Patents Assigned to Robert
  • Patent number: 12134136
    Abstract: A sawing tool, in particular a saw blade, includes: at least one connection region, in particular a shaft, for forming a connection to a tool holder of a hand-held power tool; at least one main body, in particular a carrier, which is connected to the connection region and is designed in one piece; at least one set of saw teeth which is located on the main body; and a plurality of reduction grooves which are located on the main body, in particular introduced into the main body by removing material, and which have a main extension running transversely to a cutting edge of the saw teeth. The reduction grooves extend at least over more than 50% of a total transverse extent of at least one flank of the main body from the cutting edge towards a rear side of the main body, the rear side facing away from the saw teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Imboden, Nathanael Brigger, Milan Bozic
  • Patent number: 12134550
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for transporting a goods carrier by means of an industrial truck operable in an at least partially automated manner, in which at least the following steps are carried out in an automated manner by the industrial truck: a) acquiring an item of information about the length of the goods carrier, b) checking the acquired information about the length of the goods carrier in relation to a total length of a cargo surface of a cargo platform of the industrial truck, and c) carrying out a multistep loading process or unloading process, comprising at least reloading the goods carrier on the cargo platform if the length of the goods carrier is less than the total length of the cargo surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Roethling, Patrick Strouhal
  • Patent number: 12134434
    Abstract: A torque sensor includes an input rotation component, which rotates with a steering column input shaft and is provided with a first conducting part, an output rotation component which rotates with a steering column output shaft and is provided with a second conducting part, and an electromagnetic carrier positioned in a positionally fixed manner and provided with a magnetic field generating component and a magnetic field detection component. The magnetic field generating component generates a magnetic field penetrating the first conducting part and the second conducting part, the magnetic field detection component detects a change in the magnetic field caused by a change in the positions of the first and second conducting parts in the magnetic field when the steering column is under torsional stress, and the steering torque is determined on the basis of the detected change in the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mirko Scheer, Gaofeng Liang, Joe Li, Guotao Chen
  • Patent number: 12135271
    Abstract: The invention is based on a sensor device (10) with at least one sensor unit (12) comprising at least one laser unit (14) for a generation of at least one laser beam (16) and comprising at least one detection unit (18) for a detection of, in particular reflected, laser beams (20), with an evaluation unit (22) which is configured to process detected laser beams (20) into at least one sensor signal (39), and with a control unit (26) which is configured, in a continuous operation state, to actuate the sensor unit (12) and the evaluation unit (22) for an operation of the sensor unit (12) and the evaluation unit (22) in alternating switch-on intervals (31, 43) and switch-off intervals (33, 45). It is proposed that the evaluation unit (22) is configured to generate the at least one sensor signal (39) from at least two different switch-on intervals (31) of the sensor unit (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH
    Inventors: Soeren Sofke, Tarek Zaki
  • Patent number: 12135392
    Abstract: A LIDAR sensor including an optical transmitting unit configured to emit a scanning beam in the direction of an optical axis of the optical transmitting unit, an optical receiving unit configured to receive the reflected scanning beam after the scanning beam has been reflected in the surroundings, a deflection optical system including a first mirror surface and a second mirror surface, the optical axis of the optical transmitting unit being directed onto the first mirror surface, and the optical axis of the optical receiving unit being directed onto the second mirror surface, the optical transmitting unit and the optical receiving unit being situated in an optical path of the LIDAR sensor on a shared first side of the deflection optical system, and a scanning unit situated in the optical path of the LIDAR sensor on a second side of the deflection optical system and configured to guide the scanning beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Alf Neustadt
  • Patent number: 12128867
    Abstract: A comfort brake control system and a brake method for a vehicle is disclosed. The comfort brake control system includes: a human-machine interaction interface, configured to provide an interface of multiple optional comfort brake levels of the vehicle, and receive selection of one of the multiple comfort brake levels to switch a current comfort brake level of the vehicle, wherein each comfort brake level comprises a brake parameter corresponding to the comfort brake level, and the brake parameter comprises at least brake pressure and a brake pressure change rate of at least one brake cylinder of the vehicle; and a comfort brake module, configured to determine whether a current state of the vehicle meets a predetermined switching condition; and when it is determined that the switching condition is met, obtain a brake parameter corresponding to a selected comfort brake level, and transmit the obtained brake parameter to a brake system of the vehicle by using a vehicle bus of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Chongxi Huang, Renrui Wang
  • Patent number: 12130251
