Patents by Inventor Wim LASSUYT

Wim LASSUYT 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: 11190116
    Abstract: A textile machine includes a main driven system driven by a plurality of main motors, a plurality of slave driven systems each driven by at least one slave motor, and an energy supply/control arrangement for supplying energy to the main motors and the slave motors and for controlling the flow of energy between a power supply system and the main motors and the slave motors. The energy supply/control arrangement includes a first energy exchange unit, a first main motor unit, a second energy exchange unit, a second main motor unit, and a controller. The slave motors include at least one first slave motor connected to a first DC voltage bus system by an associated first slave motor unit and at least one second slave motor connected to a second DC voltage bus system by an associated second slave motor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: VANDEWIELE NV
    Inventor: Wim Lassuyt
  • Publication number: 20200343837
    Abstract: A method and a device for bringing a textile machine to a controlled standstill in the event of a failure of the power supply, and a correspondingly equipped textile machine, the textile machine having at least two axes that are driven in synchronization by respective electric motors (M1-M5) connected to a common intermediate voltage circuit (1), and in which at least one electric motor acting as power generator can supply electric power to at least one other electric motor via the common DC bus (1), and in which the voltage (V) on the common DC bus is controlled by varying at least two variables in such a way that the voltage follows a previously defined curve while the textile machine is being brought to a standstill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Geert DEBUF, Wim LASSUYT
  • Publication number: 20200274466
    Abstract: A textile machine includes a main driven system driven by a plurality of main motors, a plurality of slave driven systems each driven by at least one slave motor, and an energy supply/control arrangement for supplying energy to the main motors and the slave motors and for controlling the flow of energy between a power supply system and the main motors and the slave motors. The energy supply/control arrangement includes a first energy exchange unit, a first main motor unit, a second energy exchange unit, a second main motor unit, and a controller. The slave motors include at least one first slave motor connected to a first DC voltage bus system by an associated first slave motor unit and at least one second slave motor connected to a second DC voltage bus system by an associated second slave motor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Wim Lassuyt
  • Patent number: 10756654
    Abstract: A method and a device for bringing a textile machine to a controlled standstill in the event of a failure of the power supply, and a correspondingly equipped textile machine, the textile machine having at least two axes that are driven in synchronization by respective electric motors (M1-M5) connected to a common intermediate voltage circuit (1), and in which at least one electric motor acting as power generator can supply electric power to at least one other electric motor via the common DC bus (1), and in which the voltage (V) on the common DC bus is controlled by varying at least two variables in such a way that the voltage follows a previously defined curve while the textile machine is being brought to a standstill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: NV MICHEL VAN DE WIELE
    Inventors: Geert Debuf, Wim Lassuyt
  • Publication number: 20180342964
    Abstract: A method and a device for bringing a textile machine to a controlled standstill in the event of a failure of the power supply, and a correspondingly equipped textile machine, the textile machine having at least two axes that are driven in synchronization by respective electric motors (M1-M5) connected to a common intermediate voltage circuit (1), and in which at least one electric motor acting as power generator can supply electric power to at least one other electric motor via the common DC bus (1), and in which the voltage (V) on the common DC bus is controlled by varying at least two variables in such a way that the voltage follows a previously defined curve while the textile machine is being brought to a standstill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: NV MICHEL VAN DE WIELE
    Inventors: Geert DEBUF, Wim LASSUYT