Patents Assigned to Robert
  • Patent number: 10851750
    Abstract: The invention proposes an electromagnetically actuatable inlet valve (24) for a high-pressure pump, in particular of a fuel-injection system. The inlet valve (24) has a valve member (34) which can be moved between and open position and a closed position. An electromagnetic actuator (60) is provided, by means of which the valve member (34) can be moved, wherein the electromagnetic actuator (60) has an armature (68) which acts at least indirectly on the valve member (34), a magnet coil (64) which surrounds the armature (68), and a magnetic core (66) against which the armature (68) comes to rest at least indirectly when current is applied to the magnet coil (64), wherein the armature (68) is movably guided in a carrier element (78), and the carrier element (78) and the magnetic core (66) are interconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Landenberger
  • Patent number: 10851752
    Abstract: A piston fuel pump for an internal combustion engine includes a pump housing, a piston, and a non-return discharge valve. The non-return discharge valve has a valve element and a guide element configured to guide the movement of the valve element. The guide element is at least indirectly pressed in a radial manner into an opening in the pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kleindl, Tamim Latif, Peter Ropertz, Matthias Maess
  • Patent number: 10850377
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular a riveting machine, nailing machine, or drywall screwdriver, includes a device configured to detect a contact pressure of the hand-held power tool against a workpiece and an operating switch configured to manually activate the hand-held power tool. The hand-held power tool further includes a controller that monitors the contact pressure that is detected by the device starting from operation of the operating switch and activates the hand-held power tool when the detected contact pressure exceeds a prespecifiable limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Christoph Steurer
  • Patent number: 10851749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure pump (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, for conveying a fluid, in particular fuel, e.g. diesel fuel, comprising a drive shaft having at least one cam, at least one piston, at least one cylinder (6) for mounting the at least one cam, wherein the at least one piston is supported on the drive shaft by the at least one cam, so that a translational motion can be carried out by the at least one cam as a result of a rotary motion of the drive shaft, at least one cover cap (8), which is attached indirectly or directly to the outside of the cylinder (6), wherein one end (18) of the at least one cover cap (8) rests on a projection (16) of the remaining high-pressure pump (1) for the interlocking attachment of the end (18) of the cover cap (8) to the projection (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Francesco Lucarelli, Dietmar Van Der Linden, Karl-Heinz Laepple
  • Patent number: 10854089
    Abstract: A method for forming and coordinating a group of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles includes a potential platoon vehicle transmitting a coupling inquiry for coupling to a vehicle present in its surroundings to form or modify a vehicle group, establishing or ascertaining a platoon coordination vehicle, which checks whether a conflict exists, and, after the conflict has been resolved or in the absence of the conflict, forming or modifying the group of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hauke Wendt, Sergey Chirkov
  • Patent number: 10850338
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes a drive device for providing a driving force, a rotation wheel that has a central axis and is driven by the drive device to rotate around the central axis, a spindle that supports a tool holder configured to hold a tool of the electric power tool, a first intermediate member, a second intermediate member, and a counterweight device. The first intermediate member is offset from the central axis of the rotation wheel, and revolves around the central axis when driven by the rotating rotation wheel, while driving the spindle to reciprocate in a first direction. The second intermediate member is driven by the first intermediate member to rotate around the central axis and is disposed to be offset from the central axis of the rotation wheel on the side opposite the first intermediate member. The counterweight device is driven by the second intermediate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: Bosch Power Tools (China) Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Weixin Zheng
  • Patent number: 10850733
    Abstract: In a method for automatically adjusting the vehicle speed of a vehicle, while the distance to a preceding other vehicle is continuously measured, in order to reduce an initial distance, the vehicle is initially moved, in a drive phase, at a higher vehicle speed and is subsequently decelerated in a braking phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Schaeffler, Thomas Brettschneider
  • Patent number: 10850814
    Abstract: A pierce pin for an inflator for piercing the frangible seal of a gas cartridge including in combination a shaft having a axial bore forming a tubular member having a tip with a rim and a pair of slots formed across the rim into the tip into the tubular member to an appreciable depth to form a tab, the tab being bent inwardly into the axial bore after formation of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Halkey-Roberts Corporation
    Inventor: Lyman Fawcett
  • Patent number: 10852397
    Abstract: A method for scanning a scan angle in which at least two beams are generated. The at least two beams are deflected along the scan angle, and the at least two incident beams reflected on an object are received and detected, the at least two beams being generated and detected in an offset manner with respect to one another. Furthermore, a LIDAR device for scanning a scan angle is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Stefan Spiessberger
  • Patent number: 10845464
    Abstract: A LIDAR sensor including an optical receiver and an optical filter situated in the beam path upstream from the receiver. The filter is formed by connecting a transmission filter and a reflection filter in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Jochen Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10845216
    Abstract: A rotational angle sensor includes a stator element and rotor element. The stator element has a stator transmitting coil, circuit board, and at least two identically configured stator receiving coils angularly offset from each other on the circuit board. The rotor element is mounted rotatably about a rotation axis relative to the stator element, and has a rotor receiving coil and rotor transmitting coil electrically connected to each other. The rotor receiving coil is inductively coupled to the stator transmitting coil such that an electromagnetic field produced by the stator transmitting coil induces a current in the rotor receiving coil that flows through the rotor transmitting coil and causes the rotor transmitting coil produces a further electromagnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian Utermoehlen, Andreas Merz
