Patents by Inventor Walter Fuchs

Walter Fuchs 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: 20240117784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection device (100) for a compression-ignition engine, comprising a first storage unit (20) which can be supplied with fuel by at least one high-pressure pump (16), the first storage unit (20) being arranged preferably inside the high-pressure pump (16), a first connecting line (26) from the first storage unit (20) to a second storage unit (30), and a second connecting line (40) from the second storage unit (30) to a fuel injector (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Fuchs, Christoph Eduard Kammerer, Helmut Giessauf, Martin Bernhaupt, Walter Walkner
  • Publication number: 20240008777
    Abstract: Aspects of the current subject matter are directed to a sensor assembly of an analyte monitoring device including one or more microneedle arrays. Aspects are directed to components and architecture of a sensor assembly to implement power and processing aspects of a microneedle array-based continuous analyte monitoring device for the detection and measuring of an analyte. A source of a power-on event is determined, and the analyte monitoring device is transitioned to a mode that corresponds to the determined source. When a power-on event is determined to be a valid power-on event, the analyte monitoring device is transition to a mode that corresponds to a type of the valid power-on event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jennifer Ruth Walters FUCHS, Daniel ALONSO-SOSKI, Mark Christopher BRISTER, Alan Steven CAMPBELL, Anderson MICU, Yan LI, Christopher GRIFFITH, Jared Rylan TANGNEY, Joshua Ray WINDMILLER
  • Publication number: 20220175278
    Abstract: Aspects are directed to a reference electrode integrated on a surface of a substrate to facilitate functionalization of a working electrode. The reference electrode is used in the electrochemical deposition or electrodeposition of one or more functional layers on a working electrode. The working electrode may be a sensing element of an analyte-selective sensor. Additional aspects of the current subject matter are directed to a counter electrode integrated on a surface of a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Alan CAMPBELL, Jennifer Ruth WALTERS FUCHS, Joshua Ray WINDMILLER
  • Publication number: 20150377173
    Abstract: A method for controlling an injection operation of a magnetic injector of an internal combustion engine, the magnetic injector having a coil, the coil being impinged upon by a first current to open the magnetic injector, the coil being short-circuited to hold the magnetic injector open, and the coil being impinged upon by a second current to close the magnetic injector, the second current being directed oppositely to the first current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Verena TRITSCH, Olaf Ohlhafer, Felix Landhaeusser, Peter Boehland, Bernd Stuke, Jochen Kuehner, Walter Fuchs
  • Patent number: 8371267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump comprising a drive shaft supported by bearings, and fuel flows through the bearings in a forced manner in such a way that the mechanical and thermal load-carrying capacity of the bearings, and thus the entire high-pressure fuel pump, is significantly increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Kristen, Achim Koehler, Sascha Ambrock, Walter Fuchs, Dietmar Ottenbacher, Bertram Schweitzer, Christian Langenbach, Joerg Wuerz, Saban Akmese, Marco Lamm, Karl-Heinz Traub
  • Publication number: 20130022484
    Abstract: A high-pressure pump (1), which serves in particular as a radial or inline piston pump for fuel injection systems of air-compressing, auto-ignition internal combustion engines, comprises a cylinder head (2) and a pump assembly (6). Here, the cylinder head (2) has a cylinder bore (4) in which a pump piston (5) of the pump assembly (6) is guided. Here, the pump piston (5) delimits, in the cylinder bore (4), a pump working chamber (12). Also provided is an inlet valve (20) which is integrated into the cylinder head (2) and via which fuel can be conducted into the pump working chamber (12). Metering of the fuel conducted into the pump working chamber (12) can be achieved by actuation of the inlet valve (20). Here, full charging of the pump working chamber (12) may take place. It is however also possible for partial charging of the pump working chamber (12) to be achieved by means of suitable actuation of the inlet valve (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Walter Fuchs, Nestor Rodriguez-Amaya, Peter Boehland, Uwe Iben, Andreas Illmann
  • Patent number: 8272856
    Abstract: The high-pressure pump has at least one pump element which has a pump plunger which is driven in a reciprocating motion and defines a pump working space into which fuel is drawn in from a fuel feed via an inlet valve during the suction stroke of the pump plunger and from which fuel is displaced into a high-pressure region via an outlet valve during the delivery stroke of the pump plunger. The inlet valve and/or the outlet valve has a valve member at least approximately in the shape of a ball which acts as a sealing surface with a valve seat arranged in a valve housing. The valve member, in its open state, is lifted with its sealing surface from the valve seat, a first cross section of flow is cleared between the valve member and the valve seat, and downstream of the first cross section of flow, a second cross section of flow is formed between the valve member and the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Fuchs, Andreas Dutt, Jochen Aleker, Arnold Gente, Angelo Santamari
