Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Michael J. Striker
  • Machine tool monitoring device
    Patent number: 8190286
    Abstract: A machine tool monitoring device of a machine tool for machining a work piece, includes a signal unit (24) provided for an ultra-broad-band operation. The signal unit (24) processes a signal (32, 34), which has a sequence (46) of pulses (48) and includes an arithmetic-logic unit (40) for associating a detected signal (34) with a use situation (52, 58) by means of a fuzzy logic-based and/or neural logic-based signal processing. The signal unit (24) preferably has a programmable data base (44) in which a use situation (52, 58) in a machining process is associated with a procedure (56, 60) for changing the machining process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Krapf, Michael Mahler
  • Circuit arrangement for detecting undervoltage in an energy source
    Patent number: 8189312
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement (10) for detecting undervoltage in an energy source (12) includes a transistor switch (48) and at least one further switch element (30). The transistor switch (48) and the further switch element (30) are of low impedance in an operating state of the circuit arrangement (10). The transistor switch (48) blocks the further switch element (30) for interrupting the voltage supply if a supply voltage (U) of the energy source (12) is below a defined voltage value (Us).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Lohr, Andreas Kynast
  • Linear roller bearing with separate rolling surface parts
    Patent number: 8177432
    Abstract: A guide carriage for a linear roller bearing is supportable in a longitudinally displaceable manner via at least one row of rollers on a guide rail which extends in a longitudinal direction, a separate rolling surface part which includes a rolling surface for the rollers is assigned to each row of rollers, and the rolling surface part is connected via an adhesive layer to a carrier body. The adhesive layer is designed essentially planar on the back side of the rolling surface part which faces away from the rolling surface, the rolling surface part being accommodated in a recess—which has an L-shaped cross section—of the carrier body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Klein, Richard Kuehnlein, Hans-H. Kohlmeier, Heinz Rossteuscher, Carsten Pfeuffer, Sascha Frenznick, Rudolf Schlereth, Andreas Schupies, Roland Greubel
  • Glass composition formulated for a glass-metal bond of a tube collector and glass-metal bond made with glass of said glass composition
    Patent number: 8178451
    Abstract: The glass-metal bond for a tube collector includes a glass tube and metal part bonded to the glass tube. In order to match the thermal expansion properties, the glass tube has the following composition: SiO2, 73-77 wt. %; B2O3, 6-<8 wt. %; Al2O3, 6-6.5 wt. %; Na2O, 5.5-7 wt. %; K2O, 1-3 wt. %; CaO, 0.5-3.2 wt. %; MgO, 0-2 wt. %; Fe2O3, 50-150 ppm; and TiO2 0-<100 ppm. The ratio of the sum of the alkaline-earth metal oxides (in mol %) to the sum of the alkali metal oxides (in mol %) is ?0.6. The metal part is preferably made of metal material no. 1.3981 according to DIN 17745. The glass composition itself is also part of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Erhard Dick, Johann Collignon, Wolfgang Zettl, Stephan Tratzky
  • Method for producing a rotationally symmetric lens from a ceramic green body and moulding tool for performing the method
    Patent number: 8180482
    Abstract: The method for producing at least one rotationally symmetrical lens consisting of an opto-ceramic includes the step of moulding a ceramic green body for the lens, wherein the mould has a shaping surface, which is described by the following equation B: y ? ? 1 = cz 2 1 + 1 - ( k + 1 ) ? c 2 ? z 2 + a 1 ? z 2 + a 2 ? z 4 + a 3 ? z 6 + a 4 ? z 8 + … ? , ( B ) y1 gives a position on an optical axis; x designates a perpendicular distance from the optical axis to the surface; k, c, and a1, a2, a3, a4, . . . are constants describing a surface of the lens to be moulded and z=|x|+b, wherein b is a constant with a value greater than 0 and less than 0.3 mm, which is a measure of a deviation of the shaping surface from the surface of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Yvonne Menke, Ulrich Peuchert, Yoshio Okano, Steffen Reichel
  • Molded housing used in force fit method
    Patent number: 8174834
    Abstract: A molded housing for an electronic circuit, for installation in electronic devices and/or sensors or pick-ups includes at least one force-fit zone, and a force-fit component assigned each of said at least one force-fit zone. The force-fit component is mounted by welding on a die pad of the molded housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Ronny Ludwig
  • Device for electrically grounding a float glass production apparatus
    Patent number: 8171752
