Patents Assigned to Robert
  • Patent number: 8026645
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric drive, particularly a windshield wiper drive for vehicles, comprising an electric motor (10) in a crucible-shaped, preferably metal, motor housing (14), a gearbox housing (16) that is attached to the motor housing (14), and an arrangement for the interference suppression of the motor (10). According to the invention, at least one choke coil (46, 48) for the interference suppression of the motor (10) is disposed in the transition region from the motor housing (14) to the gearbox housing (16), wherein in this transition region means (36, 56) are provided in order to shield the filtered coil end (47, 49) projecting into the gearbox housing (16) from the interfering radiation produced by the motor (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Stubner, Martin Heyder, Matthias Koesters, Norbert Martin
  • Patent number: 8027747
    Abstract: A method for the register correction of a processing machine for processing a continuous material, in particular a shaftless printing press, with which the continuous material is processed by at least two processing units with at least one compensator for adjusting the length of the continuous material in the continuous material section being provided upstream of each of the at least two processing units. In order to adjust the register of a first processing unit, the length of the continuous material of the continuous material section upstream of the first processing unit is adjusted by the compensator provided in this first continuous material section. To adjust the register of the first processing unit, the length of the continuous material of the continuous material section upstream of a second processing unit is also adjusted by the compensator provided in this second continuous material section. A related processing machine carries out the inventive method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Schnabel, Stephan Schultze
  • Patent number: 8025106
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for screwing in and tightening a screw connection (1) to a predetermined tightened level (2), especially a predetermined torque level (2) or a predetermined pretension level, with the aid of a hand-held screwing tool (3) comprising a regulated drive unit (4) and/or control functionality, particularly an electric nut runner (3). A tightening phase (B-C-D), during which the screw head rests against the supporting surface (6) of the screw connection (1), starts following a screwing phase (A). In order to improve said method, the speed (N) of the screwing tool (3) is increased to an output speed (7) for the tightening phase (B-C-D) within an acceleration time (8) in the tightening phase (B-C-D) and is lowered within a delay time (9) prior to or until reaching the predetermined tightened level (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Heiko Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8024865
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping device (8) for connecting a saw blade (12) to a reciprocating rod (6) of a jig saw, in particular a hand-operated compass saw (2), comprising a mounting (20), which is connected to the reciprocating rod (6) and has a recess (22) for receiving a head end (10) of the saw blade (12), a locking sleeve (30), which can be turned about the axis (40) with respect to the mounting (20) against the force of a torsion spring (60) to lock the head end (10) of the saw blade (12) in a locking position in the recess (22) and to allow removal of the saw blade (12) in a removal position. It is intended that a stop (78) interacts with a part (80) of the torsion spring (60), in order to prevent movement of the locking sleeve (30) beyond the removal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Kaiser, Marcel Casota, Daniel Saegesser
  • Publication number: 20110225810
    Abstract: A device (100) for assembling a pneumatic booster (200). A cover (203) of the booster is housed in a support (101). A cylindrical cap (104) whose internal volume (107) is greater than a volume of a cylinder (206) of the booster, covers the cylinder placed on the cover. A gearing element (110) of the device rotates two sets of rollers (109A and 109B) about the booster. An eccentric (118) controlled by the gearing element allows an oscillating movement of the rollers against a wall of the booster. The swaging is achieved by alternately applying the rollers (109A) and (109B). An angle of attack (114A) of the first rollers is greater than an angle of attack (114B) of the second rollers. The invention also relates to a method of swaging a booster and such a booster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Juan Simon Bacardit
  • Publication number: 20110229375
