozzle of the machine to be monitored. It is proposed that a reading of the signals of the sensor by the control unit is limited to a predetermined set of time windows with a predetermined width, wherein the time windows are separated by an interval where the signals of the sensor are not read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Toon Kuijpers, Georgo Angelis, Guus Willems