    Abstract: The float glass apparatus has a glass melt producing unit including a melting tank and a refining tank for the glass melt, a float tank including a metallic basin and metal bath contained in the basin, conducting devices for conducting the glass melt from the glass melt producing unit to the metal bath and auxiliary devices as needed. In order to minimize bubble defects and extend service life of apparatus parts made from platinum or a platinum alloy, the apparatus includes a device for minimizing direct current flowing between the glass melt producing unit and the float tank, which includes an auxiliary electrode connected with ground and located in the glass melt producing unit in electrical contact with the glass melt and a direct electrical connection between the metallic basin of the float tank and ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Thomas Pfeiffer, Gernot Roeth, Olaf Claussen, Knut Jakobi, Andreas Roters, Klaus-Dieter Duch, Ottmar Schuessler
  • Method for creating a route plan for agricultural machine systems
    Patent number: 8170785
    Abstract: For creating a route plan for a group of agricultural working machine systems for working a territory, the machine systems include route planning data determination devices and they exchange data with each other and, based on exchanged route planning data, one shared route plan is created for the particular territory. For controlling a group of agricultural working machine systems while it works a territory, one shared route plan—which has been created accordingly—is used, and a route planning system is provided for creating a route plan for a group of agricultural working machine systems to be used to work a territory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Diekhans, Jochen Huster, Andreas Brunnert, Lars-Peter Meyer Zu Helligen
  • Communication system and method for synchronization of the same
    Patent number: 8170066
    Abstract: With a method for synchronization in a communication system that includes a central participant and at least one further participant, at least one of the further participants being synchronized with the central participant, and, to this end, a telegram with synchronization information being transmitted by the central participant to the at least one further participant, particularly efficient synchronization of the at least one participant with the central participant results due to the fact that the telegram is a data telegram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Bosch Rexroth AG
    Inventors: Rigobert Kynast, Ludwig Leurs, Thomas Schmid, Stephan Schultze
  • Switch assembly for magnetic levitation railways
    Patent number: 8166884
    Abstract: A switch assembly for magnetic levitation railways includes a girder extending in a travel direction (x) and flexible transversely to it is provided with travel way or equipment parts. A rail and a rack are located transversely to the travel direction. A load-bearing frame, receiving the girder, has a rotatably supported carrying wheel braced on the rail and a drive mechanism with a gear wheel meshing with the rack and with a motor intended for driving it. Switch adjustment is effected by displacement of the load-bearing frame along the rail by means of the drive mechanism and a thus-effected flexing of the girder. The girder, the load-bearing frame and the drive mechanism form a solidly joined-together structural unit which as a whole is located displaceably in the travel direction (x) relative to the rail and the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Transrapid GmbH
    Inventors: Qinghua Zheng, Friedrich Loeser, Xiufei Liu
  • Optical glass, method of making the optical glass, optical elements made with the optical glass and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8168553
    Abstract: The lead- and arsenic-free optical glass has a refractive index nd of 1.55?nd?1.64, an Abbe number ?d of 42??d?65, and a low transition temperature Tg?460° C., good producibility and processability, and crystallization stability. The optical glass has a composition within the following range, in wt. % based on oxide content: P2O5 40-58 ZnO 20-34 Li2O 0.5-5?? GeO2 0.1-11. The glass may also have a total content of SiO2, B2O3 and Al2O3 that is less than 9 wt. %. The glass may contain MgO, SrO, CaO and BaO, but the sum of these oxides is preferably at least 2 wt. % and at most 12 wt. %. The glass may contain at most 5 wt. % of each of La2O3, TiO2, Nb2O5, at most 2 wt. % Ta2O5 and less than 1 wt. % fluorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Silke Wolff, Stefanie Hansen, Ute Woelfel
  • Electronic module and method for producing such a module
    Patent number: 8169791
