Patents by Inventor Markus Heidrich

Markus Heidrich 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).

  • Publication number: 20230236320
    Abstract: A device for detecting the surroundings of a vehicle and a method for detecting the surroundings, and a vehicle designed to carry out said method comprise a camera module, a camera control apparatus, an analysis unit and an illumination device. The illumination device is formed by a matrix headlight of the vehicle and is designed such that it can project a light pattern into the surroundings. The projected light pattern is imaged in the detection region of the camera module and the 3D position of measurement points formed by the light pattern in the surroundings is determined by the analysis unit. However, the illumination device projects the light pattern only into regions of the surroundings in which the analysis unit has ascertained, based on image data, a value that is critical for 3D position determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thilo KRAUSE, Markus HEIDRICH, Timo IKEN
  • Patent number: 10361612
    Abstract: The invention relates to a short-circuiting ring for an electric machine, comprising a single-piece serpentine ring member (7) made of a single-piece strip material. The invention also relates to a rotor for an electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20170155310
    Abstract: The invention relates to a short-circuiting ring for an electric machine, comprising a single-piece serpentine ring member (7) made of a single-piece strip material. The invention also relates to a rotor for an electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Markus Heidrich
  • Patent number: 9601949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synchronous machine with hybridenergisation, in particular a generator for supplying the electrical system of a motor vehicle, comprising a laminated stator (16) with a multiphase stator winding (18) and a laminated rotor (20) with an energizer winding (29), which together with permanent magnets (24,25) around the rotor periphery, provides the energisation for the machine. According to the invention, favorable electrical and magnetic properties and an improvement in manufacturing conditions of the machine can be achieved, wherein the grooves (40) for the energiser windings (29) are disproportionately enlarged in relation to the groove base (44) and are preferably bell-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Reutlinger, Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20140184010
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synchronous machine with hybridenergisation, in particular a generator for supplying the electrical system of a motor vehicle, comprising a laminated stator (16) with a multiphase stator winding (18) and a laminated rotor (20) with an energizer winding (29), which together with permanent magnets (24,25) around the rotor periphery, provides the energisation for the machine. According to the invention, favorable electrical and magnetic properties and an improvement in manufacturing conditions of the machine can be achieved, wherein the grooves (40) for the energiser windings (29) are disproportionately enlarged in relation to the groove base (44) and are preferably bell-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Reutlinger, Markus Heidrich
  • Patent number: 8729766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synchronous machine with hybrid energization, in particular a generator for supplying the electrical system of a motor vehicle, comprising a laminated stator (16) with a multiphase stator winding (18) and a laminated rotor (20) with an energizer winding (29), which together with permanent magnets (24,25) around the rotor periphery, provides the energization for the machine. According to the invention, favorable electrical and magnetic properties and an improvement in manufacturing conditions of the machine can be achieved, wherein the grooves (40) for the energizer windings (29) are disproportionately enlarged in relation to the groove base (44) and are preferably bell-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Reutlinger, Markus Heidrich
  • Patent number: 8405257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a DC current machine, in particular a DC current motor for driving a blower of a motor vehicle, with a pole housing forming the stator of the machine, a rotor that is rotatably mounted in two bearing plates, and with a brush support for supplying current to the rotor. According to the invention, a support is integrated into the brush support, with de-tensioning for the electrical connecting cables of the machine, which means that a secure fastening, de-tensioning, and insulation of the connecting cables is achieved without additional components and without additional expense in the assembly of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Maurer, Wolfgang Winkler, Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20110304233
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine, particularly a transversal flux machine, comprising a rotor (1) designed as outer rotor (2) or inner rotor (57), comprising at least one reflux ring (7) having a longitudinal axis (27, 39, 52), permanent magnets (3, 31, 44, 58) having alternating magnetic polarity (14, 32) being disposed in an angular offset manner on said reflux ring. According to the invention, the reflux ring (7) comprises at least two axially adjacently joined reflux partial rings (5, 6, 28, 29, 35, 43, 50, 51, 60, 61) and the permanent magnets (3, 31, 44, 58) are located in the gaps (17) between the permanent magnets (3, 31, 44, 58) of the other reflux partial ring (5, 6, 28, 29, 35, 43, 50, 51, 60, 61) when joining the two reflux partial rings (5, 6, 28, 29, 35, 43, 50, 51, 60, 61). The invention further relates to a method for producing an electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Meyer, Hubert Greif, Kurt Reutlinger, Markus Heidrich, Roberto Carlos Retana Hernández
  • Publication number: 20110227442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synchronous machine with hybrid energisation, in particular a generator for supplying the electrical system of a motor vehicle, comprising a laminated stator (16) with a multiphase stator winding (18) and a laminated rotor (20) with an energiser winding (29), which together with permanent magnets (24,25) around the rotor periphery, provides the energisation for the machine. According to the invention, favorable electrical and magnetic properties and an improvement in manufacturing conditions of the machine can be achieved, wherein the grooves (40) for the energiser windings (29) are disproportionately enlarged in relation to the groove base (44) and are preferably bell-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Reutlinger, Markus Heidrich
