Development-Production-Consulting-Solution

The drive concepts and products of Elliptec are based on piezo-technology. Elliptec cultivates an open corporate culture to encourage creative thought and to create a collegial climate.

History
The company is a Siemens AG spin-off. At the location Berkeley, California (USA), a motor was developed based on piezoelectric ceramics that proved to be promising for a wide field of applications. The researcher team separated from Siemens in 2001 and formed an independent company in order to more quickly realize the motor’s full potential. Elliptec Resonant Actuator AG, or Elliptec for short, was thus founded in 2001.

Siemens AG transferred all rights to the technology to Elliptec and remains a minority investor.

In 2004, Elliptec invested heavily in the expansion of its manufacturing capacity. A new production facility was commissioned early 2005, which increased the available floor space twenty fold. Concurrently, Elliptec´s engineering team had further improved and optimized the manufacturing process. Complete automation was scheduled for mid-2005.

Executive Board
Dirk van Vinckenroye (CEO), Dr. Michael Schlüter (CTO)

Employees
Currently Elliptec AG employs about 30 people.

Headquarters
Dortmund

Investors
Intelligent Venture Capital
Siemens AG
Tbg Bonn
Apax

Cooperations
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Universität Karlsruhe
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Technische Universität Dresden
Universität Dortmund
University of California, Berkeley

Issued Patents for products and methods
AU2003209048, AU2001250400, DE60115220D, DE50203106D, DE102007006400, EP1430592, EP1273096, EP1430547, EP1483826, HK1051444, HK1069931, HK1070187, IL160941, NZ534848, TW526634, US7173362, US6870304, US6825592, US6690101, US6664714, US7187102, US7224099, US7342347, US7368853, US7436101.
Further patents have been applied for.

Trademarks
Elliptec™, Elliptec Motor™, Elliptec Minimotor ™, Elliptec Actuator™, Elliptec Module™, Elliptec Controller™

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