Patents by Inventor Uwe BRAATZ

Uwe BRAATZ 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: 10316566
    Abstract: A modular door drive control system for subjecting electrical drive motors to open-loop control and/or closed-loop control to open and close doors or door leaves in different applications includes at least one motor control unit, and a plurality of peripheral adaptation units for adapting the motor control unit or a plurality of the motor control units to match one of the different applications, where the motor control unit or a plurality of the motor control units are selectively connectable to each of the peripheral adaptation units to transmit electrical power for the drive motor, which is respectively connected to the motor control unit, via a common intermediate circuit such that door drive controllers for different applications can be realized with the aid of a modular door drive control system of this kind, without a relatively high level of expenditure on adaptation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Braatz, Michael Krause, Uwe Krause, Heinz Ludwig, Uwe Nolte, Michael Wittkowski
  • Patent number: 10059564
    Abstract: A method for determining moving mass of a door system, actuated by a motor, wherein a) the motor electrical output, which is converted into mechanical output, is measured, b) the electrical output is summed during opening and/or closure, starting from the beginning of the actuation of the mass by the motor from initial rest until an end rest position is reached following completion of the actuation to determine energy losses, c) measurement of the maximum speed of the mass of the door system is measured during opening and/or closure, d) the electrical output provided by the motor from the initial rest position of the mass of the door system until achieving the maximum speed v thereof is summed, and the obtained energy value is reduced by the energy losses occurring up to this time point to determine the mass of the door system from the obtained kinetic energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Braatz, Uwe Nolte
  • Publication number: 20170198514
    Abstract: A modular door drive control system for subjecting electrical drive motors to open-loop control and/or closed-loop control to open and close doors or door leaves in different applications includes at least one motor control unit, and a plurality of peripheral adaptation units for adapting the motor control unit or a plurality of the motor control units to match one of the different applications, where the motor control unit or a plurality of the motor control units are selectively connectable to each of the peripheral adaptation units to transmit electrical power for the drive motor, which is respectively connected to the motor control unit, via a common intermediate circuit such that door drive controllers for different applications can be realized with the aid of a modular door drive control system of this kind, without a relatively high level of expenditure on adaptation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe BRAATZ, Michael KRAUSE, Uwe KRAUSE, Heinz LUDWIG, Uwe NOLTE, Michael WITTKOWSKI
  • Patent number: 9654393
    Abstract: An electric motor and a motor control unit exchange information using at least one transfer signal, the information including motion state information of the electric motor and additional information transmitted via a transmission channel, where the motion state information is in the form of at least one base signal and the additional information is transmitted with the aid of the base signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Uwe Braatz, Uwe Nolte
  • Publication number: 20160340149
    Abstract: A method for determining moving mass of a door system, actuated by a motor, wherein a) the motor electrical output, which is converted into mechanical output, is measured, b) the electrical output is summed during opening and/or closure, starting from the beginning of the actuation of the mass by the motor from initial rest until an end rest position is reached following completion of the actuation to determine energy losses, c) measurement of the maximum speed of the mass of the door system is measured during opening and/or closure, d) the electrical output provided by the motor from the initial rest position of the mass of the door system until achieving the maximum speed v thereof is summed, and the obtained energy value is reduced by the energy losses occurring up to this time point to determine the mass of the door system from the obtained kinetic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Uwe BRAATZ, Uwe NOLTE
  • Publication number: 20160072707
    Abstract: An electric motor and a motor control unit exchange information using at least one transfer signal, the information including motion state information of the electric motor and additional information transmitted via a transmission channel, where the motion state information is in the form of at least one base signal and the additional information is transmitted with the aid of the base signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Uwe BRAATZ, Uwe NOLTE