  • Patent number: 7872388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical machine including a rotor shaft, a hollow-cylindrical magnet element, a first covering disk, and a second covering disk, in which the first and second covering disks are secured to the rotor shaft, and the magnet element is secured on its first axial end to the first covering disk and on its second axial end to the second covering disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Evans, Wolf-Joachim Eggers, Helmut Aesche, Marlene Aesche, legal representative, Jens Helmut Aesche, legal representative, Heidi Marlene Aesche, legal representative, Juergen Herp, Markus Heidrich, Steven-Andrew Evans, Tilo Koenig, Markus Peters, Joachim Van Wijhe, Lin Feuerrohr
  • Patent number: 7843096
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for accommodating an electric motor (30), particularly a blower motor for a heating or air-conditioning system, comprising an essentially pot-shaped accommodating housing (12) serving as a motor housing and having an accommodating opening (32) in which the pole casing (46) of an electric motor (30) can be inserted while at least partially projecting inside. The inventive device also comprises a retaining flange (14) mounted on the accommodating housing (12) and serving to fasten the motor housing (12) to a supporting element, and comprises a control and regulating unit (20) mounted on the retaining flange (14) and serving to operate the electric motor (30). The invention provides that the accommodating housing (12) has, in the peripheral direction, at least one flattened area (36,40), which differs from a circular shape while corresponds with at least one flattening (54) of an outer contour of the control and regulating unit (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Winkler, Josef Foerstera, Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20100045128
    Abstract: The invention relates to a DC current machine, in particular a DC current motor for driving a blower of a motor vehicle, with a pole housing forming the stator of the machine, a rotor that is rotatably mounted in two bearing plates, and with a brush support for supplying current to the rotor. According to the invention, a support is integrated into the brush support, with de-tensioning for the electrical connecting cables of the machine, which means that a secure fastening, de-tensioning, and insulation of the connecting cables is achieved without additional components and without additional expense in the assembly of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Erik Maurer, Wolfgang Winkler, Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20090039718
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for accommodating an electric motor (30), particularly a blower motor for a heating or air-conditioning system, comprising an essentially pot-shaped accommodating housing (12) serving as a motor housing and having an accommodating opening (32) in which the pole casing (46) of an electric motor (30) can be inserted while at least partially projecting inside. The inventive device also comprises a retaining flange (14) mounted on the accommodating housing (12) and serving to fasten the motor housing (12) to a supporting element, and comprises a control and regulating unit (20) mounted on the retaining flange (14) and serving to operate the electric motor (30). The invention provides that the accommodating housing (12) has, in the peripheral direction, at least one flattened area (36,40), which differs from a circular shape while corresponds with at least one flattening (54) of an outer contour of the control and regulating unit (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Winkler, Josef Foerstera, Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20080093937
    Abstract: An electrical machine, preferably a blower drive mechanism for a motor vehicle, having a shaft which is supported in at least two bearings with a specified axial play; a cylindrical bearing is secured in a bearing seat of an end shield and rests directly on the bearing seat. The cylindrical bearing has a cylindrical outer circumference, and the bearing seat is a sleeve with a cylindrical inside diameter, into which sleeve the cylindrical bearing is secured with a press fit on the outer circumference and is held axially in the bearing seat by the thus-attained frictional engagement. This has the advantage that more-precise adjustment of the longitudinal play of the armature is possible. Moreover, no additional components such as retaining springs are necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Winkler, Markus Heidrich, Hans-Peter Seebacher, Fernando Silva, Christian Ernst
  • Publication number: 20070194648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical machine including a rotor shaft, a hollow-cylindrical magnet element, a first covering disk, and a second covering disk, in which the first and second covering disks are secured to the rotor shaft, and the magnet element is secured on its first axial end to the first covering disk and on its second axial end to the second covering disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Susanne Evans, Wolf-Joachim Eggers, Helmut Aesche, Juergen Herp, Markus Heidrich, Steven-Andrew Evans, Tilo Koenig, Markus Peters, Joachim Van Wijhe, Lin Feuerrohr, Marlene Aesche, Jens Aesche, Heidi Aesche
  • Publication number: 20040174087
    Abstract: A stator for an electrical rotor motor has at least one stator pole tooth, a pole shoe, a coil body integrally extruded on the pole shoe, and at least one preassembled coil which is wound on the coil body and also slid onto the stator pole tooth and secured to the stator pole tooth by a unit of the pole shoe on which the coil body is integrally extruded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventor: Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20040113511
    Abstract: Structural elements according to the related art are composed of a carrying body in the case of which it is expensive to arrange a winding, and the filling between the poles is not optimal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Ralf Schmidt, Markus Heidrich
  • Patent number: 6732986
    Abstract: A magnet mount for at least one magnet includes a carrier element and at least one restraining element. The restraining element is formed as a single piece with the carrier element. The restraining element preferably is formed simply and cost-effectively as a projection protruding from the carrier element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20020162939
    Abstract: A magnet mount according to the related art comprises two pieces. A magnet mount (1) according to the invention comprises a single piece and thereby reduces the number of to be installed and simplifies the installation procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventor: Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20020149282
    Abstract: A stator according to the related art comprises preassembled coils that are slid onto stator pole teeth and secured to the respective stator pole tooth by means of a single part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Markus Heidrich