Patents by Inventor Martin Zug

Martin Zug 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: 10670000
    Abstract: A hydrostatic positive-displacement machine, in particular a hydrostatic axial piston machine, having a cylinder drum with at least one cylinder, in which a longitudinally displaceable piston is received, which is supported directly or indirectly by a support portion on an inclined plane of the positive-displacement machine. An outer circumferential surface portion of the piston is in bearing contact with an inner circumferential surface portion of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Zug, Rene Scheerer
  • Publication number: 20190003466
    Abstract: A hydrostatic positive-displacement machine, in particular a hydrostatic axial piston machine, having a cylinder drum with at least one cylinder, in which a longitudinally displaceable piston is received, which is supported directly or indirectly by a support portion on an inclined plane of the positive-displacement machine. An outer circumferential surface portion of the piston is in bearing contact with an inner circumferential surface portion of the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Zug, Rene Scheerer
  • Patent number: 9879533
    Abstract: A spring return apparatus for elastically prestressing sliding pads against a sliding bearing face of an axial piston machine. The sliding pads are positioned on working pistons mounted axially movably in cylinders of a cylinder barrel that drives a drive shaft including a spring plate and a supporting plate. The spring plate includes a ring region surrounding a central opening, and levers extending radially from the ring region. The levers are arranged spaced apart or distributed uniformly in the circumferential direction, and are elastically flexible and/or elastically pivotable in the axial direction. Every two adjacent levers delimit a receiving region for receiving a tapered section of a working piston or a sliding pad. The supporting plate has a circular ring-shaped supporting region configured to support radially outer end sections of the levers if the supporting plate is arranged concentrically with respect to and axially adjacently to the spring plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Spielvogel, Manuel Sell, Martin Zug, Timo Nafz
  • Patent number: 9091256
    Abstract: An adjustable hydrostatic axial piston machine of swash plate design includes an actuating apparatus with a cylinder/piston unit and an actuating spring. The actuating apparatus is configured to adjust a pivot cradle of the axial piston machine. The actuating spring engages around at least one axial section of the cylinder/piston unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Zug
  • Publication number: 20140265079
    Abstract: A spring return apparatus for elastically prestressing sliding pads against a sliding bearing face of an axial piston machine. The sliding pads are positioned on working pistons mounted axially movably in cylinders of a cylinder barrel that drives a drive shaft including a spring plate and a supporting plate. The spring plate includes a ring region surrounding a central opening, and levers extending radially from the ring region. The levers are arranged spaced apart or distributed uniformly in the circumferential direction, and are elastically flexible and/or elastically pivotable in the axial direction. Every two adjacent levers delimit a receiving region for receiving a tapered section of a working piston or a sliding pad. The supporting plate has a circular ring-shaped supporting region configured to support radially outer end sections of the levers if the supporting plate is arranged concentrically with respect to and axially adjacently to the spring plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Spielvogel, Manuel Sell, Martin Zug, Timo Nafz
  • Patent number: 8776668
    Abstract: A machine housing of a piston machine is disclosed. The machine housing is formed in two parts. The machine housing has a main housing which is closed off by a connection plate. Here, the connection plate is screwed to the main housing by means of a plurality of screws, and is positioned with low tolerances with respect to said main housing by means of two centering pins. Here, the centering pins are arranged with twofold rotational symmetry with respect to a shaft axis of a drive shaft of the piston machine. In contrast, screw positions do not have rotational symmetry with respect to said shaft axis. This prevents incorrect mounting of the connection plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Spielvogel, Martin Zug
  • Publication number: 20130239796
    Abstract: An adjustable hydrostatic axial piston machine of swash plate design includes an actuating apparatus with a cylinder/piston unit and an actuating spring. The actuating apparatus is configured to adjust a pivot cradle of the axial piston machine. The actuating spring engages around at least one axial section of the cylinder/piston unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Zug
  • Publication number: 20130205989
    Abstract: An axial piston machine comprises a cylinder drum in which a multiplicity of pistons are arranged in a longitudinally displaceable manner. The pistons are supported, via sliding blocks, on a running surface which is inclined relative to the cylinder drum axis. The sliding blocks are held, at that side thereof which faces away from the running surface, by means of a retraction plate. The retraction plate is produced from processed sheet metal in a non-cutting punching and stamping process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Zug, Josef Beck, Ulrich Gordon Mohn
  • Publication number: 20130092250
    Abstract: A control valve assembly includes a valve body which is pre-stressed in a direction by a control spring assembly. The spring preload of the control spring assembly is adjustable by an adjusting device which is completely accommodated in the valve box or a fitted housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Spielvogel, Martin Zug
  • Publication number: 20110252958
    Abstract: A machine housing of a piston machine is disclosed. The machine housing is formed in two parts. The machine housing has a main housing which is closed off by a connection plate. Here, the connection plate is screwed to the main housing by means of a plurality of screws, and is positioned with low tolerances with respect to said main housing by means of two centering pins. Here, the centering pins are arranged with twofold rotational symmetry with respect to a shaft axis of a drive shaft of the piston machine. In contrast, screw positions do not have rotational symmetry with respect to said shaft axis. This prevents incorrect mounting of the connection plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Spielvogel, Martin Zug
  • Publication number: 20090288552
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrostatic axial piston engine with a cylinder drum (106) which is mounted rotatably in a housing (103). Longitudinally displaceable working pistons (111) are disposed in cylinder boreholes (110) in the cylinder drum (106). The working pistons (111) are connected movably to sliding blocks (149) and are supported on a face (116) of an inclined disk (115). Furthermore, the hydrostatic axial piston engine (101) has a control piston (126) which interacts with the inclined disk (115) for adjusting an angle of inclination of the face (116) with respect to an axis of rotation (144) in the cylinder drum (106). The control piston (126) is supported over a control piston sliding block (149?) on the face (116) of the inclined disk (115) in order to exert a regulating force on the inclined disk (115).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Beck, Martin Zug
  • Publication number: 20090199705
    Abstract: In the case of a control plate for an axial piston machine having at least two control openings (31, 32), by means of which cylinder bores (9) of a cylinder drum (4) rotatably mounted in a housing (2) are alternately connected, on rotation of the cylinder drum (4), to a high-pressure connection and a low-pressure connection, an outwardly extending extension surface (40) is formed on a partial region of the outer circumference of the control plate (20), the extension surface being designed for defined bearing against a holding element (52, 53) of the axial piston machine (1) in order to achieve a rotation locking for the control plate (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Zug
  • Publication number: 20090013864
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting plate and to a method for producing connecting plates of hydrostatic machines. The connecting plate is cut to length from a previously produced extruded profile to give connecting plate blanks and is then finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2004
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: BRUENINGHAUS HYDROMATIC GMBH
    Inventors: Gordon Mohn, Martin Zug