Patents by Inventor Felix Springer

Felix Springer 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).

  • Method for detecting contamination of a MEMS sensor element
    Patent number: 11629047
    Abstract: A method for detecting contamination of a microelectromechanical sensor element. The method includes the following steps: outputting heating control signals for controlling a heating device in order to heat the sensor element, receiving measuring signals that represent a physical variable that is measured with the aid of the heated sensor element, ascertaining, based on the measured physical variable, whether the sensor element has contamination or is free of contamination, outputting result signals that represent a result indicating whether the sensor element has contamination or is free of contamination. Moreover, a device is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Kuells, Felix Springer, Martin Kittel
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTAMINATION OF A MEMS SENSOR ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20210300751
    Abstract: A method for detecting contamination of a microelectromechanical sensor element. The method includes the following steps: outputting heating control signals for controlling a heating device in order to heat the sensor element, receiving measuring signals that represent a physical variable that is measured with the aid of the heated sensor element, ascertaining, based on the measured physical variable, whether the sensor element has contamination or is free of contamination, outputting result signals that represent a result indicating whether the sensor element has contamination or is free of contamination. Moreover, a device is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Kuells, Felix Springer, Martin Kittel