Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Ludwig
Wolfgang Ludwig 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).
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Publication number: 20230275486Abstract: An end plate for an electric motor, having a receiving device with an inner lateral surface for receiving and holding at least one bearing, wherein at least four symmetrically arranged, radially extending elevations are positioned on the inner lateral surface of the receiving device such that there is a clearance for receiving and holding at least one sealing element between two internal elevations on the inner lateral surface and two external elevations on the inner lateral surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Konrad ARTMANN, Wolfgang LUDWIG, Wolfgang SCHREIBER, Tobias SCHMID
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Patent number: 11535351Abstract: A device (2) for demagnetizing and for measuring the magnetic signature of a stationary hull (4) and for simulating a magnetic field, including a demagnetization coil assembly (8), a magnetic field sensor assembly (10) and a simulation coil assembly (12a, 12b, 12c), which can be positioned next to the hull (4) in a horizontal manner on one side and the cross-sectional areas of the demagnetization coils (8) and of the simulation coils (12a, 12b, 12c) being disposed in the longitudinal direction of the hull (4) with horizontally oriented surface normals. The demagnetization coils (8) produce an alternating magnetic field; the simulation coils (12a, 12b, 12c) produce a stationary simulated magnetic field in all three dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: STL SYSTEMS AGInventors: Wolfgang Ludwig, Stefan Ludwig, Christoph Ludwig, Sezgin Kama, Adrianus J. Steinfort
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Publication number: 20220017188Abstract: A device (2) for demagnetizing and for measuring the magnetic signature of a stationary hull (4) and for simulating a magnetic field, including a demagnetization coil assembly (8), a magnetic field sensor assembly (10) and a simulation coil assembly (12a, 12b, 12c), which can be positioned next to the hull (4) in a horizontal manner on one side and the cross-sectional areas of the demagnetization coils (8) and of the simulation coils (12a, 12b, 12c) being disposed in the longitudinal direction of the hull (4) with horizontally oriented surface normals. The demagnetization coils (8) produce an alternating magnetic field; the simulation coils (12a, 12b, 12c) produce a stationary simulated magnetic field in all three dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: STL SYSTEMS AGInventors: Wolfgang Ludwig, Stefan Ludwig, Christoph Ludwig, Sezgin Kama, Adrianus J. Steinfort
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Patent number: 11228219Abstract: A winding support (100) that serves to at least partially accommodate a stator coil of a stator, whereby the winding support (100) has a plurality of protrusions (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) that can each be inserted in an insertion direction (E) into a cavity that is formed by two adjacent stator pole teeth of a laminated core of the stator, whereby at least one of the protrusions (1, 3, 5) has a different length in the insertion direction (E) than at least one of the other protrusions (2, 4, 6).Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten Tussing, Helmut Burger, Wolfgang Ludwig
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Publication number: 20210241961Abstract: A coil system (30, 40, 50) for generating a homogeneous magnetic field, includes a coil assembly (2), each assembly having at least two coils (S1, S2, S3), the respective windings (W1, W-2, W3) of which span. rotationally symmetrical faces lying plane-parallel to one another having different sizes and a common axis of rotation running perpendicularly to the faces, forming a coil axis (4), wherein a current can flow in the opposite direction through at least one of the coils (S1, S2, S3), and having at least two coil assemblies (2), wherein the coils (S1, S2, S3) of each coil assembly (2) are located within and oriented plane-parallel to the base of a generating pyramid, the tip of which coincides with the centre of a regular convex polyhedron and the base surface of which is identical to one such face of the convex polyhedron, on which the projection of the pyramid tip onto the pyramid base surface coincides with the centre of the pyramid base surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: STL SYSTEMS AGInventors: Christoph Ludwig, Stefan Ludwig, Wolfgang Ludwig
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Patent number: 10683048Abstract: An electric bicycle has an electric motor and an electric energy store for supplying energy to the electric motor. Accordingly, the bicycle has a first controller coupled to the electric motor and is configured to store a first keycode. The bicycle has a second controller coupled to the energy store and is configured to store a second keycode. The controllers are connected or can be connected to a data transmission system, which is a bus. The first and second controllers are configured such that at least one specified controller of the controllers receives the keycode of the other controller. The specified controller is configured to determine whether its keycode matches the received keycode of the other controller using specified criteria. An immobilizer for an electric bicycle can be formed from these components.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Mai, Wolfgang Ludwig, Rainer Hild
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Patent number: 10607493Abstract: An aircraft arrival determination system includes an arrival sequence determination unit that is configured to determine a position of an aircraft within a landing queue for a destination airport and an estimated landing time for the aircraft at the destination airport. A landing suggestion unit is configured to provide a landing suggestion for the aircraft. The landing suggestion provides information related to landing at the destination airport or diverting from the destination airport to an alternate airport.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Samantha A. Schwartz, Garoe Gonzalez Parra, Adam Karwan, Marcin Zadroga, Daniel Roman Jarozewski, Wolfgang Ludwig Mergenthaler
