Patents Assigned to Robert
  • Electric drive having an electrical connection including a sleeve
    Patent number: 11855513
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric drive (10), in particular an electric motor of an engine-cooling fan or of an ABS/ESP of a motor vehicle, comprising an electric connector (22) and a housing (12), in the interior (14) of which a drive assembly (16) is arranged. The electric connector (22) has at least one electric line (41) contacting the drive assembly (16), an opening (20) is formed on the housing (12) for guiding through the electric line (41), and a seal (24) is arranged in the region of the housing opening (20). The electric line (41) has a first portion (50) and a second portion (52), the first portion (50) having a conductor (44) mid a sheath (48) encasing the conductor (44), and the second portion (52) being formed as an exposed conductor (44), the electric connector (22) having a sleeve-like element (42) in which the second portion (52) is arranged at least in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Merz, Harold Bitzer
  • Method for sealing entries in a MEMS element
    Patent number: 11851324
    Abstract: A method for sealing entries in a MEMS element. The method includes: providing a functional layer having a functional region; producing a cavity underneath the functional region of the functional layer with the aid of a first entry outside of the functional region of the functional layer; sealing the first entry; producing a second entry to the cavity outside of the functional region of the functional layer; melting sealing material in the region of the second entry; and cooling off the melted sealing material to seal the second entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Hermes, Hans Artmann, Heribert Weber, Peter Schmollngruber, Thomas Friedrich, Tobias Joachim Menold, Mawuli Ametowobla
  • Brake pad with surface coating having predetermined design
    Patent number: 11852208
    Abstract: A brake pad having a backing plate, friction lining, and a surface coating adhered to the friction lining. The surface coating may be formulated to generate a transfer layer on a brake rotor faster than the friction lining alone. The surface coating may be adhered to the friction lining in a predetermined design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Robert Bosch LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Phipps, Michael Getty, Robert Backode
  • Double clutch transmission for an electric vehicle, and drive unit for an electric vehicle
    Patent number: 11852201
    Abstract: A double clutch transmission (10) for an electric vehicle including an input shaft (40) coupled to a first output shaft (41) and coupled to a second output shaft (42) configured as a hollow shaft, a first component clutch (11), and a second component clutch (12). The second output shaft (42) includes a flange section (65) extending in the radial direction (r). The first component clutch (11) can be actuated by a first actuating unit (51) including a driver engaging through the flange section (65) in the axial direction (x) and is connected fixedly to the second output shaft (42) so as to rotate with it. The driver can be actuated in the axial direction (x) via a first release bearing, and the first component clutch (11) can be actuated in the axial direction (x) by the driver via a second release bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Janek Kraeuter
  • Valve for metering a fluid
    Patent number: 11852106
    Abstract: A valve includes an electromagnetic actuator, which has an armature in an armature space and guided on a valve needle operable by the actuator using the armature. A first and a second stop element that interact with a first and second end face, respectively, of the armature are situated on the valve needle. The armature has a spring receptacle, which is open towards the first end face of the armature, and into which a spring is inserted. The armature has at least one fluid channel, which, during operation, allows fluid to pass through between first and second regions of the armature space at the first and second end faces, respectively, of the armature. The fluid channel incorporates at least part of the spring receptacle. Sections of the fluid channel run radially outwards along a direction oriented from the first to the second end face and coaxial to a longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Buehner, Matthias Boee, Nico Herrmann, Stefan Cerny, Andreas Glaser, Axel Heinstein, Jochen Rose, Murat Ucal
  • Centrifugal pump assembly
    Patent number: 11852162
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump assembly includes a pump housing that encloses a rotor unit that includes an impeller. The pump housing includes an inlet that defines a first passageway that is aligned with the rotor rotational axis, an outlet that defines a second passageway that is aligned with a second axis, and a volute that is provided on an inner surface of the pump housing. An exit opening of the volute faces the outlet and at least a portion of the fluid exiting the volute moves along a volute discharge axis. The volute discharge axis is tangential to a portion of fluid flow exiting the volute at the volute exit opening and is offset relative to the rotational axis. When viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first axis, the second axis is acutely angled relative to the volute discharge axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Robert Bosch LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Trevor Shane
