Inventor · Germantown, WI, US

Robert H. Schmidt

28Patents
7h-index
54Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 31, 2007 → Oct 23, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8571904B2 Self sensing component interface system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 197 Active
US10442637B2 Linear drive system having central, distributed and group control Physics 23 Active
US7929323B2 Method and apparatus for pre-charging power converters and diagnosing pre-charge faults Electricity 17 Active
US8525468B2 Motor drive system with bus voltage control Electricity 12 Active
US10488282B2 System and method for monitoring installation and health of belt driven motor/drive applications Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Active
US7480124B2 Detection of an AC input phase-loss on a multi-phase AC servo drive Electricity 9 Active
US7679299B2 Techniques for redundancy and fault tolerance in high demand machine safety applications Physics 7 Active
US10432117B1 System and method for monitoring mover status in an independent cart system Electricity 6 Active
US10985685B1 System and method for wireless power transfer in a linear cart system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9673685B2 System and method for detection of motor vibration Electricity 4 Active
US10879831B1 Method and system for real-time anomaly detection in a motor drive Physics 4 Active
US10717365B2 System and method for limiting motion in an independent cart system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US11831182B1 System and method for in-line wireless energy transfer and sensing in an independent cart system Electricity 2 Active
US11581838B2 System and method for wireless power transfer in a linear cart system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10746590B2 Method and apparatus for online condition monitoring of variable speed motor applications Electricity 1 Active
US10284121B2 Permanent magnet motor with absolute rotor position detection Electricity 1 Active
US10720864B2 System and method for monitoring mover status in an independent cart system Electricity 1 Active
US10938967B2 Method and apparatus for communication in a motor drive application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11767174B2 System and method for contactless monitoring of performance in an independent cart system Physics 1 Active
US11211851B2 System and method for providing safe limited force producing power in a motor Electricity 0 Active
US9354651B2 Sizing and tuning methodology for optimized motion control components and energy efficiency Electricity 0 Active
US9684288B2 Motion control systems with improved energy efficiency Physics 0 Active
US10263497B2 System and method for active cooling of on-machine devices Electricity 0 Active
US10375216B2 Method and apparatus for communication in a motor drive application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11667480B2 Systems and methods of applying reversible adhesion in a transportation system Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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