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Patent number: 10543756Abstract: A secondary unit arrangement of an inductive power transfer system includes a secondary unit having a secondary winding structure for receiving a magnetic or electromagnetic field generated by a primary unit, a detector device including plurality of detection elements for detecting an arrangement comprising the primary unit, a determination unit for determining at least one electrical property of the detector device with respect to different regions of an arrangement, thereby generating determination results consisting of a determination result for different regions of the arrangement, a comparison unit for comparing the determination results with existing information about the arrangement to be detected, wherein the existing information includes information about expected values for the different regions of the arrangement, thereby generating a comparison result, and a decision unit for deciding from the comparison result whether the determination results indicates that the detector device has detected the aType: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbHInventors: Christoph Ludwig, Wolfgang Ludwig, Adrianus Johannes Steinfort, Marnix Lannoije
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Patent number: 10532375Abstract: A discharge device can be used in a film package for storage of a one-component or multicomponent mass. The discharge device includes at least one receptacle for insertion of a film bag of the film package, and at least one piston disposed displaceably in the receptacle for discharging the mass from the film bag. The piston has a receiving groove for an accumulated film section of the at least partly emptied film bag.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wolfgang Ludwig, Matthias Wolf, Friedemann Setzer
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Patent number: 10518956Abstract: An assembly can be used for packaging chemical compounds. The assembly includes a foil pack for storage of a one-component or multicomponent compound, and a dispensing device for the foil pack. The foil pack has at least one elongated foil bag designed to be non-rigid, and one rigid head part having at least one fastening portion for one end of the foil bag and an outlet opening for discharge of the compound, where the dispensing device has at least one receptacle for pushing in the at least one film bag. The at least one elongated foil bag has, in a filled condition, the form of a truncated cone, the diameter of which narrows in the direction of a longitudinal axis, starting from the respective fastening portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Matthias Wolf, Wolfgang Ludwig
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Publication number: 20190288575Abstract: A winding support (100) that serves to at least partially accommodate a stator coil of a stator, whereby the winding support (100) has a plurality of protrusions (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) that can each be inserted in an insertion direction (E) into a cavity that is formed by two adjacent stator pole teeth of a laminated core of the stator, whereby at least one of the protrusions (1, 3, 5) has a different length in the insertion direction (E) than at least one of the other protrusions (2, 4, 6).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Torsten TUSSING, Helmut BURGER, Wolfgang LUDWIG
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Publication number: 20190275903Abstract: A secondary unit arrangement of an inductive power transfer system includes a secondary unit having a secondary winding structure for receiving a magnetic or electromagnetic field generated by a primary unit, a detector device including plurality of detection elements for detecting an arrangement comprising the primary unit, a determination unit for determining at least one electrical property of the detector device with respect to different regions of an arrangement, thereby generating determination results consisting of a determination result for different regions of the arrangement, a comparison unit for comparing the determination results with existing information about the arrangement to be detected, wherein the existing information includes information about expected values for the different regions of the arrangement, thereby generating a comparison result, and a decision unit for deciding from the comparison result whether the determination results indicates that the detector device has detected the aType: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Christoph Ludwig, Wolfgang Ludwig, Adrianus Johannes Steinfort, Marnix Lannoije
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Patent number: 10293696Abstract: The invention relates to method of detecting an arrangement having a primary unit of an inductive power transfer system and/or a secondary unit of the inductive power transfer system. The method including: using a detector device to detect the arrangement, the detector device having at least one electrical conductor, determining at least one electrical property of the detector device and generating determination results consisting of a determination result for each of different regions of the arrangement, and comparing the determination results with existing information about the arrangement to be detected. The existing information includes information about expected values for the different regions of the arrangement, thereby generating a comparison result, and deciding from the comparison result whether the determination results indicate that the detector device has detected the arrangement as expected.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbHInventors: Christoph Ludwig, Wolfgang Ludwig, Adrianus Johannes Steinfort, Marnix Lannoije
