Inventor · Franklin, WI, US

Peter B. Schmidt

38Patents
11h-index
45Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 30, 1992 → Aug 9, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6172498A Method and apparatus for rotor angle detection Physics 45 Expired
US6480752B1 Final operating element positioning device Electricity 31 Expired
US6144181A Method and apparatus for reducing resonance in a dual inertia system Physics 27 Expired
US5495158A Apparatus and method used with AC motors for controlling motor operation Electricity 25 Expired
US9490738B2 Sensorless motor drive vector control Electricity 22 Active
US8228013B2 Method and apparatus for automatically identifying electrical parameters in a sensor-less PMSM Electricity 16 Active
US9294019B2 Method and apparatus for controlling power converter with inverter output filter Electricity 15 Active
US9054621B2 Position sensorless open loop control for motor drives with output filter and transformer Electricity 15 Active
US9374028B2 Transition scheme for position sensorless control of AC motor drives Electricity 14 Active
US5397515A Injection molding machine temperature control system Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US6597146B1 Method and apparatus to compensate for cyclic load disturbances in a control system Physics 12 Expired
US7395124B2 Adaptive motor drive method and apparatus including inertia estimator Physics 10 Active
US6005465A Coil assembly and method for contacting the coil on a support body Electricity 8 Expired
US5825115A Electric motor and indicating mechanism, in particular for indicating instruments in motor vehicles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6534888B1 Electric motor intended to be fixed to a printed circuit board Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US8497655B2 Method and apparatus for estimating rotor position in a sensorless synchronous motor Electricity 7 Active
US7141946B2 Method and apparatus for providing optimal acceleration feedback Electricity 6 Expired
US7627440B2 Inertia and load torque estimating method and apparatus Physics 6 Active
US8159168B2 Rotor position estimator for an electrical machine Electricity 6 Active
US9054611B2 Method and apparatus for stability control of open loop motor drive operation Electricity 5 Active
US7944164B2 Method and apparatus for identifying orientation of a stationary rotor in a sensor-less PMSM Electricity 5 Active
US10020766B2 Current control of motor drives with output sinewave filter Electricity 4 Active
US9774284B2 Rotor position estimation apparatus and methods Electricity 4 Active
US9595896B1 Methods and systems for sensorless closed loop motor speed and torque control Electricity 4 Active
US9287812B2 Method and apparatus for stability control of open loop motor drive operation Electricity 4 Active

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