Patents by Inventor Uwe Merkelbach

Uwe Merkelbach 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: 8823228
    Abstract: Transmission drive unit (10), in particular for adjusting movable parts in the motor vehicle, having a drive motor (12) and a transmission (14) which is driven thereby, wherein the transmission (14) has an output element (70) and a self-locking device (60) with a locking element (63, 55), and the locking element locks the transmission (12) with respect to torques which are applied to the transmission (12) by the output element (70), wherein the transmission (12) with its transmission toothing (47) and a motor shaft bearing (32, 28) is designed to have optimized efficiency and minimal friction, and the drive motor (12) has, as an exciter magnet, a sleeve-shaped annular magnet (18) which is arranged in a pole pot (16) which forms a magnetic return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tarek Mili, Detlef Lauk, Uwe Merkelbach
  • Publication number: 20110221291
    Abstract: Transmission drive unit (10), in particular for adjusting movable parts in the motor vehicle, having a drive motor (12) and a transmission (14) which is driven thereby, wherein the transmission (14) has an output element (70) and a self-locking device (60) with a locking element (63, 55), and the locking element locks the transmission (12) with respect to torques which are applied to the transmission (12) by the output element (70), wherein the transmission (12) with its transmission toothing (47) and a motor shaft bearing (32, 28) is designed to have optimized efficiency and minimal friction, and the drive motor (12) has, as an exciter magnet, a sleeve-shaped annular magnet (18) which is arranged in a pole pot (16) which forms a magnetic return.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Tarek Mili, Detlef Lauk, Uwe Merkelbach
  • Patent number: 7847449
    Abstract: An electromotor for regulating a drive in a motor vehicle. The electromotor includes an armature spindle mounted in a pole housing that includes a shell. At least on one front side of the shell a bearing cover is coupled thereon to accommodate an armature spindle bearing. The electromotor also includes a radial molding formed on the pole housing that receives a guide track of a gear assembly housing via radial insertion to fasten the electromotor to the gear assembly housing without the use of additional fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Franz Schwendemann, Dieter Scheer, Uwe Merkelbach
  • Publication number: 20070267923
    Abstract: Electromotor for regulating (positioning) drives in the motor vehicle with an armature spindle which is mounted in a pole housing, which has a shell and at least on one front side a bearing cover to accommodate a bearing for the armature spindle is thereby characterized in that a radial molding is designed on the pole housing, which upon complete assembly of the pole housing, is capable of achieving a radial insertion into a guide track of a gear assembly housing in order to attach the electromotor to the gear assembly housing without the use of additional fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Franz Schwendemann, Dieter Scheer, Uwe Merkelbach