    Abstract: A microfluidic system for purposes of analysis and diagnosis is made up of layers arranged substantially one above the other. The microfluidic system includes at least a first and a second conducting-through layer, which respectively comprise at least one channel for a fluid to be conducted through in the respective conducting-through layer. The microfluidic system further includes at least one chip layer, which comprises at least one active, micromechanical element, the active, micromechanical element being in operative connection with at least one of the channels, and the chip layer being arranged between the first and the second conducting-through layer, and the channels being fluidically connected to one another. A corresponding production method is disclosed in addition to the microfluid system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ricardo Ehrenpfordt, Mathias Bruendel, Frieder Haag, Jochen Rupp, Ulrike Scholz
  • Publication number: 20110226344
    Abstract: A method for producing a throttle point, particularly in a channel of a valve piece of a fuel injector is disclosed. The following are performed: first, the outlet channel is created by machining Then, the throttle point is stamped by a stamping die inserted into a guide hole. The pre-stamped throttle point is electrical-discharge machined in such a way that said throttle point has an electrical-discharge machined inlet area and comprises a stamped outlet area, which lies before a continuous cross-section expansion of the outlet channel as viewed in the flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Schantz, Klaus Seelbach
  • Publication number: 20110226867
    Abstract: A water sprinkler includes a base, a timer mechanism having a timer inlet and a timer outlet, the timer mechanism being configured to operate in (i) a first mode in which fluid is allowed to pass between the timer inlet and the timer outlet, and (ii) a second mode in which fluid is prevented from passing between the timer inlet and the timer outlet, a motor having a motor inlet, a motor outlet, and a drive member, the motor configured to move the drive member in response to fluid passing from the motor inlet to the motor outlet, and a spray member coupled to the motor outlet, the spray member configured to move in response to movement of the drive member, wherein the base includes a first base retention structure and a second base retention structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicants: GILMOUR, INC., ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Joseph E. Mayher
  • Publication number: 20110227442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synchronous machine with hybrid energisation, in particular a generator for supplying the electrical system of a motor vehicle, comprising a laminated stator (16) with a multiphase stator winding (18) and a laminated rotor (20) with an energiser winding (29), which together with permanent magnets (24,25) around the rotor periphery, provides the energisation for the machine. According to the invention, favorable electrical and magnetic properties and an improvement in manufacturing conditions of the machine can be achieved, wherein the grooves (40) for the energiser windings (29) are disproportionately enlarged in relation to the groove base (44) and are preferably bell-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Reutlinger, Markus Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20110226364
    Abstract: A control spool for spool valves includes a tube having an outer circumference, and one or more rings and/or sleeves positioned on the outer circumference of the tube. The one or more rings and/or sleeves each defines at least one circumferential edge that forms at least one control edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Ronald Höll, Thomas Schlottner, Hans-Georg Schubert, Manfred Breckner
  • Publication number: 20110229349
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan device for a vehicle, the fan device comprising a regulating device and a motor for actuating a ventilation device of the fan device, characterized in that the fan device is designed such that the motor and the regulating device can be cooled by a common air flow of the ventilation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schiel, Dubravko Barkic, Martin Huber, Christian Aumann, Detlef Prahl
  • Patent number: 8020246
    Abstract: A non-articulated wiper blade (10), which is constructed of a wiper strip (12) having a wiper lip (14), two spring rails (30, 32) and a connecting device (22), wherein the spring rails (30, 32) engage in lateral longitudinal grooves of the wiper strip (12) that are open towards the outside and are clasped by claw feet (28, 68, 76, 108) of a sheet metal claw (24, 64, 72, 106) of the connecting device (22) from an outer narrow side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter-Josef Bauer, Christian Wilms, Peter De Block, Hubert Verelst, David Van Baelen, Stefan Mai, Hans Beelen
  • Patent number: 8020675
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanical disk brake which has a switchable freewheel in order to be configured as a parking brake. The switchable freewheel includes a clamping roller freewheel having rollers for locking a motor shaft of an electric motor of the brake. A locating bearing of the motor shaft of an electric motor, and the freewheel are accommodated on a cover of a housing of the electric motor, and all the electric connections of the disc brake are routed via the cover. The number of components used can be reduced considerably by the integrated design. Moreover, the positional tolerances of the freewheel in relation to the motor shaft can be reduced with the aid of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chi-Thuan Cao, Dietmar Baumann, Dirk Hofmann, Herbert Vollert, Willi Nagel, Andreas Henke, Bertram Foitzik, Bernd Goetzelmann, Hans Frick
