Patents by Inventor Vincent Leonhardt

Vincent Leonhardt 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: 20240142505
    Abstract: A method is provided for testing switch signals of an inverter of an electric machine of a drive system of a motor vehicle. The electric machine is controlled via a pulse-width modulation generated by a control unit using a target duty cycle and a triangular-waveform voltage sequence. An actual duty cycle of a current pulse-width modulation is continuously ascertained from the switch signals and compared with the target duty cycle of the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Huan Fu, Vincent Leonhardt, Eduard Enderle
  • Publication number: 20240072714
    Abstract: An electrical circuit arrangement includes an inverter, a driver circuit and a protective circuit. The inverter includes a plurality of inverter switching elements each having a drive connection. The drive connection of at least one inverter switching element is connected to the driver circuit via a first switching element of the protective circuit (6). A drive connection of the first switching element is connected to a circuit node, which is connected to a first potential via a resistor and to a second potential via a second switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Ackermann, Patrick Augustin, Vincent Leonhardt, Denis Muller, Eduard Enderle
  • Patent number: 11671048
    Abstract: A multiphase voltage transformer for an electrical supply network for supplying an electrical machine with electrical energy from an electrical energy storage system. This electrical supply network includes the multiphase voltage transformer, an output current converter connected downstream of this transformer and an intermediate circuit connected between the transformer and the output current converter. The transformer includes a circuit arrangement having parallel-connected voltage transformer units at the input end, each of these units having an inductance and two semiconductor switch units and a control unit for actuating the semiconductor switch units. The control unit is configured so as to actuate the semiconductor switch units in an intermediate circuit discharging operation such that it powers down the intermediate circuit voltage of the intermediate circuit in less than a second into the low voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Vincent Leonhardt, Jürgen Tipper, Huan Fu
  • Publication number: 20220344956
    Abstract: A circuit for discharging an energy store of a drive system includes a power electronics unit in an on-board electrical system and a single-phase DC/DC converter connected upstream of the drive system. The converter includes a first capacitor, a coil connected downstream of the first capacitor, a first switch, a second switch connected downstream of the coil, and a second capacitor connected downstream of the second switch. The first switch is for a first current circuit including the first capacitor and the coil, and the second switch is for a second current circuit including the first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the coil. During a discharge process, the first switch and the second switch are designed to be switched in an alternating manner and differently relative to each other such that either the first current circuit or the second current circuit is closed to actively discharge the energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Huan Fu, Jürgen Tipper, Vincent Leonhardt
  • Publication number: 20220255485
    Abstract: A multiphase voltage transformer for an electrical supply network for supplying an electrical machine with electrical energy from an electrical energy storage system. This electrical supply network includes the multiphase voltage transformer, an output current converter connected downstream of this transformer and an intermediate circuit connected between the transformer and the output current converter. The transformer includes a circuit arrangement having parallel-connected voltage transformer units at the input end, each of these units having an inductance and two semiconductor switch units and a control unit for actuating the semiconductor switch units. The control unit is configured so as to actuate the semiconductor switch units in an intermediate circuit discharging operation such that it powers down the intermediate circuit voltage of the intermediate circuit in less than a second into the low voltage range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Vincent LEONHARDT, Jürgen TIPPER, Huan FU
  • Patent number: 10712368
    Abstract: A device for integrated current measurement inside a high-voltage contact-making means of a hybrid module includes a printed circuit board with at least one current sensor chip that is arranged on the printed circuit board. The device further includes a high-voltage contact-making plug connection, which is mounted on the printed circuit board. The high-voltage contact-making plug connection has at least one Hall ring and one busbar that is passed through the Hall ring, wherein the Hall ring has an open cross section and the sensor chip is at least partially accommodated in the open cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Cédric Blaes, Vincent Leonhardt
  • Publication number: 20180031612
    Abstract: A device for integrated current measurement inside a high-voltage contact-making means of a hybrid module includes a printed circuit board with at least one current sensor chip that is arranged on the printed circuit board. The device further includes a high-voltage contact-making plug connection, which is mounted on the printed circuit board. The high-voltage contact-making plug connection has at least one Hall ring and one busbar that is passed through the Hall ring, wherein the Hall ring has an open cross section and the sensor chip is at least partially accommodated in the open cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Cédric Blaes, Vincent Leonhardt