Patents by Inventor Steffen Loritz

Steffen Loritz 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: 9587652
    Abstract: A hydrostatic fan drive is operated with a closed circuit and includes a variable-displacement pump with a swept volume that is configured to be adjusted by an adjustment device. The variable-displacement pump is connected by two working lines to a motor that is coupled fixedly in terms of torque to a fan impeller. The fan drive further includes a feed pressure pump and an adjustment pressure line by which the adjustment device is supplied with adjustment pressure medium. A pressure cut-off valve is connected to the adjustment pressure line. The pressure cut-off valve is configured to limit an adjustment pressure, as a function of a high pressure in the working line acting as high-pressure line, to a value such that a certain value of high pressure is not exceeded. The pressure cut-off valve is configured to exhibit pilot control to regulate a working pressure of the variable-displacement pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Igor Glaz, Steffen Loritz
  • Publication number: 20150033728
    Abstract: A hydrostatic fan drive is operated with a closed circuit and includes a variable-displacement pump with a swept volume that is configured to be adjusted by an adjustment device. The variable-displacement pump is connected by two working lines to a motor that is coupled fixedly in terms of torque to a fan impeller. The fan drive further includes a feed pressure pump and an adjustment pressure line by which the adjustment device is supplied with adjustment pressure medium. A pressure cut-off valve is connected to the adjustment pressure line. The pressure cut-off valve is configured to limit an adjustment pressure, as a function of a high pressure in the working line acting as high-pressure line, to a value such that a certain value of high pressure is not exceeded. The pressure cut-off valve is configured to exhibit pilot control to regulate a working pressure of the variable-displacement pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Igor Glaz, Steffen Loritz
  • Patent number: 8707691
    Abstract: A hydrostatic drive, in particular a fan drive, with a variable displacement pump is configured to drive at least one hydraulic motor. The variable displacement pump is activated via a pressure regulating valve and a following directional valve predetermining the feed direction, via which valves the control spaces of an actuating cylinder can be acted upon with a control pressure difference. The variable displacement pump is prestressed into a basic position in which the feed volume flow is maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Loritz, Hans Melief
  • Patent number: 8648680
    Abstract: An electromagnet having a pole tube, and having a coil that encompasses the pole tube and is mounted so as to be displaceable along a longitudinal axis of the pole tube, a first end face of the coil or of the housing thereof bearing on a first counter-bearing disposed at a first end portion of the pole tube, and an elastic element, which is supported on a second counter-bearing and biases the coil and/or the housing thereof against the first counter-bearing, is provided between a second end face of the coil or the housing thereof and the second counter-bearing disposed at a second end portion of the pole tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Adler, Steffen Loritz, Matthias Stitz, Torsten Witte, Ralf Bosch
  • Patent number: 8250942
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for exerting on a regulating piston of a control device a regulating force that is a function of the position of an actuating lever. The apparatus comprises a bearing arrangement for supporting the actuating lever, a first arm and a second arm, each of which is rotatably mounted on the bearing arrangement independently of the others. The apparatus additionally includes a carrier element that is connected to the actuating lever, and an elastic element connecting the first arm and the second arm to one another. The apparatus is especially distinguished by the fact that the position of the carrier element relative to the first arm and to the second arm is adjustable to establish freedom from backlash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Steffen Loritz
  • Publication number: 20120025938
    Abstract: An electromagnet having a pole tube, and having a coil that encompasses the pole tube and is mounted so as to be displaceable along a longitudinal axis of the pole tube, a first end face of the coil or of the housing thereof bearing on a first counter-bearing disposed at a first end portion of the pole tube, and an elastic element, which is supported on a second counter-bearing and biases the coil and/or the housing thereof against the first counter-bearing, is provided between a second end face of the coil or the housing thereof and the second counter-bearing disposed at a second end portion of the pole tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Adler, Steffen Loritz, Matthias Stitz, Torsten Witte, Ralf Bosch
  • Publication number: 20110277459
    Abstract: A hydrostatic drive, in particular a fan drive, with a variable displacement pump is configured to drive at least one hydraulic motor. The variable displacement pump is activated via a pressure regulating valve and a following directional valve predetermining the feed direction, via which valves the control spaces of an actuating cylinder can be acted upon with a control pressure difference. The variable displacement pump is prestressed into a basic position in which the feed volume flow is maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Loritz, Hans Melief
  • Publication number: 20100077915
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for exerting on a regulating piston of a control device a regulating force that is a function of the position of an actuating lever. The apparatus comprises a bearing arrangement for supporting the actuating lever, a first arm and a second arm, each of which is rotatably mounted on the bearing arrangement independently of the others. The apparatus additionally includes a carrier element that is connected to the actuating lever, and an elastic element connecting the first arm and the second arm to one another. The apparatus is especially distinguished by the fact that the position of the carrier element relative to the first arm and to the second arm is adjustable to establish freedom from backlash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Steffen Loritz