  • Patent number: 8020288
    Abstract: In a method for producing an electronic subassembly, at least one electronic component is fixed in place on an insulating layer of a conductive foil in a first step, the conductive foil with the electronic component is laminated onto a circuit board substrate, and a circuit track structure is then developed by structuring the conductive foil. The expansion coefficient of the insulating layer lies between the expansion coefficient of the circuit board substrate and the expansion coefficient of the circuit track structure, and/or electronic components that require small passages for contacting with the circuit track structure are pressed deeper into the insulating layer than electronic components that require larger passages in the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Schaaf, Andreas Kugler, Karl-Friederich Becker, Alexander Neumann, Jan Kostelnik
  • Patent number: 8024147
    Abstract: An offset compensation circuit for a yaw rate sensor, having a subtracter, which is provided for subtracting a correction value from an input signal, the correction value being obtainable by dividing each of n measurements of the input signal by the constant n and subsequently integrating a number of n quotients into an integrator. Furthermore, a yaw rate sensor having such an offset compensation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Baus
  • Patent number: 8024100
    Abstract: Method for determining the gradient on which a motor vehicle is traveling, comprising a step (44) of detecting disengagement of the clutch, a step (46) of measuring the variation in speed of the vehicle on the gradient when the clutch is disengaged, a step (48) of estimating the vehicle load, and a comparison (50) with calibration curves stored in memory and providing deceleration values for various gradients and various vehicle loads at various vehicle speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Christophe Bouchard
  • Patent number: 8024102
    Abstract: A device and a method for notifying the driver of a motor vehicle, equipped with an adaptive distance and speed controller, by activating a takeover prompt, informing the driver that the vehicle is coming critically close to a target object. The takeover prompt is activated and deactivated as a function of a fixed minimum distance between the distance- and speed-controlled vehicle and the target object and/or a relative speed-dependent minimum distance between the distance- and speed-controlled vehicle and a target object and/or a maximum vehicle deceleration producible by the distance and speed controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Christian Swoboda, Albrecht Irion
  • Patent number: 8022677
    Abstract: An electrical device having a generator, e.g., for use in the vehicle electrical system of a motor vehicle, includes a controller for controlling the generator voltage. In the device, an area is provided in which a voltage control is carried out, and other areas are provided in which a torque control is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Daimler Chrysler AG, BMW AG
    Inventors: Xaver Laufenberg, Dominique Eynius, Helmut Suelzle, Stephan Usbeck, Matthias Spaeth, Miriam Neuser-Hoffmann, Christian Myrzik, Manfred Schmid, Franz Nietfeld, Alexander Thiel, Harald Braun, Norbert Ebner
  • Patent number: 8024159
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and tools for proofing computer-aided design (CAD) objects (e.g., CAD drawings or models). The objects are implemented with CAD software and represent an apparatus. An exemplary method includes receiving a CAD object representing the apparatus, determining criteria for proofing the CAD object, determining rules, extracting items of interest from the CAD object, and comparing the extracted items with the rules. An example item of interest is a drawing note on the CAD object and an example rule includes a plurality of keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dewey McKinley Sims, Jr., Baljit Bains
  • Patent number: 8020425
    Abstract: A locating device, in particular a handheld locating device, for detecting objects enclosed in a medium, includes a first device for detecting objects enclosed in a medium, and having a control and evaluation unit for measurement signals of the locating device. The device has a second detection device that makes it possible to detect a predeterminable distance d of the locating device from a surface of a medium. In addition, a method for calibrating a measurement device, in particular for calibrating a handheld locating device for detecting objects enclosed in a medium, a reference measurement for calibrating the measurement device is carried out only after at least one measurement has been carried out of a distance d of the measurement device from a surface of a medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Skultety-Betz, Bjoern Haase, Michael Mahler, Ulli Hoffmann, Reiner Krapf, Christoph Wieland