Patents by Inventor Tobias Putzer

Tobias Putzer 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: 20160339897
    Abstract: A method for determining defects of an automated parking brake for a motor vehicle with at least one brake device includes detecting damage to the parking brake on the basis of a time profile of a variable representing an output torque of a parking brake actuator. The parking brake includes the parking brake actuator configured to be activated. The detection of the damage includes analyzing the time profile of the variable representing the output torque of the parking brake actuator during a first phase of an activation process of the parking brake for the identification. The activation process of the parking brake has at least two phases. A first phase of the activation process includes a no build up or reduction of a clamping force between at least one brake lining and a brake disk. A second phase includes a build up or reduction of the clamping force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Tobias Putzer
  • Patent number: 9441689
    Abstract: In a method for adjusting a parking brake, which includes an electromechanical braking device having an electric brake motor, the brake motor is braked upon reaching an end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Tobias Putzer
  • Publication number: 20160214595
    Abstract: The method according to the disclosure for operating a motor vehicle, in which at least one autonomous or partially autonomous motor vehicle operating mode can be activated and the motor vehicle has a service brake and a parking brake, wherein in response to a detected operative condition of the motor vehicle the parking brake is shifted from an inoperative condition to a predefined operative condition, the predefined operative condition of the parking brake being determined by the fact that the parking brake produces no braking effect or a markedly lesser braking effect in comparison with the fully activated condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Tobias Putzer
  • Publication number: 20160207510
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a brake system of a motor vehicle having at least one parking brake which can be activated, having a plurality of means for operating the parking brake and having at least one control device which has at least one of the means, characterized in that at least one further control device has at least another of the means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Simon Hauber, Tobias Putzer
  • Publication number: 20160176389
    Abstract: A method for operating a wheel braking device having an electrically motorized actuator, wherein the actuator comprises an electric motor and an actuator element that can be moved by means of the electric motor. The actuator element is moved into a brake application position to actuate the wheel braking device and moved into a brake release position to release the wheel braking device. A movement travel of the actuator element is monitored while releasing the wheel braking device. The electric motor is switched from a control operation into a free-running operation during a release process and a free-running voltage is determined and that a minimum duration of movement of the actuator element for achieving the release position is calculated based upon the determined free-running voltage and is compared with a measured duration of movement of the actuator element to perform a plausibility check of the movement travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Tobias Putzer
  • Patent number: 9321439
    Abstract: In a method for adjusting the clamping force exerted by a parking brake, which force is applied by an electric-motor braking apparatus that encompasses an electric braking motor and power-supply and control units, and as necessary by an additional braking apparatus, an equivalent resistance is ascertained from a measurement of current and voltage and is used as the basis for calculating the maximum generatable clamping force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Tobias Putzer
  • Patent number: 9068613
    Abstract: A method for operating a parking brake of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, which parking brake operates in the superposition mode, the brake force of the parking brake being applicable by two different force-generating actuators mutually supporting one another in the superposition mode. It is provided that the force-generating, in particular pressure-generating, actuator is activated for support even before the superposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Simon Hauber, Tobias Putzer
  • Patent number: 9031756
    Abstract: In a method for setting the clamping force applied by a parking brake, an electromechanical clamping force portion is set in an electromechanical brake device, and an auxiliary clamping force is set in an auxiliary brake device. A parameter of the electric actuator is regulated to a defined value, while a state variable of the auxiliary brake device, which determines the auxiliary clamping force, is simultaneously set to a setpoint value without feedback control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Matthias Schanzenbach, Tobias Putzer, Ulrike Mueller
  • Publication number: 20150041257
    Abstract: In a method for providing the application force generated by a parking brake, which is at least partially generated by an electromechanical brake device having an electric brake motor, a retensioning process is terminated in the event that (i) the motor current exceeds a limit value or (ii) the rotational speed of the motor drops below a limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Tobias Putzer
  • Publication number: 20140076674
    Abstract: In a method for adjusting a parking brake, which includes an electromechanical braking device having an electric brake motor, the brake motor is braked upon reaching an end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Tobias Putzer
  • Publication number: 20130338896
    Abstract: In a method for setting the clamping force applied by a parking brake, an electromechanical clamping force portion is set in an electromechanical brake device, and an auxiliary clamping force is set in an auxiliary brake device. A parameter of the electric actuator is regulated to a defined value, while a state variable of the auxiliary brake device, which determines the auxiliary clamping force, is simultaneously set to a setpoint value without feedback control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Matthias Schanzenbach, Tobias Putzer, Ulrike Mueller
  • Publication number: 20130231839
    Abstract: In a method for determining a failure in a service or parking brake having an electromotive and a hydraulic brake device for generating a clamping force, an error is detected in the hydraulic brake device if an electromotive characteristic of the electric brake motor is outside an admissible value range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Tobias Putzer
  • Patent number: 8521388
    Abstract: In a method for setting the clamping force exerted by a parking brake, which force is applied by an electric motor-based braking apparatus and, if necessary, by an additional braking apparatus, during an actuation phase of the electric motor-based braking apparatus, the motor resistance and the motor constant are determined from the present motor voltage, the present motor current, and the present motor rotation speed, and the clamping force achievable by the electric motor-based braking apparatus is ascertained therefrom. If the electric motor-based braking force does not reach a required target clamping force, an additional braking force is generated by the additional braking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Tobias Putzer
  • Publication number: 20130211684
    Abstract: In a method for adjusting the clamping force exerted by a parking brake, which force is applied by an electric-motor braking apparatus that encompasses an electric braking motor and power-supply and control units, and as necessary by an additional braking apparatus, an equivalent resistance is ascertained from a measurement of current and voltage and is used as the basis for calculating the maximum generatable clamping force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Tobias Putzer
  • Publication number: 20130001027
    Abstract: A method for operating a parking brake of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, which parking brake operates in the superposition mode, the brake force of the parking brake being applicable by two different force-generating actuators mutually supporting one another in the superposition mode. It is provided that the force-generating, in particular pressure-generating, actuator is activated for support even before the superposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Simon Hauber, Tobias Putzer
  • Publication number: 20110224880
    Abstract: In a method for setting the clamping force exerted by a parking brake, which force is applied by an electric motor-based braking apparatus and, if necessary, by an additional braking apparatus, during an actuation phase of the electric motor-based braking apparatus, the motor resistance and the motor constant are determined from the present motor voltage, the present motor current, and the present motor rotation speed, and the clamping force achievable by the electric motor-based braking apparatus is ascertained therefrom. If the electric motor-based braking force does not reach a required target clamping force, an additional braking force is generated by the additional braking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Tobias Putzer