  • Method for determining a start time for a recharging procedure for a plunger device of an electronically slip-controllable power brake system, and electronically slip-controllable power brake system having a plunger device
    Patent number: 11851043
    Abstract: A method for determining a start time for a recharging procedure for a plunger device of an electronically slip-controllable power brake system, and an electronically slip-controllable power brake system having a plunger device. Plunger devices have a plunger cylinder, a plunger piston, and a plunger working space and are operable by a drive motor. A recharging procedure of the plunger device is required from time to time. The start time for a recharging procedure of the plunger device is ascertained as a function of characteristic values that describe the driving state of a vehicle equipped with the power brake system, and/or the operating state of the plunger device when an actual position of the plunger piston lies within a specifiable working range of the plunger device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Zahariev, Bertram Foitzik, Jens Wagner
  • Home appliance metal materials chemically resistant to peroxide degradation
    Patent number: 11851765
    Abstract: A home appliance chemically resistant to peroxide degradation. The home appliance includes a metal substrate disposed therein that includes a metal substrate having a bulk portion and a coating layer contacting a surface of the bulk portion. The coating layer includes a ternary metal oxide compound, a metal alloy, an intermetallic compound, or a combination thereof. The ternary metal oxide compound, the metal alloy or the intermetallic compound is (a) unreactive with hydrogen peroxide or (b)(1) reactive with hydrogen peroxide to form one or more metal oxides unreactive with hydrogen peroxide or reactive with hydrogen peroxide to form one or more metal oxides unreactive with hydrogen peroxide and/or (b)(2) reactive with hydrogen peroxide to form one or more elemental metals reactive with hydrogen peroxide to form one or more metal oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Soo Kim, Jonathan Mailoa, Lei Cheng, Charles Tuffile
  • Methods and devices for radio communication
    Patent number: 11854392
    Abstract: A method for an apparatus operating in a wireless communication network. The method includes: determining at least one functional safety indicator that indicates at least whether associated data, especially V2X data that comprises at least one of a vehicle operating parameter and a roadway event, or industrial data that comprises a machine operating parameter, or building technology data that comprises building operational data, is relevant according to at least one safety integrity level; and transmitting the data along with the at least one determined functional safety indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Hofmann, Khaled Shawky Hassan, Kurt Eckert, Tobias Frye
  • Hydraulic power shovel with tamping function
    Patent number: 11851837
    Abstract: A hydraulic power shovel includes a frame, a power cylinder, a hydraulic installation, and a control unit. The frame is configured to support a turret equipped with an arm terminated by a tool, such as a bucket having a tamping surface. The power cylinder is linked to the arm and is configured to press on the turret. The hydraulic installation includes an adjustable flow pump configured to supply the power cylinder via a slide valve and a hydraulic liquid tank. The control unit is linked to (i) a control member actuated by the operator and configured to generate a control signal, and (ii) a sensor configured to generate a sensor signal corresponding to a pressure and temperature of hydraulic liquid in the power cylinder. A vapour pressure diagram of the hydraulic liquid is available in the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Gilles Florean
  • Pedal travel simulator, and hydraulic block comprising a pedal travel simulator
    Patent number: 11851044
    Abstract: A pedal travel simulator for a hydraulic powered vehicle braking system. In order to realize a “jump-in,” a first piston spring is provided that, after a first displacement path, loads a simulator piston of the pedal travel simulator with a spring force that is higher by a multiple than that of a second piston spring that loads the simulator piston during the first displacement path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Martin Hagspiel, Harald Guggenmos
  • Emergency energy store for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11851038
    Abstract: An emergency energy store for a vehicle. Multiple electrical energy storage devices may feed electrical power in parallel into an electrical power supply network of a vehicle with the aid of separate voltage converters in each case. An electromechanical brake booster for a vehicle, a braking and/or steering system for a vehicle, and a power supply system for a vehicle, are also provided. A manufacturing method for an emergency energy store of a vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jitendra Solanki, Michael Donotek
  • Method for determining the orientation of a robot, orientation determination apparatus of a robot, and robot
    Patent number: 11852484
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining the orientation of a robot and comprises at least one method step in which expected orientation data (I) pertaining to an expected orientation of the robot are provided and a method step in which actual orientation data (II) pertaining to an actual orientation of the robot are provided. According to the disclosure, one method step involves the expected orientation data (I) and the actual orientation data (II) being used to ascertain outlier-free orientation data that are used for determining the orientation of the robot. The disclosure further relates to a robot and to an orientation determination apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Biber