  • Patent number: 10848036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a communication interface between a control unit and an electric load unit, particularly a load unit having a pump motor in a motor vehicle, wherein the control unit is designed as a transmitter and/or receiver, wherein the load unit is designed as a receiver and/or transmitter and wherein the communication between the transmitter and the receiver takes place via a signal line by means of a pulse-width-modulated signal. In this case, there is provision for the signal line to be connected to a constant current source and for the transmitter to be designed to modulate the flow of current through the signal line by means of pulse-width modulation. The invention further relates to a method for operating such a communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Sieland, Horst Kleinknecht, Sobin Chalakkal Francis, Vignesh Ramani
  • Patent number: 10845482
    Abstract: A LIDAR sensor for detecting an object in the surroundings, and to a method for activating a LIDAR sensor, the LIDAR sensor including at least one transmitting unit for emitting electromagnetic radiation, at least one receiving unit for receiving electromagnetic radiation which was reflected by the object, at least one refractive element, which is at least partially pervious to the electromagnetic radiation, and a rotating unit, which includes at least the at least one refractive element, the at least one transmitting unit and the at least one receiving unit. The core of the invention is that the at least one refractive element includes at least one optical lens and a beam splitter for splitting the electromagnetic radiation, two focal planes being present. The at least one transmitting unit and the at least one receiving unit are positioned in at least one focal plane of at least one refractive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Annette Frederiksen, Ernst Kretzek, Juergen Hasselbach, Siegwart Bogatscher, Stefanie Mayer
  • Patent number: 10846321
    Abstract: A method for extracting a pattern from spatio-temporal (ST) data includes receiving ST data, storing the ST data as s multi-dimensional array in a memory, and extracting at least one pattern from the ST data. The extracting includes generating a model approximating at least a portion of the array, and generating a visualization of a loading vector of the approximation. The ST data includes records with multiple categories of information, one of which is spatial, and one of which is temporal. Each dimension corresponds to a respective one of the categories of information. Generating the model includes applying tensor decomposition to the array, and extracting the at least one loading vector of the approximation. The extracted loading vector is indicative of a pattern in the ST data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Panpan Xu, Liu Ren, Dongyu Liu
  • Patent number: 10843192
    Abstract: At least one electrode is integrated on a lab on a chip cartridge in a sample preparation chamber of the cartridge, a DNA hybridization chamber of the cartridge, a protein assay chamber of the cartridge, and/or a detection chamber of the cartridge, for example, where the electrode is used to generate pH electrochemically in order to activate, deactivate, or intermediately attenuate an enzyme's activity on demand, in order to increase the fidelity of analyte detection, for cell lysis, for protein extraction, for DNA dehybridization, for primer hybridization control, for sample pre concentration, and/or for washing to remove non target species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Nadezda Fomina, Christopher Johnson, Habib Ahmad, Christoph Lang, Franz Laermer
  • Patent number: 10843693
    Abstract: A collision avoidance system includes a sensor system and a control system. The control system includes at least one processing device. The control system is operable to receive sensor data from the sensor system. The control system is operable to generate acceleration data to prepare for an acceleration action of the subject vehicle. The control system is operable to generate steering data to prepare for a steering action of the subject vehicle. The control system is operable to perform operations to provide driving assistance to the subject vehicle if a driving control input is received after the control unit generates the acceleration data and the steering data. The control system is operable to control the subject vehicle in an autonomous driving mode if driving control input is not received after the control unit generates the acceleration data and the steering data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Anup Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10844950
    Abstract: A shifter for the transmission of a vehicle is described. The shifter has a shift lever operatively connected to the transmission. A rotatable shaft is connected to the lever. A lateral movement device is operatively connected to the shaft. A cable pin is positioned on the lateral movement device and connected to the shift mechanism for the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC
    Inventors: Olivier Perichon, Ricky Mains
  • Patent number: 10843833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for sealing a packaging material (10), comprising at least one sealing installation (18) which comprises at least one coil core (24) which is surrounded by at least one coil (25), wherein the coil core (24) has at least one gap (32) through which packaging material peripheries (34, 36) to be sealed are guided, wherein at least one element (23) that conducts a magnetic flux is provided, said element (23) for influencing a region (22) of the packaging material peripheries (34, 36) to be heated being disposed so as to be adjacent to the packaging material peripheries (34, 36) to be sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: David Ternes, Marcel Egli, Rolf Steinemann, Ulrich Wieduwilt
  • Patent number: 10846952
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring wheel hub temperatures and odometry in trailer axles. The system includes a spindle (118), an inner bearing (114), an outer bearing (116), a wheel hub (106) engaging the spindle (118) via the inner and outer bearings (114, 116), a thermocouple (108) positioned within the spindle (118), and an electronic control unit (112). The electronic control unit (112) is electrically coupled to the thermocouple (108) and configured to receive from the thermocouple (108), a temperature signal. The electronic control unit (112) is configured to determine, from the temperature signal, a temperature. The electronic control unit (112) is configured to compare the temperature to a predetermined threshold. The electronic control unit (112) is configured to, when the temperature exceeds the predetermined threshold, indicate a fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Roder, Trevor P. Hunt, Daniel S. Maitlen, Travis D. Hunt
  • Patent number: D903536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Frieder Haag