  • Publication number: 20120132177
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump comprising a drive shaft supported by bearings, and fuel flows through the bearings in a forced manner in such a way that the mechanical and thermal load-carrying capacity of the bearings, and thus the entire high-pressure fuel pump, is significantly increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Marcus Kristen, Achim Koehler, Sascha Ambrock, Walter Fuchs, Dietmar Ottenbacher, Bertram Schweitzer, Christian Langenbach, Joerg Wuerz, Saban Akmese, Marco Lamm, Karl-Heinz Traub
  • Patent number: 7780144
    Abstract: A valve having a valve member, which cooperates with a valve seat formed in a housing part in order to control a connection, and the valve seat has an at least approximately conical seat face, which is located at a transition of the connection from a portion of small diameter to a portion of large diameter. The seat face is adjoined, on its side oriented toward the portion of large diameter, by at least one face which is more markedly inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the connection than the seat face, and on its side oriented toward the portion of small diameter, the seat face is adjoined by at least one face which is less markedly inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the connection than the seat face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Van Der Linden, Walter Fuchs, Andreas Dutt, Dieter Tuchel
  • Publication number: 20100037865
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tappet assembly for a high-pressure pump, especially for the prose of fuel supply, and to a high-pressure pump including such a tappet assembly. The tappet assembly has a hollow cylindrical tappet base into which a roller support is inserted in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tappet base. A roller is rotatably received in the roller support. The roller support is arranged at a right angle to the rotational axis of the roller with little or no play in the tappet base and in the direction of the rotational axis of the roller with larger play than at a right angle to the rotational axis of the roller in the tappet base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventor: Walter Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20080279707
    Abstract: The high-pressure pump has at least one pump element which has a pump plunger which is driven in a reciprocating motion and defines a pump working space into which fuel is drawn in from a fuel feed via an inlet valve during the suction stroke of the pump plunger and from which fuel is displaced into a high-pressure region via an outlet valve during the delivery stroke of the pump plunger. The inlet valve and/or the outlet valve has a valve member at least approximately in the shape of a ball which interacts by means of a sealing surface with a valve seat arranged in a valve housing. By means of the valve member, in the open state, when said valve member is lifted with its sealing surface from the valve seat, a first cross section of flow is cleared between the valve member and the valve seat, and downstream of the first cross section of flow, a second cross section of flow is formed between the valve member and the valve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Walter Fuchs, Andreas Dutt, Jochen Aleker, Arnold Gente, Angelo Santamaria
  • Publication number: 20080190492
    Abstract: The invention relates to an outlet connection of a fluid high-pressure light, in particular a high-pressure line for fuel, and comprises an outlet bore, an outlet valve that is situated in said bore, the valve element of which can be displaced in said bore and can be controlled by the pressure prevailing in the high-pressure line in opposition to the action of a spring element, a spring retainer inserted into the outlet bore and fixed in the latter and on which the spring element is supported, and an external thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Walter Fuchs, Andreas Dutt, Waldemar Kiel, Jochen Aleker, Arnold Gente, Angelo Santamaria, Wolfgang Majer
  • Patent number: 7308849
    Abstract: A high-pressure pump has at least one pump element including a pump piston defining a work chamber and driven at least indirectly by a drive shaft in a reciprocating motion, counter to the force of a restoring spring. The pump piston is braced on the drive shaft at least indirectly via a sleevelike tappet, and the restoring spring engages at least the pump piston. A support element in the tappet braces the pump piston toward the drive shaft and is braced at least indirectly on the drive shaft. The restoring spring, via a spring plate, engages the pump piston and the tappet. The spring plate is elastically deformable in the direction of motion of the pump piston in such a way that as a result of its elastic deformation, deviations in the position of its contact faces on the pump piston and on the tappet are compensated for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alfons Schoetz, Walter Fuchs, Gerhard Meier, Jochen Aleker, Andreas Dutt