    Abstract: Electronic module (10), and an electric motor (12) containing one, and also a production method for one, having an electrically conductive first substrate (16) which has a basic body (54) and which has a second electrically conductive substrate (18) mounted on it, and having at least one power component which is arranged on a first substrate (16), and the second substrate (18) is fitted with further components (40) on a side (32) which is remote from the first substrate (16), where the second substrate (18) has a smaller base area (19) than the basic body (54) of the first substrate (16), and the power components (22) are mounted on the first substrate (16) outside the outer perimeter (70) of the second substrate (18)—next to the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kuno Wolf, Thomas Koester, Stefan Hornung, Wolfgang Feiler
  • Thermochemical reactor for a self-propelled harvesting vehicle
    Patent number: 8168044
    Abstract: A thermochemical reactor includes a contact surface and a pressing device for pressing raw material to be pyrolyzed against the rotationally symmetrical contact surface which is rotatable relative to the raw material. A generating line of the contact surface is oriented at an angle to a radius that is perpendicular to the axis of the relative rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Horst Weigelt
  • System with a tool-holding fixture
    Patent number: 8167689
    Abstract: The invention is based on a system with a tool-holding fixture, which fixture has a slaving device (12) by way of which an inserted tool (14) can be connected operatively to a drive shaft (16), and with an inserted tool (14) which can be connected operatively to the slaving device (12) via at least one detent element (20) that is supported movably counter to a spring element (18), which detent element snaps into place in an operating position of the inserted tool (14) and fixes the inserted tool (14) by positive engagement. It is proposed that the tool-holding fixture and the inserted tool (14) have at least two corresponding shaped elements (22, 24), adapted to one another, to facilitate installation of the inserted tool (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Tyrolit Schleigmitel Swarowski K.G.
    Inventors: Albrecht Hofmann, Harald Krondorfer, Markus Heckmann, Thomas Schomisch
  • Electrical device having a battery pack with an easy attachment and release mechanism
    Patent number: 8163414
    Abstract: An electrical device has a device body defining a cavity for receiving a battery pack, the battery pack has an arm and a sleeve that at least partially surrounds the arm, and the sleeve is rotatable relative to the arm around an axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mohsein Wan, Manfred Lutz, Rofaizi Nor
  • Method for producing an electronic component passivated by lead free glass
    Patent number: 8163392
    Abstract: The method for producing glass-coated electronic components includes processing a lead-free glass with a liquid to form a suspension, applying the suspension on an electronic component body and subsequently sintering the component body with the suspension on it. The lead-free glass contains, in % by weight, SiO2, 3-12; B2O3, 15-<25; Al2O3, 0-6; Cs2O, 0-5; MgO, 0-5; BaO, 0-5; Bi2O3, 0-5; CeO2, 0.01-1; MoO3, 0-1; Sb2O3, 0-2 and ZnO, 50-65. The method can be used to passivate electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Joern Besinger, Peter Brix, Oliver Fritz
  • Motor-driven machine tool
    Patent number: 8162727
    Abstract: A motor-driven machine tool, in particular a hand-held power tool (1) includes a rotatably driveable tool (6), a drive shaft (4) which is driven by a drive unit (2), and an output shaft (5) on which the tool (6) is mounted. It is possible to transfer the rotational motion of the drive shaft (4) via an eccentric coupling device (7) to the output shaft (5). A mass-balancing device (10) provides for oscillation compensation and is operatively connected to at least one of the shafts (4, 5) and implements a compensation motion counter to the eccentric coupling motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Adolf Zaiser
  • Motor-driven reciprocating saw, in particular a jigsaw
    Patent number: 8161655
    Abstract: A motor-driven, hand-guided reciprocating saw or jigsaw includes a saw blade which performs a working motion and a base plate which is connected to a housing of the reciprocating saw, where an underside of the base plate is used as a bearing surface which faces a workpiece to be worked, A guide element is intergrated in the base plate and extends past the bearing surface of the base plate. The guide element is provided for placement on a guide contour of a template which is connected to the workpiece. Saw teeth of saw blade are located at least approximately in the center of the guide element or are laterally offset from the center relative to the saw blade plane of the saw blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Fuchs
  • Chair
    Patent number: D660030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Interstuhl Bueromoebel GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Starczewski
  • Chair
    Patent number: D660031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Interstuhl Bueromoebel GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Starczewski