Inventor · Bad Abbach, DE

Hellmut Freudenberg

34Patents
10h-index
55Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 16, 1992 → Dec 19, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6016040A Device and method for driving at least one capacitive actuator Electricity 26 Expired
US6060814A Device and method for driving at least one capacitive actuator Electricity 21 Expired
US6133714A Method of driving at least one capacitive actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 18 Expired
US6366868B2 Method and configuration for diagnosis of a capacitive actuator Physics 15 Expired
US6236190A Method and device for driving a capacitive actuator Electricity 15 Expired
US6121715A Method and device for driving a capacitive control element Electricity 13 Expired
US6109245A Apparatus and method for driving a piezoelectrically controlled fuel injection valve Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US6271618A Method and configuration for driving a capacitive actuator Electricity 12 Expired
US6198199A Method for diagnosing a short circuit at a capacitive actuator Physics 11 Expired
US5986360A Device and method for controlling at least one capacitive actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US6441535B2 Method and apparatus for driving at least one capacitive control element Electricity 9 Expired
US6081062A Method and device for driving at least one capacitive actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Expired
US6472796B1 Method and apparatus for controlling a capacitive actuator Electricity 8 Expired
US6137208A Device and method for driving a capacitive actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Expired
US6212053A Device and method for driving at least one capacitive actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US6078198A Device and method for driving a capacitive actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US8198783B2 Piezoelectric actuator with encapsulation layer having a thickness-varying property gradient Electricity 5 Active
US7040297B2 Method for controlling a piezo-actuated fuel-injection valve Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Expired
US6333585A Discharge circuit for a capacitive actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Expired
US6491027B1 Method of driving a capacitive actuator of a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Expired
US7851978B2 Piezo actuator comprising a multilayer encapsulation, and method for the production thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7406952B2 Method and device for controllling an injector Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Expired
US5279275A Process for operating an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Expired
US5301649A Ignition device for internal combustion engines Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Expired
US6917141B2 Device with a piezoelectric actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Expired

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