  • Publication number: 20070068580
    Abstract: A valve having a valve member, which cooperates with a valve seat formed in a housing part in order to control a connection, and the valve seat has an at least approximately conical seat face, which is located at a transition of the connection from a portion of small diameter to a portion of large diameter. The seat face is adjoined, on its side oriented toward the portion of large diameter, by at least one face which is more markedly inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the connection than the seat face, and on its side oriented toward the portion of small diameter, the seat face is adjoined by at least one face which is less markedly inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the connection than the seat face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Dietmar Van Der Linden, Walter Fuchs, Andreas Dutt, Dieter Tuchel
  • Publication number: 20070071620
    Abstract: A high-pressure pump has at least one pump element including a pump piston defining a work chamber and driven at least indirectly by a drive shaft in a reciprocating motion, counter to the force of a restoring spring. The pump piston is braced on the drive shaft at least indirectly via a sleevelike tappet, and the restoring spring engages at least the pump piston. A support element in the tappet braces the pump piston toward the drive shaft and is braced at least indirectly on the drive shaft. The restoring spring, via a spring plate, engages the pump piston and the tappet. The spring plate is elastically deformable in the direction of motion of the pump piston in such a way that as a result of its elastic deformation, deviations in the position of its contact faces on the pump piston and on the tappet are compensated for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Alfons Schoetz, Walter Fuchs, Gerhard Meier, Jochen Aleker, Andreas Dutt
  • Patent number: 7029248
    Abstract: A pump unit for the metered delivery of fuel to internal combustion engines. The pump unit comprises a housing which comprises a longitudinal bore. Located in the longitudinal bore is an overflow valve, via which fuel flows back through a channel into a fuel tank. The passage can be opened or closed by a spring-loaded closing element. Fastened to the valve shaft of the overflow valve is a ring fitting. In the longitudinal bore of the housing there is an additional thread section, via which air flows out through vent gaps into a cavity of the ring fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Merz, Walter Fuchs, Andreas Dutt
  • Patent number: 6874474
    Abstract: A single-die injection pump for high-speed internal combustion engines which, because of its compact design and good volumetric efficiency, in conjunction with a high oscillation frequency of the piston, has a pumping quantity comparable to a multiple-die injection pump, without causing excessively high peak torque values in the drive of the single-die injection pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Walter Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20050031472
    Abstract: A pump unit for the metered delivery of fuel to internal combustion engines. The pump unit comprises a housing which comprises a longitudinal bore. Located in the longitudinal bore is an overflow valve, via which fuel flows back through a channel into a fuel tank. The passage can be opened or closed by a spring-loaded closing element. Fastened to the valve shaft of the overflow valve is a ring fitting. In the longitudinal bore of the housing there is an additional thread section, via which air flows out through vent gaps into a cavity of the ring fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Armin Merz, Walter Fuchs, Andreas Dutt
  • Publication number: 20040013538
    Abstract: A single-die injection pump for high-speed internal combustion engines is proposed, which because of its compact design and good volumetric efficiency, in conjunction with a high oscillation frequency of the piston, has a pumping quantity comparable to a multiple-die injection pump, without causing excessively high peak torque values in the drive of the single-die injection pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Walter Fuchs
  • Patent number: 6413054
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump having a cam drive and an injection adjuster piston, acting on the cam drive and serving the purpose of an injection onset adjustment. The injection adjuster piston on a face end encloses at least one pressure chamber that via a control valve is either made to communicate with a pressure source or a relief line or can be closed entirely. The control valve is actuated by an a proportional electromagnet. As a result, only a little adjusting medium is required, to obtain a high efficiency of the injection onset adjustment, and advantageously the injection adjuster piston is stressed only axially, and frictional forces on the circumference of the injection adjuster piston are thus avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Geiger, Walter Fuchs, Hubert Greif, Stephan Jonas