  • Method for forming a localization layer of a digital localization map for automated driving
    Patent number: 11852502
    Abstract: A method for forming a localization layer for a digital localization map for automated driving. The method includes: providing the localization layer for a defined region; providing a planning layer for the region; and extracting alignment features from the localization layer that is provided for an alignment with the planning layer, the alignment features being extracted in such a way from the localization layer that an inadmissible deformation of the localization layer may be recognized during the alignment of the planning layer with the localization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Zaum, Jan Rohde
  • Method for testing an application for vehicles
    Patent number: 11853747
    Abstract: A method for testing an updated version of an application for vehicles. In the method, input data for the application, which are used for a present version of the application on at least one vehicle, and output data of the present version of the application are received by a vehicle-external computing system, from the at least one vehicle via a wireless data link. The updated version of the application is executed on the vehicle-external computing system using the received input data. Output data of the updated version of the application are compared with the received output data of the present version of the application. An evaluation of the updated version of the application being carried out, based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Farzaneh Ghanbari Milani, Tunan Shen
  • Method and controller for controlling slip of at least one wheel of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11851042
    Abstract: A method for controlling slip of at least one wheel of a vehicle. In the method, at least one parameter of an action to be performed is read out from a matrix using a slip state of the wheel if the slip state is outside a target slip region of the matrix, wherein, for reading this out, a data field of the matrix associated with the slip state is determined and the at least one parameter is read out from the data field, wherein, for performing the action, at least one actuator of the vehicle is actuated using the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Hoffmann, Marco Stumm, Michael Erden, Rami Scharbak, Valentin Loeffelmann, Dirk Weidmann
  • Method for determining a localization pose of an at least partially automated mobile platform
    Patent number: 11854225
    Abstract: A method for determining a localization pose of an at least partially automated mobile platform, the mobile platform being equipped to generate ground images of an area surrounding the mobile platform, and being equipped to receive aerial images of the area surrounding the mobile platform from an aerial-image system. The method includes: providing a digital ground image of the area surrounding the mobile platform; receiving an aerial image of the area surrounding the mobile platform; generating the localization pose of the mobile platform with the aid of a trained convolutional neural network, which has a first trained encoder convolutional-neural-network part and a second trained encoder convolutional-neural-network part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Hasberg, Piyapat Saranrittichai, Tayyab Naseer
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC REPORT GENERATION
    Publication number: 20230409819
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for dynamic report generation may include a computing device generating a report template including one or more queries that define calls to an external data store. The computing device stores the report template in a report template repository and generates a new report that includes one or more runtime parameters for each of the one or more queries of the report template. The computing device generates the new report by converting the one or more queries of the new report to an agnostic JSON language and retrieves data from an external data store identified in each of the one or more queries and converting the retrieved data to the agnostic JSON language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P.
    Inventors: Emil WERR, Rafid A. ZANE, Xiaocong LIU
  • Smart mask and smart mask system
    Patent number: 11848024
    Abstract: A smart mask includes a main body having a back frame and a front cover. The back frame and the front cover each include an opening that is aligned with the mask wearer's mouth when worn. The front cover and back frame may be detachable from one another, or a single piece. A microphone is provided in the main body, as well as a speaker. A processor located in the main body is connected to the microphone and the speaker, and is configured to enhance the speech of the mask wearer. In particular, the processor receives audio signals representing a transformation of a spoken utterance of the wearer, processes the audio signals to enhance the speech, and then outputs the enhanced speech to the speaker. This helps other people better understand what the mask wearer is saying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Pongtep Angkititrakul, Xiaoyang Gao, Hyeongsik Kim, Xiaowei Zhou, Zhengyu Zhou
  • Saw blade
    Patent number: D1008762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Kern, Samuel Jaccard, Nathanael Brigger