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Patent number: 10284024Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting at least one interfering body in a system for inductive energy transmission, wherein the system includes at least one primary coil unit, wherein the apparatus includes at least one interfering body detector means, wherein the at least one interfering body detector means includes at least one field coil means and at least one detector coil means which is assigned to the at least one field coil means, wherein the apparatus includes at least one evaluation means, wherein the interfering body is detectable depending on the state of coupling and/or the change in the state of coupling, wherein the apparatus includes at least one compensation means.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbHInventors: Christoph Ludwig, Adrianus Johannes Steinfort, Wolfgang Ludwig
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Publication number: 20190015865Abstract: A discharge device can be used in a film package for storage of a one-component or multicomponent mass. The discharge device includes at least one receptacle for insertion of a film bag of the film package, and at least one piston disposed displaceably in the receptacle for discharging the mass from the film bag. The piston has a receiving groove for an accumulated film section of the at least partly emptied film bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Wolfgang LUDWIG, Matthias WOLF, Friedemann SETZER
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Publication number: 20180346227Abstract: An assembly can be used for packaging chemical compounds. The assembly includes a foil pack for storage of a one-component or multicomponent compound, and a dispensing device for the foil pack. The foil pack has at least one elongated foil bag designed to be non-rigid, and one rigid head part having at least one fastening portion for one end of the foil bag and an outlet opening for discharge of the compound, where the dispensing device has at least one receptacle for pushing in the at least one film bag. The at least one elongated foil bag has, in a filled condition, the form of a truncated cone, the diameter of which narrows in the direction of a longitudinal axis, starting from the respective fastening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Hilti AktiengesellchaftInventors: Matthias WOLF, Wolfgang LUDWIG
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Publication number: 20180297656Abstract: An electric bicycle has an electric motor and an electric energy store for supplying energy to the electric motor. Accordingly, the bicycle has a first controller coupled to the electric motor and is configured to store a first keycode. The bicycle has a second controller coupled to the energy store and is configured to store a second keycode. The controllers are connected or can be connected to a data transmission system, which is a bus. The first and second controllers are configured such that at least one specified controller of the controllers receives the keycode of the other controller. The specified controller is configured to determine whether its keycode matches the received keycode of the other controller using specified criteria. An immobilizer for an electric bicycle can be formed from these components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: WOLFGANG MAI, WOLFGANG LUDWIG, RAINER HILD
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Publication number: 20180289018Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods for decontaminating food contact surfaces using a fine spray/mist that comprise an antimicrobial composition comprising an organic acid and an organic citrus extract. The spray application reduces the microbiological populations on the surface of food contact surfaces, including potential pathogens, thereby reducing cross-contamination and improving food safety. The composition described herein can be use to target a number of microbiological pathogens, including L. monocytogenes, which is a known cross-contaminant in retail environments such as deli counters and slicers due to its ability to grow at refrigerated temperatures and moist environments making it a known cause of post-processing contamination of ready-to-eat food products.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jasdeep K. SAINI, Kevon LEDGERWOOD, Wolfgang LUDWIG
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Patent number: 9961905Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods for decontaminating food contact surfaces using a fine spray/mist that comprise an antimicrobial composition comprising an organic acid and an organic citrus extract. The spray application reduces the microbiological populations on the surface of food contact surfaces, including potential pathogens, thereby reducing cross-contamination and improving food safety. The composition described herein can be use to target a number of microbiological pathogens, including L. monocytogenes, which is a known cross-contaminant in retail environments such as deli counters and slicers due to its ability to grow at refrigerated temperatures and moist environments making it a known cause of post-processing contamination of ready-to-eat food products.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: WTI, INC.Inventors: Jasdeep K. Saini, Kevon Ledgerwood, Wolfgang Ludwig
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Patent number: 9938493Abstract: A method for producing a single-use cell culture container at least partially made of polymer material, wherein the cell culture container is treated with gamma radiation for sterilization, characterized in that the cell culture container is treated with inert gas and/or a defined amount of oxygen before the irradiation in order to prevent the occurrence of an “extended lag phase”.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SARTORUIS STEDIM BIOTECH GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Ludwig Erl, Joseph Seidl