Patents by Inventor Dieter Hussmann

Dieter Hussmann 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: 6222732
    Abstract: The electrical unit has a printed circuit board (10) supporting the circuit, which includes a power component (11) which generates heat. In order to dissipate this heat from the power component, the power component rests on a heat conductive layer (13) which in turn is applied to the upper side (12) of the printed circuit board. This heat conductive layer further has a portion of the lid (18, 19) of the housing resting on it, which serves as a cooling area. Alternatively, the cooling area can be a free-standing cooling element. The heat transfer thus takes place via the heat conductive layer (13) to the cooling element (18, 19) so that the latter may be applied and formed independently of type and form of the power component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Jakob, Joachim Zimmermann, Friedrich Horn, Hans Rummel, Thomas Sutter, Dieter Karr, Karl Schupp, Dieter Neuhaus, Dieter Hussmann, Peter Jares
  • Patent number: 6128189
    Abstract: A device for dissipation of the thermal power loss of an electronic or electromechanical component (10) is proposed, in which an adequate cooling surface area is available. To obtain the largest possible cooling surface area at low assembly outlay, the components (1) have a heat-conducting connection with a metal-coated surface of a printed circuit board (2). The coated surface parts (5, 7) protrude as far as a connecting segment (10; 10a, 10b, 10c) of a housing (8, 9) that entirely or partially surrounds the printed circuit board (2). At least one connecting segment (10, 10a, 10b, 10c) of the housing (8, 9) is embodied in crowned fashion on its surface such, that upon fastening of the housing (8, 9) to the printed circuit board (2), a durable contact pressure between the housing (8, 9) and the printed circuit board (2) is exerted by the deformation of the crowned surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hussmann, Peter Jares, Thomas Jessberger, Didier Weber
  • Patent number: 5418685
    Abstract: In order to provide protection against disruptive radiation and achieve good conduction of heat, a housing for control devices which has multiple parts is provided with a printed circuit board carrying power components and control elements with a peripherally extending lining of electrically and thermally conducting material. The printed circuit board is clamped between the housing halves in the region of the linings. The power components are contacted by the lining so as to be thermally conducting, while control elements which give off intensive disruptive radiation or are sensitive to such radiation are enclosed within connecting pieces projecting from the walls of the housing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hussmann, Thomas Jessberger, Dieter Karr, Karl Schupp, Peter Jares, Dieter Neuhaus, Markus Harsch, Bernd Weber
  • Patent number: 5284448
    Abstract: In an electrical switching or control unit, several components are arranged, sealed, within a housing (24). A plug body (10) is accommodated in an aperture (14) of a collar-like front plate (13) which itself is fixed to the edge of the housing (24). The connection between the plug body (10) and the front plate (13) is made by an locking cam (21) which is inserted in grooves (18, 19) which are opposite each other in the front plate (13) and the plug body (10) and which is fixed in its position by the housing (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hussmann, Thomas Jessberger, Dieter Karr, Gerhard Klein
  • Patent number: 5272593
    Abstract: The housing for an electronic circuit is box-shaped, and on each of its longitudinal sides in its interior has a shoulder (44, 45), and above each of those a ridge (47, 48) and -- extending along a longitudinal side. A cooling frame (11) is pushed into the grooves (52, 53) formed between shoulder and ridge, with a printed circuit board (10) being fixed to the underside of the cooling frame. In its interior, the cooling frame has cooling tabs (15, 16, 17) which stand perpendicular to the surface of the printed circuit board and on which power components (20) are fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Jakob, Karl Schupp, Dieter Hussmann, Thomas Jessberger, Dieter Karr
  • Patent number: 5243131
    Abstract: The housing for an electronic circuit provided with a connection plug, particularly for control device electronics of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, includes a cooling frame to which a printed circuit board having the electronic circuit is fastened and which has at least one cooling portion with which power components connected to the printed circuit board are connected so as to conduct heat, and also includes a cover enclosing the printed circuit board. For a simple construction, it is suggested that the cooling frame (5) be constructed as a flat frame (6) with flat frame legs (8, 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) substantially parallel to the plane (7) of the printed circuit board (3), the housing cover pieces (12, 13) forming the cover (11) being arranged at the upper and lower sides (9, 10) of the flat frame (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Jakob, Willy Bentz, Dieter Hussmann, Peter Schiefer, Dieter Karr
  • Patent number: 5140500
    Abstract: A housing for an electronic circuit, especially for a control electronic device of a motor vehicle, has a printed circuit board adapted to carry an electronic circuit, a plug strip, a front plate, a cooling frame mounted on the board and having at least one cooling portion, power elements connected with the cooling portion in a heat conductive manner. The front plate is provided with cooling ribs and the cooling frame is provided with at least one cooling leg facing toward the plug strip so that the plug strip is located between the front plate with the cooling ribs and the cooling leg of the cooling frame. The front plate and the cooling frame are connected through a heat conducting web on the front plate in a heat conducting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Klein, Dieter Hussmann, Dieter Karr, Karl Schupp
  • Patent number: 4531796
    Abstract: An electrical connector combination thoroughly sealed against moisture and dirt and resistant to temperature variations and shaking forces consists of a male connector (1) equipped with connector prongs (3) set in a casing (2) and a female connector (10) having corresponding sockets (12) disposed in a casing (13) in which a compressible seal plug (22) is set which surrounds the conductors which are electrically and mechanically affixed to the connector sockets (12). The seal plug 12 is compressed by an assembly of rigid parts including the casing plug (13), a metallic washer (25) and a cap nut (27), the last of which can be screwed tight with a certain torque to clamp the assembly. A sealing effect is exerted on the conductors (11) and the casing plug (13) in a radial direction without exposing the seal plug (22) to rotary movement. A seal ring (9) is seated on a forward section (15) of the socket casing plug (13) extending into the male connector casing (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Gansert, Dieter Hussmann, Gert Jakob