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas sensor device for ascertaining information about an air quality. The method includes: providing a gas sensor device including at least one gas-sensitive electrical sensor resistor, a heater for the controlled heating of the sensor resistor, a detection device for detecting the resistance value of the sensor resistor, and a signal processing device for the sensor signal; heating the sensor resistor using the heater alternatingly in a first heating mode in a first operating phase and a second heating mode in a second operating phase, each heating mode including a sequence of heating pulses so that the sensor resistor is heated at predetermined temporal intervals for a predetermined duration to a predetermined operating temperature, an essentially identical operating temperature being selected for the at least two different heating modes; detecting the resistance value of the sensor resistor and generating a sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Alexandros Ninos, Christoph Brueser
  • Patent number: 12132647
    Abstract: A method for the adaptive selection of a scheduling scheme for a data packet transmission in a multipath communication system. The method includes determining at least two transmission path parameters for each transmission path of at least two transmission paths of two or more transmission paths for a multiplicity of data packets, the multiplicity of data packets being transmitted via the two or more transmission paths; determining a correlation between at least one transmission path parameter of at least two transmission path parameters of a transmission path and a corresponding transmission path parameter of at least two transmission path parameters of one or more other transmission paths from the two or more transmission paths for the multiplicity of data packets; and adaptive selection of a scheduling scheme for a data packet transmission via the two or more transmission paths based on the determined transmission path parameters and the correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Marie-Theres Suer
  • Patent number: 12130594
    Abstract: A method determines at least one system state of a system using a Kalman filter. At least one measured value, measured by at least one sensor of the system, is supplied to the Kalman filter. The method includes estimating the at least one system state using the Kalman filter. An estimation result and at least one associated item of information relating to a reliability of the estimation result are output. The method further includes determining a discrepancy between at least one model value associated with the estimation result and at least one measured value associated with the estimation result, and correcting the at least one associated item of information relating to the reliability of the estimation result using the determined discrepancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Simon Weissenmayer
  • Patent number: 12128538
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a locking device for an in particular rotary-drive handheld power tool, in particular a rotary power tool, with a shaft for driving an accessory device which can be connected to the handheld power tool, with a locking element for locking the shaft, and with an activating element for activating the locking device. The activating element is mounted so that it can move in an axial direction along the shaft, in particular a shaft axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Leon Jampolski, Eugenia Schink
  • Patent number: 12131620
    Abstract: A method of operating a personal safety system including a vehicle includes automatically detecting that a smartphone is within a communication range using a wireless communication system of the vehicle, and starting an approach time period with a controller of the vehicle or the smartphone when the smartphone is detected. The method further includes sending checkup data from the vehicle to the smartphone using the wireless communication system when the smartphone fails to arrive at the vehicle prior to the approach time period elapsing, and triggering an emergency response by the vehicle and/or the smartphone when the vehicle fails to receive a response to the checkup data from the smartphone within a response time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Aimee Williams, Christopher Prediger, Danielle Heinz, Steffen Kutter, Jia Hou, Sylvia Briese, Camille Vuillaume
  • Patent number: 12128489
    Abstract: A blade-height optimization indicator for a table saw determines based on the rotational position of one or more blade guards of the table saw as they are displaced by a workpiece being cut whether the blade-height of the table saw is optimized relative to the thickness of the workpiece and provides a visual GO/NO-GO indication depending on whether the blade height is determined to be optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eric Laliberte, Eric Mallory
  • Patent number: 12127512
    Abstract: A cutting device includes a first cutting element, a second cutting element, a first gripping element, a second gripping element, at least one driving element, a sensor, and a control unit. The cutting elements are configured to move relative to each other. The gripping elements are configured to move relative to each other. The at least one driving element is configured to move the first cutting element relative to the second cutting element when the at least one driving element is activated. The sensor is mounted on the first gripping element or the second gripping element and is configured to detect an object located between the first gripping element and the second gripping element. The control unit is operably connected to the at least one driving element and the sensor. The control unit is configured to deactivate the at least one driving element when the sensor detects the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Endre Zador, Janos Nagy, Krisztian Sepsi, Mark Glanville, Robert Soltesz, Zoltan Zsoldos
  • Patent number: 12128890
