Inventor · Vöhrenbach, DE

Hermann Rappenecker

34Patents
15h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 17, 1994 → Jan 10, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5933573A Method of controlling an electric motor and apparatus for carrying out the method Electricity 47 Expired
US5847523A Method of limiting current in a DC motor and DC motor system for implementing said method Electricity 46 Expired
US6997684B2 Fan motor with digital controller for applying substantially constant driving current Electricity 42 Expired
US6452349B1 Electronically commutated motor Electricity 39 Expired
US6825632B2 Direct current machine with a controllable arrangement for limiting current Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 38 Expired
US6906484B1 Method for limiting the current in an electric motor, and a motor for carrying out one such method Electricity 37 Expired
US5590235A DC motor control with periodic reset Electricity 36 Expired
US5845045A Method and apparatus for DC motor speed control Electricity 34 Expired
US6463546B1 Method and apparatus for monitoring a microprocessor Physics 33 Expired
US6496786B1 Method and apparatus for measuring a frequency datum Electricity 33 Expired
US6810292B1 Method for nonvolatile storage of at least one operating data value of an electrical motor, and electrical motor for said method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6097129A Electronically commutated motor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6831431B1 Method for regulating the rotational speed of a motor and a motor for carrying out a method of this type Electricity 18 Expired
US7548003B2 External-rotor motor having a stationary bearing shaft Electricity 16 Active
US6903526B2 Electronically commutated DC motor comprising a bridge circuit Electricity 15 Expired
US6982534B2 Method for operating an electronically commutated motor, and motor for carrying out one such method Electricity 15 Expired
US6163117A Electronically commutated motor and method of controlling such a motor Electricity 15 Expired
US6825625B1 Device with an electromotor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6967459B2 Method for controlling or regulating the current in a direct current machine for a fan Electricity 10 Expired
US6906486B2 Electronically commutated motor Electricity 9 Expired
US7038412B2 Device with an electromotor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7049718B2 External-rotor motor having a stationary bearing shaft Electricity 9 Expired
US6876165B1 Method for operating an electric motor, and an electric motor for carrying out such a method Electricity 8 Expired
US6496340B1 Arrangement with an electric motor Electricity 8 Expired
US6819069B2 Arrangement with an electric motor Electricity 8 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.