Patents by Inventor Bernd Banzhaf

Bernd Banzhaf has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10598014
    Abstract: The turbomachine comprises a casing (26), there being arranged in the casing an impeller (23) arranged on a driven shaft. The turbomachine has an inflow region (21) and an outflow region (22) and, in operation, is flowed through by a working medium. The working medium flows into the inflow region, along a front side (23a) formed on the impeller and subsequently out of the outflow region, there being a pressure drop at the front side between the inflow region and the outflow region. A pressure divider (9) is arranged on the rear side of the impeller, opposite the front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wengert, Bernd Banzhaf, Frank Ulrich Rueckert, Nadja Eisenmenger
  • Publication number: 20170350252
    Abstract: The turbomachine comprises a casing (26), there being arranged in the casing an impeller (23) arranged on a driven shaft. The turbomachine has an inflow region (21) and an outflow region (22) and, in operation, is flowed through by a working medium. The working medium flows into the inflow region, along a front side (23a) formed on the impeller and subsequently out of the outflow region, there being a pressure drop at the front side between the inflow region and the outflow region. A pressure divider (9) is arranged on the rear side of the impeller, opposite the front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas WENGERT, Bernd BANZHAF, Frank Ulrich RUECKERT, Nadja EISENMENGER
  • Patent number: 9206691
    Abstract: In a Laval nozzle (10) having a flow channel (12), which has a flow cross-section (14) extending in a convergent-divergent manner, according to the invention the flow channel (12) comprises mutually opposing first flow channel walls (16, 16?), which are formed by two nozzle bodies (18, 18?) spaced a fixed distance apart from one another. Two mutually opposite second flow channel walls (20, 20?), which can be moved relative toward one another or away from one another for adjusting the flow cross-section (14) of the flow channel (12), are disposed between the nozzle bodies (18, 18?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Hasemann, Manfred Schmitt, Ilona Krinn, Bernd Banzhaf, Juergen Stegmaier, Patrick Glaser
  • Patent number: 9128480
    Abstract: A safety controller controls an automated installation on the basis of project data representing an individual application running. The safety controller has a plurality of controller hardware components. At least some controller hardware components have a respective project data memory. The project data memories each are designed to store project data supplied to them. The safety controller includes a connecting unit, such as a communication network, which connects the controller hardware components to one another. The safety controller also has a distribution unit for distributing at least some of the project data via the connecting unit to at least some of the project data memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: PILZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Reusch, Karsten Petzold, Michael Kling, Patrick Schips, Bernd Banzhaf, Florian Stanko, Herbert Walter, Timo Nawratil
  • Patent number: 8789370
    Abstract: A device for utilizing the waste heat of an internal combustion includes a single-stage or multi-stage supercharging device, which is designed as an exhaust-gas turbocharger in particular. The single-stage or multi-stage supercharging device is assigned an additional supercharging device including an expansion machine acted upon by an auxiliary circuit, in particular a steam circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Stegmaier, Martin Cichon, Manfred Schmitt, Bernd Banzhaf, Achim Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8720202
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation device for recirculating exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine to a fresh-air side of the internal combustion engine. For this purpose, it is provided that the exhaust gas recirculation device has at least one compressor for compressing the exhaust gas supplied to the fresh-air side of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Stegmaier, Martin Cichon, Manfred Schmitt, Bernd Banzhaf, Achim Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20130205783
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steam turbine (10), in particular for using the waste heat of an internal combustion engine (2), comprising at least one rotor (26) and at least one stator (20), said stator (20) comprising at least two nozzles (22) which are arranged in parallel in relation to each other. The nozzles (22) are designed for different load points of the rotor (26) and can be switched on and off independently from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ilona Krinn, Juergen Stegmaier, Manfred Schmitt, Bernd Banzhaf, Nadja Eisenmenger, Juergen Hilzinger, Patrick Glaser
  • Publication number: 20130058772
    Abstract: In a Laval nozzle (10) having a flow channel (12), which has a flow cross-section (14) extending in a convergent-divergent manner, according to the invention the flow channel (12) comprises mutually opposing first flow channel walls (16, 16?), which are formed by two nozzle bodies (18, 18?) spaced a fixed distance apart from one another. Two mutually opposite second flow channel walls (20, 20?), which can be moved relative toward one another or away from one another for adjusting the flow cross-section (14) of the flow channel (12), are disposed between the nozzle bodies (18, 18?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Heinrich Hasemann, Manfred Schmitt, Ilona Krinn, Bernd Banzhaf, Juergen Stegmaier, Patrick Glaser
  • Publication number: 20120204558
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation device for recirculating exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine to a fresh-air side of the internal combustion engine. For this purpose, it is provided that the exhaust gas recirculation device has at least one compressor for compressing the exhaust gas supplied to the fresh-air side of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Juergen Stegmaier, Martin Cichon, Manfred Schmitt, Bernd Banzhaf, Achim Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120144825
    Abstract: A device for utilizing the waste heat of an internal combustion includes a single-stage or multi-stage supercharging device, which is designed as an exhaust-gas turbocharger in particular. The single-stage or multi-stage supercharging device is assigned an additional supercharging device including an expansion machine acted upon by an auxiliary circuit, in particular a steam circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Juergen Stegmaier, Martin Cichon, Manfred Schmitt, Bernd Banzhaf, Achim Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120116541
    Abstract: A safety controller controls an automated installation on the basis of project data representing an individual application running. The safety controller has a plurality of controller hardware components. At least some controller hardware components have a respective project data memory. The project data memories each are designed to store project data supplied to them. The safety controller includes a connecting unit, such as a communication network, which connects the controller hardware components to one another. The safety controller also has a distribution unit for distributing at least some of the project data via the connecting unit to at least some of the project data memories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Matthias REUSCH, Karsten Petzold, Michael Kling, Patrick Schips, Bernd Banzhaf, Florian Stanko, Herbert Walter, Timo Nawratil