    Abstract: A method for operating an autonomous driving function of a vehicle. The vehicle includes a computer unit and sensors for detecting surroundings data. The computer unit is configured to determine a setpoint trajectory for the vehicle, based on the detected surroundings data. In step a), an actual trajectory, and distances from objects in the surroundings, are detected. In step b), an ascertainment of the quality of the autonomous driving function takes place by comparing the actual trajectory to the setpoint trajectory and monitoring the detected distances from objects in the surroundings. In step c), a control of the quality to a predefined target value takes place by selecting sensors to be used for the autonomous driving function from the plurality of sensors and/or by changing a measuring rate, at which measurements are carried out, of at least one sensor from the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Marlon Ramon Ewert
  • Patent number: 12131483
    Abstract: A method for training a neural network to derive, from an image of a camera mounted on a robot, a movement vector to insert an object into an insertion. The method includes, for a plurality of positions in which the object held by the robot touches a plane in which the insertion is located controlling the robot to move to the position, taking a camera image by the camera and labelling the camera image with a movement vector between the position and the insertion in the plane and training the neural network using the labelled camera images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Oren Spector, Dotan Di Castro
  • Patent number: 12128966
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a steer-by-wire system for a motor vehicle including a steering rod, an electric servo unit configured to move the steering rod, and a sliding bearing which radially supports the steering rod in a housing. The housing, the sliding bearing, and the steering rod have complementary geometries whereby the steering rod is prevented from rotating. The sliding bearing includes multiple segments in the circumferential direction, at least one segment of the multiple segments is a sliding bearing location for the radial support. At least one segment of the multiple segments is a first supporting element configured to prevent rotation in one direction of rotation. At least one segment of the multiple segments is a second supporting element configured to prevent rotation in the opposite direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Hoersch, Armin Nagel, Jan Beck, Stephanus Sebastiaan Bester, Karl-Heinz Urban, Bjoern Volpp, Christian Held, Matthias Buerckert
  • Patent number: 12132382
    Abstract: An electrical machine, in particular an electronically commutated machine, includes a housing and a controller accommodated in the housing. The controller is configured to drive the machine to generate a magnetic rotating field. The housing has a housing cup, which surrounds a hollow space, and a housing cover. The machine has an end plate accommodated in the housing cup. The end plate is thermally conductively connected to the housing cup. The machine also has a cooling panel thermally conductively connected to the housing cup and to at least one component, or to a plurality of components, of the control unit. The machine has an inverter comprising semiconductor switches. The semiconductor switches are thermally conductively connected to the end plate. The end plate and the cooling panel enclose a portion of the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Mueller, Thomas Hessler, Joerg Moessner
  • Patent number: 12128441
    Abstract: A UV irradiation apparatus for coating systems that coat rigid or film-like workpieces, in particular furniture parts, having a transport apparatus for transporting workpieces provided with coating material from an inlet to an outlet through the UV irradiation apparatus, a UV light source arranged above the transport apparatus that irradiates the coated workpieces with UV light in an irradiation region between the inlet and the outlet, and a reflector or cover which shields the UV light source upward. A housing covers the irradiation region and the UV light source, which generally extends above the transport apparatus. A sensor of a measuring apparatus for direct or indirect automated measurement of radiant flux of the UV light source is arranged in the housing, and the sensor is in particular fitted fixed or movably on the housing or a holder. A method for quality assurance using this UV irradiation apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bürkle GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Meisriemel
  • Patent number: 12128793
    Abstract: A device and method determines available regenerative braking energy in a route for a target vehicle. The device is in communication with a navigation unit and is configured to split the at least one route between a source and a destination into multiple segments followed by determining vehicular data of the target vehicle. The device determines available/recoverable regenerative braking energy in the at least one route for the target vehicle based on selective vehicular data of other vehicles similar to the target vehicle, which have travelled through the at least one route. The device is configured to dynamically predict the available regenerative braking energy originating from random longitudinal deceleration maneuvers for the chosen route from source location to the chosen destination location for any hybrid or electric vehicle. The device improves fuel efficiency and reduces emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited
    Inventors: Ranganathan Venkatasubramanian, Selvam Gokul Prasanth
  • Patent number: 12131633
    Abstract: A method for the infrastructure-supported assistance of a motor vehicle. The method includes: receiving surroundings signals which are representative of surroundings of the motor vehicle; analyzing the surroundings in order to determine a traffic situation, in which the motor vehicle is located; determining a suggestion for a traffic-directing traffic control measure for the infrastructure-supported assistance of the motor vehicle for an operator based on the determined traffic situation; outputting suggestion signals which are representative of the determined suggestion. A device, a computer program and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch