Patents by Inventor Rolf Scheben

Rolf Scheben 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: 20130340522
    Abstract: A yaw rate sensor, including a substrate and a main extension plane, for detecting a yaw rate around a first direction in parallel to the main extension plane, a first Coriolis mass, and a second Coriolis mass, and a drive device configured to drive the first and second Coriolis masses in parallel to a drive direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first and second Coriolis masses, for a yaw rate around the first direction, experiencing a Coriolis acceleration in parallel to a detection direction, which is perpendicular to the drive and first directions, the first and second Coriolis masses having first/second partial areas and third/fourth partial areas, respectively. The first and third partial areas are farther from the axis of symmetry in parallel to the first direction, and the second and fourth partial areas are closer to the axis of symmetry in parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard KUHLMANN, Rolf SCHEBEN, Daniel Christoph MEISEL, Benjamin SCHMIDT, Thorten BALSLINK
  • Publication number: 20130298672
    Abstract: A yaw-rate sensor, having a substrate which has a main extension plane, for detecting a yaw rate about a first direction extending either parallel to the main extension plane or perpendicular to the main extension plane. The yaw-rate sensor has a drive device, a first Coriolis mass and a second Coriolis mass, the drive device being configured to drive at least one part of the first Coriolis mass and at least one part of the second Coriolis mass in a direction parallel to a drive direction extending perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Burkhard KUHLMANN, Rolf SCHEBEN, Daniel Christoph MEISEL, Benjamin SCHMIDT, Thorsten BALSLINK
  • Publication number: 20130284227
    Abstract: An energy source for supplying an autonomous electrical load system with electrical energy includes a thermogenerator device configured to generate a thermoelectric voltage to be fed to the electrical load system. The thermogenerator device is under the influence of a temperature difference between a warmer first thermal coupling device and a colder second thermal coupling device. The energy source further includes a microfluidic cooling device having a heat-absorption region, a heat-emission region, and a closed microfluidic circulation system configured to circulate a fluid between the heat-absorption region and the heat-emission region. The heat-absorption region has a thermally conductive connection to the second thermal coupling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Scheben, Mirko Hattass
  • Publication number: 20120152019
    Abstract: A yaw-rate sensor is described as having a substrate which has a main plane of extension for detecting a yaw rate about a first axis extending parallel to the main plane of extension is provided, the yaw-rate sensor having a first rotation element and a second rotation element, the first rotation element being drivable about a first axis of rotation, the second rotation element being drivable about a second axis of rotation, the first axis of rotation being situated perpendicularly to the main plane of extension, the second axis of rotation being situated perpendicularly to the main plane of extension, the first rotation element and the second rotation element being drivable in opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Burkhard Kuhlmann, Rolf Scheben, Daniel Christoph Meisel, Benjamin Schmidt, Thorsten Balslink
  • Publication number: 20120125099
    Abstract: A yaw-rate sensor includes: a substrate having a main extension plane for detecting a yaw rate about a first axis extending parallel to the main extension plane; a first Coriolis element; a second Coriolis element; a third Coriolis element; and a fourth Coriolis element. The first Coriolis element and the fourth Coriolis element are drivable in the same direction parallel to a second axis extending parallel to the main extension plane and perpendicularly to the first axis. The first Coriolis element and the second Coriolis element are drivable in opposite directions parallel to the second axis. The first Coriolis element and the third Coriolis element are drivable in opposite directions parallel to the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Rolf Scheben, Burkhard Kuhlmann, Thorsten Balslink, Daniel Christoph Meisel, Benjamin Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120011933
    Abstract: A yaw rate sensor is described which includes a drive device, at least one Coriolis element, and a detection device having at least two detection elements which are coupled to one another with the aid of a coupling device, the drive device being connected to the Coriolis element for driving a vibration of the Coriolis element, and an additional coupling device which is connected to the detection device and to the Coriolis element for coupling a deflection in the plane of vibration of the Coriolis element to the detection device in a direction orthogonal to the vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Torsten OHMS, Burkhard KUHLMANN, Daniel Christoph MEISEL, Rolf SCHEBEN
  • Publication number: 20110296913
    Abstract: A yaw rate sensor includes: at least one Coriolis element; a drive device connected to the Coriolis element and configured to drive a vibration of the Coriolis element; a detection device having at least one rotor; and a coupling device connected to the detection device and to the Coriolis element. The coupling device is configured to couple a deflection in the plane of vibration of the Coriolis element to the detection device in a direction orthogonal to the vibration, so that when the Coriolis element is deflected a torque for driving the at least one rotor is transmitted from the Coriolis element to the at least one rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Torsten Ohms, Burkhard Kuhlmann, Daniel Christoph Meisel, Rolf Scheben